Site Search

- resource provided by the Forum Network Knowledgebase.
Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

The Reckoning Philanthropy Needs Right Now

Release Date:

08/11/2021

... a masterful presentation by scholar Gretchen Sorin on the history of African American mobility and the ways that it has ... very ideas we have about race Why? Because understanding history , policy, and...

Find More By

News type

Insights

PNY News

Leon Levy Foundation Names Meredith Ross President, Justine Koch Promoted to Director of Finance/Administration, Jennifer Ellis to Senior Program Officer

Release Date:

09/15/2022

... third president in the Leon Levy Foundation’s 18-year history . The Foundation has also announced the promotion of ... to head the Foundation at this exciting time in its history . I look forward to working with...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Related Organizations

Leon Levy Foundation

20 May 2025

Investing in the Future We Want: Leading Transformation in Uncertain Times - A Panel Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:45pm

... Bureau in response to the Great Recession. Throughout history , we see that economic and political uncertainty can ... in a shared vision for the future? What examples from history inspire us to lead...

Find More By

Event type

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Former Brazilian Secretary of Justice Pedro Abramovay to Join Open Society Foundations

Release Date:

08/22/2013

... tipping point,” Abramovay said. “For the first time in history , we have a generation that has grown up with ...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations

16 May 2012

Love Free or Die - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

... and ordinary folk to come out from the shadows and change history . Panelists Macky Alston , Filmmaker Orlando ...

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

15 Jul 2013

Justice Delayed – An Examination of the Ken Burns Film The Central Park Five

Monday, July 15, 2013 -

3:45pm to 7:00pm

The story of the Central Park Five is one scarring New York history ; a case of injustice for five teenagers of color ...

14 Nov 2013

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

Thursday, November 14, 2013 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC

... the 1967 rebellions, and non-linear notions of time and history , Boggs emerges with an approach that is radical in ...

Find More By

Event type

Issue-Based

Philip Zelikow Joins Markle Foundation As Visiting Managing Director

Release Date:

08/27/2014

... Zelikow, the White Burkett Miller Professor of History at the University of Virginia, is on leave from the ...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Related Organizations

John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Jack Rudin, Son of May and Samuel Rudin Foundation Founders and Patriarch of Real Estate Family, Dies at 92

Release Date:

12/06/2016

... Cancer Center, the American Museum of Natural History and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Jack Rudin, Son of May ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Related Organizations

May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation

12 Jul 2017

Exclusive Preview & Discussion with Stanley Nelson: Tell Them We Are Rising

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 -

4:30pm to 7:00pm

... The film examines the impact HBCUs have had on American history , culture and national identity. This is a special ...

Find More By

Event type

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Education

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Children, Youth and Families

Markle Foundation's Rework America Task Force Is Bridging The Tech Skill Gap

Release Date:

10/23/2017

... possess skills that aren’t reflected in their work history or educational experience. As more and more workers ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Century Foundation Reports on Ways Forward on Health Care Reform

Release Date:

01/25/2018

... Starr , co-editor of The American Prospect, reviewed the history of health reform, reminding us that, “Every major ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Health

Related Organizations

The Century Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Surdna, Andrew W. Mellon and Ford Foundation Sign Joint Statement Defending NEA Against Proposed Trump Budget

Release Date:

03/01/2018

... as foundation leaders because his agency had a strong history of investing in each of our communities.” In the ...

Find More By

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Surdna Foundation

Caroline Kennedy Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees

Release Date:

03/09/2018

... books on subjects such as constitutional law, American history , civics, and poetry. She serves as president of the ...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Related Organizations

Carnegie Corporation of New York

With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR Launch the Plant Humanities Initiative

Release Date:

11/13/2018

... is a plant that has influenced the course of human history . Used for centuries by the indigenous people of the ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Science

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Mariko Silver Named Next President and CEO of Luce Foundation

Release Date:

04/22/2019

... of the largest capital campaign in the school’s history , raising over $90 million. “In a dynamic time for ...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Related Organizations

The Henry Luce Foundation

Report From Century Foundation: English Learners and School Choice: Helping Charter Schools Serve Multilingual Families

Release Date:

04/30/2019

... and culturally diverse than at any other point in American history . Over twelve million school-aged U.S. children speak ...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

Immigration

Related Organizations

The Century Foundation

Carnegie Corporation and Ford Foundation Honored at Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary

Release Date:

06/10/2019

... future, the evening celebrated Sesame Street 's 50-year history of helping kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, .....

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

Related Organizations

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford Foundation

Block Museum of Art “Pop América, 1965 – 1975” Exhibition Made Possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Release Date:

06/20/2019

The Block Museum of Art announces its exhibition schedule for 2019 – 2020. Four major shows, highlighting the diversity of global modernisms, will present a mid-20th century view of art as it is entwined with culture and politics around the globe.