Mayor must focus on city's resiliency
Release Date:
01/03/2014
... and institutions to prepare for, withstand and bounce back more rapidly from acute shocks and chronic stresses. As ...
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17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks
Release Date:
01/30/2014
... threat posed by global warming requires foundations to do more than merely make grants to charities that are focused on ...
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Leading Through Change: Advice from and for Seasoned CEOs and Their Boards
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... staff? Join us as we explore these questions and many more with a panel of seasoned CEOs whose perspectives and ...
New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction
Release Date:
02/27/2014
... work of his Bloomberg Philanthropies now that he has “ more time to spend on national and global issues.”... New ...
Science Studies Get a Big Boost
Release Date:
03/10/2014
... and charities are also stepping up efforts to bring more women and minorities into the study of the hard sciences ...
Meet the 15 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/05/2014
... Women are a fast-rising force in philanthropy. More women are making their own fortunes than ever before and ...
A Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the National Priorities Project
Release Date:
02/28/2014
... accounts for 43 percent of the world's military spending, more than the next 16 countries combined…. A Nobel Peace .....
Why Women and Girls?
Release Date:
03/27/2014
... larger portion of members might be interested in learning more -- especially if they might directly or indirectly apply ... broad topic of Women & Girls fit our criteria perfectly. More and more...
Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households
Release Date:
04/15/2014
... U.S. households. Since 2001, health care costs have become more burdensome for almost all Americans, at every income ...
Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Opens in Berkeley
Release Date:
04/16/2014
... large groups of visiting scholars; there are currently more than 100 long-term visitors attending the Spring 2014 ...
Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making
Release Date:
05/22/2014
... River as part of a counter-intuitive plan to make the city more flood resistant. The idea, called Seaport City, was ...
De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs
Release Date:
05/20/2014
... positions and minimum-wage jobs, costing city taxpayers more than $500 million for all the training and placement ...
Searching for the Next Breakthrough in Health Care
Release Date:
05/05/2014
... not getting what we pay for. Clearly, it’s going to take more than minor tweaks or adjustments to change our course. ...
Teagle Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Two New Higher Education Initiatives
Release Date:
05/24/2014
... Foundation in New York City has announced grants totaling more than $2.1 million through two new programs: the Hybrid ...
NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’
Release Date:
06/04/2014
... members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’ More than half the members of the City Council have fired off ...
Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires
Release Date:
06/04/2014
... Not necessarily. Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector. ...
Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
06/05/2014
... coverage on their own grew an average of 10 percent or more a year during the three years before the Affordable Care ...
Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal
Release Date:
06/13/2014
... targeting a rural utility to start planning long term for more renewable and efforts to develop offshore wind off the ...
Report Outlines Internet and Broadband "Vision" for LGBT Community
Release Date:
06/26/2014
... aspects of life and according to a new report, they can do more . The LGBT Technology Partnership & Institute’s A ...
Gifts From Buffett Include $150 Million For NoVo Foundation
Release Date:
07/15/2014
... the biggest recipient of Buffet's latest gifts, received more than 21.7 million shares of class B stock, valued at .....