Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For School Leaders
Release Date:
10/26/2015
... reflect their contents, according to the Council of Chief State School Officers, which owns the copyright to the ...
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NY Observer Highlights Many PNY Members as Area’s Most Generous Companies
Release Date:
10/28/2015
... The 10 most generous large companies in the Tri- State area produce everything from cancer drugs to soft ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies-Backed Report: U.S. Electric Sector Expected To Hit Lowest CO2 Emissions In 20 Years
Release Date:
11/05/2015
Analysis by Sierra Club finds decrease in CO2 from electric utilities, marking the first time the industry emits fewer than 2 billion metric tons since 1995.
Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality
Release Date:
11/09/2015
Under a new strategy announced today, the Ford Foundation will double the amount it provides to grantees to cover administrative overhead costs and steer $1 billion over five years toward strengthening social-justice organizations. At the same time...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks
Release Date:
12/07/2015
... together to drive up the number of donations to Garden State food banks. The “Give a Meal” program brings ...
Century Foundation Releases Proposals to Strengthen ACA
Release Date:
12/15/2015
... and Timothy Jost identify nineteen steps that federal, state , and local actors can take to ensure that health care ...
NYS Health Foundation Releases Report on Uninsured Immigrants & Insurance Coverage
Release Date:
02/01/2016
... Society presents three different proposals for New York State to extend coverage to uninsured and unauthorized ...
Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities
Release Date:
02/01/2016
Atlantic Philanthropies, in its last year of grantmaking, announced a number of major investments to improve access to quality health care for people in both Southeast Asia and the United States.
Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities
Release Date:
02/04/2016
... the University of Texas, El Paso; and California State University, Northridge — and five research ...
JPB Foundation Partners with Others in Support of Energy Efficiency for All
Release Date:
02/12/2016
As a partnership among the Energy Foundation, Elevate Energy, National Housing Trust and NRDC with funding support from the JPB Foundation, EEFA will help low-income renters gain access to $170 million in new public resources for energy efficiency...
Cuomo Offers Support for Mark-Viverito’s Call to Close Rikers
Release Date:
02/16/2016
... Calling the idea offered by the speaker during her State of the City speech last week “interesting and ...
Commentary from Rockefeller Foundation: A Solution to Hunger? Stop Throwing Dinner Away
Release Date:
03/15/2016
Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Sam Kass, founder of Trove and chef, write that food loss costs the world economy almost $1 trillion annually.
Mayor's Fund Hires New Director of Development
Release Date:
03/15/2016
... the 2004 Howard Dean Presidential Campaign in Washington State . As Director of Development at the Mayor’s Fund, ...
Carnegie: Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough
Release Date:
03/24/2016
How can we defeat complacency in protecting nuclear materials? First, we must have a culture committed to continuous improvement, says Carnegie in a series of articles about issues related to the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., on...
NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women
Release Date:
03/29/2016
... to be done. In 2015, most provisions of the New York State Women's Equality Agenda were enacted, and New York City .....
Ford Foundation Names Kathy Reich as Director for Effort to Strengthen Institutions and Networks
Release Date:
04/29/2016
Kathy Reich will guide the foundation's BUILD efforts in the United States and across its 10 global offices to implement sector-leading approaches to supporting the sustainability, vitality, and effectiveness of organizations and networks that serve...
Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects
Release Date:
05/03/2016
The grants, financially supported by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Foundation Charitable Trust and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will be awarded directly to teachers for research-based initiatives.
New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers
Release Date:
05/16/2016
The New York Community Trust (NYCT) has renewed a grant through the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) to educate and train more social workers.
Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities
Release Date:
05/18/2016
Forty nonprofit organizations will use funds to address urban challenges ranging from affordable housing to environmental sustainability and infrastructure.
Century Foundation Fellow on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational Inequality
Release Date:
07/29/2016
“This is a preference that preferences the already advantaged,” observed Richard Kahlenberg, a Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation and a prolific writer on higher education issues.