Bloomberg Philanthropies to Lead Coalition to Get Low-Income Students Through College
Release Date:
10/28/2014
... students from poor and middle-class families fall through the cracks, a range of institutions have set out ...
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Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income Equality
Release Date:
11/18/2014
... advocates use to raise urgency about the issue often fall flat. Typical approaches focus on inequality statistics, ...
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College
Release Date:
01/29/2015
... for more than two years and will enroll students this fall for the first time. The new program will go beyond the ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools
Release Date:
02/04/2016
... Trustee: Bring Restorative Justice to Our Schools Last fall , a disturbing video took over the Internet: a White ...
Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation
Release Date:
03/16/2016
... The foundation plans to select the universities by fall 2016.. . Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In ...
Microsoft Joins Bloomberg, JPMorgan & Others in Supporting Smithsonian's Museum of African American History
Release Date:
03/25/2016
... of African American History and Culture, which opens this fall after five years of construction. “The stories, art ...
Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’
Release Date:
04/18/2016
A survey, released Thursday by philanthropies John A. Hartford Foundation, California Health Care Foundation and Cambia Foundation, showed 46 percent of physicians frequently or sometimes feel unsure of what to say when broaching the subject with...
Bessemer Trust Among Experts Tapped by NYTimes for Piece on Social Change Major Gifts
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... Bridgespan Group, a philanthropic consultant, they tend to fall back on proven recipients like universities, hospitals ...
Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice
Release Date:
01/24/2017
The longer you hang around philanthropy, the more you'll realize how deeply family background influences people's giving.
Five More Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles
Release Date:
01/31/2017
... on Cities and Autonomous Vehicles announced last fall . Over the course of the next year, the multi-city cohort ...
NY Women’s Foundation’s Oliveira Offers Blueprint for Investing in Vulnerable Young Girls
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... embody the vibrant, diverse future of our city. Last fall , every poster announcing New York’s new universal ...
Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health
Release Date:
03/17/2017
As the philanthropic arm of an insurance company, the Aetna Foundation has a special appreciation of what happens when the underlying causes of poor health go unaddressed—namely, all of society gets hit with higher healthcare costs.
NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment
Release Date:
03/28/2017
... that foundations can speak out on this issue, as is fall within the realm of self-defense. NCN says this push ...
'Marjorie Prime' Wins Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at Sundance for Focus on Science and Technology
Release Date:
03/29/2017
... Prime” and is planning a mid-summer release and a fall awards push for star Lois Smith, the distributor ...
Backed By Rockefeller Grants Philabundance’s Non-Profit Supermarket Is Making Inroads in Food Deserts
Release Date:
05/08/2017
Fare & Square is a non-profit supermarket opened by Philabundance to counter the massive food desert that is Chester, which for more than a decade before its opening had no grocery store. Residents in Chester, about a third of whom live in...
Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School
Release Date:
06/01/2017
... down a Budapest university which Soros founded after the fall of communism. In a speech in Brussels, the ...
Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative is Calling on Dads With a New "Men of Action" Campaign
Release Date:
07/11/2017
Dads will do anything for their children with autism, but SPARK just needs a quick DNA sample.
Commonwealth Fund: In the Healthcare Aftermath
Release Date:
08/02/2017
... market will be able to successfully reenroll during this fall ’s open enrollment period. Three key proposals for ...
Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work?
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... dentist can do extensive work. But in rare cases, children fall into a much deeper level of sedation than intended. If ...
Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... and will be announcing their first round of grantees this fall . This fund will make one and two-year ...