Bloomberg Charity Scrutinized By India For Anti-Tobacco Funding, Lobbying
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... making it the latest foreign non-government organization to come under scrutiny. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ...
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Program Recap—American Journalism: Views on Reconstructing the Falling Industry
Release Date:
03/19/2010
... Calvin Sims , Program Officer at the Ford Foundation , to hear their views on the role of government, the role of ... on the print media crisis last year.) We are pleased to have the debate’s moderator,...
Celebrating a Year of Progress on Expanded Learning Time
Release Date:
05/15/2013
An op-ed by Time to Succeed Coalition Co-Chair Chris Gabrieli and Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas. The Time to Succeed Coalition launched a year ago with a simple ... citizens would come together with...
Carnegie Corporation Awards $10 Million to Four School Districts
Release Date:
10/02/2013
... districts (including the New York City Department of Education ) design and open new high schools that support ... Core curriculum. “These districts have the commitment to reshape high schools so that all...
New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx
Release Date:
04/29/2016
New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx Thanks to a $600,000 grant from the New York Community Trust Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education , Teaching...
How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Girls of Color
Release Date:
01/12/2017
... harsh school discipline than their peers. According to the most recent data released by the US Department of Education , Black girls were suspended six times more than ... white girls. Punitive, rather than...
William T. Grant Foundation Supports Research on How Social Context Shapes School Choice for Inner-City Students
Release Date:
02/10/2017
... Inner-City Students High school choice policies attempt to improve the educational outcomes of poor and minority students by allowing access to high schools beyond neighborhood boundaries. These ... policies...
City Schools Buy Marked-Up Supplies Thanks To DOE System
Release Date:
09/26/2017
City Schools Buy Marked-Up Supplies Thanks To DOE System City schools pay more for many basic classroom ... — thanks to an in-house purchasing system set up by education officials. Every school...
Century Foundation Hosts Discussion on College Affordability Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond
Release Date:
10/01/2018
... momentum recently, as public funding for higher education has fallen and student debt has skyrocketed. Watch ... affordability reforms with the nation’s leading higher education experts, advocates, and...
Jocelyn Downie Elected New Surdna Foundation Board Chair; Social Finance CEO Tracy Palandjian to Join Surdna Board
Release Date:
11/01/2013
... prizes individual autonomy.” Professor Downie has helped to set the standards for governance of research involving ... begin her board service in May 2014. Palandjian has been working to...
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An Examination of the Nonprofit Revitalization Act from the Foundation Perspective
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... nonprofits and their boards – including foundations – to evaluate their current policies and procedures to assess ... for your own. The plan is to come away from the working...
New Joint NEH & Mellon Foundation Fellowship Encourages Digital Research in the Humanities
Release Date:
03/01/2016
... (NEH) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the two largest funders of humanities research in the United States, today announced a new joint fellowship opportunity to support high-quality “born digital”...
Don't Overthink It
Release Date:
04/30/2019
... for Sight Foundation Admittedly, as grantmakers, we like to fund projects where we can anticipate long-range payoffs, ... and small. But sometimes, a quick and nimble response to a small but urgent need is the...
Your Favorite Philanthropic Insights
Release Date:
01/20/2016
... of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. A trip to Google Analytics may be the most fascinating rabbit hole ... behavior flows and bounce rates. It really is amazing to see, over the course of a year,...
NYS Health 10th Anniversary Awards to Recognize Leaders Improving State Health
Release Date:
05/03/2016
NYS Health 10th Anniversary Awards to Recognize Leaders Improving State Health To mark its ... a total of ten influential organizations and/or leaders working to improve health...
Public Policy Positions and Priorities
When and How We Decide to Take a Position Philanthropy New York believes that ... as opposed to issue-specific policy matters on topics like education , health, etc. We will take our cues from our...
Open Society Foundation-funded Report Finds Bias Warps the Way African-American Girls are Treated at School
Release Date:
11/06/2015
... Way African-American Girls are Treated at School Our education system is a reflection of our society, along with ... school encounter race and gender biases, which lead them to be unfairly labeled as...
ASPCA Awards Nearly $7.4 Million In First Half of 2014
Release Date:
08/08/2014
... (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) today announced that it has granted nearly $7.4 million to animal welfare organizations across the country through ... two quarters of 2014. A...
The Future of News
Release Date:
05/08/2009
... from the New York Times Company that it would be forced to shut the venerable Boston Globe if it did not receive concessions from the paper’s unions. Solutions to the crisis of journalism are elusive, with...
In May, the Korean American Community Foundation Celebrated its 20th Anniversary and Raised a Record-Breaking Amount at the Annual Gala
Release Date:
06/16/2022
... individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to lifting up the stories and voices of the Korean American ... a record-breaking night, KACF raised over $4 million to support its mission to...