Bintou Sankareh
... her community at local soup kitchens, hospitals and public schools . She mentors disadvantaged inner-city public school ...
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Jo Christine Miles
As a Philanthropy New York Public Policy Fellow Jo Christine Miles worked with several of our funder-led, issue-based working groups to articulate policy issues, advance public policies that support effective philanthropy and a productive non-profit...
Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College
Release Date:
10/21/2015
Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and others join in new initiative to examine public policy issues in charitable giving at Boston College Law School.
Teagle Foundation Gives $2M for College/Community Partnerships
Release Date:
03/14/2016
... guidance of the Research Alliance for New York City Public Schools for this fifth cycle of support. President Judith ...
Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies
Release Date:
03/28/2016
Art Peck, Gap Inc. CEO & John B. King, U.S. Secretary of Education, write about the benefit of hiring young folks and the value of work experience.
Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation
Release Date:
04/01/2016
Philanthropy News Digest interviews Pamela Shifman of the NoVo Foundation, a private foundation created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett that has long worked in the U.S. and Global South. Last week, it announced a $90 million commitment to...
Ford Foundation Suggests that It’s Time to Reboot Grantmaking
Release Date:
06/29/2017
... that It’s Time to Reboot Grantmaking Communities in Schools (CIS) is the largest and most effective US ...
Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published
Release Date:
07/26/2017
Current scientific research demonstrates that the first three years of a child’s life are the most important in terms of brain development. If we want children to start school prepared to learn, and to succeed, then we must support young children...
New York Foundation Welcomes Altaf Rahamatulla as Program Officer
Release Date:
08/04/2017
Altaf Rahamatulla comes to New York Foundation from the Ford Foundation where he served as a program associate on the Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice team.
IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Today, the IBM Foundation announced the availability of Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0, software that uses Watson artificial intelligence technology– trained by some of the nation’s leading math experts, with feedback from more than 1,000 teachers...
Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Humanitarian assistance relies on a charity model of providing immediate relief in emergency situations. But once the emergency has passed, other approaches might better deliver services in a market-driven, customer-centric way.
Tow-Playwright-in-Residence Featured in New York Times
Release Date:
11/02/2017
Ms. Bioh, a native New Yorker whose parents emigrated from Ghana in 1968, has made it her mission, theatrically and personally, to tell stories about African and African-American characters that buck expectation and defy stereotype.
The Wallace Foundation Announces Promotions of Five Staff Members to Senior Program Officer
Release Date:
12/18/2017
... relationships with key partners in government, schools , and non-profit agencies; and conceptualizing and ... Assistant to the Superintendent for Holyoke (MA) Public Schools , serving as a Cluster Leader for the...
Century Foundation Report Reveals NY’s For-Profit Colleges Leave Students with Debt and Little Impact on Earning Potential
Release Date:
03/26/2018
... New York’s Colleges,” argues that for-profit schools display a pattern of failing to meaningfully serve ... and first-generation students. Many for-profit schools show high default rates on student loans. For...
Milbank Memorial Fund Announces New Editor of The Milbank Quarterly
Release Date:
07/27/2018
The Milbank Memorial Fund is pleased to announce that Alan B. Cohen, ScD, will serve as the editor of The Milbank Quarterly , effective August 1, 2018.
McNulty Foundation & Aspen Institute Announce the 2018 McNulty Prize Winner, Mehrdad Baghai and High Resolves
Release Date:
11/01/2018
... began 13 years ago in a single school, is now in over 350 schools across Australia, and expanded to hubs in Oakland and ...
Support From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Continues College Access and Success Program of American Indian College Fund
Release Date:
05/02/2019
... to bring Tribal College and Universities and area high schools together to help prepare students for the academic ...
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The Trustee Education Institute: An Intensive Seminar for Family Foundation Trustees
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 12:00pm to Friday, May 10, 2013 - 2:00pm
Pew Charitable Trusts Conference Center, 901 E St NW, Washington, DC
The National Center’s Trustee Education Institute provides a comprehensive introduction to all of the key legal, investment, ethical, grantmaking, and family dynamics issues facing family foundation board members. This three day, intensive seminar...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces $2.3M in Grants to Nonprofits Serving Youth, Girls of Color
Release Date:
12/14/2016
BCF launched its Invest in Youth initiative in 2015 as a 10-year, $25 million commitment to improve Brooklyn’s social and economic opportunities and outcomes for 16- to 24-year-olds, particularly young people of color.
Video: At Rockefeller, Actor Robin Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’
Release Date:
05/25/2016
Off-screen, Robin Wright lends her voice for social change, advocating for gender equality and to put a stop to violence against women and children.