Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy
Release Date:
06/17/2014
... by the Ford Foundation as an example of how strategic public investments in transit and transit-oriented ...
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Stonewall Community Foundation: Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990
Release Date:
06/18/2014
... Foundation is trying to help people do. As the only public foundation focused on the needs of New York City's .....
UBS Announces $10 Million Commitment To Support College Success
Release Date:
06/20/2014
... SEO Scholars, an academic program that gets low-income public high school students to and through college with a 95% ...
Carnegie Corporation Offers July 4th Salute To Immigrants Who Make America Strong
Release Date:
07/02/2014
... Corporation is running a full-page “Pride of America” public service ad in The New York Times. In addition, it is ...
What's Keeping Bloomberg Busy These Days
Release Date:
07/03/2014
... and with his climate initiative C40; his partnerships on public health, immigration, coal, oceans, and infrastructure, ...
Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries
Release Date:
07/05/2014
Many Americans wait six days or more to see a doctor when they are sick and need care, ranking the United States toward the bottom in a Commonwealth Fund study of wait times for treatment in 11 countries.
NY Times Profiles James Simons, Simons Foundation
Release Date:
07/07/2014
... Avenue building. Characteristically, it is open to the public ." The Times also reports that Simons said his .....
Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment
Release Date:
07/10/2014
... that leads directly to well-paid work, and additional public services—such as health, nutrition, food, and ...
City's Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary Success"
Release Date:
07/13/2014
... by Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs found an increase in the numbers of green ...
Barnard Receives Mellon Grant for Digital Access Initiative
Release Date:
07/09/2014
... and archival objects that are largely unavailable to the public . Students will use their newly acquired digital design ...
Community Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge
Release Date:
07/22/2014
... work as a team toward agreed-upon goals, such as improving public safety or academic performance among children. The ...
We're at a Tipping Point Over Climate Change
Release Date:
09/23/2014
... consumption on the climate, and influential leaders in the public , private and nonprofit sectors are finding common ...
Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities
Release Date:
09/29/2014
... which funds programs to address other global public health concerns such as tobacco use, has given $125 ...
Peter G. Peterson Foundation's Confidence Index Finds that National Debt is Top Priority for Voters
Release Date:
09/30/2014
... September Fiscal Confidence Index, a monthly measure of public attitudes about the nation’s long-term debt and the ...
Ford Foundation Asks if Capitalism Can be Made to Work Better for Society
Release Date:
10/02/2014
Ford Foundation CEO Darren Walker asks if it is possible for the philanthropic sector to effectively change the system where grantmaking rescources are cultivated.
SIFMA Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students
Release Date:
10/02/2014
... of 2008, a lack of financial literacy among the general public exacerbated some of those issues. Many investors ...
How Institutions Take Risks
Release Date:
10/12/2014
... thinkers, the Rockefeller Foundation pivoted from its core public -health work to the heart-wrenching and perilous ...
United Hospital Fund Produces User-Friendly Data Sets to Advance Population Health in New York
Release Date:
11/07/2014
The data sets offer insight on how New Yorkers are utilizing current Medicaid benefits.
Simons Foundation Helps Scientists Share and Review Findings
Release Date:
01/06/2015
Over one million research articles are currently being reviewed by the Simons Foundation-funded arXiv.org.
Rauch Foundation Study Shows Lack of Housing Options in Long Island
Release Date:
01/09/2015
... lifestyle, yet it needs a broader mix of housing. A recent public opinion survey shows that a majority of Long Islanders ...