Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online
Release Date:
05/22/2017
... the Global Designing Cities Initiative, a project of the National Association of City Transportation Officials, which ...
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Conrad Hilton Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Noted Among Philanthropic Heroes of Refugee Crisis
Release Date:
05/24/2017
With the Syrian conflict is now in its seventh year, Inside Philanthropy reports in its coverage of this crisis, that help isn’t coming at the scale that's needed. However, among the few philanthropies supporting refugees, Conrad N. Hilton...
Clark Foundation-Sponsored Forum Considers How NY Nonprofit Contractors Can Address Late and Under Payment
Release Date:
05/25/2017
... — it is a quiet crisis across the country. (Source: the National Council of Nonprofits Newsletter.) Clark ...
Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25
Release Date:
06/20/2017
... Bloomberg and his philanthropy division. It airs on the National Geographic Channel on Sunday, June 25. The in-depth ...
Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color
Release Date:
06/21/2017
While Trump pursues his dystopian vision for America, some progressives want to abandon so-called “identity politics.” But that would only further marginalize women at greatest risk in the current political environment and who have long been the...
New York Life Foundation, Afterschool Alliance Award $750K in Grants to Middle School Out-of-School Time
Release Date:
06/21/2017
The New York Life Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance today announced $750,000 in grant awards to 18 middle school out-of-school time (OST) programs serving disadvantaged youth in communities across the nation.
2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named
Release Date:
06/27/2017
The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation announced the seventh class of Macy Faculty Scholars. Each Scholar will engage in activities to enhance their career as an educator, as well as pursue a mentored educational innovation project at their home institution.
Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students
Release Date:
06/28/2017
... study, which recently appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that after completing the ...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View
Release Date:
07/06/2017
... is described in a July 6 paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. More detailed information about ...
Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies
Release Date:
07/06/2017
Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies "Wayne Tracker" cannot be forced to testify under oath. He does not exist. But the man who used the "Tracker" alias, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, can be...
Unbound Philanthropy is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It?
Release Date:
07/17/2017
... of rapid response giving. Grantmakers in the mix include national outfits like the Open Society Foundations and Ford, ...
Bloomberg-funded WHO Report: Dramatic Increase in Life-Saving Tobacco Control Policies In Last Decade
Release Date:
07/20/2017
... the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control into their national tobacco control programmes and policies,” says Dr ...
Verizon Foundation: Innovative Learning Program Addresses Lack of Women in STEM Careers
Release Date:
07/24/2017
... in Iowa, Virginia, and Tennessee, in partnership with the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship ...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Provides New Funding for Latinx Artists
Release Date:
08/11/2017
... Funding for Latinx Artists The 2017 grant season for the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) ...
Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change
Release Date:
08/21/2017
The patriarch of the Simons clan is best known for his math chops and science philanthropy. But heirs Nat and Liz Simons are taking the family’s hedge fund fortune a different direction with some serious climate giving.
Scientist Asked To Remove ‘Climate Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... wrote an official at DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. “This is being asked as we have to ...
How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Three ways to improve diversity in the corporate America of the future — rather than the past
Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White
Release Date:
08/30/2017
The recent finding by The New York Times that black students are still vastly underrepresented at the nation’s top colleges and universities is one sign of how little the country has managed to do to close racial gaps.
Collective Impact Without Borders
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... that foster funder and grantee collaborations across national borders. Given this increasing interest in using ...
Opinion: Small Charities Should Lead by Example in Paid Parental Leave
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... government made this a priority. Yet a comprehensive national policy likely wouldn’t cover someone like me — ...