Community Development & Place Based Initiatives

J.P. Morgan Commits USD $25 Million to Help Develop Skills Needed by India’s Workforce in the Future

Release Date: 
10/22/2019
J.P. Morgan today announced a USD $25 million, five-year commitment to help low- and middle-income communities in India develop the skills needed by the country’s workforce in the future.

JPMorgan Chase Joins Second Chance Efforts to Reduce Obstacles to Employment

Release Date: 
10/21/2019
Expanding support for people with criminal backgrounds by advancing public policy agenda, investing more than $7 million in community organizations, collaborating with other businesses and enhancing firm hiring strategy. New JPMorgan Chase...

The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard Announce Grants to Streamline Access to Benefits for 5 Million People Living in Poverty

Release Date: 
10/21/2019
The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard announced today they are awarding transformative grants to Benefits Data Trust (BDT) totaling $7.5 million to improve health and economic mobility for at least 5 million low-income people in the United...

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.

New Interactive Data Tool from the Education Opportunity Project, Supported by William T. Grant Foundation, Finds that School Poverty - Not Racial Composition - Limited Educational Opportunity

Release Date: 
09/23/2019
Racial segregation leads to growing achievement gaps – but it does so entirely through differences in school poverty, according to new research from education Professor Sean Reardon.

The Rockefeller Foundation Awards Grants to Fuel Plans for Equitable Investment in Opportunity Zones in Washington, DC, Oakland, Dallas, and St. Louis

Release Date: 
09/05/2019
The Rockefeller Foundation today announced $3.7 million in grants that will benefit four U.S. cities to help drive responsible private investment in Opportunity Zones.

New Report Funded by the Long Island Community Foundation Reveals the Economic Impact of Long Island's Opiod Crisis

Release Date: 
09/04/2019
Today the Fiscal Policy Institute’s new report “The Staggering Cost of Long Island’s Opioid Crisis” revealed the economic impact of this health crisis and how the financial burden is borne by all of us.

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