NYCT Awards Grants Totaling $9.1 Million
Release Date:
06/15/2015
The foundation has announced grants to 79 organizations.
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U.S. Education Secretary Addresses Century Foundation Forum
Release Date:
04/19/2016
The intersection of decades of education, housing, and transportation policy has left the nation's schools at a crossroads, U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. said Tuesday.
Minority Business Accelerator Gets Another Big Boost from Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
08/19/2016
The MBA's work aligns well with one of the core missions of the Surdna Foundation, said Jose Garcia, a program officer with the foundation's Strong Local Economies program.
Landlords Are Sitting on Empty Apartments in Affordable Buildings, says Official
Release Date:
10/21/2016
Empty apartments inside poorly maintained apartment buildings are challenging New Yorkers' chances of finding affordable housing at a time when they need it most, according to local elected officials.
New Director of Anti-Human Trafficking Fund Announced at NEO Philanthropy
Release Date:
11/03/2016
NEO Philanthropy is proud to name Gratienne (Sienna) Baskin, Esq., a Fulbright Scholar with extensive senior level work in fighting for the rights of sex workers and survivors of trafficking, as new director of the NEO Anti-Trafficking Fund.
Wallace Foundation Supports a Transgender Story Told Through Opera
Release Date:
11/11/2016
As One, a chamber opera with only two singers, tells the story of Hannah, a transwoman, and her journey to self-understanding. The opera is meant to be both an experience, and a vehicle for meaningful conversation.
East Harlem Gets $10K Grant to Preserve Nation's First Little Italy
Release Date:
11/11/2016
The Pleasant Avenue area in East Harlem got a $10,000 grant Thursday from the The New York State Council on the Arts and the Preservation League of New York State to survey the area.
Rockefeller Cited As Trendsetter in Focusing on Resilience Over Climate Change
Release Date:
03/06/2017
The Rockefeller Foundation has invested more than $500 million in resilience since 2005 and developed 100 Resilient Cities , an organization that helps cities around the world organize plans for climate change and other disasters.
Capital One Hosts Discussion at SXSW on How to Really Diversify Tech
Release Date:
03/27/2017
... nightclub Antone’s, and turned it into the Capital One House at SXSW. The company held a series of events including ...
5 Controversial Ideas For Shoring Up Health Insurance Markets
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... and insurance commissioners. A bipartisan group in the House is also working to come up with compromise proposals. . ...
Immigration Arms Race Begins on Capitol Hill
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... demands of Senate Democrats and conservatives in the House . But GOP leaders are already laying down one marker, ...
City Schools Buy Marked-Up Supplies Thanks To DOE System
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... than they would at big-box retailers — thanks to an in- house purchasing system set up by education officials. Every ...
Podcast: Nonprofit Organizations Fighting for The Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
09/28/2017
The latest and perhaps last attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has failed due in no small part to the ongoing and significant involvement of nonprofit advocacy organizations.
Ford Foundation Building Listed As One Of The 100 Most Important Buildings of the 20th Century
Release Date:
10/11/2017
... is the Villa Savoye, in Poissy (outside Paris), the 1931 house by Le Corbusier. In fact, Le Corbusier is represented ... Wax, Fallingwater, the Guggenheim Museum, the Robie House , and the Larkin Administration...
Trinity Church Wall Street to Provide Free Legal Workshops for Local Community
Release Date:
07/09/2019
Workshops will assist residents without legal representation in housing court.
Surdna-Funded Study Calls for Targeted Federal Policies to Create Quality Jobs
Release Date:
05/09/2017
... investment in the creation of quality jobs are needed, a report from Pacific Community Ventures finds. Funded by the Surdna Foundation, the report , Public Policy and Investments in Good Quality Jobs: .....
How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings From The Wallace Foundation
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... The Elusive Goal.” The Wallace Foundation’s latest report , “Strategies to Scale Up Social Programs: Pathways, ... Kaplan, Ford, and Porticus Foundations—released its report on scaling, titled “Scaling...
A New Funder Embrace for Workforce Development
Release Date:
04/18/2012
... of participants in workforce programs. These included a conference in Cooperstown (1994) with a follow-up meeting in ... New York City (1995), and two conferences at the Pocantico Conference Center in...
Day Of The Girl: A Worldwide Reminder That Gender Parity Awaits
Release Date:
10/25/2016
... Just about one year ago, McKinsey & Company released a report entitled “How advancing women’s equality can add ... – this position will sit in our Executive Office and report to our president. We are all...
Jeff Trandahl Joins Arcus Foundation Board
Release Date:
03/01/2013
... on Capitol Hill, Trandahl was elected Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, a role in which he served from 1998 ... was the second-highest constitutional official in the U.S. House of Representatives and...