Rockefeller Foundation Addresses Youth Unemployment by Connecting Employers with Untapped Talent Pool Release Date: 10/24/2014"Grads for Life" program specifically targets youths ages 16 to 24.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesWorkforce DevelopmentRelated Organizations The Rockefeller Foundation
New York Life Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant to the YMCA of Greater New York Release Date: 10/21/2014The grant will expand the Y Scholars Program to reach at least 400 additional children in New York City.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesRelated Organizations New York Life Foundation
Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia Release Date: 10/21/2014SOS Children's Villages has received a $1.6 million grant to fund its EduCare Program.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesEducationRelated Organizations The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Names Dalila Wilson-Scott Head of Global Philanthropy Release Date: 10/08/2014Dalila Wilson-Scott has been named Head of Global Philanthropy for JPMorgan Chase & Co.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesCommunity DevelopmentEducationWorkforce DevelopmentRelated Organizations JPMorgan Chase & Co.
“Grads of Life” Builds Capacity for Demand-Driven Solutions to the U.S. Youth Employment Challenge Release Date: 10/02/2014Rockefeller Foundation program associate, Alyson Wise, explores the need for programs addressing youth employment for 16-24 year olds.Find More ByNews type InsightsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesWorkforce DevelopmentRelated Organizations The Rockefeller Foundation
PNY Members Fund Youth Slam Poetry Release Date: 09/24/2014Over the next seven years, Ford, Surdna and others will support nonprofits that work with teenagers in writing and performance.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area ArtsChildren, Youth and FamiliesRelated Organizations Surdna FoundationFord Foundation
Changing the Conversation about Inequality Release Date: 09/23/2014Vivian Louie outlines how the William T. Grant Foundation is working to reduce inequality among youth ages 5 to 25 in the United States.Find More ByNews type InsightsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesRelated Organizations William T. Grant Foundation
NYCT Backs Legal Aid Program for Young Migrants Release Date: 09/23/2014New York Community Trust has committed support to a program to provide legal representation to 1,000 unaccompanied immigrant children.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesImmigrationRelated Organizations The New York Community Trust
Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know Release Date: 09/10/2014The Ford Foundation's Amy Brown outlines the disproportionate nature of student debt in the United States.Find More ByNews type InsightsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesEducationRelated Organizations Ford Foundation
The Right Starting Point for Productive Grantee Relationships is Putting Power Points Aside Release Date: 09/03/2014The Pinkerton Foundation's Laurie Dien discusses the importance of cultivating positive relationships at the beginning of the grantmaking process.Find More ByNews type InsightsFunding Area ArtsChildren, Youth and FamiliesRelated Organizations The Pinkerton Foundation