The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... aware and active. In 2015, more than 75 percent of large US corporations were engaged in corporate citizenship ...
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Forecasting the Upcoming City Council Gender Imbalance
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... years ago. With the city’s quadrennial elections upon us , a new Council class will be inaugurated in January, with ...
A Smarter Response: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Looks to Leverage Donor Dollars
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... Looks to Leverage Donor Dollars The internet offers us instant gratification. A movie is a mouse click away. Need ...
Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... of biomarkers in human blood plasma may allow us to better understand the early to intermediate stages of ... of Excellence at Harvard Medical School. "Our work gives us a novel biomarker for early...
Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts
Release Date:
09/13/2017
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation issued a report card today meant to underscore deep worries that the world is in danger of backsliding on a broad range of international-development objectives.
Health at A Planetary Scale
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... two. Two hundred years ago, there were about 1 billion of us ; today, we number more than 7 billion. We have harnessed ...
Trump Denies He Made A Deal With Democrats On DREAMer Protections
Release Date:
09/14/2017
It wasn't long before President Trump pushed back after leading Democrats said they struck a deal with the president Wednesday night to pass legislation that would protect the about 800,000 DREAMers who could face deportation when the Deferred...
Opinion: Planned Parenthood of NYC Joins Call to Remove Racist Statue
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... place, we must not let this reputation blindside us . The history of racism isn’t particular to ...
Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna
Release Date:
09/14/2017
The author and journalist’s new book explains how antibiotics overuse helped chicken ascend from a local delicacy to an everyday protein, with serious health consequences as a result.
High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... director of the foundation. "The prize was a way for us to get coverage and attention so that we could identify .....
NYS Health Foundation Finds Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented
Release Date:
09/15/2017
New York State Health Foundation, RAND Corporation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation find that the uninsured rate among non-elderly veterans fell by 36% after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Study: Giving Leads to Happiness
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... The scientific evidence that generosity is good for us has been scant, even as the benefits of selfishness are ...
Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... in Washington DC have together committed more than US $13 million over five years to kick-start the IBL. The ...
Gotham Gains: Family Incomes Up, Poverty Down
Release Date:
09/20/2017
The new figures confirm trends reported in the Center for New York City Affairs’ July 19th Urban Matters post, “More Jobs, Rising Wages, Broader Advances: Seven Indicators of New York’s Economic Health.”
New Book, "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Carnegie Council Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are our values converging or ...
Nursing Home Evacuations Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony
Release Date:
09/21/2017
Speaking before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging today, University of South Florida professor Kathryn Hyer, PhD, MPP, FGSA, urged lawmakers to support actions that enable nursing homes and assisted living communities to better serve their...
LDN Fund Officially Launched
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... (UNCCD) in Ordos, China. With an initial target size of US $300 million, the LDN Fund is a first-of-its-kind ...
How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them
Release Date:
09/22/2017
Understanding the different giving habits of Boomers, Gen-Xers, and Millennials.
Pound Foolish
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... than 46 million people, or more than 14 percent of the US population. These hubs supply food pantries, churches, and ...
Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Since its launch earlier this year, the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education has recruited 125 health professions schools and programs around the world to ensure future health professionals are educated on the health impacts of climate...