Open Society Foundations Supports Climate Change Glossary
Release Date:
03/01/2017
... to help the media better report on (and for all of us to better understand) global warming, IRIN has produced ...
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Foundation for Child Development Sponsors Study that Finds Children Learning English Require Better Support for Academic Success
Release Date:
03/01/2017
Despite their potential, many English learners (ELs) -- who account for more than 9 percent of K-12 enrollment in the U.S. -- lag behind their English-speaking monolingual peers in educational achievement.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Research on Planetary Evolution
Release Date:
03/16/2017
An enormous young planet approximately 300 light-years from Earth has given astrophysicists a rare glimpse into planetary evolution.
Soros-Funded Charities Targeted By Trump-Inspired Crackdown In East Europe
Release Date:
03/23/2017
The campaign against Soros in countries formerly dominated by Moscow appears to follow a template set by Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose own crackdown on foreign-funded charities drove Soros's foundation out of Russia two years ago.
NYCT's Kerry McCarthy: Trump Cuts that Hit Arts Will Also Hurt Health in NYC Neighborhoods
Release Date:
04/04/2017
... suffer in unexpected ways. This is clear to those of us who have seen neighborhood theaters, art galleries and ...
Russell Sage Foundation Celebrates 110th Anniversary
Release Date:
04/20/2017
April 19, 2017, marks the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Russell Sage Foundation by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828–1918), the widow of railroad magnate and financier Russell Sage.
New Leader, New Era: Rockefeller Foundation Plots Its Course
Release Date:
04/27/2017
Rajiv Shah, the new president of the Rockefeller Foundation, is no stranger to politics or philanthropy.
Novo Foundation, Carnegie and Ford Support Women for Afghan Women
Release Date:
05/04/2017
Women for Afghan Women (WAW), which describes itself as a “grassroots, civil society organization dedicated to securing and protecting the rights of disenfranchised Afghan women and girls in Afghanistan and New York,” has backing from NY foundations...
Supported by WT Grant Foundation, Research Finds School Choice Policies Impact Segregation
Release Date:
05/23/2017
Despite decades of educational reform and legal efforts, many U.S. schools are experiencing increasing segregation. The new generation of school choice policies adopted in response to legal decisions may actually be increasing school inequalities,...
Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit Convenes Nation’s Leaders To Discuss “Rising Debt in a Changing Economy”
Release Date:
05/24/2017
... to our growing national debt, and solutions to put us on a better path, at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s ...
Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving
Release Date:
06/15/2017
Is the renewed focus on the manufacturing sector sound economic policy, or as pundits from across the political spectrum have complained, is it just a nostalgic bid for middle-class jobs that are gone for good?
NYS Health Foundation Releases Snapshot of Veterans and Health in New York State
Release Date:
07/13/2017
Who are New York State's veterans? Where do they live? When did they serve? And where do they turn to for their health care needs? These are the questions the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) seeks to answer in a new snapshot of the...
Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications
Release Date:
08/03/2017
Richard Vevers worked in ad agencies for 10 years, then left to become an underwater photographer and ended up founding a not-for-profit organization called The Ocean Agency. His films of coral reefs are spreading the word about climate change...
The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism
Release Date:
08/11/2017
The Overbrook Foundation has worked during the past few years to improve an underperforming U.S. environmental movement.
With Federal Funds Shrinking, Math and Science Funders Including Simons Foundation Step Up
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... to be a bit more, well, abstract. The first comes to us from Providence, Rhode Island, where Brown University ...
Here Are 3 Ways Negotiation Skills Keep Advancing Gender Equality
Release Date:
08/29/2017
While women continue to advance in unprecedented ways, the journey towards full equality is still evolving. The history of that journey is also surprisingly young.
Clarity Needed In Clean Labeling
Release Date:
08/30/2017
The “why” and “how” behind a product have become as important as the product itself, according to new research from the Nielsen Co. Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. consumers say they would switch from the food and beverage brands they currently buy to others...
New York City March Held Ahead of President Trump's DACA Decision
Release Date:
08/31/2017
Thousands are marching in New York City Wednesday to defend DACA following reports that President Donald Trump may soon announce the end to protections for 800,000 young immigrants in the United States.
USAID Announces Over $90 Million In Additional Humanitarian Assistance To Ethiopia
Release Date:
08/31/2017
With concern expressed over deteriorating conditions from a second severe drought this year, USAID's 2017 contribution to the country comes to nearly $454 million.
China’s Xi Slams Unwillingness to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that the world economy faces growing risks and uncertainties from countries turning inward on trade and resisting combating climate change, delivering an implicit rebuke to his American counterpart, Donald Trump.