Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality
Release Date:
12/20/2016
... relating to independent workers, including those working in the growing gig economy. Analysts conducted the ...
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Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice
Release Date:
01/24/2017
... rights or the libertarian philanthropist Rebekah Mercer working as a team with her hedge fund father, Robert. Jon ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies, Tiffany & Co. Foundation and Others Partner to Launch '50 Reefs' Global Initiative to Protect Critical Ecosystem
Release Date:
02/28/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Australian nonprofit Ocean Agency, and the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland, has announced the launch of a global...
Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, Communities
Release Date:
03/16/2017
... residents to new economic opportunities, LISC is working with Bank of America to promote business and job ...
Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller
Release Date:
03/21/2017
With the deepest sadness, the Trustees and staff of the David Rockefeller Fund note the passing of our co-founder, David Rockefeller, on March 20, 2017 at 101 years of age. For 28 years, Mr. Rockefeller served as the Fund’s generous inspiration,...
Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge to Benefit 14 Nonprofit Organizations in U.S. and UK
Release Date:
03/23/2017
Morgan Stanley on March 22 announced the launch of the ninth annual Strategy Challenge, the Firm’s signature skills-based pro bono volunteer program.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art
Release Date:
04/20/2017
The primary focus of The Andy Warhol Foundation’s grant-making activity is to support the creation, presentation and documentation of contemporary visual art, particularly work that is experimental, under-recognized or challenging in nature.
Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It
Release Date:
05/19/2017
The foundation’s work with BPI also aligns with our support for fair chance hiring policies and other efforts to eliminate barriers to employment for people with conviction records...
Wallace, Ford, and Mellon on Strategies that Boost Arts Engagement Across Diverse Communities
Release Date:
06/09/2017
The foundations weigh in on the challenges and strategies in reaching a diverse audiences and using art to build positive, relevant, and inspiring forces in the daily lives of diverse communities.
Markle Foundation: Trump's Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training
Release Date:
06/13/2017
The infrastructure plans of the Trump administration will have to first overcome a significant problem that already plagues the U.S. economy: a severe lack of skilled workers necessary to turn job-creation goals into reality, writes Zoe Baird of the...
Collaboration with Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Highlights the Art of Wallpaper
Release Date:
07/11/2017
Brooklyn-based atelier Flavor Paper works with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which gives it access to much of Warhol’s work.
Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years
Release Date:
08/09/2017
Dozens of ex-offenders have passed through Gregory Carpenter’s small bakery, where he teaches them how to make buttery pastry dough and flaky pie crusts. Carpenter is one in an army of social justice change agents that the Baltimore office of the...
Executive Director of the Staten Island Foundation to be Honored by City & State NY Media Company
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... as one of the most influential individals living or working in Staten Island. As City & State visits Staten ... who are 25 prominent individuals living or working in Staten Island in five key sectors. The...
Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... criminal justice system that are afoot, city officials are working with top data scientists to develop a computerized ... more pretrial defendants out of the city’s jails while working to eventually end cash...
Kathy Halbreich of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
MOMA's Kathy Halbreich has decided to leave the museum to head the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in Manhattan as its new executive director.
NADA to Launch Acquisition Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami
Release Date:
10/05/2017
With the Bass Museum of Art reopening this month and the Institute of Contemporary Art putting the finishing touches on its new permanent home, this season is a big one for the Miami museum world, and this December, an art fair has a plan to help an...
Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational
Release Date:
10/10/2017
Thaler showed how very human traits, such as lack of self-control, habits, and fear of losing pushed people toward decisions that were not the most advantageous in the long term.
New Study Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Suggests Today's Older Workers Will Face More Challenges Than Their Predecessors
Release Date:
11/08/2017
A new study shows that today's preretirement generation already has more health issues and health-related limits on their lives than prior generations did when they were in their late 50s.
New Study Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Suggests Today's Older Workers Will Face More Challenges Than Their Predecessors
Release Date:
11/08/2017
A new study shows that today's preretirement generation already has more health issues and health-related limits on their lives than prior generations did when they were in their late 50s.
Bloomberg Supported Cities of Service Announces the Winners of Inaugural Engaged Cities Award
Release Date:
05/17/2018
... Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are working creatively to tap the wisdom, talents, and energy of ... the nation's premiere citizen engagement organization by working with hundreds of...