Sloan Foundation Funds New App and TV Series Focusing on Science
Release Date:
07/27/2016
Faith Salie (NPR and CBS Sunday Morning) and neuroscientist Dr. Heather Berlin are co-hosts for the first 26 episodes.
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NY Community Trust Announces Three Staff Promotions to Program Director
Release Date:
07/28/2016
The New York Community Trust is proud to announce three staff promotions to Program Director.
Arabella Advisors Writes About Impact Investing and Where to Source Investments
Release Date:
07/28/2016
Foundations active in impact investing point to a number of ways you can find or develop investable opportunities.
Rockefeller Fund Takes First Green Stake in Pivot From Oil
Release Date:
07/28/2016
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund took its first direct stake in a renewable energy company in a move meant to bolster the fight against climate change.
Century Foundation Fellow on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational Inequality
Release Date:
07/29/2016
“This is a preference that preferences the already advantaged,” observed Richard Kahlenberg, a Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation and a prolific writer on higher education issues.
Commonwealth Fund, Peterson Center on Healthcare, and John A. Hartford Foundations Combine Forces to Improve Health Care, Reduce Costs
Release Date:
07/29/2016
A coalition of national health foundations has announced the launch of a collaboration aimed at transforming care delivery for chronically ill patients with the greatest need.
Ford Foundation's Chris Cardona on Inequity in Grantee Inclusion
Release Date:
07/29/2016
Cardona writes in SSIR that it’s time to recognize how inequity shapes funders’ choice of partners.
Stonewall Community Foundation Issues RFP for LGBTQ Safe Spaces
Release Date:
07/29/2016
This fall, a one-year general operating support grant of $12,500 will be awarded to an organization or project focused on the safety of marginalized LGBTQ communities.
Ford's Walker Included in New Class of Disrupters Making New York’s Cultural Boards More Diverse
Release Date:
08/01/2016
The glass ceilings at elite cultural organizations are starting to crack after some pressure from the city.
Ten PNY Members Sign NYTimes Ad Calling for Dialogue, Promoting #ReasonsForHope
Release Date:
08/01/2016
The recent killings of people and police officers in communities across the country have stirred feelings of discord and despair, and left Americans wondering how we'll find a way forward.
Rockefeller and Lincoln Center Bring Jazz to Young People
Release Date:
08/01/2016
The Rockefeller Foundation and Jazz at Lincoln Center are teaming up to put jazz in the ears of thousands of urban school children across the globe.
Philanthropic Leadership: The Time Is Now
Release Date:
08/01/2016
Leadership in philanthropy doesn’t just happen on its own. It grows from practice, from growing your networks, and from learning alongside peers. Autumn is when Philanthropy New York’s committees, networks and issue-based working groups...
Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining
Release Date:
08/01/2016
Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining It takes a well-trained eye to spot an irregular heartbeat in the peaks and valleys of an electrocardiogram. The same goes for identifying an extinct ape from a...
Carnegie Corporation Names Robert Rosenthal Director of Information Technology
Release Date:
08/01/2016
Rosenthal brings over 30 years of experience in information management and systems, having worked in a range of industries, including banking, newspaper publishing, and philanthropy.
Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50
Release Date:
08/01/2016
Mastering the balance between sustainability and change is why these 50 executives have been selected for the 2016 NPT Power & Influence Top 50.
Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Revised Funding Areas
Release Date:
08/02/2016
We are staying true to our roots and are clearer now about how to drive significant change on the most urgent issues of our time.
On The Foundation Freeway: Entering And Exiting Priority Areas With Caution
Release Date:
08/02/2016
David Sandman of the NYS Health Foundation writes about the challenges of funding health care needs in the large and diverse state of NY.
With Support from Sloan, Research Points to Mechanisms on Why 'Green' Helps in Urban Life
Release Date:
08/02/2016
A pilot study opens a window on a biological mechanism for health benefits of urban greenery and on the methodology to expand research efforts.
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Sep
2016
New York Grantmakers in the Arts - Fall Meeting
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Arts and Culture funders, come together to discuss what we see as the pressing issues in the field so as to inform our subsequent discussions for the next 12 months.
Doris Duke Grant Makes Community-Centered Production of 'Dreamgirls' Possible
Release Date:
08/02/2016
This project – as part of a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grant – was intended to mostly involve non-professional community members.