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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Recent News
Nonprofit Community Health Clinics Receive $1.9 Million in Grants From Hartford Foundation
Release Date:
05/27/2013
The grants were awarded using funds from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Social Innovation Fund.
Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Releases Final Report
Release Date:
05/28/2013
The foundation’s $340 million graduate-level fellowship initiative has, over the past twelve years, helped more than 4300 social justice leaders from 22 countries advance their education and bring new knowledge and skills back to their home...
Teagle Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million
Release Date:
05/29/2013
Most of the eleven grants were awarded through the foundation's Larger Vision for Student Learning: Education for Civic and Moral Responsibility initiative.
RE.invest Initiative to Partner With Eight Cities to Develop Resilient Stormwater Systems
Release Date:
05/29/2013
The Rockefeller Foundation-funded initiative is a two-year effort to help municipalities rethink the way they design, plan, implement and finance infrastructure.
Red Cross gives $1.25M grant to Brooklyn Community Foundation
Release Date:
05/30/2013
The grant from the American Red Cross in Greater New York will support long-term recovery efforts for people affected by Superstorm Sandy.
The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill
Release Date:
06/01/2013
The Commonwealth Fund’s recent report on health care spending in 13 industrialized nations helps demonstrate that the U.S. spends more on health care than any other country. (Fund President Dr. David Blumenthal is also quoted in this article.)
World Bank Looks to Leverage Partnerships With Foundations
Release Date:
06/02/2013
The World Bank is looking to increase the number of such partnerships — which include a recent effort with the Ford and Open Society foundations — to help reduce global poverty and boost incomes for the bottom 40 percent in developing countries by...
Impact Investing in the Middle East: What Next?
Release Date:
06/06/2013
This analysis of MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region impact investing cites a recent research report from JP Morgan and the Global Impact Investment Network.
Komen Cancels 2014 Fundraising Events in Seven Cities
Release Date:
06/07/2013
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has cancelled the Race for the Cure events due to economic uncertainty and competition from other nonprofits.
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