U.S. News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership
Release Date:
08/16/2016
Principals in small districts receive much less support on leadership in teaching and learning than those in larger districts.
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Carnegie's Kim Lew Voices Concerns on Low-Return Environments for Foundation Endowments
Release Date:
08/24/2016
... are unlikely to meet their financial targets. New data show that while foundations increased their spending in 2015, ...
Research to Prevent Blindness Was Key Supporter of Zika Study
Release Date:
09/15/2016
The Zika study, published in the prestigious journal Cell Reports , describes a mouse model developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that shows that the Zika virus is detectable in tears.
William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans
Release Date:
09/19/2016
A new study of 150 black youths from some of Baltimore’s lowest-income neighborhoods shows that young people who attended for-profit institutions ended up in more debt and with fewer job prospects.
Commonwealth Fund Reports Detail Impacts of Clinton and Trump Health Reform Proposals
Release Date:
09/23/2016
... Trump’s would decrease the number. The analyses also show lower out-of-pocket costs for consumers under the ...
Tiffany & Co. Supports Ocean Conservation
Release Date:
09/26/2016
... of philanthropy, Anisa Kamadoli Costa, are two names that show up all over marine conservation efforts. We unpack this ...
Funded by Teagle Foundation, Comparative Assessment Project Demonstrates Enduring Power of a Core Curriculum
Release Date:
01/26/2017
Based on hundreds of interviews with faculty members, students and alumni at various stages of their lives, the project has gathered a wealth of evidence showing that the habits of critical analysis, complex thinking and self-reflection cultivated...
United Hospital Fund Supports Family Caregiver Centers
Release Date:
01/18/2017
Hospitals are showing a greater interest in family caregivers in part because of new penalties for hospital readmissions.
De Blasio Derided by Sergeants Union for Deportation Stance
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... want to get votes in an election year,” Mullins told the show ’s host, former Republican mayoral candidate John ...
NYCT's Kerry McCarthy: Trump Cuts that Hit Arts Will Also Hurt Health in NYC Neighborhoods
Release Date:
04/04/2017
Kerry McCarthy, Program Director of Thriving Communities Arts & Historic Preservation at the New York Community Trust writes, "When cultural funding is cut, communities suffer in unexpected ways."
Capital One, Howard Gilman, and Doris Duke Support City Parks SummerStage 2017 Season
Release Date:
04/11/2017
City Parks Foundation is excited to announce the 2017 season of SummerStage, New York City's largest free outdoor performing arts festival, bringing more than 100 performances to Central Park and 15 neighborhood parks throughout the five boroughs.
Rockefeller Supports Food Waste Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival
Release Date:
04/20/2017
When directors Anna Chai and Nari Kye began developing the documentary, they wanted to reach as wide of an audience as possible, they said. A partnership between Zero Point Zero and The Rockefeller Foundation helped make that a reality.
Sloan Foundation-Supported Poll Finds Blacks Less Likely to Have Enough for Retirement
Release Date:
05/18/2017
Older white Americans are nearly twice as likely as African-Americans to say they've saved enough for retirement, a new poll found. African- Americans and Latinos have less financial security than whites and will rely on fewer sources of income...
Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center
Release Date:
05/24/2017
Inspiring creativity, strengthening community and driving economic growth are the three aims of the ambitious new arts center known as the Shed, rising in Hudson Yards. Michael R. Bloomberg donated $75 million to the innovative arts project.
Russell Sage Research Examines Social Consequences of Recessions
Release Date:
05/26/2017
The Great Recession, as a new collection of research papers from the Russell Sage Foundation shows, generated a great deal of sadness.
A Q&A with Sampriti Ganguli, Arabella Advisors’ CEO
Release Date:
07/18/2017
We are on the cusp of philanthropy’s next big wave. The charitable sector is no longer limited to just giving grants to organizations and wishing them well.
Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs
Release Date:
08/29/2017
More than a year-and-a-half after the Fund for Public Housing officially began soliciting donors, the nonprofit has raised approximately $1.5 million, according to New York City Housing Authority Chair and CEO Shola Olatoye.
Eight Top 10 Lists From New York City’s 2017 State Test Scores
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... state officials said the latest round of scores show real progress. Still, most of the city’s students are ...
Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children
Release Date:
08/30/2017
A new report finds the practice of adults marrying girls as young as 12 is rampant across the U.S., despite evidence it threatens lifelong harm.
Fatherhood After 40? It's Becoming A Lot More Common
Release Date:
08/31/2017
In the U.S., the average age a woman gives birth to her first child has been rising. And, a study published Thursday in Human Reproduction shows dads are getting older, too.