New App Helps Students Select NYC Public High Schools
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... admissions process. The NYC High School Application Guide seeks to nudge students toward better options. Students ...
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Mayor De Blasio Eyes 'Ideal' Queens Site For New Jail As Rikers Shuts Down
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Mayor de Blasio is eyeing a now-shuttered Queens jail as an “ideal” spot to house prisoners as Rikers Island shuts down.
Robots Are Replacing Fast Food Workers At New Shake Shack
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... Garutti. Workers dubbed “hospitality champs” will guide diners through possible tech glitches as they place ...
Foundations and Peer Review: Time to Reconsider the Process?
Release Date:
05/02/2017
... Medicine 88 (2013): 1740 http://www.winstonchurchill.org/ resources /quotations/the-worst-form-of-g... Foundations and ...
New York Life Awards $5 Million to September 11 Memorial, Museum
Release Date:
02/21/2013
... that can be used for teacher training, seminars, and post -visit discussions with school groups.... New York Life ...
CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high
Release Date:
05/30/2014
... cases reported in all of 2011, which was the most in the post -2000 era... CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high ...
MasterCard Foundation Funding $15.5 Million Program to Assist Small Farmers in Africa
Release Date:
11/07/2014
... farmers in accessing finance to buy inputs, invest in post -harvest technologies, and access storage facilities for ...
Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Announces Initiative to Address "Invisible Wounds of War"
Release Date:
02/12/2015
... wounds of war” – traumatic brain injury (TBI), post -traumatic stress (PTS), military sexual trauma and ...
Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, to Participate in Facebook QA
Release Date:
10/26/2015
On Wednesday, October 28, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET), Ford Foundation president Darren Walker will answer your questions in a Facebook Q&A hosted by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth
Release Date:
01/22/2016
... Foundation and Its Massive Growth As I discussed in my post last week on funders helping foster youth age out ...
JPMorgan Renews Veterans Partnership with $13.8M Commitment
Release Date:
03/01/2016
... 2020 to support the Institute’s mission of advancing the post -service lives of America’s service members, Veterans ...
Mellon Grant Aims to Raise $75 Million for National Gallery
Release Date:
03/18/2016
... a half times the pledged amount, reports The Washington Post . Made to mark the Washington institution's 75th .....
Rockefeller Family Fund Divests from Fossil Fuels and Exxon
Release Date:
03/24/2016
In a letter posted on its website, the Rockefeller Family Fund announced that it would divest from fossil fuels “as quickly as possible,” eliminating its holdings in ExxonMobil Corp., which it called “morally reprehensible.”
Rockefeller's Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing
Release Date:
07/27/2016
The concentration of women raises a perhaps uncomfortable question: Is the social-impact investment advisory sector a haven or a ghetto for women?
Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population
Release Date:
08/04/2016
... gift from the Open Society Foundations, abruptly left the post in late June, as did her deputy, Jill Harris. The ACLU ...
Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President
Release Date:
01/05/2017
... ultimately said he wanted to be considered for the post . He got the job. On Thursday, the Rockefeller ...
Farhana Khera of Muslim Advocates Talks About The Fight Against Discrimination After 9/11
Release Date:
05/07/2014
... her religion and sharing her culture, to an adult in a post -9/11 era of discrimination and hate. "Hate rallies, .....
Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help Female Vampire Bats Cope with Loss
Release Date:
05/24/2017
... friendships with less closely related bats. Gerry Carter, post -doctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research ...
Edna McConnell Clark’s PropelNext Initiative Shows Promising Results
Release Date:
06/12/2017
... assessment by the evaluation team suggests that two years post -PropelNext, most Alumni 2015 grantees are strengthening ...
New York State Health Foundation Funding Holistic Health in NY State
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... access to mental health services and programs that support post -9/11 veterans. Much of that money has been used to help ...