Resilience: Nature’s Lessons for Surviving Its Worst Moods
Release Date:
06/02/2015
In the wake of recent disasters, the Rockefeller Foundation elaborates on the need for broad scale resilience.
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Six City Workers Win Sloan Award for Outstanding Public Service
Release Date:
06/02/2015
The awards are handed out each year by the Fund for the City of New York.
JPB Foundation Champions Bike Share Access for Underserved Communities
Release Date:
06/02/2015
“These grants allow cities, systems, and non-profit partners to test interventions and help us develop best practices for encouraging more people to use bike share."
Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research
Release Date:
06/02/2015
The funding will lead biology and genetics research for education programs.
Making Change Not Grants: Combining the 3 Roles of the Arcus Foundation for Impact
Release Date:
06/02/2015
Annette Lanjouw and Cindy Rizzo discuss how the Arcus Foundation's tri-level approach maximizes the impact of grantmaking.
Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System
Release Date:
06/03/2015
In a recent editorial, Zoe Baird, expounded on the need to improve education to help better prepare students for the workforce.
Markle Foundation President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U.S. in WSJ OpEd
Release Date:
06/04/2015
The growing Chinese middle class outpaces the country's ability to provide services for the population.
Helmsley Type 1 Diabetes Program Announces $5 Million Request for Proposals
Release Date:
06/03/2015
The new initiative loos to identify innovative digital health solutions.
Jewish Board Inherits $75 Million in Deals from FEGS
Release Date:
06/03/2015
The state Office of Mental Health and UJA-Federation of New York will help pay expenses necessary to transfer the programs.
Winning Young Innovators Announced for 2015 Moody's Information to Innovation Challenge
Release Date:
06/03/2015
Students from Massachusetts, California and New York were honored with awards.
The New York Women’s Foundation Announces $3.25 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women and Families in New York City
Release Date:
06/04/2015
These grants address a range of issues including economic security, anti-violence and safety, health, sexual rights, and reproductive justice.
U.S.-Cuba Thaw Reverberating Through Nonprofits
Release Date:
06/04/2015
Ford Foundation and other international funders have received inquiries about working in Cuba.
Life and Work of Robert Rauschenberg Profiled in NYTimes
Release Date:
06/04/2015
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation focuses on funding art initiatives that connect people across cultural lines.
State Authority Wants $1.5 Billion for Renewable Energy Boost
Release Date:
06/04/2015
The money would be put towards large-scale renewable energy projects over the next decade.
Participate in the 2015 Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Survey
Release Date:
06/04/2015
We invite PNY members to participate in the annual Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Survey, which collects data on compensation and benefits costs among community, private, operating and public foundations.
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Nailing It: Building A National Movement of Nail Salon Workers
Thursday, June 25, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
On virtually every street corner in the city sits a nail salon, a burgeoning industry that glamorizes the fingertips of half the City’s residents. And behind the glam are women who most often are paid less than the cost of the bottle of nail polish...
'Investment Club' of Foundations Pays Off for Nonprofits
Release Date:
06/05/2015
SeaChange Capital Partners manages the New York Pooled PRI Fund, which includes investments from Altman, Heckscher and the Thompson Family Foundation.
Jerome and Camargo Foundations Appoint New President
Release Date:
06/05/2015
Ben Cameron is currently the Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Margaret L. Wolff Becomes New Chair of the John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/05/2015
Wolff will succeed Norman Volk, who retires after 36 years of service.
Anne-Marie Audet Joins United Hospital Fund as Vice President
Release Date:
06/22/2015
Anne-Marie J. Audet, M.D., M.Sc., has joined the United Hospital Fund as vice president to help shape and lead its new Quality Institute.