Helmsley Charitable Trust's Rural Healthcare Program Gives $400K to Community Hospital
Release Date:
04/12/2017
Pender Community Hospital has received a $400,000 grant to be used to purchase a new CT scanner.
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North Star Fund Announces 2017 North Star and Frederick Douglass Awardees
Release Date:
04/12/2017
North Star Fund announced the individuals and organizations it will honor with its esteemed annual awards for outstanding contributions to creating a more just and equitable New York.
NYCT Gives $5.6M For New Efforts to Stop Domestic Violence, Protect First Amendment Rights, Build Young Leaders and More
Release Date:
04/12/2017
NYCT Gives $5.6M For New Efforts to Stop Domestic Violence, Protect First Amendment Rights, Build Young Leaders and More (April 12, 2017) NEW YORK - The New York Community Trust recently approved more than $5.6...
Manage Difficult Workplace Conversations Like a Jedi
Release Date:
04/13/2017
Ann Maldonado, Office Manager at Altman Foundation, writes about the three "Ms" that may help you navigate your next difficult conversation: Mindful preparation, Monoriting and Meta-conversations.
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Data for Health Initiative is Closing Gaps in Health Data in 19 Countries
Release Date:
04/12/2017
Data for Health is a four-year $100 million initiative aimed at improving health data in 19 low- and middle-income countries spanning Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America.
Rockefeller Foundation Supports 'Food for Soul' to Combat Food Waste
Release Date:
04/13/2017
Backing from the Foundation will enable Food for Soul to take its successful Refettorio model to some of the USA’s most vulnerable communities.
Gates Foundation Releases New Virtual Reality Game to Highlight Life-Saving Innovations
Release Date:
04/13/2017
This is the benefactor who built chicken coops inside a Manhattan high-rise, released mosquitoes on an unsuspecting audience, and drank purified poop water—all to make some larger point more memorable.
NoVo Foundation to Unveil Plan to Help Girls of Color
Release Date:
04/13/2017
The New York City-based NoVo Foundation, created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett, the youngest son of Warren Buffett, says it will let the girls and their advocates on the local level determine what their needs are, rather than be told what...
Mellon Foundation President Explores The Haunting Shadow of Slavery
Release Date:
04/13/2017
As the 400th anniversary of the importation of the first Africans into colonial Jamestown approaches in 2019, Earl Lewis — president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — argued that it is important to acknowledge that “slavery still haunts us today...
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Social Impact Exchange: 2017 Conference on Scaling Impact
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 8:30am to Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 2:45pm
At the 2017 Conference on Scaling Impact, funders, advisors and leaders from across the social sector gather to share knowledge, hear about co-funding opportunities and cultivate a community to help scale successful, evidence-based initiatives.
Behind the Billion: The Ford Foundation and Mission-Related Investments
Release Date:
04/13/2017
Xavier de Souza Briggs , the foundation’s vice president for Economic Opportunity and Markets, discusses the foundation's work on mission-related investments with Lenora Suki , head of sustainable finance product...
Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates Talks About The Fight Against Discrimination After 9/11
Release Date:
05/07/2014
Hate rallies, political witch hunts, discriminatory policing - together, these activities send a message that Muslims should be feared.
Phil TV This Week April 14
Release Date:
04/14/2017
PhilTV This Week features guest anchor Prachi Patankar of the Brooklyn Community Foundation, and stories about Mellon, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Educational Foundation of America and some Jedi action from the Altman Foundation. Plus, Thousands of...
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens
Release Date:
04/14/2017
The foundation is particularly interested in applicants with training in different fields who want to apply their experience to understanding the role of microorganisms in shaping ocean processes and vice versa, including applicants with experience...
Two Weeks Left to Apply to The J.M.K. Innovation Prize
Release Date:
04/14/2017
The Prize is an exciting initiative of The J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York-based family foundation. In 2017, up to ten Prizes will be awarded to those tackling our country's most pressing needs through social innovation.
Carnegie Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges
Release Date:
04/14/2017
States could save money and increase college-graduation rates by providing modest financial incentives for students to choose private colleges over comparable public ones, according to a report released this week.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports National Geographic Documentary About the Coal and Mining Industry
Release Date:
04/14/2017
From the Ashes captures Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry, and what its future should be under the Trump administration.
Markle Foundation Collaborates With LinkedIn, Arizona State and edX to Address Technology’s Impact on Jobs
Release Date:
04/14/2017
The U.S. needs new tools to measure and monitor technology, jobs and skills to cope with the advance of artificial intelligence and automation, according to a group of economists and computer scientists.
Value, Time, and Time-Limited Philanthropy
Publication date:
04/2017
Can limiting a foundation's life increase its ability to have impact? In “Value, Time, and Time-Limited Philanthropy,” Tony Proscio of the Duke Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society tackles that question by applying a theory of time and value in philanthropy to three real cases that show what’s possible.
Anu Bhagwati of Service Women's Action Network Joined the Marines and Faced Daily Harassment
Release Date:
05/07/2014
In this PhilTalk at Philanthropy New York's 35th annual meeting, Anu Bhagwati saw so much harassment during her service that she filed an independent investigation, which led to her work with Women's Action Network, a collective effort to heal from...