Site Search

Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"

Release Date:

04/26/2017

... Our children carry with them a whole identity inclusive of their varying home lives, community experiences, and rates of development. Yet in each system they encounter— education...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Social Justice

Related Organizations

Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

Release Date:

08/30/2017

Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White The recent finding by The New York Times ... the nation’s top colleges and universities is one sign of how little the country has managed to do to close racial ... rate...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Economic Security

With Trump Moving to End DACA, New York City Leaders Pledge Support for Students and Teachers

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... were few answers as to the immediate effects the repeal of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals would have on the more than 30,000 New York City residents already in the program. But Mayor Bill de Blasio and...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Immigration

Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the Data

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... Data Several months ago, David Leonhardt wrote a column in the New York Times summarizing evidence of the striking success public charter schools have had in ... research,” wrote University...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... Teachers Maternity Leave The New York City Department of Education (DOE) does not offer paid parental leave for ... district Nancy Tong first made public the issue last week in calling for...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Gender Justice

In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation

Release Date:

09/18/2017

In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain ... — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation For followers of the New York City education wars, Eva Moskowitz’s new book is a juicy ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change The Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) today announced that, since its launch ... academic medical center to join...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

The Rockefeller Foundation

Related Organizations

Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300m

Release Date:

04/16/2019

... independent philanthropic organization Salesforce.org in a $300 million all-cash deal. The deal , announced today, ... marketing for the company’s Customer Success Platform. In addition, the new business unit...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Technology

Related Organizations

Salesforce

The Role of Philanthropy and Advocacy in Healthcare Reform Implementation

Release Date:

02/21/2013

A report from Philanthropy New York’s “Money and Power in Post-Election America: Where Is Philanthropy?” ... New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and Duke University’s Center...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Legal Issues

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Philanthropy New York

Brooklyn Community Foundation Moving to Crown Heights this Summer

Release Date:

04/09/2014

... community foundation will have a memorable new address in the heart of the borough: 1000 Dean Street. Relocating from DUMBO to ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Community Development

Related Organizations

Brooklyn Org

Ruskay Reflects on 15 Years At Helm of UJA-Fed NY

Release Date:

06/11/2014

Ruskay Reflects on 15 Years At Helm of UJA-Fed NY In an interview with the Jewish Week, John Ruskay, who is stepping down at the end of the month as CEO of UJA-Federation...

Find More By

News type

UJA-Federation of New York

Related Organizations

NYCT Announces the Retirement of Program Director Len McNally

Release Date:

02/10/2015

NYCT Announces the Retirement of Program Director Len McNally At the end of January ... Program Director for Health and People with Special Needs. In his tenure at The Trust, Len made close to 2,...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Funding Area

Disabilities

The New York Community Trust

Related Organizations

The Commonwealth Fund Reports Annual Primary Care Visits Will Only Rise by 3.8% from ACA

Release Date:

02/25/2015

... Care Act will increase the demand for health care services —but only slightly. According to a Commonwealth Fund analysis out today, the number of annual primary care visits will rise by 3.8 percent ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Commonwealth Fund

American Express Awards $5 Million to Boost Volunteering

Release Date:

03/18/2015

... $5 million grant to the National Park Foundation in support of an effort to increase voluntarism in national parks and on ... The grant will support efforts by the U.S. Department of...

Find More By

News type

Corporate Social Responsibility

Topic(s)

Volunteerism

Funding Area

Related Organizations

American Express

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Selected as Fiscal Sponsor of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance

Release Date:

05/08/2015

... Philanthropy Advisors Selected as Fiscal Sponsor of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance Rockefeller Philanthropy ... the world’s leading nonprofit philanthropic consulting services , has been selected to incubate the...

Find More By

News type

Topic(s)

Funding Area

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Related Organizations

New York City Takes Steps to Increase the Safety of Employees at Homeless Shelters

Release Date:

07/07/2015

New York City Takes Steps to Increase the Safety of Employees at Homeless Shelters The huge, turreted castle that looms over Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn is the first stopover for many of New York...

Find More By

Funding Area

Housing and Homelessness

Children, Youth and Families

ASPCA Grants Nearly $1 Million for Initiatives to Encourage Pet Adoptions

Release Date:

09/04/2015

... help encourage and facilitate pet adoptions from shelters in Los Angeles. The funding, which was offered by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), will immediately provide .....

Find More By

Funding Area

Animal Welfare

Helmsley Trust Awards $9.4 Million for Rural Health Care in Montana

Release Date:

04/11/2016

Helmsley Trust Awards $9.4 Million for Rural Health Care in Montana The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable ... announced grants totaling $9.4 million in support of efforts to train and...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Related Organizations

U.S. Trust Study Says the Rich Feel Strongly About Giving to Improve Society

Release Date:

05/23/2016

... wealthy Americans say they want to contribute to society in a meaningful way, and many believe that institutions outside of the government have the best chance of solving tough ... causes and...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area