Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide
Release Date:
01/04/2016
... and elsewhere. And they are now looking to state and local officials to win approval for tougher background checks ...
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Century Foundation NYTimes OpEd: The Secret to School Integration
Release Date:
02/23/2016
... unfavorable court cases are partly to blame. But too many local school officials are loath to admit the role that their ...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Launches Initiative to Protect Refugee Children in Greece
Release Date:
03/29/2016
... in Greece; and raise awareness among the Greek public, local authorities, and institutions responsible for the ...
Morgan Stanley Renews Commitment of $8 Million to Feeding America
Release Date:
09/23/2016
... been distributed. “Feeding America and its network of local food banks are key partners in Morgan Stanley’s ...
Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program
Release Date:
01/17/2017
... teams ("i-teams") and task them with investigating local challenges, design solutions with clear goals, and .....
Open Society Foundations Fellow Makes Greece a More Welcoming Place for Refugees
Release Date:
01/23/2017
A group of people walking through the fields caught Vasilis Tsartsanis’s eye as he passed the railroad that connects Greece to the rest of the Balkans. It was a warm September day in 2014, outside the small, usually quiet town of Idomeni. He stopped...
Aetna Foundation Supports 'Magnobrain' Educational Games for Kids
Release Date:
03/27/2017
The games where distributed through their “Inspire Me to Learn” initiative founded by a grant of $30,000 from the Aetna Foundation.
Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness
Release Date:
04/05/2017
... public sector. Meaning, a qualifying nonprofit, federal, local , state, or tribal government. The program started in ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust and Tiffany & Co. Foundation Support Effort to Untangle a Growing Web of Ocean Conservation Funding
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... Ocean conservation philanthropy is global, and it’s local . It’s market-based and regulatory. It’s about blue ...
Open Call For Collaborative Reporting Projects
Release Date:
05/10/2017
... civic life. The Center would especially like to hear from local news outlets across the U.S. and from projects that ...
Clark Foundation-Sponsored Forum Considers How NY Nonprofit Contractors Can Address Late and Under Payment
Release Date:
05/25/2017
... New York City nonprofits providing services on behalf of local government are fed up with late payments and ...
2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named
Release Date:
06/27/2017
The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation announced the seventh class of Macy Faculty Scholars. Each Scholar will engage in activities to enhance their career as an educator, as well as pursue a mentored educational innovation project at their home institution.
Century Foundation Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning
Release Date:
08/04/2017
... “economic fair housing act” to prohibit or discourage local ordinances that unnecessarily exclude people from ...
Ms. Foundation Returns to Martha’s Vineyard
Release Date:
08/07/2017
The Ms. Foundation for Women, the country’s first women’s fund, returns to Martha’s Vineyard for its fourth annual summer celebration of feminism.
Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use
Release Date:
08/10/2017
The world of crowded jails, tense courtrooms, and cops on the beat is a far cry from the air-conditioned spaces data wonks usually inhabit. But according to Measures for Justice (MFJ), better data is key to reforming America’s hyper-localized...
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations
Release Date:
08/17/2017
... we have expanded the program to 5 days, partnered with local institutions on family jazz events and open jam ...
Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet
Release Date:
08/21/2017
... OSF has a larger footprint worldwide thanks to its many local offices, including throughout Africa. OSF’s budget ...
‘Grassroots Means No Brains': How To Tackle Racism In The Aid Sector
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... the white guy in the room offers it. It is at play when local partners’ capacity is maligned. You see it when ...
Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?
Release Date:
09/13/2017
Once, an artist residency meant something very different: being embedded squarely within regular life, an experience meant both to inspire artists and to infuse what were seen as artless environments with creativity.
Commentary from The Century Foundation: Women’s Underrepresentation in Politics: No, It’s Not Just an Ambition Gap
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... York City Council and the underrepresentation of women in local and state governments nationwide. They are correct in ...