From the Ground Up
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... and economic planning models often reduce India’s poor to a set of abstract data. Along with funding flows, these forces ... rarely get to choose the projects and programs that land ...
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Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... making them eligible for a 12 percent tax. The increase in the cost of sanitary napkins will force many women already living on an extremely tight budget, to reconsider usage of...
A Smarter Response: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Looks to Leverage Donor Dollars
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... Response: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Looks to Leverage Donor Dollars The internet offers us instant ... date for next week? You can meet someone from the comfort of your couch. Reading about...
Study: Giving Leads to Happiness
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Study: Giving Leads to Happiness The adage says it’s better to give than to ... is good for us has been scant, even as the benefits of selfishness are obvious. Recently, however...
Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab Leading neuroscientists are joining forces to study the brain— in much the same way that physicists...
Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... leaders would preserve the charitable deduction under a new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for nonprofit leaders racing to ensure giving incentives remain intact as lawmakers try...
Kathy Halbreich of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Kathy Halbreich of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation Kathy Halbreich’s ... Glenn D. Lowry. But Ms. Halbreich points out that she is, in fact, older than Mr. Lowry, that MoMA has a mandatory ...
Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... food safer. (With so many important executive matters to tend to , he can’t find time?) After just nine months of controlling policy, he’s already gotten angry letters ... influential watchdog...
MetLife Foundation Seeks to Increase Financial Well-Being
Release Date:
10/06/2017
MetLife Foundation Seeks to Increase Financial Well-Being MetLife Foundation ... for 1.8 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households in America. The Common Cents approach to...
No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social and emotional competencies to determine ... school performance—calls for inclusion of...
In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact
Release Date:
10/10/2017
In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising ... sets, and found a new venue for the September 15 premiere of Describe the Night, a political saga set in Russia that...
Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds Investing in product safety, employee diversity and carbon footprint reduction are all examples of corporate social responsibility (CSR) that can result in...
TED Talk: Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect
Release Date:
11/14/2017
... Talk: Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect In a new TED Talk, Judge Victoria Pratt draws on her experience with Newark Community Solutions to explain the real-life impact...
Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico
Release Date:
11/16/2017
... foundations on Wednesday pledged an initial $5 million to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria, including the creation of an advisory commission to help guide reconstruction .....
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA
Release Date:
11/22/2017
... Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA In clinical and research ... A1C (HbA1C) testing, which provides a measurement of a person's mean blood...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers
Release Date:
02/02/2018
... Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers Research supported by Bloomberg ... Philanthropies finds that patients with an inherited form of colon cancer harbor two bacterial...
Listen: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Hosts a Conversation On The Value Of Workplace Diversity
Release Date:
02/28/2018
... W. Mellon Foundation Hosts a Conversation On The Value Of Workplace Diversity We spent the hour hearing a panel ... that Celeste Headlee hosted last week at the Carter Center in Atlanta. This conversation...
ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications
Release Date:
03/08/2018
ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications At a recent ComNetwork session panel ... and the value they provide through brief presentations in storytelling format to arrive at four...
Open Society Foundations Along with Collaboration of Funders Highlight Immigrants’ Vital Role in Ohio Communities
Release Date:
03/16/2018
Open Society Foundations Along with Collaboration of Funders Highlight Immigrants’ Vital Role in Ohio Communities Open Society Foundations, in ... funded a Cleveland State University report, Our...
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Joins Consortiums, Labs, and Associations in the Fight for Local Journalism
Release Date:
04/25/2018
... Dodge Foundation Joins Consortiums, Labs, and Associations in the Fight for Local Journalism There really isn’t ... in the roiling journalism industry — but a number of initiatives are...