To learn more about how the Fund for Public Schools works and where its grant money is going in New York City, we spoke to Executive Director Sarah Geisenheimer, who’s finishing up with her second year at the helm.
Read MoreWhile other U.S. cities have been getting the biggest JPMorgan Chase grants lately, this funder is also involved in trying to catalyze economic activity in Brooklyn and the South Bronx.
Read MoreWhen Wall Streeters turn to philanthropy, education is often their top cause. We talk with Steve Klinsky about how he was first drawn into giving for K-12 and why he's now turning his attention to the student debt crisis.
Read MoreA national movement called OpenNotes is trying to make it easier for patients and caregivers to access clinical notes written by healthcare providers. NYSHealth is the first state health funder to back it.
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The New York Community Trust stands out lately for its unwavering support for immigrant rights. But there are a lot of different gears turning within this community foundation.
Read MoreThe nation's top donor-advised fund, which made a staggering 849,000 grants in 2016, has crunched its data to analyze what giving looks like in different regions of the U.S. It's worth paying attention.
Read MoreThere are a number of law firm foundations that are worth watching closely, especially in New York City and Boston. Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation is one of them. Where do its grants go?
Read MoreThe Walton Family Foundation is acting on research that finds that students do better when their classmates come from a range of economic backgrounds. And it's working with some unusual partners.
Read MoreAs you might suspect, there's a robust world of Jewish giving circles. We look at the organization that's bringing them together and helping them up their game.
Read MoreSurdna is known for its national funding, but it's based in New York City, so we got to wondering where its grant money ends up in its home region.
Read MoreGrantmaking that puts community residents in the driver's seat keeps popping up. Here's how a New York funder is trying to be more responsive—and why.
Read MoreLibraries tend to have a hard time attracting major private support. But in the wake of another big recent library gift, it looks like more funders grasp how giving to libraries can advance their varied goals.
Read MoreConventional wisdom suggests national funders are stepping away from "legacy" institutions in favor of nimbler, more socially focused upstarts. Recent news out of New York shows otherwise.
Read MoreRobin Hood's training program for New York nonprofits is now entering it's second year. What's this effort all about? And which organizations can get in on it?
Read MoreA grants competition to support local branches of the New York Public Library drew an impressive 24,000 suggestions for how funders might distribute $20,000 grants.
Read MoreWhile there's growing research on the effectiveness of after-school and extended learning programs, this isn't an area that attracts a ton of funder attention. We look at one foundation on the case.
Read MoreBanks are ideally positioned to be leaders in impact investing, growing the marketplace of loans available to nonprofit groups. We look at TD Bank's expanding nonprofit lending in New York City.
Read MoreWith grantmaking topping $200 million last year, there's a reason we watch JPMorgan Chase's philanthropy so closely. Another reason: Its grantmaking in low-income communities has been rising fast.
Read MoreFormer president of Apollo Global Management Marc Spilker and his wife Diane run a foundation with a grantmaking focus on New York City.
Read MoreLong Island billionaire media mogul Charles Dolan and family focus much of their giving on the New York City area. Health is one interest. We tell you about that and others.
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