AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers
Release Date:
04/21/2015
... an additional scholarship award of $15,000. AXA has given more than $25 million in scholarships to more than 6,000 students since the program's inception in .....
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MetLife Foundation to Support Financial Education in Rural China
Release Date:
07/20/2015
... businesses in rural areas of China; create or sustain more than twenty thousand jobs; and enhance the financial knowledge and skills of more than thirty-six hundred entrepreneurs through financial ...
Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty
Release Date:
08/12/2015
... is often different from the poverty of poor whites. It's more isolating and concentrated. It extends out the door of a ... grocery stores. A poor black family, in short, is much more likely than a poor...
Ford, Visa Fund Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations
Release Date:
03/31/2016
... Incubator Program for Financially Fragile Populations More than $1.6 million in additional grants from the Ford ... fragile populations. “Credit unions can play a more active role in improving the financial...
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Publishes Report Calling for Improved Oversight of Colleges
Release Date:
04/13/2016
... in All the Wrong Places” -- is based on an analysis of more than 6,000 pages of audit documents that were obtained ... financial aid is disbursed at the expense of broader and more pressing concerns, such as...
People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg
Release Date:
04/14/2016
... foundation is among the biggest in the United States, with more than $2 billion in assets and more than $100 million in grants distributed to nonprofits ...
Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’s Largest Study on Autism and Genes
Release Date:
04/21/2016
... in the condition. Some estimate that a total of 350 or more could be involved. The long-term study involves researchers from more than 21 medical institutions, including Boston ...
What Big (and not-so-big) Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style
Release Date:
05/23/2016
... and their philanthropic gifts. Spoiler alert—they are more connected than ever. While it still does happen (we ... next six months is a rarity. To a millennial, it must seem more probable that someone is...
Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students
Release Date:
06/02/2016
... remedial courses. The authors state that to produce more college-ready students colleges should accelerate ... and shift from a "drill and practice" type of teaching to more contextual, real-life...
Century Foundation Researcher Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases
Release Date:
06/07/2016
... schools, and school integration. Potter said teachers need more support from schools, such as occasional visits from school psychologists, and more wraparound services in general to ensure teachers don't...
Stonewall Community Foundation’s ‘Dad Fund’ Changes Perceptions of Gay Dads
Release Date:
06/20/2016
... on marriage equality a year ago, gay families have enjoyed more visibility than ever before. But Gardner, executive ... of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, believes more can be done to uplift same-...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App
Release Date:
06/29/2016
... Museum has been prototyping ways to reach visitors on a more personal level. Their final product is the ASK Brookly ... with the collection, and as a result, are providing more information in some places or...
Following Ford's Lead, Another Foundation Goes All In on Equity
Release Date:
08/17/2016
... a similar commitment to address inequality a little more than a year ago. The statement made by Ford ... over project grants, for instance, along with listening more carefully to marginalized voices, and...
Russell Sage Survey Finds Fear of Other People Is Now Primary Motivation for American Gun Ownership
Release Date:
09/19/2016
... a historic plunge in the national violent crime rate, more Americans than ever are arming themselves to protect ... are an estimated 265 million firearms in U.S. homes — more than the number of cars on...
Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents
Release Date:
10/06/2016
... Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents More young blacks and Hispanics feel that they can't depend ... whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll. And more than half of millennials...
NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep
Release Date:
10/06/2016
... Islamophobia, the New York Community Trust in June awarded more than $500,000 in grants to several Muslim American and ... Director Shawn Morehead joins us to talk about this more recent initiative along with...
Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension
Release Date:
10/17/2016
... Public Affairs Research. The youngest in that group are more likely to still be in school, but the trend also holds for those in their late 20s. More than 4 in 10 of those aged 25 to 30 have nothing for ...
How Judith Rodin Created A New Model For Philanthropic Funding At The Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
12/07/2016
... During her 11-year tenure at the helm, Rodin has added two more complex overriding priorities. That communities should be designed for more resilience—the ability to survive and thrive in the ...
Ford-Backed Poll Finds that Young Americans Fear They Will Be Worse Off Post-Trump
Release Date:
01/17/2017
... to 30, which found that the country’s young adults are more likely to expect they’ll be worse off at the end of ... term than better off. Such young Americans are also far more likely to think Trump will...
Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project
Release Date:
03/01/2017
... among students. To date, the Foundation and its more than 40 partners have completed 13 of these new spaces serving more than 6,000 students and their families... Weinberg ...