October 2013 Working Group Updates
Release Date:
10/23/2013
Read the latest updates on these Issue-Based Working Groups: Community Food Funders, the Education Working Group, Funders of Women and Girls and the Health Policy Working Group.
Public Policy
How Philanthropy and Nonprofits Responded to the Government Shutdown
Release Date:
10/18/2013
There was no one right way to respond to the crisis in Washington, but many different ways for philanthropy to take active and constructive roles fortifying our democracy.
Three Education Ideas for NYC’s New Mayor
Release Date:
10/15/2013
Century Foundation Policy Associate Halley Potter reports from our Education Funders Research Initiative launch and shares three proposals from the event that she found particularly compelling.
Report: What Works - and Doesn't - in NYC Schools
Release Date:
10/08/2013
Beth Fertig reviews the Education Funders Research Initiative’s first two reports for The Times’ SchoolBook blog. (PNY President Ronna Brown is also interviewed in the article.)
Updated: Government Shutdown: What It Means for Nonprofits
Release Date:
10/01/2013
Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Diana Aviv, President of Independent Sector, weighed in on the government shutdown during Independent Sector’s annual conference.
September 2013 Working Group Updates
Release Date:
09/25/2013
Read the latest updates on these Issue-Based Working Groups: Community Food Funders, the Education Working Group, the Health Policy Working Group, the New York City Human Services Data Project and the Service for Impact Working Group.
Diverse Strategies for Funding Education
Release Date:
09/18/2013
Whether your organization is involved in funding education or not, we hope you will come out and join your colleagues to support a project that is a 'best practice' model for the philanthropic community.
The Mismeasure of Poverty
Release Date:
09/17/2013
Russell Sage Foundation President Sheldon Danziger talks about the flaws in the ways that the U.S. measures poverty in an op-ed for The New York Times.
A New Agenda for a Post–Health Reform Landscape
Release Date:
09/12/2013
Learn about The Commonwealth Fund's new grantmaking and research agenda.
August 2013 Working Group Updates
Release Date:
08/28/2013
Read the latest updates on these Issue-Based Working Groups: Community Food Funders and the New York Juvenile Justice Initiative.
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