Study Finds Test-Score Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... each year, compared with similar students in traditional public schools. Released Wednesday by the Center for Research ...
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Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
A land use proposal to redevelop the 138,000-square-foot, publicly-owned Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights to create a mix of different types of housing and a state-of-the-art recreation center has seen successive setbacks in recent months.
New York City Students Are Getting Younger
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... course of two years. Now, for the first time, the city's public schools are offering programs targeted at even younger .....
Protesters Demand Affordable Housing Outside City Hall
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... by the New York City Housing Authority, repairing existing public housing, and ensuring more affordable housing for ...
Milbank Memorial Fund Issues Report on State Population Health Strategies
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... and its findings. They describe a common pathway for public and private sector leaders—one that can be applied ...
Ford Foundation Supports Progress on Impact Investing
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Ford Foundation supports an experimental rating process aimed to hold large fund managers acuntable for delivering on wide range of impacts.
World Bank Withholds Myanmar Funding, but Some Call for Sanctions
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... to support the government on issues of financial and public administration, however, will be withheld for an ...
JPMorgan Chase Releases New Report As Part Of Its Global Workforce Training Efforts
Release Date:
10/16/2017
... especially to strengthen collaboration between the public , private and nonprofit sectors.. JPMorgan Chase ...
The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners
Release Date:
11/17/2017
Early this year, The J.M. Kaplan Fund put out a call to anyone in the United States with a promising solution to a social problem. The J.M. Kaplan Fund sought to identify and celebrate innovation in the fields of heritage conservation, social...
New Video From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's African Health Initiative
Release Date:
11/29/2017
... partnership with Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health to strengthen the community-based health ...
A Conversation with Rockefeller Foundation’s Rajiv Shah
Release Date:
01/12/2018
... by elevating the importance of innovation, promoting public -private partnerships, and shifting how dollars were ...
Casey Family Programs Launches New Mapping Tool to Help Advocate for Prevention of Abuse and Neglect
Release Date:
03/16/2018
... levels of geography and their availability to the public .”… Casey Family Programs Launches New Mapping Tool ...
World Cities Culture Forum Announces Four Leadership Awards across 9 Global Cities
Release Date:
05/03/2018
... best practices for advancing cultural projects and shaping public policy. As Mayors around the world invest in cultural ...
Closing Space for Open Society
Release Date:
05/17/2018
The operating environment has gotten so ugly for Open Society, which gave $3.6 million to 46 different groups in Hungary in 2016, that the foundation announced this week they will relocate their office from Budapest, Soros’ birth city, to Berlin.
Bloomberg Philanthropies and others Redefine Arts Funding
Release Date:
05/18/2018
... Philanthropies has supported creative placemaking and public art projects to strengthen communities. ...
Rauch Foundation Co-Sponsors Long Island Delegation to Attend “Reimagining Education Summer Institute”
Release Date:
07/12/2018
... is designed to address the fact that while America’s public schools are increasingly diverse – with more than half of all students in K-12 public schools being children of color – diversity alone .....
Johnson & Johnson Partners with Other Global Leaders to Expand HIV Treatment
Release Date:
07/26/2018
... transmission and ultimately ending the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030, particularly in sub-Saharan ...
Council on Foundations Appoints Kathleen P. Enright as President and CEO
Release Date:
10/11/2018
... is the right time to take stock of philanthropic and public policy trends, to look carefully at the role the ... the Council will sharpen its focus on shaping the public view of philanthropy as positive agents...
Andy Warhol Foundation Awards Grants for Arts Writing
Release Date:
12/03/2018
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts announced today the twenty-one recipients of its 2018 Arts Writers Grants. They will receive a total of $725,000. Administered by the New York–based nonprofit Creative Capital, the grants support...
Steven Denning Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation
Release Date:
01/15/2019
... strong belief in the role of philanthropy as a force for public benefit will bring tremendous value to our work in ...