Alison Bernstein, Longtime Ford Foundation Official, Dies at 69
Release Date:
07/12/2016
Alison Bernstein, a longtime educator and official at the Ford Foundation, died on June 30 of endometrial cancer at her home in East Hampton, N.Y.
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Release Date:
07/12/2016
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Release Date:
07/12/2016
Over the next three years, we will raise the minimum pay for 18,000 employees to between $12 and $16.50 an hour.
Foundations Team Up to Fund Invisible Transgender Communities
Release Date:
07/12/2016
Roz Lee of Arcus Foundation hopes you will view funding transgender communities as similar to a prism, with each facet representing an area of focus already supported by the philanthropic sector.
Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Release Date:
07/11/2016
“Lois Quam brings to The Commonwealth Fund’s Board a wealth of experience in health care coverage and delivery in both the private and public sectors."
Supported by Carnegie, Global Religious Leaders to Talk Peace at Drew
Release Date:
07/11/2016
Religious leaders from across the globe are uniting at Drew University in New Jersey this month to learn about the latest techniques in conflict mediation and peacemaking.
New Board President Selected to Lead the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation
Release Date:
07/11/2016
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NYS Health Foundation Gives $100,000 to Healthy Neighborhoods Challenge
Release Date:
07/11/2016
As part of its Healthy Neighborhoods Challenge, In Our Backyards (ioby) — a nonprofit, civic crowd-resourcing platform — is looking for people with project ideas.
Co-Sponsored by Simmons Foundation, New Report Examines Immigrants, Refugees and the Future of Texas
Release Date:
07/11/2016
One in three children in Texas—most of whom are U.S. citizens—has a foreign-born parent.
Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship
Release Date:
07/08/2016
The grant builds on the recent success of the Mellon Foundation-funded Arts@TheCore initiative from 2012.
Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships
Release Date:
07/08/2016
I grew up thinking journalism was just for rich white people. I was mostly right.
United Hospital Fund Analyzes Medicaid Spending On and Service Utilization By Children In New York
Release Date:
07/08/2016
New data brief and chartbook show low cost, low use overall, but point to opportunities to improve the health of enrolled children.
Edwin Gould Foundation Helps Present 2016 Blackboard Awards For Teachers
Release Date:
07/08/2016
Cynthia Rivera Weissblum presented the 2016 Blackboard Awards for Teachers honoring seventeen of the finest teachers from around New York City.
Ford Foundation Appoints Gabrielle Sulzberger to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
07/08/2016
With over 20 years of experience in financial services, Sulzberger brings a valuable perspective to the foundation’s board at a time of visionary change.
Commonwealth Fund Publishes Study on Americans’ Experiences with ACA Marketplace Coverage
Release Date:
07/07/2016
For people with low and moderate incomes, the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits have made premium costs roughly comparable to those paid by people with job-based health insurance.
New York Community Trust Gives $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond
Release Date:
07/07/2016
The grant will help communities be better prepared against rising seas, flooding, and other natural disasters.
Mellon Foundation Gives $1.5M To Conserve African Art Collection
Release Date:
07/07/2016
The significant award will help launch VMFA’s newly conceived center for advanced study in art conservation.
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In NYTimes, Ford’s Walker on Internships and Inequality
Release Date:
07/06/2016
While many Americans believe fervently and faithfully in expanding opportunity, America’s internship-industrial complex does just the opposite.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Brings Hope to Ancient Athens Neighborhood
Release Date:
07/06/2016
Hopes for improvement lie with the nearby Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, named after a Greek shipping magnate who died in 1996.