New York City Takes Steps to Increase the Safety of Employees at Homeless Shelters
Release Date:
07/07/2015
Following the death of Ana Charle prompted the city to take additional safety measures.
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Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children
Release Date:
07/07/2015
The America After 3 PM survey was funded by Wallace, Ford, and The Robert Bowne Foundation, among others.
Building a Bigger Tent for Effective Philanthropy
Release Date:
07/07/2015
Bessemer Trust Director of Philanthropy Advisory Services, Paul Connolly, examines outcomes-oriented philanthropy.
Improving the Health of Older Adults Using Integrated Networks for Medical Care and Social Services
Release Date:
07/10/2015
John A. Hartford Foundation Senior Program Officer, Nora OBrien-Suric, explores health resources and networks available for aging adults.
08
Oct
2015
Making Space for Tinkering, Design-Thinking and Technology in Education
Thursday, October 8, 2015 -
8:45am to 10:30am
Over the past five years, the “maker movement” has generated significant buzz, and “makerspaces” are popping up in libraries, museums and schools.
13
Aug
2015
Passing the "Mirror Test": Ethics and Family Philanthropy - Webinar
Thursday, August 13, 2015 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
This webinar is limited to private and family foundation staff and trustees only. Your family’s philanthropic values – your sense of stewardship, your personal commitments and interests, and your desire to foster charitable impulses in your children...
07
Jan
2016
Powerful Resource or Unhealthy Distraction? The Ongoing Debate about Young People and Technology
Thursday, January 7, 2016 -
8:45am to 10:30am
Technology is omnipresent in the lives of American youth. Studies show that by the time they turn two, more than a third of kids have used a mobile device; and nearly a quarter of teens are online “almost constantly.”
Helmsley Charitable Trust and Sloan Foundation Back Data Science Collaboration
Release Date:
07/08/2015
The $6 million grant will go towards developing interactive, open-source data sharing software.
Philanthropy's Difficult Dance With Inequality
Release Date:
07/08/2015
Foundation Center President, Brad Smith, examines how funders like Nathan Cummings, F.B Heron , Ford and Carnegie use the term "inequality."
JPMorgan Chase and Target Join Initiative to Create Job Opportunities for Young People
Release Date:
07/13/2015
The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative will provide jobs, internships and apprenticeships to 100,000 young people over the next three years.
Rockefeller Announces Joint Initiative with Obama Administration to Create New Resilience AmeriCorps Program
Release Date:
07/13/2015
The two-year pilot will launch later in 2015 and has garnered $1 million in support.
New York Women's Foundation-Backed Report Sees Aging Immigrant Women as the 'Invisible Population'
Release Date:
07/08/2015
Older immigrant women, lacking retirement income and/or savings, usually keep working past retirement age or become family caretakers.
Heckscher Foundation for Children Works to Demystify NYC High School Admissions Process
Release Date:
07/13/2015
The foundation is currently developing an application to help underserved youth apply to city high schools.
Proteus Fund and Proteus Action League Elect Three New Board Members
Release Date:
07/08/2015
The Proteus Fund and its sister c4 organization the Proteus Action League (PAL) are delighted to announce the election of two new members of the Proteus Board and one new member of the PAL Board.
Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban
Release Date:
07/14/2015
Energy company wants to drill natural-gas well using waterless method.
Open Society and MacArthur Foundations to be Banned by Russia Along with Many Others
Release Date:
07/14/2015
Russia has instituted a campaign to expose foreign influences that are deemed "threatening."
Ford's VP of Communications Responds to WSJ OpEd
Release Date:
07/08/2015
Alfred Ironside draws connections between capitalism and philanthropy.
TCC Group President and CEO Richard Mittenthal Featured in Profile Magazine
Release Date:
07/06/2015
Mittenthal outlines TCC strategies on helping clients deepen social impact.
Ford's Walker Explores the Value of Civil Society in Recent Report
Release Date:
07/09/2015
Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker, outlines the importance of increasing and improving funder relationships with civil society institutions.
Ford and RPA Work to Foster Sustainable Development in Ghana
Release Date:
07/09/2015
The Post-2015 Partnership Platform for Philanthropy was launched in November 2014 to help grantmakers better understand the opportunities for engaging in global development goal processes.