Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time
Release Date:
05/15/2013
An op-ed by Time to Succeed Coalition Co-Chair Chris Gabrieli and Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas.
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Young Wealthy Donors Bring Taste for Risk, Hands-On Involvement to Philanthropy
Release Date:
05/19/2013
An op-ed by 21/64 Managing Director Sharna Goldseker and Michael Moody.
A Foundation Risks All of Its Endowment on Creating Jobs
Release Date:
05/19/2013
As part of its effort to rethink its approach to fighting poverty, the F.B. Heron Foundation will fully invest its $274 million endowment in the next five years to advance its mission.
Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close
Release Date:
05/20/2013
The country’s only independent polling agency has been accused under a new law of overtly political activity, due in part to a series of grants it has received from the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Institute...
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.
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...
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.
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.
Donor Collaborations: Size Matters Less Than You Think
Release Date:
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.
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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