Benjamin Chu Elected Commonwealth Fund Chairman; Mark Smith Elected to Board
Release Date:
12/10/2014
The Commonwealth Fund announces changes to the board of directors.
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“Poor” is Washington’s Four Letter Word
Release Date:
01/21/2015
... — in reference to “extreme poverty” in developing nations that contributes to compromised health systems that ... poor, not like “really poor” people in developing nations or those living in “extreme” poverty...
11
Jun
2015
Funding Where Poverty Lives: City and Suburban Realities
Thursday, June 11, 2015 -
8:45am to 11:00am
The largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. continue to struggle with high rates of poverty and inequality, affecting both cities and suburbs.
25
Jun
2015
Preparing Cities for Foreign Trade and Investment
Thursday, June 25, 2015 -
1:45pm to 4:00pm
... population now live in cities. According to the United Nations , the world urban population is expected to increase ...
08
Dec
2015
Nonprofit People Rising: How Foundations Can Nurture Diverse Grantee Talent and Build Organizational Strength
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Only 1% or less of foundation grant dollars aim to build up nonprofit professionals, or empower nonprofits to develop their staff. And that has been the case for at least 20 years now.
13
Jan
2016
Local to Global: Efforts to Address the Increasing Prevalence of Teen Girl Suicide
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 -
9:15am to 11:15am
... due to cultural taboos. Only 28 of 194 WHO member nations have an national suicide prevention strategy, and it ...
Century Foundation Fellow Co-Authors Report on Admission Preferences of Low-Income Students
Release Date:
01/11/2016
Top higher-education instutions should set an admissions preference for low-income students because such students now face unjustified barriers and constitute only 3 percent of enrollment at the elite schools, according to a landmark report issued...
New Menino Survey of Mayors Reveals Top Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi)
Release Date:
01/21/2016
The U.S. Conference of Mayors in partnership with The Boston University Initiative on Cities, with the support of Citi, today released the 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors, which found America's mayors are concerned with aging urban infrastructure,...
New Momentum in Youth Justice Reform
Release Date:
02/08/2017
Lukas Haynes, executive director of the David Rockefeller Fund, and Liz Ryan, co-founder of Youth First Initiative summarize some of the recent progress that too often takes place below the national media’s radar.
With Support from the Leon Levy Foundation, New York Philharmonic Opens the Toscanini Archives, Providing Digital Access for Maestro’s 150th Birthday
Release Date:
04/04/2017
Open-source pioneer Alfresco Software announced today that the New York Philharmonic, in conjunction with Alfresco partner Technology Services Group (TSG), has now digitized materials from former Music Director Arturo Toscanini’s era, and made them...
Beth Cobert Named CEO of Skillful at Markle Foundation
Release Date:
04/25/2017
Markle Foundation CEO and President Zoë Baird today announced the appointment of Beth Cobert, former Acting Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and a long-time leader at McKinsey & Company, as Chief Executive...
Urban Land Institute to Partner with 100 Resilient Cities, Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation to Help Improve Resilience of Urban Areas Globally
Release Date:
06/15/2017
The Urban Land Institute announced a partnership with 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation (100RC), becoming a part of their Platform of Partners. In this capacity, ULI will be offering expertise on building for resilience...
"Be the Change" an Interview with Arabella Advisors' Eric Kessler
Release Date:
11/21/2017
... shift following Ted Turner’s bold launch of the United Nations Foundation in 1998. Philanthropy was evolving into ...
15
Mar
2018
Federal Immigration Policy Comes to Main Street: How Local Governments Are Responding to a New Era - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, March 15, 2018 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Sanctuary policies have garnered heightened media attention since the president signed an executive order on January 25 to withhold federal funding from cities that adopt such policies. What are sanctuary The first quarter of the year is not quite...
Novo and Surdna Foundations Key Backers in Push to Build Community Wealth
Release Date:
04/04/2018
The NoVo Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and Kendeda Fund are key backers BALLE’s flagship program, the Local Economy Fellowship
16
Apr
2019
Equity Speaker Series: Exploring Racism in America with Richard Rothstein
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Richard Rothstein is an American historian and academic. He is a Senior Fellow at the Haas Institute at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute. Previously,...
Redlich Horwitz Foundation Releases New Guide and Online Clearinghouse for Counties to Prepare for the Family First Act
Release Date:
10/10/2018
This new guide is designed to help New York and its counties place more children in foster care with kinship and foster families rather than in congregate care, thereby meeting both the intent and the letter of the new federal law...
04
Dec
2018
Seeding Power: Leadership for Justice-Based Movements in Food and Farming
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 -
3:30pm to 5:00pm
Over the past two decades, food has emerged as a central strategy and focus of nonprofits worldwide concerned with environmentalism and climate change, public health and hunger, community and economic development, human rights, and racial and social...
17
Jan
2019
The Border and Beyond: Federal Immigration Policy Outlook and Philanthropic Engagement - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, January 17, 2019 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
As a New Year dawns, immigration policy continues to dominate the national conversation. A partial government shutdown has stretched on for nearly three weeks over President Trump’s demand for funding for his signature campaign pledge: a wall on the...
New Interactive Data Tool from the Education Opportunity Project, Supported by William T. Grant Foundation, Finds that School Poverty - Not Racial Composition - Limited Educational Opportunity
Release Date:
09/23/2019
Racial segregation leads to growing achievement gaps – but it does so entirely through differences in school poverty, according to new research from education Professor Sean Reardon.