The Questionable Ethic of an Opt-Out for Recurring Donations: A Caution for Nonprofits
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... ongoing, and donors were charged by the Hillary Victory Fund after the election was a done deal... The Questionable ...
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Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project
Release Date:
09/15/2017
After decades working in New York City real estate, Trump likely knows the two deteriorating, century-old train tunnels between New York and New Jersey threaten economic disaster and paralysis for the region and the nation.
Senate Republicans Look to Revive Effort To Repeal Obamacare By End of September
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Senate Republican leaders seem increasingly focused on reviving their effort to undo the Affordable Care Act before the end of the month, asking Congress’s nonpartisan budget analysts to fast-track consideration of a plan that would devolve federal...
JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule Civil Liberties Group Must Disclose Donors
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... could potentially lead to reprisals against people who fund the organization. The group has received a number of ...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... solutions, but too often their structures, the way they fund , and their relationship with grantees make those goals a ...
New Index to Help Investors Gauge Food Diversity
Release Date:
09/26/2017
An EU-funded index measuring biodiversity in food production is expected to be launched next year, giving investors a benchmark for assessing how companies and governments are making food systems more resilient to climate change.
MTA May Cut Back On $836M Emergency Subway Repair Work If De Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up
Release Date:
09/28/2017
The big subway fix may be in a bit of a fix.
Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Archivists, librarians and TV news professionals will make the journey to Vanderbilt University next year to discuss the future of preserving broadcast television news.
Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Called the NH Humanities Collaborative, the effort is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant is the first of its kind pairing a community college system with a flagship public university and it explicitly recognizes and supports the...
Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Mayor de Blasio's free school lunch plan isn’t kosher — and that’s left many in the city’s Jewish community bellyaching about a program they want their kids to receive.
‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City
Release Date:
10/02/2017
They have prior criminal records but now aim to resolve neighborhood conflicts before they turn violent. They walk neighborhood streets on a daily basis and use their connections to resolve disputes before they escalate, requiring the police.
9 Million Kids Get Health Insurance Under CHIP. Congress Just Let It Expire.
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Congress just allowed the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provided low-cost health insurance to 9 million children, to expire.
Collector’s Heirs Praise Deal to Recover Art Seized in WWII
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... 80,000 euros (about $94,000) from France’s reparations fund for victims of anti-Semitic laws under the pro-Nazi ...
Children’s Health Care Bill Faces New Obstacles
Release Date:
10/05/2017
Bipartisan negotiations over an extension of children’s health insurance are veering off course, raising doubts that legislation can be passed quickly.
Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund runs a program that prepares community development ...
A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... process. Green bonds, fixed income instruments that fund projects with environmental and/or climate benefit, are ...
Google to Invest more than $1 Billion in Digital Literacy, Workforce Development
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Google announced new online tools and more than $1 billion in funding for nonprofits that seek to close gaps in education and the labor market nationwide.
House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Despite opposition from conservative and government watchdog groups, the House easily approved a $36.5 billion disaster aid package Thursday to help states and U.S. territories rebuild in the wake of devastating hurricanes and...
Mellon Grant to Help Seattle Art Museum Establish Asian Paintings Conservation Center
Release Date:
10/27/2017
The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) has received a $3.5 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish and endow a center dedicated to the conservation, mounting and study of Asian paintings.
The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers
Release Date:
11/03/2017
As part of a campaign to bring science and math outside the classroom, The Simons Foundation and Overdeck Family Foundation join forces to award five teachers $5,000 each for innovative projects.