Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students
Release Date:
11/23/2016
Communities in Schools is a federated network of about 165 separate 501(c)(3) in 25 states and the District of Columbia.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies 'What Works Cities Initiative' Issues Data Management Platform Request for Info
Release Date:
11/22/2016
Launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies in April 2015, What Works Cities (WWC) is a national initiative to help a hundred-plus mid-sized American cities enhance their use of data and evidence. The initiative is administered by Results for America (RfA).
Rockefeller Continues to Fight Exxon Mobil on Climate Change
Release Date:
11/22/2016
Exxon Mobile, which has been accused of scheming to pay surrogates to deny the threat of climate change, is trying to turn the tables by calling its opponents the real conspirators.
Salk Institute Awarded $25 Million Grant From Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
11/22/2016
The grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust extends the historic $42 million Helmsley gift made to the Salk Institute in 2013.
Sheena Wright of the United Way of NYC Talks About Removing Silos and Saving Lives
Release Date:
11/22/2016
Sheena Wright is the first woman to lead the United Way of NYC, one of the oldest and largest United Ways in the country.
U.S. Trust Surveys 1,435 U.S. High Net Worth Households on Attitudes Toward Giving
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Eighty-three percent of wealthy individuals plan to give as much (or more) over the next three years as they have in the past. These percentages are even higher among women, African-Americans and individuals age 50 or younger.
Community Garden at Doris Duke’s Former NJ Estate Donates Tons of Organic Produce
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Duke Farms, the 2,700-acre former estate of globe-trotting philanthropist Doris Duke, is one of the largest preserved properties in the state of New Jersey.
Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation Writes About the Syrian Civil War and Avoiding Trump’s First Big Mistake
Release Date:
11/21/2016
With President-elect Donald Trump’s chaotic transition underway, the U.S. foreign policy establishment and the international community have begun contemplating the dangerous uncertainties created by this transition and the potential contours of...
New York Women’s Foundation President Says Trans Women Need More Than Victim Remembrance
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Later this term, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue of bathroom rights for transgender people.
Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism
Release Date:
11/18/2016
Mark Lilla, visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation, writes in the New York Times to advocate for a "post-identity liberalism."
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