Dodge Foundation’s Daggett in NYTimes: Auction of Airwaves Could Transform Media
Release Date:
11/28/2016
With the demand for wireless broadband growing, the Federal Communications Commission is auctioning off a big chunk of the public airwaves.
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Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students
Release Date:
11/23/2016
Communities in Schools is a federated network of about 165 separate 501(c)(3) in 25 states and the District of Columbia.
Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization
Release Date:
11/23/2016
All Hands Volunteers, the leading disaster relief organization powered by volunteers, has been awarded a grant of $150,000 by the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation to establish a Global Rapid Response Fund.
Simons Foundation Launches Flatiron Institute to Explore Galaxy Formation, Genomics, Neuroscience and Other Fields
Release Date:
11/23/2016
Each year thousands of genomes are sequenced, millions of neuronal activity traces are recorded, and light from hundreds of millions of galaxies is captured by our newest telescopes, all creating datasets of staggering size.
Sheena Wright of the United Way of NYC Talks About Removing Silos and Saving Lives
Release Date:
11/22/2016
Sheena Wright is the first woman to lead the United Way of NYC, one of the oldest and largest United Ways in the country.
Salk Institute Awarded $25 Million Grant From Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
11/22/2016
The grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust extends the historic $42 million Helmsley gift made to the Salk Institute in 2013.
Rockefeller Continues to Fight Exxon Mobil on Climate Change
Release Date:
11/22/2016
Exxon Mobile, which has been accused of scheming to pay surrogates to deny the threat of climate change, is trying to turn the tables by calling its opponents the real conspirators.
Bloomberg Philanthropies 'What Works Cities Initiative' Issues Data Management Platform Request for Info
Release Date:
11/22/2016
Launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies in April 2015, What Works Cities (WWC) is a national initiative to help a hundred-plus mid-sized American cities enhance their use of data and evidence. The initiative is administered by Results for America (RfA).
New York Women’s Foundation President Says Trans Women Need More Than Victim Remembrance
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Later this term, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue of bathroom rights for transgender people.
Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation Writes About the Syrian Civil War and Avoiding Trump’s First Big Mistake
Release Date:
11/21/2016
With President-elect Donald Trump’s chaotic transition underway, the U.S. foreign policy establishment and the international community have begun contemplating the dangerous uncertainties created by this transition and the potential contours of...
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