Site Search

Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns

Release Date:

01/04/2017

... Misses Gig Worker Concerns Whether you call it gig working , the 1099 economy, or another label, the phenomenon ... people driving passengers, doing odd jobs, delivering food from restaurants, walking dogs, or...

Find More By

News type

The Rockefeller Foundation

Funding Area

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Mobile Content Guides at New York Botantical Gardens Spring Exhibit

Release Date:

03/28/2017

... York on January 12, 2017, Chihuly greeted guests via video from his Studio in Seattle, where he is working with his team in preparation for his first major ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

United Hospital Fund Expands its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative

Release Date:

04/28/2017

... prescribing for outpatients across New York City, working with seven hospitals and health systems encompassing ... 2016 with $310,000 in UHF funding, data was collected from 31 clinics across nine health...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

New Mellon Fellowship Program Explores Cultural Preservation through Long-Term Conservation of Navajo Textiles

Release Date:

08/04/2017

... The Heard Museum has been awarded a $300,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch a fellowship ... of Navajo textiles while potentially gaining new insights into conservation techniques. The...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Social Justice

Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... learning about this tech and be ramped and ready to start working as soon as they graduate,” said Will Nicholas, ... senior policy manager at Tesla, who joined officials from Farmingdale and state lawmakers at...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Workforce Development

Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... harm. More than 200,000 children under 18 were married from 2000 to 2015 in the U.S., according to a report released ... by the Tahirih Justice Center, a nonprofit organization working to end gender-based...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Manhattan DA Lightens Marijuana Penalties in New Policy

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... that could lead to deportation and comes amid backlash from municipalities and states over President Donald Trump's ... immigrants. Vance announced that his office is also working on a policy, to be...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Commonwealth Fund: Why the Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill Is Unworkable

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... By 2026, the bill would dramatically reallocate funding from states that expanded Medicaid coverage for their ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Commonwealth Fund

Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... of preserving broadcast television news. With funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Vanderbilt will host ...

Find More By

News type

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Ford Funds at the Crossroads of Immigration and Artistic Activism

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... for the Arts (NYFA) has received a two-year grant from Ford Foundation to support the expansion of its ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Immigration

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

General Motors Is Going All Electric

Release Date:

10/03/2017

... the American automotive giant announced that it is working toward an all-electric, zero-emissions future. That ... the age of electricity and promising to move away from gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"

Release Date:

11/20/2017

... places. Urban in density but rural in its disconnectedness from the rest of New York City, Brownsville is a high-poverty ... of its residents. NYSHealth grantees and partners are working together with...

Find More By

News type

Video

Funding Area

New York Health Foundation

Related Organizations

President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis

Release Date:

02/09/2018

... the city. Unfortunately, too many families have moved away from their extended family are living in communities where ...

Find More By

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award

Release Date:

04/16/2018

... Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are working creatively to tap the wisdom, talents, and energy of ... with residents, enabling cities around the world to learn from best practices and bring...

Find More By

News type

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Andy Warhol Foundation Awards Grants for Arts Writing

Release Date:

12/03/2018

... support critical writing about contemporary art and range from $15,000 to $50,000. “The foundation’s commitment to ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Related Organizations

United Hospital Fund Names New Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

Release Date:

11/30/2020

... microaggressions, and restorative justice. Staff feedback from the workshops resulted in a DEI strategic plan to ... He holds a Bachelor of Science in human development from Binghamton University-SUNY and a...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Related Organizations

United Hospital Fund

Bridging the Knowledge Gap About Grantmaking for People with Disabilities

Release Date:

11/04/2010

... of the Americans with Disabilities Act and provide funders with an opportunity to learn more about the Disability Funders Network and inclusive models for grantmaking. In our ...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Funding Area

Disabilities

Related Organizations

Philanthropy New York

Toshiba America

Recording: "Sing Sing": A Special Film Screening & Conversation on Art, Incarceration, and Systemic Change

... his attorney Jeffrey Deskovic, as well as leaders from The Legal Aid Society and RTA. Together, we will explore ... profound systems change. You'll gain valuable insights into the multifaceted impacts of...

Citi Foundation and Technoserve Partner for Economic Opportunity in Africa

Release Date:

07/20/2015

... in four sub-Saharan countries. Citi Foundation’s African Youth and Women’s Business Development programme will ... and increase the economic participation of women and youth . Youth account...

Find More By

News type