More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... schools, according to a new report from the watchdog group Class Size Matters. Despite the Department of ...
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States Team Up To Fight Climate Change
Release Date:
09/21/2017
States Team Up To Fight Climate Change A group of states adhering to the initial U.S. commitment to ...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... NGOs or social entrepreneurs should do. But this week a group of foundations turned the lens on themselves to see ...
Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Americans who were left behind as the country pulled out of the Great Recession — African Americans, Hispanics and people without college degrees — saw large gains in net worth over the past three years, the Federal Reserve reported.
Presidential Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Three long-standing presidential commissions designed to expand educational opportunities for non-white students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White House has them worried they’re about to be dissolved.
Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... in Omaha. Buffett supports the Atlanta-based nonprofit group that helps communities come up with holistic plans to ...
Tow Foundation Funded News Integrity Initiative Awards $1.8 Million to Build Support for Quality Journalism
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... applied research, events and training. “This first group of grants embodies NII’s values and vision by ...
Long-Held Political, Ethnic Rivalries Heating Up Fight Over Brooklyn Pfizer Site
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... far promise a healthy fight. The project developer, Rabsky Group , is planning a 1,146-unit building at a site formerly ...
SUNY Revises Controversial Proposal to Let Some New York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers A state group that oversees some New York charter schools has revised ...
House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Despite opposition from conservative and government watchdog groups, the House easily approved a $36.5 billion disaster aid package Thursday to help states and U.S. territories rebuild in the wake of devastating hurricanes and...
More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... of Training & Employment Professionals, a nonprofit group representing the workforce development community... ...
American Express Grant Will Help Renovations at Historic Utah Pickle Company Building
Release Date:
11/03/2017
... American Express teamed up with private, non-profit group called The National Trust for Historic Preservation and ...
Open Society Foundations Funds the Mayor Exchange to Offer Help to Puerto Rico
Release Date:
03/02/2018
... backed by funding from the Open Society Foundations, the group includes mainland mayors with experience in disaster ...
Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching
Release Date:
03/27/2018
... Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching A group of scientists developed a "sun shield" that they hope .....
Closing Space for Open Society
Release Date:
05/17/2018
The operating environment has gotten so ugly for Open Society, which gave $3.6 million to 46 different groups in Hungary in 2016, that the foundation announced this week they will relocate their office from Budapest, Soros’ birth city, to Berlin.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Gene Editing Research to Identify Gene that Controls Butterfly Wing Color
Release Date:
10/26/2018
... Color Heliconius butterflies are a diverse and colorful group of species that live throughout tropical regions of ...
The Covenant Foundation Announces New Grants to Support Jewish Communities Across North America
Release Date:
01/05/2023
... 2022 Covenant grantees represent an exciting and varied group of educators and projects,” said Cheryl R. Finkel, ...
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Jul
2023
Navigating the Complexities of Corporate Reporting with an Equity Lens
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
... Social Impact, and Sustainability Consultant, CSR Talent Group Thomas Knowlton (Moderator), CEO and Founder, CSR Talent Group Recording What else should I know? About CSR Talent Group : CSR...
Can We Still Improve Philanthropy?
Release Date:
07/17/2009
... reexamined, by all means; maybe they aren’t good public policy . It is clear to me, though, that using “partially ...
14
Jul
2015
Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 -
2:45pm to 4:30pm
... your foundation to make grants that are used for public policy or legal advocacy Your foundation grants cannot fund ...