Carnegie President Says Humanitarians Can Have Impact on Refugee Crisis
Release Date:
04/26/2016
A six-country survey commissioned by the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity finds widespread misperceptions of the scale of the global refugee crisis.
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JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S.
Release Date:
04/26/2016
Most critiques highlight data showing that low-income people and people of color are underrepresented in bike-share annual membership and thus conclude that funding bike-share is inequitable and inherently questionable.
Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry
Release Date:
04/26/2016
Project New Opportunity is aimed at assisting a few of the thousands of inmates who were charged with drug violations and are being released by order of the U.S. Sentencing Commission under revised guidelines approved in 2014.
Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.
Release Date:
04/25/2016
The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivered a global agreement to limit future global warming to under 2° C above pre-industrial levels. The
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Launches Research on Genes That Cause Autism
Release Date:
04/25/2016
A multi-year, national online research program on autism, believed to be the largest ever conducted in the United States, officially launched on April 21 with the goal of getting DNA from 50,000 individuals and their families, generating an enormous...
Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders
Release Date:
04/25/2016
Darren Walker’s moves to steer the country’s second-largest grant maker toward a focus on inequality and inclusion won him a spot on Time magazine's 2016 list of the world’s most influential people.
Carnegie Attends Gathering to Discuss Launch of NYCitizenship Services
Release Date:
04/25/2016
As part of NYCitizenship, New Yorkers will receive free services that include appointments with a trusted attorney for help with citizenship applications, information sessions about the citizenship process and its benefits, and free and confidential...
JPB Foundation Promotes Betsy Krebs to Vice President, Poverty Program
Release Date:
04/22/2016
As of April 18, 2016, Betsy Krebs has been promoted to Vice President, Poverty at the JPB Foundation.
Warhol Foundation Brings "I Like the Sound of That" Exhibition to Artspace
Release Date:
04/22/2016
I Like the Sound of That is a group exhibition that combines works of visual art with recordings of specific sounds that artists listened to during the work’s creation.
Teagle Foundation's Connor on Asserting the Value of the Humanities
Release Date:
04/22/2016
W. Robert Connor, Senior Advisor to the President of the Teagle Foundation, suggests five alternative -- and more effective -- ways to talk about the value of the humanities.
Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval
Release Date:
04/21/2016
When the Foundation learned that it had to bring itself up to code, it decided not just to focus on technical improvements but also carry out some structural changes to make the building feel "less hierarchical," as the president of the foundation,...
Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic
Release Date:
04/21/2016
As a recent Century Foundation report notes, at least 91 school districts now use socioeconomic status as a factor in assigning students, up from just a couple in 1996, and around 40 in 2007.
Mellon Foundation Contributes to 'THATcamp' on Humanities and Technology
Release Date:
04/21/2016
THATCamp is a national series of events promoting digital humanities – broadly defined as the use of technology in the research and teaching of humanities.
Carnegie Supports New Study on What Keeps Parents Up at Night
Release Date:
04/21/2016
The findings show parents' high expectations and deep engagement in their children's development, and unearth areas where parents most need support.
Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater's OSLO Cast
Release Date:
04/21/2016
Featuring dozens of characters and set in locations across the globe, Oslo is both a political thriller and the personal story of a small band of women and men struggling together-and fighting each other-as they seek to change the world..
Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’s Largest Study on Autism and Genes
Release Date:
04/21/2016
Scientists funded by the Simons Foundation Research Initiative on Thursday announced the launch of an online research initiative that aims to gather DNA and other information from 50,000 people with autism and their family members.
North Star Fund’s Hugh Hogan to be Executive Director of van Ameringen Foundation
Release Date:
04/21/2016
Hugh Hogan, long-time executive director of the North Star Fund, will bring his leadership skills and innovative thinking to the van Ameringen Foundation as their new executive director on September 7, 2016.
Egyptian Court Rules for NGO, Allowing it to Receive ‘Foreign’ Funds from Rockefeller
Release Date:
04/20/2016
A number of activists are currently facing trial in other cases for receiving 'illegal foreign funding.'
Surdna Foundation Promotes Worker Co-Ops to Overcome Wealth Inequality
Release Date:
04/20/2016
As we consider how to make a wholesale shift in the economic system, have we thought about how a shift in the structure of our workplaces could change the game?
Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers
Release Date:
04/20/2016
Up to $600,000 will be awarded to organizations representing excellence and impact of Brooklyn’s nonprofit sector.