Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making
Release Date:
05/22/2014
... and potentially another $900 million worth of resiliency projects around the city by selling the development rights, ...
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Open Society Foundations Award Fellowships to 14 Visionaries Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States
Release Date:
05/14/2014
... Programs at the Open Society Foundations. “We hope their projects will spur debate, catalyze change, and lift the ...
Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit
Release Date:
06/17/2014
n the wake of last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York’s teachers unions and education reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state’s tenure laws and possibly many other teacher protections.
Using Outsourcing To Help Alleviate Poverty In Africa and South Asia
Release Date:
06/19/2014
A small number of companies, nonprofits and foundations–including The Rockefeller Foundation--want to see if the rapidly growing global supply chains that process data and operate call centers can be deployed to help alleviate poverty in Africa and...
Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"
Release Date:
07/22/2014
Two individuals with organizations supported by both the Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation were named Tuesday by the White House as "Champions of Change" for their efforts to ensure that no American working 40 hours a week should have...
Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting
Release Date:
08/28/2014
... Alliance, a group of foundation leaders who work on projects aimed at improving the lives of young minority ...
NYCT Supports South Bronx Culture Trail
Release Date:
10/03/2014
New York Community Trust believes the project will help people see beyond the neighborhood's negative sterotypes.
OSF Backed Nonprofit Helping India Move to a Low-Carbon Energy Economy
Release Date:
11/03/2014
... USD 600 billion for investments for various developmental projects over the next two decades leading to overall ...
New Data Illuminates Long Island's Education Inequities
Release Date:
01/30/2015
Rauch Foundation President, Nancy Rauch Douzinas, explores school racial segregation in Long Island.
JPMorgan Chase Pledges $10 Million to Study Its Philanthropic Impact
Release Date:
02/06/2015
JPMorgan Chase will analyze the efficacy of its corporate social responsibility initiatives.
OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work
Release Date:
02/12/2015
... Blasio spurred foundation leaders Wednesday to invest in projects and technology tools that protect and expand the ...
Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta
Release Date:
04/13/2015
In the Niger Delta, gender inequality is compounded by the competition for oil, which often leads to violence.
Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research
Release Date:
06/02/2015
... we can be nimble in our decisions to support pioneering projects and game-changing discoveries to improve human ...
Weinberg Foundation Launches Workforce Leadership Academy in Baltimore
Release Date:
06/08/2015
The initiative will help low-income individuals obtain the skills to seek gainful employment.
Ford Shifts Grant Making to Focus Entirely on Inequality
Release Date:
06/12/2015
The Ford Foundation also aims to double the total amount it grants out for general operating support.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Public Arts Challenge Winners
Release Date:
06/29/2015
Through its Public Art Challenge, Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced two-year grants of up to $1 million each to six cities for temporary public art projects.
5 Questions for...Heather Nesle, President, New York Life Foundation
Release Date:
11/23/2015
New York Life Foundation president Heather Nesle answers questions in PND about the foundation's grantmaking in the childhood bereavement area, its accomplishments to date, and its hopes for the future.
Opinion: Health Reform Lives!
Release Date:
11/23/2015
To the right’s dismay, scare tactics — remember death panels? — and spurious legal challenges failed to protect the nation from the scourge of guaranteed health coverage. Still, Obamacare’s opponents insisted that it would implode in a “death spiral...
Mellon, Ford and NYCT Support WNYC Series on Gentrification
Release Date:
03/03/2016
WNYC's 'There Goes the Neighborhood' takes an in-depth look at gentrification in Brooklyn and the integral role that race plays in the process.
Rockefeller Brothers Supported Report: Wind Energy Could Get Cheaper
Release Date:
03/18/2016
... wind energy in New England would be far less costly under projects that are newer and bigger than Cape Wind. The ...