SIFMA Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students
Release Date:
10/02/2014
InvestWrite and the Stock Market Game, both funded by SIFMA Foundation, provide valuable education and increased mathematics proficiency.
Education
Carnegie Corporation Awards $5 Million to Universities for Innovative Programs Linking Academia and Policy
Release Date:
09/23/2014
Carnegie Corporation New York will distribute $5 million to five universities over the next two years to merge policy studies with higher education.
PNY Members Among Top Ten Funders of LGBTQ Education and Safe Schools Work
Release Date:
09/18/2014
Ford, Open Society and Arcus are among the top funders for LGBTQ education and safe school works.
The Elmezzi Foundation Pledges $3 Million to Help End Generational Poverty in Astoria and Long Island City
Release Date:
09/17/2014
The Thomas and Jeanne Elmezzi Foundation will distribute $3 million to Zone 126 over the next five years to help children in low-income areas of Astoria and Long Island City.
Rockefeller's Edwin Torres Joins the de Blasio Administration
Release Date:
09/16/2014
Edwin Torres departs the Rockefeller Foundation to join Mayor de Blasio's Administration as Deputy Commissioner of Cultural Affairs.
Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million
Release Date:
09/12/2014
Simons Foundation donates $25 million to Stony Brook University for research and programming in geometry and physics.
Foundations Invest Nearly $2 Million to Improve New York City Schools
Release Date:
09/10/2014
Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, the Wallace Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation have joined forces to invest in the Research Alliance for New York City Schools at New York University.
Student Debt and Social Justice: Five Things You Should Know
Release Date:
09/10/2014
The Ford Foundation's Amy Brown outlines the disproportionate nature of student debt in the United States.
Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals
Release Date:
09/08/2014
Students and teachers are always being evaluated, but the principals that lead them should also be scrutinized. The Wallace Foundation has earmarked $75 million to create programs to recruit and train stronger principals.
Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo
Release Date:
09/05/2014
Rachel Leifer and Denis Udall discuss how philanthropy can help educators find, create, and demand better options for students.
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