Rockefeller Foundation Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films
Release Date:
01/22/2015
... on Gender Images in Films What happens when specific groups of people are not seen or heard? The result is a ...
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White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments
Release Date:
03/24/2015
... girls and boys — especially those from underrepresented groups — to excel in the STEM fields," according to a White .....
Covenant Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls
Release Date:
04/14/2015
The Study looked at four key areas of development: building self-esteem, empowerment, fostering peer-to-peer relationships and cultivating deeper Jewish connections.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Among Those Pushing for Stronger Climate Risk Disclosure
Release Date:
04/24/2015
Sixty-two institutional investors have called for the SEC to push for better disclosure by oil and gas companies of critical climate change-related business risks.
ASPCA-Backed Program Uses Dogs to Help Teach NYC Students About Animal Welfare
Release Date:
06/01/2015
The program currently operates in Washington Heights and will expand to two summer camps this year.
Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison
Release Date:
07/29/2015
... New Push for College Education in Prison Philanthropy groups and lawmakers are giving college education for ...
A New Lens for Disaster Recovery
Release Date:
09/16/2015
... they advance collective knowledge about how marginalized groups experience disaster and uniquely define recovery.... A ...
NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens
Release Date:
10/09/2015
The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, a local nonprofit, is considering developing a mixed-use complex with 100 affordable housing units, including 50 units set aside for artists, according to the New York Community Trust, which awarded the...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO
Release Date:
10/16/2015
... more impact. They both are founding presidents of their groups , the Center for Effective Philanthropy and Grantmakers ...
New York Community Trust Adds Funds to the QueensWay Plan
Release Date:
10/16/2015
The QueensWay gets greener even as the leaves on the trees growing along the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line turn orange and red.
The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit
Only 30 percent of C-suite roles in the nonprofit sector were filled by internal promotion in the past two years—about half the rate of for-profits. Even more concerning, this low promotion rate did not vary by the size of the organization: larger organizations, which should have more opportunities to promote internal talent, are not doing so.
Bloomberg, Others Give Hopkins $125M for Cancer Research that Helped Jimmy Carter
Release Date:
03/30/2016
Research into immunotherapy, which cancer experts are calling the most promising approach in decades, got a boost Tuesday when Michael Bloomberg and other philanthropists announced $125 million in donations to Johns Hopkins University for a new...
Johnson & Johnson’s Campaign for Nursing’s Future Redefines Bedpans and Bandages
Release Date:
04/06/2016
This offering is just one step of many we are taking to recalibrate your understanding of nurses to the reality of who we really are.
Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2016 Fellows
Release Date:
04/08/2016
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced its 2016 class of fellows. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were selected from a group of nearly three thousand applicants.
Rockefeller Foundation Joins Conversation on Flood Resilience
Release Date:
04/14/2016
In order to tackle catastrophic climate-related events including droughts and floods, The Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development and Sida, backed by Zurich Insurance Group and its Z Zurich Foundation, have...
Ford Foundation Program Helped Advance Social Justice, Study Finds
Release Date:
04/28/2016
... education of social justice leaders from marginalized groups led to significant positive change in communities and ...
Simons Foundation Expanding Its Space
Release Date:
05/09/2016
The Simons Foundation, founded by mathematician and hedge-fund billionaire James Simons and his wife, Marilyn, is expanding in the Flatiron District.
Rockefeller Assists Global Resilience Partnership With New Ideas In Flood Risk Management
Release Date:
05/24/2016
To encourage new ideas and actions in flood risk management, Zurich Insurance Group has teamed up with the Global Resilience Partnership, a public-private initiative spearheaded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Agency for...
Moody's Foundation Announces Winners For Creative Solutions to Contemporary Challenges
Release Date:
06/20/2016
... and the Community Defender Challenge which asked small groups of young people (ages 14-19) to think about and create ...
Bank of America Announces $300k to Boost Workforce Skills Among Local Youth, Veterans and People With Disabilities
Release Date:
06/20/2016
... workforce opportunities and skill-building education. The groups awarded were the United Way of Long Island, Bellport ...