Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Helps Expand Cornell's Prison Education Program
Release Date:
10/06/2015
The $1 million grant will establish the program at two additional correctional facilities by 2017.
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Oct
2015
Service for Impact
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 -
8:30am to 11:00am
Strategic volunteerism is a critical component of how corporations harness the time and talent of employees at all levels to support nonprofit partners and meet true community needs.
Hostos Food Studies Program is Creating Opportunities in the Bronx
Release Date:
10/07/2015
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Executive Director, Rick Luftglass, outlines the foundation's commitment to food security through their support of the Hostos Community College Food Studies program.
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Oct
2015
Learning From Transformational Women Leaders: Leymah Gbowee & Sophia Bracy Harris
Monday, October 19, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
Join us for an exciting public dialogue between two extraordinary black women leaders who will share their groundbreaking work to organize grassroots women into a force for peace and equity in their respective communities.
Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program
Release Date:
10/07/2015
Elizabeth Alexander is an award-winning poet, essayist and playwright.
Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
10/07/2015
Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer and legal scholar.
JPMogan Chase Announces New Initiatives to Create Affordable Housing in the South Bronx
Release Date:
10/07/2015
The investments will help support the construction of 200 affordable housing units in the South Bronx.
Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals
Release Date:
10/07/2015
The report is the first study of its kind to examine how state policy could be effective in helping to produce higher quality principals.
Jessie Smith Noyes At Top of the List of Family Foundations Who Fund Social Justice Work
Release Date:
10/07/2015
The Noyes Foundation devotes 74 percent of grant dollars to social justice causes.
New Leadership at the Pershing Square Foundation
Release Date:
10/08/2015
Paul Bernstein will step down as CEO at the end of the year, and Olivia Tournay Flatto will assume the role upon Bernstein's departure
Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation Welcomes New Board Member: Janice O’Connor
Release Date:
10/15/2015
Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation is pleased to announce that Janice O’Connor has joined the Board of Directors.
Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship Shows Successes
Release Date:
10/16/2015
$100,000 fellowship has seeded groundbreaking innovation in private/non-profit partnerships, municipal financing, faith-based organizing and a new class of Fellows was announced.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO
Release Date:
10/16/2015
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund along with the Ford, Hewlett, Kresge, Packard, and Robert Wood Johnson foundations awarded surprise $1.1-million unsolicited grants to two organizations that help grantmakers -- the Center for Effective Philanthropy and...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Attempts Murdoch Ouster at News Corp. Annual Meeting
Release Date:
10/16/2015
Laura Shaffer Campos, of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, failed to lead a shareholder revolt to diminish the Murdoch family's control on News Corp.
Atlantic and Bronfman Philanthropies Among Those Profiled for Spend Down Strategies
Release Date:
10/08/2015
Questions abound regarding how best to sunset. When should the spend-down begin and end? What practical challenges does it entail?
Finalists Selected for Bloomberg's C40 Cities Awards
Release Date:
10/08/2015
The C40 Cities Awards provide global recognition for cities demonstrating world-leading policies and programs that reduce emissions and improve sustainability.
NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens
Release Date:
10/09/2015
The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, a local nonprofit, is considering developing a mixed-use complex with 100 affordable housing units, including 50 units set aside for artists, according to the New York Community Trust, which awarded the...
Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse
Release Date:
10/09/2015
When compared to 12 other industrialized nations, Americans shelled out the most cash on health care services, but they fared worst in terms of life expectancy, according to the Commonwealth Fund findings.
The Changing Face of Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/12/2015
Paige Blansfield and Nina Chung kick off a new series by the 2015 cohort of the Young Leaders Breakfast Club.
NYS Health Foundation Publishes Report on Expanding Health Insurance Access for New Yorkers
Release Date:
10/13/2015
The report examines the successes and challenges that Enrollment Network grantees have experienced as they sought to improve health insurance coverage for vulnerable populations across New York.