A Golf Center Grows in Harlem
Release Date:
08/28/2017
A leader of the Bridge Golf Foundation hopes it will be a “model for progressive gentrification” through its work with underprivileged and mostly black adolescent boys.
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Child-Welfare Agency Gets Props for New Approach to Helping Families Navigate Challenges
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Happy stories rarely land the city’s child-welfare system in the headlines, and the last few weeks have been no exception.
Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed
Release Date:
03/01/2018
The Schott Foundation for Public Education released the Loving Cities Index , a multi-state report that aims to reverse historical local policies and practices rooted in racism and bias and replace them with policies that create local loving systems...
The Prudential Foundation Honors Teen for Efforts to End Gun Violence
Release Date:
05/01/2018
Brandon Warren, who launched the We LIVE Indy movement to address youth violence in Indianapolis, has been honored in Washington, D.C., as one of the top 10 youth volunteers in the nation.
Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/06/2018
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced on June 5, 2018, that Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School, has been elected to its Board of Trustees.
Salesforce.org Announces Advancements to the Salesforce.org Education Cloud Platform
Release Date:
09/20/2018
... lifecycle. Today, higher education institutions aren' t only serving students who are on traditional pathways. ... primary school today will ultimately work in jobs that don' t yet exist 2 ...
New Grant from Mellon Foundation Launches Boston Classical Music Initiative
Release Date:
09/27/2018
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $2.5 million grant to New England Conservatory, in consortium with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, the Community Music Center of Boston, and the string education...
Small Victories in Affordable Housing? We'll Take it!
Release Date:
01/19/2018
... years of persistent and effective advocacy, supported by philanthropy . But we should acknowledge that there are still areas calling out for new strategies and policy responses. For example, the ...
Blended Finance "Plus”: Enhancing Support With Blended Knowledge
Release Date:
09/04/2018
... experts have long recognized that governments alone don’ t have the resources to solve the most pressing challenges of ... solutions. There are two J&J partnerships which stand out for their ability to...
Phil TV This Week April 14
Release Date:
04/14/2017
... Plus, Thousands of Nonprofits asking Congress: Don' t Repeal the Johnson Amendment. Supported by Mellon ... of America, New Study Finds Potential for High-Impact Philanthropy Untapped in South Thousands...
Relinquishing Purse Strings: Orlando Bagwell Leaves Ford Foundation’s JustFilms
Release Date:
02/15/2013
Mr. Bagwell, a director and producer of some of the most influential documentaries about the civil rights movement and the black American experience, will leave the foundation in June to make his own documentaries once again.
William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth
Release Date:
08/03/2013
... environments in which youth spend their time. The William T . Grant Foundation is pleased to announce funding for seven ... well as a Distinguished Fellowship exploring urban public schools ... William T...
NYCT Gives $7.6 Million in Largest Round of 2014 Grants
Release Date:
10/07/2014
... minors facing deportation; use the arts to help schools meet Common Core standards; protect New Yorkers from ...
Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Transgender Health Discrimination Study
Release Date:
07/29/2015
... People," written by Sari Reisner of Harvard T .H. Chan School of Public Health and Fenway Health, and .....
Elmezzi Foundation Increases Funding for Free Queens Programs
Release Date:
07/29/2015
The foundation will also invest in new initiatives like the Summer Law Institute at CUNY School of Law.
Research to Prevent Blindess Finds New Clues to Vision Loss in Macular Degeneration
Release Date:
09/02/2015
The research sheds light on one of the leading causes of blindness in industrialized countries.
With Support from Atlantic and Hartford, Researchers Develop Novel 3-D Imaging Tool
Release Date:
04/06/2016
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine NAFLD Research Center find MRE imaging provides highly accurate, less invasive method to detect disease.
Russell Sage Foundation Study Finds Gaps in Educational Attainment Among Students of Different Incomes
Release Date:
05/04/2016
While the difference in high school graduation rates between high- and low-income students shrunk, inequality may have shifted to higher education, with gaps growing in college attendance and completion.
Century Foundation Says States Are Wrong to Tie Higher Education Funding to Performance
Release Date:
05/26/2016
... are tying public college and university funding to the schools ’ ability to retain and graduate students. But a new ...
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard
Release Date:
09/01/2016
In a perfect world, education experts would shrink class sizes and children would learn from multiple teachers.