Convening Virtually: Embracing Change and Community
Release Date:
12/03/2020
... Carolyn Peters, Learning Services Associate, Philanthropy New York What once would have been an instantly viral video has ...
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"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs
Release Date:
07/28/2014
... needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other ... blog. The two write that "if more and more" new high-priced drugs come...
JPMorgan Chase Report: Tech Jobs for All? Exploring the Promise & Pitfalls of U.S. Tech Training
Release Date:
03/09/2016
... of U.S. Tech Training JPMorgan Chase released a new report, "Tech Jobs for All?: Exploring the Promise & ... leaders, and the general public. The rapid growth of these new models for tech training –...
Simons Foundation Sponsors "The Eternal Sky," A Short Film about Building the Simons Observatory
Release Date:
03/09/2017
... Kellner documents the development and construction of the new Simons Observatory, located next to several other ... scientists and engineers are designing and building new telescopes with new...
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Apr
2018
Shifting the Power: Applying Community Philanthropy to Sustainable Development Here and Abroad (Brown Bag Lunch)
Thursday, April 26, 2018 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
While slogans like “think globally, act locally” have been around for decades, still so much decision-making about philanthropy and development aid happens by stakeholders outside communities. Even those funders that care deeply about championing...
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May
2022
Restoring Safety & Dignity to People Seeking Asylum: What Funders Can Do - A Webinar Hosted by Four Freedoms Fund
Thursday, May 5, 2022 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
... asylum seekers and used the pandemic as a pretext to expel 1 .7 million asylum seekers. The administration’s ...
Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy
Release Date:
06/17/2014
... Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy A new light rail line--called the "Green Line"-- that connects ... years ago, developers have announced over $2.5 billion in new construction and...
Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline in Women in Workforce
Release Date:
07/28/2014
... States who are working or want to work has been declining, new evidence suggests that one way to stem the dip would to be mandate policies like paid leave. A new report from the White House Council of Economic...
The Century Foundation Releases Report Detailing President Obama's Executive Actions
Release Date:
05/07/2015
... need.” This declaration represented the start of a new wave of policymaking through executive action by the ... In a report released today by The Century Foundation, The New Era of Executive Action: How...
Terry Fulmer Takes the Helm as President of the John A. Hartford Foundation
Release Date:
06/11/2015
... John A. Hartford Foundation and taken up her role as its new president, the Foundation announced today. Dr. Fulmer ... researcher, teacher, administrator, and innovator to her new position, and is deeply...
Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation
Release Date:
08/17/2015
... of Wassaic to serve as the philanthropic foundation’s new Director of Programs. “Cecilia has worked for the ... said Foundation President Andrea Reynolds. In her new role, Ms. Stancell will work with the...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks
Release Date:
12/07/2015
... on food banks, equivalent to about 46.5 million people. In New Jersey, the ratio is smaller but still significant — ... with Bank of America, the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, the Food Bank of South Jersey...
Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
01/13/2016
... Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness) A large new study reveals previously unknown risk factors associated ... become cone-shaped over time. The last decade has brought new treatment options, but many...
Rauch Foundation and Others Publish Report that Quantifies Long Island’s Housing Needs
Release Date:
02/05/2016
... HR&A Advisors Inc., and the Rauch Foundation released new research this week highlighting the high demand for ... possible strategies for creating an adequate supply of new housing. The study found that...
When Integrating A School, Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race? (Century Foundation)
Release Date:
02/29/2016
... fitness app. It's a grant proposed in President Obama's new budget, reviving an idea that hasn't gotten much policy ... intended to make their schools more diverse. As a new pair of reports from...
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children
Release Date:
07/25/2017
... Partnership (NFP) program, which provides services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second ... affects male and female children differently, according to new analysis of a decades-old study on...
Leon Levy Foundation Funds Civil War Brooklyn Historical Research via the BAM Online Archive
Release Date:
08/14/2017
... Online Archive It is always a cause for celebration when new archival history resources go online — especially for ... sometimes obscure history. Brooklyn history buffs have a new source of information (and...
Opinion: The Urban Revival Is Over
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... two may be in danger. As it turns out, the much-ballyhooed new age of the city might be giving way to a great urban ... white flight. Unlike their parents and grandparents, these new urbanites embraced the...
JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth
Release Date:
01/23/2018
... regulatory and business environment. Through this new investment, the firm will develop hundreds of new branches in several new U.S. markets, increase wages and benefits for hourly U.S. ...
Nina Stack Joins Champlain Foundation as Executive Director
Release Date:
04/17/2018
... Stack, a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, has led the New Jersey Council of Grant Makers as its president for the ... remarks: “We are thrilled to have Nina joining us as our new executive director. … Her...