Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... report. “Hundreds of millions of children reach young adulthood without even the most basic life skills,” ...
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Ford Foundation Gives $300,000 to Pérez Art Museum Miami’s New Latin American Latinx Art Fund
Release Date:
11/27/2018
... for the twenty-first century—a growing institution in a young city that stands at the crossroads of the Americas and ...
New York Women's Foundation Awarded $11 Million in Grants in 2018
Release Date:
03/13/2019
... Girls Write Now , which encourages underserved young women to find their voice with the help of mentoring, ...
Greg Ratliff named VP at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Release Date:
04/04/2019
... strategies to increase the engagement of low-income young adults in postsecondary education. Greg holds a BA from ...
New Staff and Promotions at The New York Community Trust
Release Date:
12/19/2019
... grantmaking portfolio. Ross will manage the girls and young women and arts education portfolios. Marie D’Costa ...
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The Future is Now: The Need for Health Information Exchange
Release Date:
04/30/2012
... system that has successfully established processes and resources to accomplish this. Other health centers are well ...
Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser
Release Date:
02/21/2018
Although mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones let us communicate, work and access information wirelessly, their batteries must still be charged by plugging them into an outlet. But engineers at the University of Washington have for the...
Ford Foundation Appoints Michele Moore As Vice President of Global Communications
Release Date:
12/06/2019
... to welcome Michele to the foundation to help us tell the powerful stories of social change and the pursuit of justice ...
25
Mar
2021
Federal Immigration Policy Scorecard and Playbook - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, March 25, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:00am
Roughly two months into the Biden administration, we will take a look at the administration’s immigration policy agenda—what has been achieved, what remains to be done, and what obstacles stand in the way.
Making NY Fairer for Black Families: New York Community Trust grants back school, health, and housing reforms
Release Date:
11/06/2019
... in childbirth. Making Schools Fair for Girls of Color Young women of color are disproportionately getting arrested ... for Gender Equity created an advisory council composed of young women of color that...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2023 Sloan Research Fellows
Release Date:
02/15/2023
... is one of the most prestigious awards available to young researchers, in part because so many past Fellows have ... are also helping to identify and support these flourishing young researchers,” says Daniel L...
12
Mar
2012
Conversations for Grantmakers: Hydrofracking Plus and Minus
Monday, March 12, 2012 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Join us for a discussion about the effects natural gas drilling has on community ... the Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers will also talk about their work to educate the public about the...
Ford Foundation's Darren Walker On His First Six Months
Release Date:
06/09/2014
... 10th president, Darren Walker spoke to Alliance Magazine about philanthropy’s role in solving social problems, ... history has not been felt." Walker also answers questions about his highest priority so...
Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals
Release Date:
09/08/2014
... to school this fall, parents will naturally be fretting about teachers — mainly, did their kids get the best ones? ... to examine the role of one person who rarely gets talked about , but who just might be the...
Taking the Time to Learn in Transition: How the Ford Foundation Board Revamped the Traditional CEO Search
Release Date:
11/13/2014
... board chair of the Ford Foundation. He shared reflections about how the Ford Foundation board approached the search ... Walker as CEO. Kofi's story highlights many key points about the role of foundation...
Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?
Release Date:
09/22/2015
... the rise, regulatory agencies are increasingly concerned about borrowers being preyed upon by student debt relief ... or more, take advantage of students’ lack of knowledge about repayment options and a lack...
Nine Graphs That Show How Hard It Is To Be a Homeless Student In New York City
Release Date:
08/19/2016
... How Hard It Is To Be a Homeless Student In New York City About 127,000 New York City public school students — or one ... as much as their homeless peers. “We can’t just think about it as a point-in-time event...
Universal Deduction Bill Draws Measured Praise
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... charitable deduction for all taxpayers but note concerns about limiting it to a third of the standard deduction. U.S. ... an amount equal to one-third of the standard deduction, or about $2,100 for individuals...