Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities
Release Date:
12/13/2016
... as opening doors to top careers. The effort, called the American Talent Initiative, aims to add 50,000 highly ...
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Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn
Release Date:
01/04/2017
... to the neighborhood just a month before and an African American woman who has lived there for sixty years. All were ...
Glenn E. Martin, Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, Says He Met Some of America’s Best and Brightest While In Prison
Release Date:
05/10/2016
Glenn E. Martin is a formerly incarcerated person, in a country where 70 million Americans have a criminal record on file.
Century Foundation Fellow: Will Trump’s ACA Order Reduce Burden or Shift It to Patients?
Release Date:
01/25/2017
In an executive order signed on his first day in office, President Trump stated his support for a “prompt repeal” of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
MetLife Foundation Sponsors Ballet Hispánico Tour
Release Date:
02/21/2017
... Familia is a 90-minute, fun-filled journey through Latin American dance and culture featuring Ballet Hispánico ...
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness
Release Date:
03/03/2017
If ever there were a problem that might seem tailor-made for philanthropy, it's fighting blindness. Losing sight is a horrifying fate for anyone to contemplate, and it's not surprising that blindness has motivated some deep-pocketed donors for at...
Philanthropist David Rockefeller Dies at 101
Release Date:
03/20/2017
... around the world even longer as he spread the gospel of American capitalism, died on Monday morning at his home in ...
Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste
Release Date:
03/24/2017
... the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) with support from the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and The ...
Giving Like a Rockefeller, Even if You’re Not Super-Rich
Release Date:
03/31/2017
... , who died last week at 101 , was a giant among American philanthropists. He continued the tradition of ...
Century Foundation Analysis Finds Millions Could Lose Health Benefits If Congress Repeals and States Replace the ACA
Release Date:
04/10/2017
... not known, the plan appears to include an amendment to the American Health Care Act (AHCA, H.R. 1628 ) that would ...
Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year
Release Date:
04/25/2017
... inequities resulting in an income gap faced by African- American residents, according to a report released Monday by ...
Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access
Release Date:
05/08/2017
The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) coverage provisions have extended health insurance coverage to millions of Americans. While the effects of the Medicaid expansion and marketplace establishments on coverage have been well studied, the resulting...
The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare
Release Date:
05/15/2017
... news is that there are many opportunities to transform American healthcare into a high-performing system that ...
Commonwealth Fund: What Might a Medicaid Work Requirement Mean?
Release Date:
05/31/2017
... of its Medicaid demonstration agenda. The House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) likewise allows states to ...
Russell Sage Foundation Publishes "Places in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty"
Release Date:
06/01/2017
Americans think of suburbs as prosperous areas that are relatively free from poverty and unemployment. Yet, today more poor people live in the suburbs than in cities themselves.
Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School
Release Date:
06/01/2017
... fall of communism. In a speech in Brussels, the Hungarian- American billionaire accused Orban of building a “mafia ...
Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel
Release Date:
06/12/2017
... to a possibly profitable commercial enterprise? The American Academy has been addressing this issue with a ...
Markle Foundation: Trump's Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training
Release Date:
06/13/2017
The infrastructure plans of the Trump administration will have to first overcome a significant problem that already plagues the U.S. economy: a severe lack of skilled workers necessary to turn job-creation goals into reality, writes Zoe Baird of the...
Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color
Release Date:
06/21/2017
... afloat for decades. These cuts would impact millions of American women and their families. However, women of color ...
Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students
Release Date:
06/28/2017
... one near the transition to high school and African American students were more likely to enroll in college seven ...