BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... of Nonprofit Board Practices tell a different story. Based on a recent biennial survey, any advances between 2015 and ...
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Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... rebel force and a ceasefire with the last active guerrilla group , the ELN. Santos won a Nobel Peace Prize last year ...
Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... Community Boards 4, 5 and 7 have until October 30 to vote on the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning of ... of all auto-zones from the rezoning area and an emphasis on moderate and middle-income...
High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... its second round of prizes last year. The top winner, a group from India that developed a wristband for detecting ...
These Companies Support Climate Action, So Why Are They Funding Opposition To It?
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... would these 27 business powerhouses also support a GOP group that’s fought to undo a key Obama-era domestic ... in fact, had a driving financial imperative to cheer it on . These companies’ donations of more...
Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way
Release Date:
09/19/2017
A few years ago, when Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan created the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, they took some heat for incorporating it as an LLC—since such entities can operate with little transparency.
Twenty Years After Suffragists Statue Victory, The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... women, as depicted, were rather unattractive. Wages and a group of women had been pushing members of Congress to move ... giving women the right to vote, and placed in the Crypt, on the bottom floor of the...
With Its 'No Dancing' Law Verging On Repeal, New York Legitimizes Its Nightlife
Release Date:
09/21/2017
With Its 'No Dancing' Law Verging On Repeal, New York Legitimizes Its Nightlife Last night, at ... Office of Nightlife and a Nightlife Advisory Board. Joined on stage by punk icon Marky Ramone and the...
New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... Almost All Travel From Seven Countries President Trump on Sunday issued a new order indefinitely banning almost all ... original travel ban, imposing permanent restrictions on travel, rather than the 90-day...
After So Many Disasters, Nonprofit Relief Organizations Struggle Against ‘Donor Fatigue’
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... for Disaster Philanthropy, a Washington-based nonprofit group that consults on disaster giving, and raises disaster relief money. He says ...
A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... new apartments near Citi Field—and soon began helping a group of auto-repair shops that occupied the land move to a ...
Trump’s Stake in Housing Complex Spurs Lawsuit Over Sale
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... investors who are suing to stop the $850 million sale. The group of plaintiffs, including heirs of late real-estate ...
Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... three-quarters (78 percent) of future retirees in that age group and almost two-thirds (63 percent) of those who retired ... This is so despite President Donald Trump's promise on the campaign trail that...
Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... services. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that a group opposing Mayor Jason Gonzalez’s decision to eliminate ...
ArtNet News Details Joan Mitchell Foundation 2017 Grant Recipients
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... recipients of its 24th annual Painters & Sculptors Grants on Tuesday. Founded in 1993, the grants are awarded yearly to ... as non-white—a substantial increase from last year’s group , 56 percent of whom...
Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have
Release Date:
12/11/2017
... Americans are more likely to enter the 65-and-up age group with chronic diseases — heart disease, diabetes, ...
Russel Sage Foundation Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security
Release Date:
03/09/2018
... benefits. In the study, Gundersen and colleagues focused on eligible SNAP recipients. The group was broken down into all households or households ...
With Support from Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation, Boston University Releases “Cities Joining Ranks—Policy Networks on the Rise”
Release Date:
04/23/2018
... Releases “Cities Joining Ranks—Policy Networks on the Rise” Today the Boston University Initiative on Cities, with support from Citi Community Development and ... launched Cities Joining Ranks—Policy Networks...
Commonwealth Fund Study Reveals State Rankings on the Nation’s Best Health Care
Release Date:
05/08/2018
Commonwealth Fund Study Reveals State Rankings on the Nation’s Best Health Care After the average life ... health care systems. The non-profit health care advocacy group , The Commonwealth Fund, released a state-by...
Mellon Foundation Grant to USC Libraries and USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance to Support Digital Collection for Dance Heritage
Release Date:
06/08/2018
... Cohen, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Joe Goode Performance Group , Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Glen Tetley, and Urban ...