Newly-Named Soros Fellows for 2016 Include Six Indian Americans
Release Date:
04/14/2016
... for their potential to make significant contributions to U. S . society, culture or their academic field. The list, which ...
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Ford Foundation Head on ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders
Release Date:
04/25/2016
... ‘Time’ List of 100 Influence Leaders Darren Walker’ s moves to steer the country’ s second-largest grant maker toward a focus on inequality and ... of philanthropy, from ‘them’ and ‘they’ to ‘ us...
Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry
Release Date:
04/26/2016
... drug violations and are being released by order of the U. S . Sentencing Commission under revised guidelines approved in ...
Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
05/05/2016
... idea: Give more ownership of companies to workers. It’ s not a new idea — worker cooperatives have been around since the 19th century — but it’ s an idea that seems to be gathering steam in the US...
Ford Foundation"s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy
Release Date:
05/12/2016
Ford Foundation" s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence ... and old ways of doing things will continue to make us relevant and important, then we are kidding ourselves,” ... own practices...
Stonewall Community Foundation’s ‘Dad Fund’ Changes Perceptions of Gay Dads
Release Date:
06/20/2016
Stonewall Community Foundation’ s ‘Dad Fund’ Changes Perceptions of Gay Dads Alexander ... long called itself ‘family’—as in, ‘Oh, him, he’ s family,” he says. “It’ s camaraderie, safety. It’...
Arcus Foundation Launches Fourth New York Pride Photo Book
Release Date:
06/29/2016
... first anniversary of the Stonewall riots for the world’ s first march for gay rights. From its modest, though ... Kate Clinton and published in the wake of the historic U. S . Supreme Court decision on same-sex...
Co-Sponsored by Simmons Foundation, New Report Examines Immigrants, Refugees and the Future of Texas
Release Date:
07/11/2016
... home. One in three children in Texas—most of whom are U. S . citizens—has a foreign-born parent, and the state’ s foreign-born population is growing six times faster than that of U. S .-born...
Novo Foundation and Goren Group Announce Winner of Women's Building International Design Competition
Release Date:
07/14/2016
Novo Foundation and Goren Group Announce Winner of Women' s Building International Design Competition The Novo ... Berke Partners is the winner of The Women’ s Building International Design Competition. Berke...
Simons Foundation Continues Quest to Understand and Treat Autism on Both Ends of the Spectrum
Release Date:
07/19/2016
... care for Kellen and other autistic children. That’ s why she and her family were the first in Houston to ... participate in the largest-ever study of autism in the U. S ., the Simons Foundation Powering Autism...
NYCT, Jonas Center, John A. Hartford and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs
Release Date:
07/20/2016
... Clark Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects that employment ... are in demand for several reasons, including the country’ s aging population; the need to...
Jerome Foundation, United Memorial Medical Center Seek Nominations for Health and Humanitarian Award
Release Date:
08/15/2016
... to build a stronger, healthier community for all of us ”, said Justin Calarco-Smith, president of The Jerome ...
Century Foundation Report Maps the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage on Food Insecurity
Release Date:
09/01/2016
... of course, but compared to housing and utilities, it’ s a flexible one. On average, food comprises between 13.7 and 15.3 percent of a family’ s annual expenditures in the U. S . But when...
Research to Prevent Blindness Was Key Supporter of Zika Study
Release Date:
09/15/2016
... Zika virus is detectable in tears. The study also tells us that Zika can lead to cell death in the eyes. This is ...
Commonwealth Fund Reports Detail Impacts of Clinton and Trump Health Reform Proposals
Release Date:
09/23/2016
... candidates’ proposals would affect health care in the U. S . You can now learn all about the findings in two new ... our online comparison tool, and a summary on the Fund’ s To the Point blog. In modeling the...
NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep
Release Date:
10/06/2016
NY Community Trust' s Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering ... about Islam. NYCT Program Director Shawn Morehead joins us to talk about this more recent initiative along with the Trust'...
Surdna Foundation to Recognize Four Community Development Financial Institutions
Release Date:
10/31/2016
... Institutions Small business owners throughout the U. S . are still struggling to find the funding needed to thrive, ...
Gap Inc. Connects Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent
Release Date:
11/04/2016
... Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy stores. Across the U. S ., nearly 6 million entry-level jobs will be created from ...
Stonewall Elects Neill Coleman as President
Release Date:
11/07/2016
... Neill was Chief External Affairs Officer at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development during the ... on the boards of other LGBTQ nonprofits, including NYC' s Stonewall Democratic Club and SMYAL...
For Noyes Foundation, Fixing Food Means Racial and Economic Justice
Release Date:
11/09/2016
... system run very deep, says Kolu Zigbi. At the root, there' s a history of racial injustice—from appropriation of ... director for Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation’ s sustainable agriculture and food systems...