12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... the Waterfront Alliance launched in 2015, will soon go national , the nonprofit’s president and CEO Roland Lewis ...
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Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Upper-income earners have been growing as a share of the Albany region’s population, according to the Pew Research Center.
Supreme Court Weighs Immigrants’ Rights to Have Detention Reviewed
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Amid a nationwide surge in immigration arrests spearheaded by the Trump administration, the Supreme Court weighed on Tuesday whether immigrants facing deportation are entitled to have their detentions, which can stretch for years, reviewed by a...
Myanmar Rohingya Abuses May Be Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn
Release Date:
10/04/2017
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) have called on the Myanmar authorities to immediately stop violence in northern Rakhine State, and to promptly...
U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared Through
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... Texas and neighboring states knocked down September’s national payroll totals. But whatever damage the storms ...
Where You Live, How You Give: What a Fidelity Study Says About U.S. Donors
Release Date:
10/06/2017
A new study sponsored by the nation’s second largest grantmaker, Fidelity Charitable, highlights regional differences of giving in the United States.
Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems
Release Date:
10/26/2017
... and the Ford Foundation are teaming up with three national organizations that promote whole-child initiatives ...
Capital One Invests $3 Million to Fund Machine Learning Research at University of Maryland
Release Date:
12/15/2017
... top faculty and students, but will also propel UMD to national prominence and excellence in these critically ...
Casey Family Programs Launches New Mapping Tool to Help Advocate for Prevention of Abuse and Neglect
Release Date:
03/16/2018
... Prevention of Abuse and Neglect Casey Family Programs, a national grant maker in the child welfare field, has launched ...
Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award
Release Date:
04/16/2018
Cities of Service today announced 10 finalists for the Engaged Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are working creatively to tap the wisdom, talents, and energy of community members to solve public problems.
New York Community Trust, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and Others Fund Choreographer-in-Residence Program for NYC's Choreographers of African Descent
Release Date:
06/15/2018
RestorationART presents Afro Pas De Deux, a two-day festival, featuring award-winning 2018 ChoreoQuest choreographers-in-residence as they innovate within the algorithm of a pas de deux.
Measuring Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums
Release Date:
06/26/2018
In this short video, Westermann and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker discuss why the effort to survey art museums on the diversity of their employees was critical.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Issues Report on Undercount of Young Kids in 2020 Census
Release Date:
06/29/2018
The Annie E. Casey Foundation today warned policymakers and child advocates of troubling consequences for the nation’s kids with the likely undercount of about 1 million children under age 5 in the 2020 census, as the Foundation released the 2018...
Rockefeller Foundation Funds Denver Food Action Plan
Release Date:
07/06/2018
... food equity for all residents. A partnership with the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has created the ...
Rockefeller Foundation Names Deborah Wright as New Managing Director for U.S. Jobs and Economic Opportunity
Release Date:
07/30/2018
The Rockefeller Foundation today announced that Deborah Wright has been named managing director for the Foundation’s U.S. Jobs & Economic Opportunity initiative.
NYCT Announces Retirement of Patricia Jenny VP of Grants
Release Date:
10/18/2018
... City neighborhoods. Pat went on to manage the Trust’s national environment grant program, and helped found the NYC ...
Supported in Part by Ford Foundation, Smithsonian Launches American Women’s History Initiative
Release Date:
11/14/2018
The initiative strives to be the nation’s most comprehensive undertaking to document, research, collect, display and share the rich, complete and compelling story of women in America. It will greatly increase the Smithsonian’s research and...
NY State Health Foundation Releases New Resource on Health Behaviors in New York and the United States
Release Date:
12/05/2018
Using national survey data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a new NYSHealth data snapshot profiles New Yorkers' health behaviors, focusing on important indicators for population health outcomes: obesity, diabetes, physical...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces New David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center
Release Date:
06/05/2019
... Rockefeller family estate and bequeathed to the nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1979 by Nelson ...
Aisha Moodie-Mills Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors
Release Date:
10/16/2019
... Moodie-Mills. “I’ve spent over two decades working in national politics and policy, and know firsthand that social ... was the first African American woman to lead a national LGBTQ organization in her role as...