Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers
Release Date:
10/07/2016
... while Chuck Feeney, co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group and founder of Atlantic Philanthropies, ranks as the ...
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With Support from the Russell Sage Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics
Release Date:
10/21/2016
In a study of white Americans’ attitudes and candidate preferences, we found that Trump’s success reflects the rise of “white identity politics” – an attempt to protect the collective interests of white voters via the ballot box. Whereas racial...
Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism
Release Date:
11/18/2016
Mark Lilla, visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation, writes in the New York Times to advocate for a "post-identity liberalism."
Rockefeller Continues to Fight Exxon Mobil on Climate Change
Release Date:
11/22/2016
Exxon Mobile, which has been accused of scheming to pay surrogates to deny the threat of climate change, is trying to turn the tables by calling its opponents the real conspirators.
City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
12/01/2016
... of Paynesville, outside Monrovia, has been admitted to the group of 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) pioneered by the ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities
Release Date:
12/13/2016
... to campuses with high graduation rates by the year 2025. A group of 30 colleges and universities have signed on to the ...
The Wallace Foundation Supports Creative Ways to Expand the Taste for Classical Music in NYC Eateries
Release Date:
01/17/2017
Instead of diminishing the music, small-scale concerts offer the chance to bring it into our daily lives.
Mellon Foundation Supports African, Latin American and Native American Collections Research at Princeton
Release Date:
02/14/2017
... subject tagging, artist biographies and/or culture group backgrounds, geo-references, exhibition histories, ...
With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... jawbone related to lemurs — the primitive primate group distantly connected to monkeys, apes and humans, a USC ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Promotes 'Changing Faces of Immigration' Video Series
Release Date:
03/24/2017
... wave of newcomers to the United States. The group is a mosaic and not a monolith. People are arriving ...
Ford Foundation, Tow Foundation and Others Launch $14M Fund To Support News Integrity
Release Date:
04/03/2017
... Others Launch $14M Fund To Support News Integrity A group of tech industry leaders, academic institutions, ...
The Army Infantry’s First Women
Release Date:
05/26/2017
... grunts see it as monumental and revolutionary. The first group of women graduated from United States Army infantry ...
Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities
Release Date:
07/11/2017
... reports. This marks his 12th annual donation to the group of charities. Buffett’s gift included 18.63 million ...
A Golf Center Grows in Harlem
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... his team’s No. 1 man, Juan had to tee off in the first group , in front of a crowd, at the Mosholu Golf Course in the ...
Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship
Release Date:
08/29/2017
In a blistering letter this week, the president of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. accused Boy Scouts of America of trying to undercut the organization through a “covert campaign to recruit girls.”
Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... "We are still in." On June 5, with these four words a group of U.S. businesses and investors with a combined annual .....
BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity
Release Date:
09/06/2017
After a fraught last few years in terms of national attention to issues of race, one would expect that nonprofit boards would demonstrate at least a modicum of advancement in the realm of diversity.
Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... rebel force and a ceasefire with the last active guerrilla group , the ELN. Santos won a Nobel Peace Prize last year ...
Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid
Release Date:
09/13/2017
The clock is ticking. Community Boards 4, 5 and 7 have until October 30 to vote on the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning of Jerome Avenue in the western Bronx. It’s the first stage of the seven-month Uniform Land Use Review Procedure...
High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... its second round of prizes last year. The top winner, a group from India that developed a wristband for detecting ...