What It Means To Be A Philanthropist -- Gen Xers and Millennials Weigh In
Release Date:
04/01/2013
... of the next generation of donors. $100 million to Newark schools . $200 million to a family foundation. Massive recent ...
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To Be a True Practitioner of Democracy
Release Date:
05/22/2013
In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat visiting the United States saw a new phenomenon in America. In Democracy in America, the book that emerged from his experiences, he called it "individualism," a word he coined to describe the...
New Trees and Community Gardens Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement
Release Date:
05/22/2014
[North Star Fund] Years after a blackout wiped out power in swaths of western Queens, money from a settlement with Con Edison has been used to turn over a new, green leaf in the neighborhoods affected by it — including 962 trees and 40 new school...
Investing for Real and Permanent Good
Release Date:
06/06/2014
Interviewed for a Harvard Business School podcast, Carnegie Corporation of New York's co-Chief Investment Officers Kim Lew and Meredith Jenkins discuss how they got into foundation investing and explain why the field makes sense for parents seeking...
Arcus Foundation Awards Summer 2014 Social Justice Grants
Release Date:
06/30/2014
... their peers on issues such as race, immigration, safe schools and reproductive rights. The grants were part of ...
New York Community Trust Announces Leadership Fellows Program at Baruch College
Release Date:
01/22/2015
Fellowship will help mid-career professionals be more effective managers and leaders.
Fifth Grader Recognized as Financial Expert, Thanks to SIFMA Foundation
Release Date:
03/13/2015
A Long Island fifth-grader placed third in the nation in the InvestWrite Competition, sponsored by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Foundation and McGraw Hill Financial.
Eighteen Cultural Institutions Receive Support from Carnegie Corporation of New York
Release Date:
05/07/2015
... curriculum of our public as well as private and parochial schools with the riches these museums, libraries, and centers ... overcome deficiencies in the arts and sciences that our schools can't provide...
New Training Program Takes on Teacher Improvement
Release Date:
06/17/2015
The program is supported by The Simons Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
MetLife Foundation Supports Expansion of Green Schoolyard Initiative
Release Date:
10/20/2015
The MetLife Foundation joined other private funders and the Trust for Public Land in a green schoolyards initiative in Philadelphia.
Wallace Report Connects the Dots of Data Use in Afterschool Systems
Release Date:
05/31/2016
A growing number of cities are building afterschool systems to provide low-income students with access to high-quality programs that can keep them safe and foster the skills needed to succeed in school and life.
Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning
Release Date:
12/05/2017
... Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning Schools looking to implement social-emotional learning ... ESSA.” Here are some of those funding sources: Title I: Schools with large populations of low...
Eve Stotland Joins New York Community Trust as New Program Officer for Education and Human Justice
Release Date:
03/25/2019
In her role, Eve manages education and human justice grantmaking for The Trust.
Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Finds Bonding Exercises Cut Discipline Disparity for Students of Color
Release Date:
04/04/2019
Exercises that address middle school students’ worries about belonging can help black and Latino boys develop better relationships with teachers, according to new research.
Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis to Step Down at End of 2012
Release Date:
01/02/2012
Karen Davis, who since 1995 has led The Commonwealth Fund in its drive to improve the performance of the nation’s healthcare system, plans to step down as the Fund’s president on December 31, 2012.
A Recipe for Managing in Difficult Times
Release Date:
05/14/2009
By Hildy J. Simmons While sorting through some office files recently, I came across a speech I gave in December 1990 at the annual meeting of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee (NPCC). In looking it over, I...
Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize: JP Morgan Private Bank
Release Date:
10/15/2015
... this high honor.” For further information, visit www .gishprize.com . Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter ...
Citi Foundation Funds Book Which Explores Americans' Financial Well-Being
Release Date:
12/11/2015
... from across a broad range of sectors. It is available at www .strongfinancialfuture.org . Funding for the book was ... is affected by every aspect of a person’s life—what schools they attend, where they live...
Numerous PNY Members Investing in New $31M Living Cities SIB Fund
Release Date:
03/31/2016
... near transit to connect low-income residents with jobs, schools and services in the greater Seattle region. ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New Grants for Immigrant Families Facing Deportation
Release Date:
06/21/2017
... and practices. This includes staff at local hospitals, schools , shelters, and places of worship. Action Fund Grants ... applying for Immigrant Rights Fund grants are provided at www .bcfny.org/apply Brooklyn...