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 ...
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The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime
Release Date:
09/19/2017
New York City officials have announced that all 1.1 million public school students would be provided with a free daily lunch. This came a few months after state Senator Liz Krueger and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon introduced a bill to address...
These Companies Support Climate Action, So Why Are They Funding Opposition To It?
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... would these 27 business powerhouses also support a GOP group that’s fought to undo a key Obama-era domestic ...
Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way
Release Date:
09/19/2017
A few years ago, when Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan created the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, they took some heat for incorporating it as an LLC—since such entities can operate with little transparency.
Twenty Years After Suffragists Statue Victory, The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... women, as depicted, were rather unattractive. Wages and a group of women had been pushing members of Congress to move ...
With Its 'No Dancing' Law Verging On Repeal, New York Legitimizes Its Nightlife
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... hope to have." The Office of Nightlife and its advisory group will act as liaisons between various aspects of the .....
In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... are very upset about its demise, angry at an opposition group that hit the project with costly litigation. But ...
New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries
Release Date:
09/25/2017
President Trump on Sunday issued a new order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries, including most of the nations covered by his original travel ban, citing threats to national security posed by letting...
After So Many Disasters, Nonprofit Relief Organizations Struggle Against ‘Donor Fatigue’
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... for Disaster Philanthropy, a Washington-based nonprofit group that consults on disaster giving, and raises disaster ...
Black And Hispanic Students In New York City Most Likely To Be Arrested And Handcuffed, Data Shows
Release Date:
09/27/2017
More than 92 percent of students arrested in schools last year were black or Hispanic, according to a new analysis — a racial disparity that has persisted even as the city has reduced in-school arrests and summonses.
Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... investors who are suing to stop the $850 million sale. The group of plaintiffs, including heirs of late real-estate ...
Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... three-quarters (78 percent) of future retirees in that age group and almost two-thirds (63 percent) of those who retired ...
Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... services. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that a group opposing Mayor Jason Gonzalez’s decision to eliminate ...
P2CP Program Is Expanding with Support from The David Rockefeller Fund, Ford Foundation, JM Kaplan Fund, Teagle Foundation and Pinkerton Foundation
Release Date:
10/20/2017
... (P2CP) anxiously waited to greet a group of visitors who had traveled to the prison specifically ...
ArtNet News Details Joan Mitchell Foundation 2017 Grant Recipients
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... as non-white—a substantial increase from last year’s group , 56 percent of whom identified as non-white. The ...
Rockefeller Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference
Release Date:
12/20/2017
... Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center brought together a group of residents around the theme of “Youth as Agents of ...
Surdna Foundation, Open Society Foundations and Ford Foundation Collaborate to Start Amplify Fund
Release Date:
01/05/2018
... to Start Amplify Fund In 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG), a social justice-focused membership organization ...
Photojournalist Documents Moments From the San Quentin State Prison Marathon on Open Society Foundations' Weekly Instagram Takeover
Release Date:
01/22/2018
... life of San Quentin's 1000 Mile Club, the prison's running group , whose incarcerated members train with volunteer .....
Russel Sage Foundation Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security
Release Date:
03/09/2018
... and colleagues focused on eligible SNAP recipients. The group was broken down into all households or households ...
Open Society Foundations Along with Collaboration of Funders Highlight Immigrants’ Vital Role in Ohio Communities
Release Date:
03/16/2018
... Open Society Foundations, in partnership with a group of other philanthropy organizations, funded a Cleveland ...