MetLife Foundation Innovation Competition Recognizes Indian Entrepreneur
Release Date:
05/03/2017
... the community and are graduates of the financial education program . . . MetLife Foundation Innovation Competition ...
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A Pioneer of The Philanthropic Enterprise, Newman’s Own Leads the Way For Others
Release Date:
05/23/2017
Newman’s Own was an early adopter of the idea of a philanthropic enterprise. Now, it’s helping to coalesce a new movement.
Citi Foundation Announces $4M Youth Workforce Fund: Grant Opportunity for Nonprofits Connecting Young Adults to Employment
Release Date:
05/25/2017
... leading non-profit organizations to submit innovative program ideas focused on connecting low-income young people, ...
Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2017 Young Artist Residency Pilot Recipients
Release Date:
06/02/2017
... four recipients of the 2017 Young Artist Residency Pilot Program . This program will provide each artist with a two week residency ... artists who they felt met the criteria of this pilot program...
Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color
Release Date:
06/21/2017
While Trump pursues his dystopian vision for America, some progressives want to abandon so-called “identity politics.” But that would only further marginalize women at greatest risk in the current political environment and who have long been the...
With Wallace Foundation Support, New Study Finds Principal Development Pipelines Both Beneficial and Affordable
Release Date:
07/10/2017
The Wallace Foundation continues its big push for school districts to develop better systems for recruiting, training and evaluating principals. We look at the latest encouraging news here.
Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution
Release Date:
07/20/2017
... Commission, World Health Organization, UN Development Program , UN Environment, and UN Industrial Development ...
Ms. Foundation Returns to Martha’s Vineyard
Release Date:
08/07/2017
The Ms. Foundation for Women, the country’s first women’s fund, returns to Martha’s Vineyard for its fourth annual summer celebration of feminism.
Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... them an easier path forward. The OSI community fellowships program allowed Carpenter to test his idea and build a ...
American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking
Release Date:
08/11/2017
American Express grant of $100,000 to Reel Works supports filmmaking aimed to inspire a younger and more diverse audience to explore roles in conservation.
Leon Levy Foundation Funds Civil War Brooklyn Historical Research via the BAM Online Archive
Release Date:
08/14/2017
It is always a cause for celebration when new archival history resources go online — especially for the enthusiastic digger of sometimes obscure history. Brooklyn history buffs have a new source of information (and distraction) thanks to the...
Sloan, Skoll Foundations & Carnegie Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher Education
Release Date:
08/23/2017
PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruffwill air its annual special 5-part “Rethinking College” series, profiling five innovative programs designed to make college more affordable and provide non-traditional students the higher education they need to compete...
No Room on a Bike Rack? Not a Problem for These Smart Bikes
Release Date:
08/29/2017
It promised a new way of bike riding in New York City — GPS-tracked smart bikes that would rent for as little as $1 and did not have to be picked up or returned to fixed locations.
As Harvey Hammers Texas, Oddo Says Lessons Of Sandy Are Ignored
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... Oddo added. The Build It Back homeowner rebuilding program is nearing completion, but work still remains to be ...
Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... after Sept. 5. If you are not already protected by the program , you are out of luck, although applications filed ...
Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts
Release Date:
09/06/2017
In 1998, the couple founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an organization committed to transforming rural communities through the arts. Over the next five years, the foundation plans to inject $20 million—in addition...
From the Ground Up
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Top-down development doesn't work. What's needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders, and government agencies working together as equals.
Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... how McKay transformed her future by participating in a program called Green City Force, which empowers young adults ...
Data-Driven Gender Equality
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Closing the gender gap in agriculture, meanwhile, could have an even more profound impact on families and productivity in the developing world.
How The Rockefeller Foundation Is Bringing Electricity To Hundreds Of Villages Across India
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... “energy poverty” their priority with the launch of a program called Smart Power for Rural Development, a $75 ...