A Coalition to Move de Blasio Along on Bus Rapid Transit
Release Date:
06/09/2014
... frames better bus service as a social equity issue. More than 875,000 New Yorkers commute more than an hour each way to work, and most of them earn ...
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Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy
Release Date:
06/17/2014
... can create jobs, stimulate local economies and foster more equitable and resilient communities. In a post on the ... success by any measure: Since work on the Green Line began more than five years ago,...
Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries
Release Date:
07/05/2014
... in Many Other Countries Many Americans wait six days or more to see a doctor when they are sick and need care, ... when it comes to wait times for appointments that are more financially lucrative for hospitals...
Wealthy Should Be Encouraged To Start Giving Sooner
Release Date:
07/18/2014
... prevent today’s urgent problems from becoming larger, more entrenched, and more expensive challenges later," according to Christopher G. .....
New Komen Head Says Organization's Mission is To Save Lives
Release Date:
07/18/2014
... officer last June, said that to make the most of its more limited funds and work more efficiently toward finding a cure, Komen will ...
Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities
Release Date:
09/29/2014
... incidents will be linked to 1.4 million deaths in 2015. More than 90% of traffic fatalities occur in low- and ... said it would invite 20 cities with populations of more than two million to apply for grants;...
Peter G. Peterson Foundation's Confidence Index Finds that National Debt is Top Priority for Voters
Release Date:
09/30/2014
... is 41 (100 is neutral), indicating Americans want to see more action from their leaders in Washington as they head to ... must focus on -- 85% of voters want Washington to spend more time addressing the nation...
Bank of America Among Organizations Supporting Giving Tuesday
Release Date:
10/16/2014
... online giving increased 90% for 3,800 nonprofits– more than $19.2 million–compared to 2012, according to ... November 18 through January 10, Bank of America donated $2 more , up to a total match of $1,500,000...
Fund for Shared Insight Announces First Round of Grants Totaling $5.26 Million
Release Date:
11/21/2014
... to support nonprofits working to collect feedback and be more effective today announced its first round of grants. ... to give away at least $5-million to $6-million a year, or more if additional grant makers...
Giving Thanks for What's Right With Our Health System
Release Date:
11/26/2014
... never be out of a job, because there's always so much more that needs to be done. The magnitude of the challenges ... in actually keeping people healthy, with many more resources focused on treating...
F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding
Release Date:
02/03/2015
... but are sometimes using outdated practices that are often more grounded in an inside-out, funder-centric point of view ... and systems we seek to change. We need to become far more outside in, driven by...
Casey Family Programs and the President's Advisory Council Work to Improve Financial Capability for Young People
Release Date:
03/09/2015
... many ways opportunity begins with financial literacy. The more young people understand their financial choices, the more likely they are to manage their money effectively, save ...
Wallace Foundation Launches 'Building New Audiences for Sustainability' Initiative
Release Date:
04/16/2015
... 50s, and therefore DID have the benefit of arts education. More immediate culprits, to my mind, are social change, the ... left of it. Looking at ways to solve the problem is a more productive approach; and...
Verizon Foundation to Match Employee Contributions to Nepal Relief Efforts
Release Date:
04/28/2015
... earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday, claiming more than 3,000 lives, injuring more than 7,000, leaving many unaccounted for and razing ...
Long Island Community Foundation Supports Treatment for Military Veterans and Their Families
Release Date:
05/19/2015
... work to increase awareness of the M-FIT program to reach more veterans and their family members, expand partnerships ... with mental health needs in the military. Of the more than 700,000 veterans nationally,...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Increases Commitment to Environment of Madagascar
Release Date:
06/18/2015
... amount of support the Trust has committed to Madagascar to more than $7 million for the resolution of environmental ... region in Mexico, and Myanmar, and it has awarded more than $59 million to date to...
Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children
Release Date:
07/07/2015
... up parks and playgrounds, and by participating in many more activities that prepare them for college, career and ... enrolled in an afterschool program, there are two more who are not – and whose parents would...
NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents
Release Date:
07/10/2015
... and in far too many cities across the country they are more likely to be suspended from school or become involved ... For example, Census data reveals that white women make more than African-American and...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research
Release Date:
09/17/2015
... for example, increased from near zero in 2010 to more than $100 million in 2014 – more than three times the amount spent by the National ...
NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High
Release Date:
11/02/2015
... The Rockefeller Foundation, with an endowment of more than $3 billion, is focusing on the theme of resilience, ... the hope that its grants will make cities and communities more sustainable. And the John D...