by Adam Liebowitz | Feb 24, 2016 | News
Please join us for an opportunity to hear from Barbara Turk, New York City’s Director of Food Policy, on the City’s progress in strengthening New York City’s food system so that it works for all New Yorkers. The mission of the Office of the Food Policy Director is to advance the City’s efforts to increase food security, promote access to and awareness of healthy foods, and support economic justice and opportunity in the food system. The Office coordinates multiple City agencies and offices and brokers partnerships with advocates, nonprofit and community organizations, philanthropy and the private sector.
by Adam Liebowitz | Jan 11, 2016 | News, Past Events, Resources
On December 7th, CFF partnered with Foundation Center to host a briefing titled Analyzing Our Food Funding Landscape. Unfortunately the recording feature of the webinar malfunctioned so we do not have a video to share. Read a recap here.
by Adam Liebowitz | Dec 2, 2015 | News, Past Events
On November 10th, CFF partnered with the Environmental Affinity Group of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers to host a gathering of NJ-based funders interested in food and the environment. 20 funders participated in the meeting. Read a recap and view the presentations here.
by Adam Liebowitz | Nov 16, 2015 | News
A new tool by Foundation Center, Foundation Maps is the premier data visualization tool and the easiest way to see who is funding what and where around the world. Join us for a briefing that will showcase this new tool and how it can be used to find the funding clusters and funding gaps around the food system in our region. We’ll also flag a few other resources available across other platforms to help inform strategy
by Adam Liebowitz | Nov 4, 2015 | News
Foundations support urban farms and gardens and related programs for a variety of reasons – youth development, food access, environmental protection, and more – but no matter what the program goal, foundations want to see their grantees’ programs succeed. Without the land they depend on, none of these urban agriculture programs can continue, yet the obstacles to obtaining secure land (i.e. permanent protection of the resource) and secure tenure (i.e. assured access to the land) are seldom discussed.
by Makshya Tolbert | Oct 22, 2015 | Films & Video, News, Past Events
On October 5th, the Finance and Investment Working Group of CFF partnered with Slow Money NYC to host a meeting titled Food Impact Investing for Philanthropy. The following is a recap and video recording of that meeting.
