Foundations Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities
Release Date:
12/10/2014
... what seems to be a shift in the way Americans are thinking about high-speed Internet access: the idea that cities will ...
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From Katrina to the “Next Sandy”: Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery for Older Adults
Release Date:
04/04/2013
... I moderated the session and opened with comments about vulnerability in disasters. Vulnerability, when ... and summarized current discussions in City government about how response and recovery systems should...
The Art of Inclusion: New York Funders Mobilize to Make the Arts More Accessible
Release Date:
05/03/2012
... water cooler on a Monday morning to share their excitement about the latest blockbuster exhibition at the local art ... City. DFN believes too many funders are stuck thinking about people with disabilities as...
The Haitian Earthquake: Response, Relief & Recovery
Release Date:
01/14/2010
... your foundation is doing—please send us information about your support for Haiti. The Haitian Earthquake: ...
Rita Allen Foundation Backs Innovative Biomedical Research
Release Date:
01/27/2015
... foundation that spawned it isn’t solely or even mostly about medical research. It’s a civic engagement foundation, ...
OMB Uniform Guidance Could Help Prevent Nonprofit Banckrupcies
Release Date:
03/13/2015
$0.88 of Every $1 for Programs: That’s Nothing to Brag About ! The New York nonprofit sector was shaken recently with ...
UJA Federation Charities Scramble to Address FEGS Closure
Release Date:
03/16/2015
... programs—but also political, raising questions about how a host of well-connected directors, regulatory ...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing
Release Date:
03/19/2015
... all fossil-fuel investments. The decision was not just about a family moving away from its legacy but a sign of a ...
How Bloomberg is Still Changing the Way Cities Operate
Release Date:
03/30/2015
... for new restaurants by 33 percent. Louisville redirected about a quarter of its low-severity 911 calls away from ...
Atlantic Awards $14.8 Million to Transform the U. S. Health Care System
Release Date:
04/06/2015
... devoted to teaching, learning, and disseminating knowledge about health system transformation. To that end, the center ...
Bloomberg, Sierra Club Direct $60 Million To Closing Half Of U.S. Coal Plants By 2017
Release Date:
04/10/2015
... in the next two years. Coal plants are responsible for about 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, which ...
Wallace Foundation Launches 'Building New Audiences for Sustainability' Initiative
Release Date:
04/16/2015
... and there’s a lot of conventional wisdom out there about the reasons why. A frequent scapegoat is the lack of ...
Children Learn How to Save Lives at ZAC Camp
Release Date:
04/17/2015
... engine and ambulance to remove any fear they might have about emergency responders. All was done through The ZAC ...
Nadia Alia Appointed Manager, Grants and Communications at The Tow Foundation
Release Date:
04/20/2015
... Finding A Perfect Grants Management System,” a series about the intersection of technology and its impact on the ...
Earthquake Rocks Nepal
Release Date:
04/28/2015
... that many remain trapped in debris and tumbled buildings. About 6.2 million people live within 100 kilometers of the ...
Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal Explores Health Data Security in WSJ Editorial
Release Date:
05/01/2015
... will empower individuals to make rapid, sound decisions about their own health and health care. Tele-medicine will ...
HuffPost OpEd Laments the Lack of Upward Mobility in America
Release Date:
05/05/2015
... the frantic, often chaotic political engagement swirling about us these days involving taxes, gun rights, religious ...
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Preparing Cities for Foreign Trade and Investment
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... the world urban population is expected to increase by about 85 percent, from 3.4 billion in 2009 to a whopping 6.3 ... senior private sector leaders and philanthropy executives about advice philanthropy...
New York Public Schools Fund Struggles to Secure Donations
Release Date:
05/12/2015
... fiscal year, which ends June 30, fund officials said. And about half of that comes from two large multiyear grants that ...
WNYC Celebrates Neighborhood Library Awards Nominees
Release Date:
05/14/2015
... by librarians from three of the finalist libraries to talk about the books and other services that draw people together ...