Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... "We are still in." On June 5, with these four words a group of U.S. businesses and investors with a combined annual .....
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BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity
Release Date:
09/06/2017
After a fraught last few years in terms of national attention to issues of race, one would expect that nonprofit boards would demonstrate at least a modicum of advancement in the realm of diversity.
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
The clock is ticking. Community Boards 4, 5 and 7 have until October 30 to vote on the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning of Jerome Avenue in the western Bronx. It’s the first stage of the seven-month Uniform Land Use Review Procedure...
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 ...
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 ...
With Its 'No Dancing' Law Verging On Repeal, New York Legitimizes Its Nightlife
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... hope to have." The Office of Nightlife and its advisory group will act as liaisons between various aspects of the .....
In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... are very upset about its demise, angry at an opposition group that hit the project with costly litigation. But ...
Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It
Release Date:
09/22/2017
The Trump administration says many of the organizations that help people enroll in health plans on the federal insurance marketplaces don't provide enough bang for the buck, sometimes costing thousands of dollars to sign up each customer.
New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries
Release Date:
09/25/2017
President Trump on Sunday issued a new order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries, including most of the nations covered by his original travel ban, citing threats to national security posed by letting...
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 ...
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 ...
Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... angry letters from almost every influential watchdog group — the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the ...
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
... as non-white—a substantial increase from last year’s group , 56 percent of whom identified as non-white. The ...
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, ...