Prisoner to Proprietor: Entrepreneurship as a Re-entry Strategy
Release Date:
09/29/2016
Joseph A. Antolin, Executive Director of the Asset Funders Network, highlights a strategy that works with the formerly incarcerated to become entrepreneurs.
Public Policy
#FOTH2016, From a First-Timer’s Perspective
Release Date:
04/20/2016
Stephanie Chrispin of Philanthropy New York says one of her most remarkable experiences as the inaugural Public Policy Fellow has been talking directly with U.S. Congressional staff.
Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work
Release Date:
03/30/2016
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have prepared a $25-million "gift basket" to welcome foreign officials who will begin streaming into Washington for high-level nuclear-security talks.
Carnegie: Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough
Release Date:
03/24/2016
How can we defeat complacency in protecting nuclear materials? First, we must have a culture committed to continuous improvement, says Carnegie in a series of articles about issues related to the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., on...
Several NY Donor Families Among Millionaires Asking for Tax Raise on the Wealthy
Release Date:
03/23/2016
More than 40 millionaires - many associated with large NYC philanthropies - asked New York state to raise taxes on the wealthy, under what they called a “1% plan for tax fairness."
Peterson Foundation Cited in 'Public Worry Over Budget Easing'
Release Date:
02/10/2016
As President Obama's final budget plan is reviewed, there are signs the public is increasingly seeing the government's long-running budget deficit with less and less concern.
NonProfitTimes Calls on Foundation Leaders to Demand Presidential Candidates Address NP Issues (Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund)
Release Date:
02/04/2016
The NonProfit Times' editorial notes that as the nation's presidential candidates talk policy, the charitable sector never gets its due, and asks foundation leaders to steer the conversation.
Peterson: With Primaries Near, Majority Of Voters Want Leaders To Focus On Fiscal Future
Release Date:
01/26/2016
Peterson Foundation’s January Fiscal Confidence Index, a monthly measure of public attitudes about the nation’s long-term debt and the efforts elected leaders are making to address America’s fiscal challenges, shows that a significant majority of...
Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits
Release Date:
01/21/2016
In an NPR article, Michael Peterson, CEO of the anti-debt Peter G. Peterson Foundation, is quoted, saying that the CBO figures show "we remain on a dangerous debt path."
New Menino Survey of Mayors Reveals Top Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi)
Release Date:
01/21/2016
The U.S. Conference of Mayors in partnership with The Boston University Initiative on Cities, with the support of Citi, today released the 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors, which found America's mayors are concerned with aging urban infrastructure,...
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