Council Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers
Release Date:
04/13/2016
A bill would compel the city to enforce labor rules for nannies and home health aides.
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Century Foundation Fellow on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational Inequality
Release Date:
07/29/2016
... esteemed private universities, including MIT, Caltech, and Cooper Union, enjoy some of the healthiest endowments in the ...
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Backs Promising News Collaborative
Release Date:
08/25/2016
The foundation will support the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University's launch of local/national news partnership project that will show community sites in Jersey how, for example, they can produce the same eye-catching data...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Produces Short Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions
Release Date:
09/19/2016
A short documentary series created by Bloomberg Philanthropies provides a behind- the-scenes look at how four cities are using temporary public art projects.
Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners
Release Date:
03/17/2017
The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), an initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation, USAID, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), has announced the twelve winners of the Water Window Challenge.
Lessons from Family Philanthropy: Rockefeller Brothers Fund at 75
Release Date:
04/04/2017
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund is often held up as an example of a family foundation that has weathered these storms successfully. How might the ingredients of its success be described? What lessons can it offer?
Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Efforts to reduce nuclear stockpiles soon may get a boost from a team of Princeton University researchers and a socially responsible gaming company that are seeking to use virtual reality to help improve systems to discover and monitor nuclear...
Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work?
Release Date:
08/30/2017
In rare cases, children fall into a much deeper level of sedation than intended during dental procedures. If they aren’t rescued quickly, they may stop breathing or even die.
Tech-Oriented New York Grad School Backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches
Release Date:
09/13/2017
Almost seven years after winning high-profile competition, Cornell Tech opens on Roosevelt Island, with 30 faculty members and almost 300 graduate students.
Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $24 Million in Research Grants
Release Date:
02/28/2019
... The grants include support for researcher Matthew Cooper , who is working to develop an imaging tracer of the ...
New York Women's Foundation Awarded $11 Million in Grants in 2018
Release Date:
03/13/2019
New initiatives launched by the foundation during the year include the Fund for the #MeToo Movement and Allies, which is focused on survivor-led organizations working to strengthen communities affected by sexual abuse, and the Justice Fund, which...
6/4/14 - Digital Badges Program - Livestream recording and PPTs
Publication date:
06/2014
View a recording of the livestream and the PowerPoint Presentations and videos presented during the program Expanding Education, Youth Development, and Workforce Opportunities Through Digital Badges.
Produce Buyers & Sellers Support Food Safety Research Campaign (Target Corp.)
Release Date:
02/04/2016
The fresh produce supply chain is supporting the Center for Produce Safety's Campaign for Produce Safety, as retail and foodservice buyers and producers announced commitments to fund produce-specific food safety research.
Alliance Building in a Hyper-partisan Environment
Release Date:
02/25/2022
Today, more than ever, we are a deeply polarized country. It’s difficult to imagine our elected officials agreeing on anything.
WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces the 12 Awardees of the Opportunity Challenge
Release Date:
09/24/2020
In response to COVID-19, the WES Mariam Assefa Fund and Tarsadia Foundation have doubled their financial commitment to the Opportunity Challenge, a grantmaking initiative to support the success of immigrant and refugee workers in the U.S.
PHI Founder Steven Dawson Joins Pinkerton as a Visiting Fellow
Release Date:
02/23/2016
Steven Dawson, the founder and longtime CEO of the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), has joined The Pinkerton Foundation as a Visiting Fellow.
Media Development Investment Fund Launches Blended-Value Media Loan Fund
Release Date:
11/16/2016
In a ground-breaking partnership MDIF, a New York-based investment fund for media companies in countries where access to information is limited, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) are providing investors with 55...
Russell Sage's New Book: More Poor Live in Suburbs than Cities
Release Date:
06/21/2017
The suburbs are no longer the alcove of the middle class and affluent—they are home to millions of America’s invisible poor. That’s the provocative argument of the Russell Sage Foundation’s forthcoming book Places in Need: The Changing Geography of...
Ms. Foundation for Women Selects E. Tammy Kim as Inaugural Fellow
Release Date:
09/03/2012
... workers’ rights. She also has taught courses at the Cooper Union, the Murphy Institute of the City University of ...
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May
2012
Foundation and Nonprofit Websites as Genuine News Outlets
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC
More and more foundations and nonprofits are producing news-worthy content and working aggressively to get their media viewed by general audiences, as well as leaders in government, business, nonprofits and think tanks. At one end of a continuum...