Heavy Hitters Debate School Achievement Gap
Release Date:
10/15/2013
The Education Funders Research Initiative’s recent Education Forum conversation on the achievement gap in New York City was reviewed on The Times’ SchoolBook blog.
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AARP, Weinberg Foundations Commit $10.5 Million for Skilled Nursing Care Model
Release Date:
07/17/2013
The AARP Foundation and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation have announced commitments totaling $10.5 million to the Green House Project, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative to provide high-quality skilled nursing care to low-income...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.8 Million to Sixteen Physician-Scientists
Release Date:
07/19/2013
The grants, part of the foundation’s annual Clinical Scientist Development Awards competition, will support the physician-scientists as they transition to clinical research.
Dodge Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $4 Million to New Jersey Nonprofits
Release Date:
07/19/2013
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has announced ninety-four grants to nonprofits in New Jersey working in the areas of education, media, the arts and the environment.
Affording Obamacare: New York's New Health Plan Rates
Release Date:
07/19/2013
A blog post from James Knickman, President and CEO of the New York State Health Foundation.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $41.5 Million in Grants
Release Date:
07/20/2013
The grants are to organizations working in the areas of education, health, the arts and social welfare, and will also go in part to the foundation’s three-year commitment to help address the effects of the prolonged socioeconomic crisis in Greece.
At Ford Foundation, Vice President Rises to Top Job
Release Date:
07/24/2013
Darren Walker will become the 10th President of the Ford Foundation this September.
Ford Foundation Names Darren Walker as New CEO
Release Date:
07/25/2013
The Chronicle spoke with Walker and several other philanthropic leaders about his new appointment.
New Ford CEO Understands What Triggers Social Change
Release Date:
07/26/2013
Center for Effective Government President and CEO Katherine McFate praises the Ford Foundation’s selection of Darren Walker as its next President.
The Charitable-Industrial Complex
Release Date:
08/26/2013
An op-ed by Peter Buffett, Co-Chair of the NoVo Foundation.
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