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May
2023
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Breaking Down Barriers: Meet the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation's "Open Call" Grantees
Release Date:
10/25/2023
A President's Message from Tanuja Dehne
Philanthropy & Hurricane Sandy: A Report on the Foundation & Corporate Response
Publication date:
10/2014
A new report examines the response of foundations, corporations and other institutional donors to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.
As National Momentum Grows, Advocates’ Voices Ring Out On Capitol Hill
Release Date:
12/19/2012
By Lori Bezahler, President, Edward W. Hazen Foundation Twelve years ago I sat in a room with high school students in East Los Angeles and heard them describe the tracking in their schools. As one youth leader of Innercity Struggle...
The Three Vs for Voter Engagement: Validators, Volunteers and Visibility
Release Date:
08/26/2022
In this week’s late August primary, the second primary this summer in New York, voter turnout barely cracked ten percent in New York City.
Giving While Living
Publication date:
09/2017
The common quest of all who seek to achieve lasting improvements in our communities and in our world—whether we are individual donors, foundations, nonprofits or government agencies—is to make the highest and best use of our resources. It requires us to ask questions like: What are our best opportunities to make a difference? What impact can we have and how do we know what impact our grants are having? What are grantee organizations accomplishing? What’s working… what’s not? Or, as Chuck Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, never hesitated to ask, starting with the foundation’s...
02
Oct
2014
How Philanthropy Can Act to Stop the Ebola Crisis
Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 1:00pm
... above . Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org with any questions. A Philanthropy New York Members ...
World Education Services Mariam Assefa Fund Supports Launch of Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative in Philadelphia
Release Date:
01/15/2020
... 215-686-6043, Lina Duffy lina@welcomingcenter. org 215-825-7770 PHILADELPHIA –Welcoming Center for New ... and welcome employers to register at welcomingcenter. org /eitalent . “City government has a critical...
Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education
Release Date:
06/20/2012
By George E. Thibault, M.D., President, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation A growing body of evidence shows that health care delivered by well-functioning teams leads to better patient outcomes, greater efficiencies and even professional...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Organizations Building an Inclusive Conservation Movement
Release Date:
04/13/2021
... since it was established in 1997. To learn more, visit www .ddcf. org . Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to ...
The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Making Healthy and Sustainable Foods More Accessible Around the World
Release Date:
03/24/2022
The Foundation’s largest-ever investment in food and nutrition aims to reach 40 million underserved people in three years with Good Food that benefits human health, protects the planet and creates equitable opportunity
03
Feb
2016
It’s PUBLIC Transit: Funders Look at New Initiatives to Connect NYC’s People & Places
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... Collaborators: Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org with your name, title, organizational affiliation, ... Now link. Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org with any questions. In...
14
Jun
2018
Policy Core Course 2018 - June 14th Sessions
Thursday, June 14, 2018 -
9:00am to 12:45pm
... programs. Please email register@philanthropynewyork. org with any questions. Policy Core Course 2018 - June 14th ...
New Report from The Century Foundation on Students from Low-Income Families and Special Education
Release Date:
01/23/2019
A new TCF report finds that low-income students are more likely to be identified for special education and more likely to be placed in separate classrooms than their non-low-income peers. While the exact reasons for the differences are unknown, the...
Surdna Foundation Names George Soule As Director Of Communications
Release Date:
06/03/2013
The Surdna Foundation has announced George Soule as its first-ever Director of Communications. Bringing more than 20 years of communications and foundation experience, Soule joined the Foundation on June 11 to lead the organization's internal and...
New Board Leadership at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Release Date:
08/22/2013
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has elected Valerie Rockefeller Wayne to chair the RBF Board of Trustees and also elected new trustee Daniel Levy. Ms. Wayne is a middle school special education teacher specializing in adolescents with learning...
15
Jun
2012
What Role Can Philanthropy Play in Restoring Civility to Our Society? - 2012 Spring Colloquium
Friday, June 15, 2012 -
10:30am to 1:00pm
Every other year, the Council brings together recognized thought leaders from both the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors for a conversation exploring topics of critical interest to the future of the social sector. The 2012 Spring Colloquium will...
Two New Members Join The William T. Grant Foundation Board
Release Date:
11/01/2013
The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce that Prudence L. Carter, Ph.D., and Scott C. Evans, C.F.A., have joined its Board of Trustees.
08
Apr
2014
Meet the New Health Commissioner: Dr. Mary T. Bassett is One of Our Own
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Philanthropy New York’s Health Policy Working Group is pleased to welcome Dr. Mary T. Bassett, the newly appointed Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Most recently, she has been a program director for African...
Perpetuity, continued
Release Date:
04/24/2014
Tony Proscio of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy keeps the conversation going around the question: What Is the Case for Foundations Living in Perpetuity? This topic was the...