Claire Tow, Co-Founder, The Tow Foundation, Dies At 83
Release Date:
07/08/2014
Claire Tow, who founded The Tow Foundation with her husband, Leonard, in 1988, died Monday at age 83, following a 14-year struggle with Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS).
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Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment
Release Date:
07/10/2014
Children whose mothers have not graduated from high school lag on economic, education and health outcomes, compared with children of better educated mothers, according to a report from the Foundation for Child Development.
New York Community Trust Ranked Number Three In Total Assets
Release Date:
07/15/2014
A new report that ranks community foundations by asset size finds that The New York Community Trust is number three in the nation with $2.4 billion.
Chen, Kidvai Named First Paul Rapoport Law Fellows
Release Date:
07/17/2014
Eugene Chen and R.M. Kidva, who have been named the first two Paul Rapoport Law Fellows, will be focusing on issues of asylum and housing discrimination against LGBTQ people of color.
Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies
Release Date:
07/24/2014
Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline polices can improve educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies...
ASPCA Awards Nearly $7.4 Million In First Half of 2014
Release Date:
08/08/2014
... animal welfare professionals can visit www.aspcapro. org /Grants . About the ASPCA® Founded in 1866, the ... services. For more information, please visit www.ASPCA. org , and be sure to follow the ASPCA on...
Kopp Joins Changing Our World As Managing Director
Release Date:
08/12/2014
James Michael Kopp has joined Changing Our World as a managing director.
Penny Abeywardena Joins the de Blasio Administration as the Head of the Office of International Affairs
Release Date:
09/16/2014
Penny Abeywardena will depart Clinton Global Initiative to join the de Blasio administration as the head of the Office of International Affairs.
Young Professionals, Get On Board
Release Date:
10/07/2014
Erin J. Law, Vice President at Morgan Stanley, urges young professionals to get involved in their community.
Grantmakers Should Seize the Moment to Support Racial-Justice Solutions
Release Date:
10/10/2014
... go unnoticed without taking action. Visit ProteusFund. org for more information about the foundation's social .....
MasterCard Foundation to Help Address Water Sanitation in East Africa with Micro-Credit Program
Release Date:
10/27/2014
... sanitation challenges facing low income groups,” Water. org CEO Gary White told participants in the forum. The ...
United Way of New York City Releases 2014 Self-Sufficiency Standards
Release Date:
12/02/2014
United Way of NYC explores the key issues that prevent New Yorkers from achieving self-sufficiency.
Valerie S. Peltier Elected Chairman of The New York Community Trust
Release Date:
12/04/2014
NYCT has appointed Valerie S. Peltier Chairman of the Distribution Committee.
GIH Elects Jacqueline Martinez Garcel to Board of Directors
Release Date:
12/04/2014
Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, VP of New York State Health Foundation, has been appointed to the Grant Makers in Health Board.
Ripple Effects: How Can We Continue DACA’s Positive Impact?
Release Date:
01/23/2014
New York Immigration Coalition Executive Director Steven Choi provides his takeaways from our PNY event on the impact of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on young immigrants and their families.
The Three Roads to Building Volunteer Value
Release Date:
07/16/2013
by Nur Ibrahim, Executive Coordinator, Philanthropy New York In early 2012, Philanthropy New York began working with Reimagining Service to bring its core mission and principles to our members, a mix of traditional grantmakers and...
Simons Foundation Helps Scientists Share and Review Findings
Release Date:
01/06/2015
... and Review Findings The popular preprint server arXiv. org , where physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists ...
TED: Exceptional Media and Ideas for Change
Release Date:
05/28/2013
by Vincent Stehle, Executive Director, Media Impact Funders On May 13, at the offices of Philanthropy New York and via livestream, I moderated a discussion on the power of ideas and how TED is using media to tell stories, ignite...
Elizabeth Leiman Kraiem Joins Guttman Foundation Board of Directors
Release Date:
01/22/2015
Elizabeth Leiman Kraiem is the Executive Director Jewish Foundation for Education of Women.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: One Student’s Story
Release Date:
12/06/2012
By Rafael Benitez, New York State Youth Leadership Council Philanthropy New York’s Education Working Group , in conjunction with the Donors’ Education Collaborative and the Fund for New Citizens at The New York Community Trust,...