Phil TV This Week March 17
Release Date:
03/17/2017
Featuring Proteus Fund, Commonwealth Fund, Rita Allen Foundation.
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Phil TV This Week March 24
Release Date:
03/24/2017
Clare Church of the New York Community Trust guest anchors PhilTV This Week.
NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment
Release Date:
03/28/2017
The National Council of Nonprofits is putting out an urgent call to all nonprofits and foundations to sign on to a Community Letter in Support of Nonpartisanship.
Laura Walker Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Release Date:
03/28/2017
Laura Walker, president and CEO of New York Public Radio, has been elected to The Commonwealth Fund’s Board of Directors, effective April 2017.
Rockefeller Foundation Helps Speed Up Development of Minigrids in Africa
Release Date:
03/28/2017
Development partners such as the U.K.’s Department for International Development and Germany’s GIZ are committing hundreds of millions of dollars to explore the potential for minigrids and support their growth.
Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties
Release Date:
03/29/2017
The all-volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space and water harvesting cistern this summer, thanks to grants and material donations from Garnier®, TerraCycle®, and Target Corporation.
Surdna, JPB Foundations Provide Grants to Help Low-Income Communities Access Solar+Storage Solutions
Release Date:
03/29/2017
Seven community-based nonprofits and affordable housing developers have been selected to receive grants from Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Leadership Initiative , as part of the Resilient Power Project, to build their organizational capacity...
'Marjorie Prime' Wins Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at Sundance for Focus on Science and Technology
Release Date:
03/29/2017
FilmRise has acquired U.S. rights to Sundance winner “Marjorie Prime” and is planning a mid-summer release and a fall awards push for star Lois Smith, the distributor announced Tuesday.
Vivian Tseng Promoted to Senior Vice President, Program of The William T. Grant Foundation
Release Date:
03/29/2017
Vivian Tseng has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Program, of the William T. Grant Foundation. In this role, she will work closely with the President and Board to shape the Foundation’s strategic directions.
Commonwealth Fund's Kathy Regan Makes City and State's Above & Beyond 2017 List
Release Date:
03/29/2017
The day after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, millions of women marched in Washington, D.C., New York City and other cities across the country and around the globe. Provoked by Trump’s controversial rhetoric on the campaign trail, they came...
Open Society Foundations and Other Funders Mobilizing to Counter Hate
Release Date:
03/29/2017
ot long after the election, OSF rolled out a $10 million rapid response initiative to support those targeted by hateful rhetoric.
Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants
Release Date:
03/30/2017
At present, there will be no large public funds directed exclusively towards the program—the “public-private” set-up refers to the fact that the foundation money will be administered by the state’s Office for New Americans.
Edna McConnell Clark's Nancy Roob Gives Tedx Talk About Re-Imagining Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/30/2017
At this year's TEDxPennAve in Washington DC, Nancy Roob shared how a life-changing experience encouraged her and EMCF to re-imagine the way philanthropists collaborate to help meet our nation’s most pressing challenges.
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Awards More Than $1.7 Million to Fight Bias Against Muslims
Release Date:
03/30/2017
It is readily apparent that the need for such work is more urgent than ever before: A February 2017 report from the Southern Poverty Law Center cites a 197 percent surge in anti-Muslim hate groups in 2016.
Mellon Foundation Gives $1.02 Million to New Critical Theory Initiative
Release Date:
03/30/2017
Using a $1.02 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Northwestern will collaborate with worldwide professionals to develop a curriculum on critical theory, a stream of philosophy that critiques the ways culture is formed and discussed.
Request for Proposals to Support City-Based Advocacy Coalitions Using Culture as a Strategy to Advance Policy
Release Date:
03/30/2017
New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust is now seeking proposals to support City-based advocacy coalitions using culture as a strategy to advance policy.
Examine Organizational Blind Spots With This New Gender Lens Tool
Release Date:
03/31/2017
Stephanie Chrispin, Public Policy Fellow at Philanthropy New York, writes, "Why would a funder focused on education, health, or criminal justice reform consider gender equity when crafting their grantmaking strategy? Because it’s easy to miss the...
Bloomberg Writes Op-Ed: Climate Progress, With or Without Trump
Release Date:
03/31/2017
Philanthropist and former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg writes that President Trump’s unfortunate and misguided rollback of environmental protections has led to a depressing and widespread belief that the United States can no longer meet its...
Phil TV This Week March 31
Release Date:
03/31/2017
Pat Eng of the New York Women's Foundation guest anchors PhilTV This Week.
Giving Like a Rockefeller, Even if You’re Not Super-Rich
Release Date:
03/31/2017
Few families, of course, are as wealthy as the Rockefellers. But their example offers lessons for families without famous last names, philanthropic resources and numerous plaques in their honor.