American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking
Release Date:
08/11/2017
American Express grant of $100,000 to Reel Works supports filmmaking aimed to inspire a younger and more diverse audience to explore roles in conservation.
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Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use
Release Date:
08/10/2017
The world of crowded jails, tense courtrooms, and cops on the beat is a far cry from the air-conditioned spaces data wonks usually inhabit. But according to Measures for Justice (MFJ), better data is key to reforming America’s hyper-localized...
Mastercard's Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines
Release Date:
08/10/2017
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, which operates as an independent subsidiary of Mastercard, focuses on the application of data to a range of issues for social benefit.
Rockefeller Foundation’s Focus on Food Waste Includes Food Summit and Pop-up at Blue Hill Restaurant Featuring Chef Dan Barber’s WastED Initiative
Release Date:
08/09/2017
Food Tank (foodtank.com), in partnership with The Fink Family Foundation and Blue Hill Restaurant, will be hosting a special intimate dinner discussion on September 13, 2017, at 7:30pm with leading food system thinkers such as Ruth Reichl, Sam Kass...
Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years
Release Date:
08/09/2017
Dozens of ex-offenders have passed through Gregory Carpenter’s small bakery, where he teaches them how to make buttery pastry dough and flaky pie crusts. Carpenter is one in an army of social justice change agents that the Baltimore office of the...
Ford Foundation Awards NABJ Grant Ahead Of Its 42nd Annual Convention And Career Fair
Release Date:
08/09/2017
Days before kicking off its annual convention, the National Association of Black Journalists announced the Ford Foundation has granted $150,000 to the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation.
Respected Anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford Steps Into New Role as President of Wenner-Gren Foundation
Release Date:
08/09/2017
The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research's next president respected anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford has assumed her leadership duties.
Social Justice Funders: For National Movements to Win, Invest in Texas
Release Date:
08/08/2017
Edward W. Hazen Foundation Intern Juan Cardoza-Oquendo says investing in community organizing in Texas now is a smart investment for the future of social justice nationwide.
Ford Funds Analysis, Toolkit for Improving Legal Aid Websites
Release Date:
08/08/2017
The Legal Services Corporation published a comprehensive report and accompanying toolkit for its Statewide Website Evaluation Project, which assessed the quality of centralized legal information websites in every state, the District of Columbia, and...
Century Foundation Report Warns Online Learning Companies' Impacts on Public Higher Ed
Release Date:
08/08/2017
As colleges and universities flock to take their academic programs online, many of them work with outside contractors to handle some or all of the course development, marketing and back-office management of the programs. A warning about the nature...
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