Underwater Mortgages, Drowning Cities, and Rogue Financiers
Release Date:
08/06/2013
A blog post by Robert C. Hockett, Fellow at The Century Foundation.
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Sloan Foundation Partners With Cornell, Georgia Tech, Penn State to Boost STEM Mentoring Among Minorities
Release Date:
08/05/2013
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s partnership with Cornell University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University will fund University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring for minority graduate students in STEM (science,...
William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth
Release Date:
08/03/2013
The seven grants totaling nearly $1.7 million are in support of researchers and organizations working to understand and improve the environments in which youth spend their time.
Penn Announces $1.28 Million Grant for Digital Archaeological Archive
Release Date:
08/01/2013
The grant from the Leon Levy Foundation to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will support a collaboration with the British Museum to create a digital archive of archaeological excavations of the ancient...
Businesses With a Social Conscience Reach a Tipping Point
Release Date:
08/01/2013
An op-ed by Phillip Henderson, President of the Surdna Foundation.
79 percent in neighborhoods hardest hit by Sandy say rebuild even in face of risk
Release Date:
07/30/2013
A survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research examining resilience following Superstorm Sandy (and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation) also found that about 1 in 4 Americans believe they live in an area extremely at...
Why Impact Investing Is An Emerging Paradigm Shift In Philanthropy
Release Date:
07/30/2013
An op-ed by Amy Bell, Executive Director and Head of Principal Investments for JPMorgan Chase’s Social Finance business unit.
ASPCA Awards $8.9 Million to Animal Welfare Organizations in First Half of 2013
Release Date:
07/29/2013
Altogether, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals made 847 grants to 636 organizations in 49 states during the first six months of this year. (ASPCA Vice President of Grants Management Michael Barrett is also quoted in this...
Schools Rake In Private Funds
Release Date:
07/28/2013
This article on the record $47 million in pledges that the fundraising arm of the New York City public-school system received this past year quotes Rick Smith, president of the Pinkerton Foundation, which helped fund the Summer Quest academic summer...
New Ford CEO Understands What Triggers Social Change
Release Date:
07/26/2013
Center for Effective Government President and CEO Katherine McFate praises the Ford Foundation’s selection of Darren Walker as its next President.
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