Many Funders Are Pursuing Legal Advocacy, Here’s How and Why
Release Date:
09/13/2016
Jared Raynor and Deepti Sood of TCC Group partnered with Atlantic Philanthropies to create a video and guidlines for legal advocacy and why it’s important.
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Here Are Mellon's Goals for Liberal Arts Education
Release Date:
09/13/2016
Readers of IP's higher education vertical know we've devoted a lot of ink to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's "big vision" for the humanities.
NY Community Trust Gives More than $800,000 to Bring Technology-Driven Learning to NYC Youth
Release Date:
09/12/2016
Several foundations are pooling resources to make 13 grants, totaling $835,600, to help young people use digital media to compose and record original music, advocate for immigrants' rights and school discipline reform, and produce documentary films.
Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions
Release Date:
09/12/2016
Additional funds were committed by the Rackham Graduate School to permanently secure these positions. In 2007, a $1.97 million gift from the Mellon Foundation funded these positions for six years.
Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities
Release Date:
09/12/2016
Saying it made a major mistake by overlooking the needs of people with disabilities in revamping its programs to focus on inequality, the Ford Foundation pledge Monday to undertake a top-to-bottom review of its policies and practices on the issue.
New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too
Release Date:
09/09/2016
This school year, the Department of Education and New York University will launch a new parenting program to help low-income families reinforce classroom lessons at home.
Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline
Release Date:
09/09/2016
Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor for Equality Initiatives and Human Capital Development at The Atlantic Philanthropies, co-edits a new book that addresses the profound and life-altering consequences students face—especially young people of...
Rockefeller Foundation and New York City Join Forces to Fund Internships at Cultural Organizations
Release Date:
09/09/2016
The $1 million initiative, half financed by the city and the other half by the Rockefeller Foundation, will place City University of New York students as interns at places like Carnegie Hall, MoMA PS1 and the Museum of Natural History.
Ford and MacArthur-Backed Survey Finds That Young Voters From Newer Immigrant Families Lean More Liberal
Release Date:
09/09/2016
Young Hispanic and Asian-Americans who are immigrants or have an immigrant parent are more likely to be liberal in their views on politics and immigration than those with families who have been in United States longer, a new GenForward poll shows
Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations
Release Date:
09/09/2016
Results challenge standard model of how animals and humans cool off.
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