Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
10/07/2015
Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer and legal scholar.
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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
Elizabeth M. Hewitt to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Chief Investment Officer, Senior VP
Release Date:
10/08/2015
Hewitt will replace long time Chief Investment Officer William Petersen, who retired earlier this year after more than 16 years of service to the foundation.
07
Dec
2015
Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 1 - Webinar
Monday, December 7, 2015 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Join us for the first of a four part series, that will explore the Campaign for Grade Level Reading Initiative and its core community solution areas.
12
Nov
2015
Families Funding Change: How Social Justice Giving Honors Our Roots and Strengthens Communities - Webinar
Thursday, November 12, 2015 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Join us in person or by webinar to explore strategies family foundations and donor advised funds can take to engage more deeply in grantmaking that builds toward long-term social change.
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.
The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times
Release Date:
10/13/2015
For-profit colleges that have been accused of fraud are still receiving U.S. funds.
NYCT Announces Finalists for 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Release Date:
10/13/2015
Now in its ninth year, the Awards program recognizes outstanding management practices and educates nonprofit managers and board leaders throughout New York's nonprofit community about excellent management practices.
John A. Hartford Foundation: 'Hospital at Home' Prevents Complications
Release Date:
10/13/2015
The shift to value-based care could lead to expanded hospital-level acute care in patients' homes.
The Source Codes of Foundation Culture
Publication date:
10/2015
Over the last several years, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has been working to better understand what contributes to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy. One theme that has arisen time and again is the importance of creating and nurturing an organizational culture that enables grantmakers to be most effective.
Rockefeller Foundation Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace
Release Date:
10/13/2015
Research into what issues women face in the workplace finds equal pay, harassment, career opportunities,children, and work-life balance remain as concerns.
02
Dec
2015
Neighborhood Info at Your Fingertips: An Introduction to DATA2GO.NYC
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 -
2:45pm to 4:30pm
As grantmakers working on complex social issues, it can be hard to get access to the data you need to make good funding decisions. Do you find yourself turning to dozens of sources to get good data?