Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $9 Million Mayors Challenge in Latin America, Caribbean
Release Date:
01/22/2016
Bloomberg has offered $9 million for Latin American and Caribbean mayors to jump start innovation projects in their cities.
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Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth
Release Date:
01/22/2016
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is a significant funder in foster youth programs, and definitely one to track as they are a major player in the future funding for child welfare.
Gap Inc. Sets New Climate Goals, Launches Sustainability Site
Release Date:
01/22/2016
Gap Inc. has set a new goal to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions across all owned and operated facilities globally by 50 percent from 2015 levels by the end of 2020, and it launched a sustainablity website where it details its plans.
Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits
Release Date:
01/21/2016
In an NPR article, Michael Peterson, CEO of the anti-debt Peter G. Peterson Foundation, is quoted, saying that the CBO figures show "we remain on a dangerous debt path."
Hartford Foundation Funds New Geriatric Workforce Center
Release Date:
01/21/2016
The John A. Hartford Foundation has awarded the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) a $3 million grant to establish a Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program Coordinating Center. The center will serve as a strategic resource for 44 organizations...
Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos
Release Date:
01/21/2016
The Rockefeller Foundation plans to announce at Davos that it is kicking off a $130 million initiative to reduce food waste around the world. The wide-ranging plan will stretch from thrown-out crops to excess food at the dinner table.
Close the Divide Between Education and Work
Release Date:
01/21/2016
Michael Haberman of JPMorgan Chase Global Philanthropy says Career and Technical Education (CTE) deserves more attention.
New Menino Survey of Mayors Reveals Top Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi)
Release Date:
01/21/2016
The U.S. Conference of Mayors in partnership with The Boston University Initiative on Cities, with the support of Citi, today released the 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors, which found America's mayors are concerned with aging urban infrastructure,...
With Major Grant from Simons Foundation, New York Genome Center Announces $100 Million Matching Campaign
Release Date:
01/21/2016
The New York Genome Center has announced a $100 million matching grant from the Simons Foundation and Carson Family Charitable Trust.
Crotona Park East and Morrisania Have City's Highest Rate of Jailed Residents, Data2Go.NYC Shows (Helmsley Charitable Trust)
Release Date:
01/20/2016
Residents of two Bronx neighborhoods — Crotona Park East and Morrisania — are more likely to be spending the night behind bars than people who live in any other part of the city, according to an analysis using DATA2GO.NYC, a new free mapping and...
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