JPB Foundation Plays a Role in Improving a Blighted Park in Baltimore
Release Date:
08/09/2016
... result in the development of training resources for park, planning , and green infrastructure professionals. Funding for ...
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With Support From Doris Duke, WRI Aims to Scale Restoration to Deliver Environmental and Financial Returns
Release Date:
09/08/2016
Despite plenty of political momentum for forest restoration, only about 17% of funding needs are met each year with very little of that coming from the private sector.
Obama Speaks at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Release Date:
11/16/2016
Initially, Obama planned to deliver a public speech on Wednesday from the Pnyx, a rocky hill beneath the Acropolis; however, it has been rescheduled to take place at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, due to security concerns.
Open Society Foundations Announces 2013 Soros Justice Fellows
Release Date:
05/15/2013
A mix of emerging and established social justice leaders, the fourteen fellows include investigative journalists, lawyers, grassroots organizers, policy advocates and scholars who will take on a range of reform issues that relate to broader OSF...
Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals
Release Date:
10/07/2015
... by the Wallace Foundation has outlined three major state policies that are necessary in order to create the most ... report, it is the first study of its kind to examine how state policy could be effective in...
JPMorgan Chase Announces $20M for New Skills for Youth Initiative
Release Date:
01/11/2017
... for New Skills for Youth Initiative The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. today ... global New Skills for Youth initiative, each winning state will work with...
Milbank Memorial Fund Convenes Health Policy Leaders to Create A Bipartisan Agenda for New Administration
Release Date:
01/19/2017
... The common goal of health policy leaders at the level of state government in the United States is promoting the health ... and to a much lesser degree, the medical care we receive. State leaders understand...
SUNY Tuition to Rise $200 for Students not Eligible for Excelsior
Release Date:
06/23/2017
... free SUNY tuition this fall, you will be paying more. The state University of New York this week quietly voted to ... the Excelsior Scholarship, that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature instituted in...
The Century Foundation on How Healthcare Repeal Would be a Disaster for Women’s Health
Release Date:
07/28/2017
... complications of pregnancy and childbirth doubled; the state now has the very best maternal mortality fee within the ...
Report: Job Gains In NY, But Not Everywhere
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... Not Everywhere Unemployment rates are down for New York state overall, but wide swaths of upstate had fewer jobs in ... part of the workforce last year, the highest number the state has seen since the...
New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... prospective teachers to pass a tough new exam, the state ’s top education policy makers are lowering the score ... have failed the exam in disproportionate numbers since the state began requiring it in 2014...
Cuomo Says Major Budget Changes May Be Needed If New York Loses $2B In Health Care Funding
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... Care Funding Gov. Cuomo said a special session of the state Legislature may be needed if more than $2 billion in ... could require lawmakers to make drastic changes in the state ’s already-adopted budget. “If...
The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance
Release Date:
12/10/2018
Middle-income families are spending more of their incomes on health insurance as average premiums skyrocketed in 2017 after modest rate increases earlier this decade, The Commonwealth Fund found in a new report.
Mediacracy — A Dialogue With Experts on the Troubled Intersection of Media and Democracy
Release Date:
11/26/2013
... Funders Executive Director Vince Stehle moderated the event , and penned a related piece for The Chronicle of ... to dealing with such issues.” Among other topics, the event featured a series of creative...
New Member Spotlight: The Pilgrim Foundation
Release Date:
05/29/2009
... Pilgrim and its latest projects in this Member Spotlight. What are your foundation’s primary areas of focus? Our ... and internationally. Good Works, a Pilgrim grantee. What current projects or initiatives are...
Make Room for Makerspaces
Release Date:
12/08/2015
... ask “how do I want to do this? And if my approach fails, what will I try next?” This kind of critical-inquiry and ... skills like persistence, adaptability, and self-efficacy. What ’s more, maker programs help...
$1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to Arts & Humanities to Fund Digital Humanities, African American Studies
Release Date:
07/17/2015
... research and to integrate digital work into a number of innovative undergraduate curricular initiatives including ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative
Release Date:
08/26/2016
Funded by a $32 million gift from Michael R. Bloomberg, Harvard University and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced the launch of a joint initiative aimed at advancing leadership, management, and innovation in cities across America and around the...
Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues
Release Date:
08/16/2017
... kind of financing, one that transfers some of the risk of innovative projects from cities to investors. The foundation, ...
Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook Launch Coding for Employment Program
Release Date:
06/07/2018
The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook have launched the Coding for Employment Program at the African Innovation Summit in Kigali, Rwanda which aims to put Africa’s youth on a path to prosperity