Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches New Voting Rights Report, Philanthropy’s Role in Protecting and Strengthening American Democracy
Release Date:
11/01/2019
As Americans face troubling new barriers to vote, is philanthropy ready to help?
Civic Engagement
Open Society Foundations Announce Young Feminist Leaders Fellows
Release Date:
10/28/2019
The Open Society Foundations announced today the 2019 cohort of the Young Feminist Leaders Fellows, a new initiative to support emerging feminist leaders between the ages of 22 and 30. The six fellows will receive grants to carry out projects that...
New York Community Trust Awards Grants to 56 Organizations in All Five Boroughs
Release Date:
10/15/2019
City’s community foundation addresses maternal morbidity among African-American women in New York hospitals, helps start a museum program for families using food assistance, and much more.
AAPI Civic Engagement Fund and Groundswell Fund Collaborate on a Groundbreaking New Report - Ahead of the Majority: Foregrounding Women of Color
Release Date:
08/13/2019
Joint report by AAPI Civic Engagement Fund and Groundswell Fund reveals unprecedented mobilization by women of color in 2018 Midterms; demonstrates women of color’s influential role in setting nation’s policy agenda
Elon University Joins Multi-campus Collaborative Initiative Funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Release Date:
06/20/2019
Elon University has been selected to participate in a collaborative, community-based humanities and civic engagement initiative launched by the Bringing Theory to Practice project.
Open Society Foundations Commits $5 Million for Accountable Governance
Release Date:
06/02/2019
The Open Society Foundations has announced a $5 million challenge grant to the Open Government Partnership in support of accountable, responsive, and inclusive governance initiatives.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $80 Million
Release Date:
04/19/2019
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation in Athens, Greece, has announced grants totaling more than $80 million in support of journalism, civic engagement, and inclusion and access efforts globally.
Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Richard Alba, Justin Gest & Dowell Myers Cited in NYT Article on the Political Implications of Future Population Models
Release Date:
09/06/2018
The question of whether America will become a majority-minority nation — and when that might happen — is intensely disputed, of enormous political import and extraordinarily complex. Two articles that appeared in the opinion section of The Times...
New Report Sponsored in Part by the Carnegie Corporation Identifies Steps to Secure Americans’ Votes
Release Date:
09/06/2018
To protect the integrity and security of U.S. elections, all local, state, and federal elections should be conducted using human-readable paper ballots by the 2020 presidential election, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences,...
MTV Plans to Partner With Ford Foundation to Create a Mobile Voting Registration Unit
Release Date:
08/20/2018
MTV plans to partner with the Ford Foundation to create a mobile unit where people can register to vote and encourage their friends to register to vote if they see they aren’t signed up. The network also plans to host events across the country on...
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