New York Community Trust Ranked Number Three In Total Assets
Release Date:
07/15/2014
A new report that ranks community foundations by asset size finds that The New York Community Trust is number three in the nation with $2.4 billion.
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Bloomberg Says His Work Is About "Saving Lives"
Release Date:
07/14/2014
In an interview with Rolling Stone, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the work that he and Bloomberg Philanthropies are doing is about "trying to save lives."
Eight Cities Receive Grants To Reduce Number of Uninsured Children and Families
Release Date:
07/14/2014
Eight cities received grants of up to $260,000 each from the National League of Cities (NLC) under a program funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies that seeks to enroll more children and families in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance...
Partnership Aims To Boost Service Positions For Young People, Increase Adult Volunteers
Release Date:
07/14/2014
United Way of New York City and NYC Service have announced a partnership with The Franklin Project at the Aspen Institute that seeks to increase service corps positions for young New Yorkers and to double the number of adults in the city who...
City's Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary Success"
Release Date:
07/13/2014
Evaluators are calling an "extraordinary success" an initiative launched in NYC in 2008, with support from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, to make more fresh fruits and vegetables available in low-income neighborhoods.
In A Shift In Giving, JPMorgan Chase Focusing On Economic Growth
Release Date:
07/13/2014
A major shift is taking place at the JPMorgan Chase Foundation as it moves away from "broad-based giving" to a focus on "economic growth," according to Bruce McNamer, chief executive.
Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA
Release Date:
07/10/2014
In the wake of the Affordable Care Act’s first open enrollment period, significantly fewer working-age adults are uninsured than just before the sign-up period began, and many have used their new coverage to obtain needed care, according to a new...
Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment
Release Date:
07/10/2014
Children whose mothers have not graduated from high school lag on economic, education and health outcomes, compared with children of better educated mothers, according to a report from the Foundation for Child Development.
On Agenda For New Ms. Foundation Head: Diversity and Safeguarding Reproductive Rights
Release Date:
07/10/2014
Among the goals Teresa Younger has set for herself as the new chief executive of the Ms. Foundation for Women is to "diversify our grant making and what philanthropy looks like."
Kathleen Regan To Join Commonwealth Fund As Executive Vice President and COO
Release Date:
07/09/2014
Kathleen Regan will become The Commonwealth Fund’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer on Jan. 1, 2015, succeeding John E. Craig, Jr.
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