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Ford Foundation Appoints Samantha Power to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
10/19/2020
Ford Foundation Appoints Samantha Power to Board of Trustees NEW YORK (October 19, 2020) — The Ford ... School, and William D. Zabel ’61 Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law...
Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges
Release Date:
04/17/2014
... Foundation Research shows the increasing importance of the post-secondary credential to one’s ability to participate in the labor market in this knowledge economy. It is predicted that...
Manage Difficult Workplace Conversations Like a Jedi
Release Date:
04/13/2017
... Were you suitably prepared? Did emotions get in the way of the message? As you probably already know, communicating ... I hear is that you feel that I am not doing a great job in supervising...
Finding—and Using—the Right Tool for the Job: A Landscape Scan of Assessment Tools
Release Date:
08/02/2018
... Using—the Right Tool for the Job: A Landscape Scan of Assessment Tools By Prithi Trivedi, Program Fellow, and ... The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Nonprofits come in many shapes and sizes. They focus...
Bloomberg Philanthropies ‘Summer Boost NYC’ Summer 2022 Learning Program Launched at New York City Public Charter Schools
Release Date:
04/18/2022
... will support summer learning at public charter schools in New York City for approximately 25,000 K-8 students who ... at an event at City Hall, Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg...
A Crash Course in the Foundation World: Reflections on Philanthropy New York’s Philanthropy 101
Release Date:
09/23/2022
A Crash Course in the Foundation World: Reflections on Philanthropy New ... P. Sloan Foundation Why do foundations exist? For a love of humanity and the public good? To fill a void created by ... and some ...
WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces New Grants to Support New York City Asylum Seekers
Release Date:
02/21/2023
... The WES Mariam Assefa Fund is excited to announce $230,000 in grants to seven New York-based organizations that support ... work on the ground responding to the significant increase in asylum seekers arriving...
These Days Everyone Can Be A Communicator…But Is That Enough?
Release Date:
01/12/2012
... Network and Michael Hamill Remaley, Vice President of Communications & Public Policy, Philanthropy New York ... to a blog, or even shoot and upload a video? Many people in charge of...
2017 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Semifinalists Announced
Release Date:
08/02/2017
... Awards Program, making them eligible for $60,000 in cash prizes and scholarships to Columbia Business School ... be announced during the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York (NPCC)’s Best Practices...
Ford, Mellon, Doris Duke, Kellogg, and MacArthur Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/11/2020
... Philanthropy The week after the U.S. economy shut down in March, Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, fielded a stream of phone calls from ... that Ford supports. Many were...
Race to the Top: What Grantmakers Can Learn from the First Round
Publication date:
06/2010
... technical support to states applying for the first round of the U.S. Department of Education's "Race to the Top" ... the Foundation Center , created from interviews conducted in March and April 2010 with foundation staff, education ... development of new policies and grantmakers being engaged, long -term partners in the process. Race to the Top: What .....
Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together
Publication date:
05/2009
... collaboratives, is the whole truly greater than the sum of its parts? Can foundations make a bigger impact with grant ... together than by going it alone? Yes, grantmakers say, as long as members define their goals, set clear operational ... to make the collaborative function well for grantees. In this guide, contributors share strategies for structuring ...
Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/02/2013
... the foundation is aggregating funds to scale what works. In 2005, Nancy Roob became president of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF). She has since ... and implementing a grantmaking strategy of...
MetLife Releases New Corporate Responsibility Report
Release Date:
09/25/2014
... makes on society while achieving its core business goals of managing risk, preserving financial strength and meeting long -term financial commitments. The report, titled ...
Sharon B. King, Noted Philanthropic Leader, Dies at 68
Release Date:
10/27/2014
... Dies at 68 Sharon B. King, a highly respected leader in philanthropy, died peacefully at home on October 21st, following a long battle with cancer. She was 68 years old. Sharon ... the Edna McConnell Clark...
Cultivating Nonprofit Leadership: A (Missed?) Philanthropic Opportunity
Publication date:
03/2015
... Social justice work cannot happen without the leadership of strong, skilled and connected individuals passionate about ... development is a vital aspect of any effort to address long -standing structural barriers to sustainable, positive change. If we look at recent victories in a number of different issues, it’s undeniable that ...
Verizon Foundation Launches Diabetes Study
Release Date:
05/29/2015
... to study whether mobile technology can improve the health of diabetes patients. The foundation is putting up $427,700 to help fund the year- long program. Participants include two groups of...
Henry Luce Foundation Finances Archiving of Time, Inc. Trove
Release Date:
11/09/2015
Henry Luce Foundation Finances Archiving of Time, Inc. Trove Time Inc., on the verge of leaving its Midtown Manhattan headquarters after 55 years, ... — though an array of file folders one and a...
Inside the Proposed Changes to the Landmarked Ford Foundation
Release Date:
04/19/2016
... York’s youngest interior landmark. Although many aspects of the building have long been outdated—interior designer Warren Platner thought ...