Helen Chin Named New Director of Sustainable Environments Program at Surdna
Release Date:
12/22/2014
Surdna Foundation has appointed Helen Chin Director of Sustainable Environments Program.
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See the Storify and More: Education Funders Research Initiative Launch Event
Release Date:
10/10/2013
More than 130 attendees joined us and an esteemed panel of education leaders at the launch of the Education Funders Research Initiative, our new project to engage New Yorkers and focus on how the education system can best prepare and support...
To Get Beyond Two Percent, We Have to Go Beyond Giving
Release Date:
10/08/2013
Arabella Advisors Founder and Managing Director Eric Kessler weighs in on Dan Pallotta’s closing talk at the 2013 TED Conference and suggests how funders can respond to the growing demands on the nonprofit sector and increase the impact of...
Marketplace IT Glitches: The Sky Is Not Falling
Release Date:
10/03/2013
Via The Commonwealth Fund, three researchers from Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms put the IT issues encountered during the rollout of the Affordable Care Act into perspective, comparing them to a...
Women 4 Health Care: Helping Uninsured Women Get Covered
Release Date:
10/01/2013
We're pleased to have Raising Women's Voices-NY Director Lois Uttley share the details of their new Ms. Foundation for Women-supported social media campaign to spread the word to uninsured women about New York's new health insurance marketplace, NY...
What Makes a Good CSR Leader?
Release Date:
09/26/2013
American Express Foundation President Tim McClimon talks about the attributes that leaders in corporate social responsibility should cultivate and offers some advice for young people who want to enter the field.
The Commonwealth Fund Recaps Health Care in 2014
Release Date:
12/23/2014
David Blumenthal and David Squires outline 2014's health care milestones.
Creating Enduring Value at a Corporate Foundation: Bridging the Gap Between Brand and Cause
Release Date:
09/24/2013
by Chris Park, President, New York Life Foundation Over more than twenty years as a corporate grantmaker, few things have left a deeper and more lasting impression on me than the professionalism, commitment to change and caring of...
Winning Was Just Part of the Reward
Release Date:
09/17/2013
Brooklyn Community Foundation President and CEO Cecilia Clarke talks about her firsthand experience with The New York Community Trust-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards.
Does Funder Risk Aversion Stifle Innovation?
Release Date:
09/12/2013
Mertz Gilmore Foundation Vice President Lukas Haynes and DoSomething.org CEO Nancy Lublin engage in a spirited conversation about risk-taking, funding nonprofits and measuring impact.
The Building Blocks of Demonstrating Impact
Release Date:
09/09/2013
Recently, Philanthropy New York hosted a conversation on the best ways for funders to measure and demonstrate the impact of their charitable work. We’re pleased to have two of the presenters at that program, the Citi Foundation’s Hui Wen Chan and...
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Getting Better at Getting Better: Using Data to Improve Student Social-Emotional Learning
Thursday, January 15, 2015 -
8:00am to 11:00am
The session will focus on the use of data and measurement tools to help young people set goals for themselves and build social-emotional competencies (SEL) essential for academic and life success.
11/14/2014 - The Science of Convening - Notes
Publication date:
11/2014
View Notes from the program, " The Science of Convening. "
How Should Philanthropy Respond to Obama’s Speech on Black Men and Boys?
Release Date:
08/15/2013
By Shawn Dove Campaign Manager, Campaign for Black Male Achievement Open Society Foundations How do we as a nation now heal from the open wound caused by the Zimmerman verdict? Words from Rev...
Why Bring People Together In Person?
Release Date:
08/13/2013
by Robert Garris , Managing Director, Bellagio Programs , The Rockefeller Foundation With so many effective communication technologies available, it would be easy to assume that Skype, videoconferencing, webinars...
Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political
Release Date:
08/08/2013
by Jenny Rempel, Tom Ford Fellow in Philanthropy, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Food systems funding is hot right now. Foundations are supporting everything from food hubs to community...
Better Prepared for Tomorrow: Youth, Media, Technology and the Future of Education and the Workforce
Release Date:
08/01/2013
by Hollis Headrick, Program Consultant, Hive Digital Media Learning Fund, The New York Community Trust The new media ecology can be overwhelming, with a growing array of digital devices, the proliferation of massive open online...
Resilience Begins at Home
Release Date:
07/30/2013
by Neill Coleman , Vice President, Global Communications, The Rockefeller Foundation Family, neighborhood and community are vital components of responding to shocks and stresses and bouncing back stronger. The...
Building a Movement to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Philanthropy
Release Date:
07/25/2013
by Kelly Brown, Director, D5 Coalition D5 is a coalition of organizations committed to making philanthropy more diverse, inclusive and equitable in its practices. But we are more than just that. We are a movement of dedicated...
Simple and Fast City Contracting: Introducing the Health and Human Services Accelerator
Release Date:
07/17/2013
by the HHS Accelerator Team The Health and Human Services (HHS) Accelerator is the latest initiative in a series of New York City management innovations aimed at improving how the City does business with thousands of nonprofit...