Scathing Report Highlights Forgotten Role of Community Colleges
Release Date:
05/26/2013
Century Foundation Trustee Melissa Harris-Perry and Senior Fellow Richard Kahlenberg discuss the findings from the foundation’s new report.
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Donor Collaborations: Size Matters Less Than You Think
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05/24/2013
SeaChange Capital Partners’ John MacIntosh responds to a recent SSIR article on high stakes donor collaborations, using the New York Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration Fund (NYMAC) as a case study.
Gender and Transformative Giving
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05/23/2013
At a PNY program on health care reform's impact on women and families (co-sponsored by our Funders of Women and Girls network an
How our community colleges are falling behind
Release Date:
05/23/2013
The Century Foundation’s new report details the large socioeconomic, racial and funding divide between community colleges and elite institutions.
Gender and Transformative Giving
Release Date:
05/23/2013
by Riki Wilchins, Executive Director, TrueChild As an action tank focused on promoting gender analysis, we were recently approached by another organization with a sizable grant who wanted help identifying major U.S. funders with a...
Post-Sandy Assistance Needed for Long Term
Release Date:
05/22/2013
Council of New Jersey Grantmakers President Nina Stack talks about the role funders can play in providing long-term relief after Hurricane Sandy and addressing the many issues that will remain after first responders leave our region.
Though Enrolling More Poor Students, 2-Year Colleges Get Less of Federal Pie
Release Date:
05/22/2013
A review of the findings from The Century Foundation’s report on the nation’s community colleges.
To Be a True Practitioner of Democracy
Release Date:
05/22/2013
In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat visiting the United States saw a new phenomenon in America. In Democracy in America, the book that emerged from his experiences, he called it "individualism," a word he coined to describe the...
Post-Sandy Assistance Needed for Long Term
Release Date:
05/22/2013
by Nina Stack, President, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers It is difficult to be patient when lives, and indeed entire communities, have been torn apart. So when Gov. Chris Christie famously declared “Shame on Congress” and...
Morgan Stanley Pledges Additional $8 Million to Feeding America
Release Date:
05/21/2013
The new $8 million commitment is part of its continuing Fill the Plate initiative and an expansion of its employee volunteer arrangement with Feeding America.
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