Representatives of the Dyson Foundation are joined this week by government, nonprofit, and business leaders in mourning the passing of Diana Gurieva, who stewarded the Millbrook-based philanthropic foundation through a 24-year period of dynamic...
Never before on the same panel, Lynn Stekas, Chris Park, Jasmine Thomas and Hildy Simmons are joining forces on September 16th at Philanthropy New York. What do they have in common? They are all emerging, current, or recent innovative and cutting...
In a relatively short period of time, there have been some high-level changes at important philanthropy organizations, leading to questions of both why this is occurring, and what’s involved today with managing a CEO or president transition at a...
The Rockefeller Foundation will invest $20 million in India over the next three years to increase energy access in the country’s rural areas, according to Vice President Christine Heenan.
North Star Fund Welcomes Junie François Pswarayi as new Finance & Operations Director Brooklyn-born and Haitian bred in Brooklyn, NY — Junie brings 15 years of experience in finance, human resources and operations at for profit...
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As school districts across the nation face increasing numbers of schools “in need of improvement,” many educators, advocates, policymakers, and funders are looking at early childhood education as an effective strategy for education reform. These...
Misinformation, the circulation of misleading and false information, deepened the crisis by delaying authoritative response to the pandemic by weeks, if not months.
Thousands of young New York City immigrants -- many of them high school students -- waited on line on August 15 to begin the process of applying for deportation deferrals under President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). While...
The New York Community Trust's Pat Swann shares five management tips — for funders and nonprofits alike — from some of this year’s NYCT-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards finalists.