Peterson Foundation Calls Tax Extenders Legislation Fiscally Irresponsible
Release Date:
12/17/2015
... of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, commented today on a large , year-end legislative package that would significantly ...
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Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)
Release Date:
01/05/2016
... But a one-acre farm at Red Hook Houses—the first-ever large farm on New York City Housing Authority property—is ...
Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and Low-Income Students
Release Date:
02/12/2016
... math classes. Sometimes, he sketched out proofs on the large dry-erase board his dad had installed in his bedroom. ...
Pershing Square Foundation-Supported Study: 5% Weight Loss Can Make A Difference for Obese People
Release Date:
02/23/2016
... heart disease. "These results demonstrate you get a large bang for your buck with a 5% weight loss," says senior .....
The Century Foundation Rallies Against "Turnkey Tyranny" With Presidential Transition
Release Date:
11/18/2016
With the election of Donald Trump, this warning is frighteningly close to becoming reality, as Trump has vowed to implement surveillance policies that “were frankly unthinkable a year ago.” Obama’s last challenge will be to do everything in his...
NY Women’s Foundation Points Out Gender Issues that Need Addressing in Rikers’ Reform
Release Date:
05/11/2017
From an inherently biased bail process to uniforms designed to fit men’s larger frames, the corrections system fails to consider that when it comes to incarceration, gender matters, write Ana Oliveira, president and CEO of The New York Women’s...
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems
Release Date:
05/17/2017
RBF made headlines a few years ago by announcing plans to divest from fossil fuels. What's the update on the fund’s divestment process and RBF’s mission-aligned investing?
Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap
Release Date:
07/10/2017
... time, 6 million jobs in our country go unfilled due in large part to a shortage of skilled workers.” We've written .....
Indian Child Welfare at Casey Family Programs is Highlight for Native American Students in Crisis
Release Date:
08/02/2017
... or who have been repeatedly suspended or expelled from the large , diverse high school in the town of Madras—“up ...
Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... week, Bodega and its owners quickly became the target of a large social media backlash, not only for what many consider ...
JPMorgan Chase Releases New Data Platform, The Good Jobs Index
Release Date:
11/14/2017
The Good Jobs Index is a new data platform that provides a window into the shifting realities of employment opportunity in the US, including the finding that two-thirds of states have added good jobs for workers without a bachelor’s degree.
Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning
Release Date:
12/05/2017
... are some of those funding sources: Title I: Schools with large populations of low-income students can select ...
New Research Supported By Simons Foundation Points to Cellular Roots of Autism
Release Date:
12/05/2017
... of the region causes macrocephaly — a disproportionately large brain — while duplication results in microcephaly, or ...
New Menino Survey of Mayors, Supported By Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation Reveals Top Issues for Mayors
Release Date:
01/23/2018
... Top Issues for Mayors Mayors nationwide, from cities large and small, agree that housing availability and ...
JPMorgan Chase to Increase Its Philanthropic Investments to $1.75 Billion Over Five Years
Release Date:
01/31/2018
... tops $250 million a year, putting it up there with many large foundations. Now, JPMorgan Chase’s corporate ...
Tell Them We Are Rising: A Documentary Film Breaks New Ground, Andrew W. Mellon Program Associate Emma Taati Interviews Director Stanley Nelson
Release Date:
02/13/2018
In his new film, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities , director Stanley Nelson presents the first and only multi-platform feature documentary project that explores the historical, current, and future place of HBCUs...
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Seeks to Do Things Differently
Release Date:
04/13/2018
... the world.” Many top community foundations focus on large and concentrated metropolitan areas that have cohesive ...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology
Release Date:
04/27/2018
... result, a lightweight streaming camera that doesn’t need large batteries or a power source has been out of reach. The ...
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and Social Justice Impact Investing
Release Date:
07/05/2018
For many institutions, especially those with social justice missions, there are big questions about how exactly to execute a hugely varying set of tactics that get lumped under the same rubric of impact investing. One of those institutions is the...
ASPCA, NYPD Unveil New Mobile Command Post for Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad
Release Date:
09/04/2018
... the NYPD to act quickly and effectively in cases where large numbers of animals are facing the greatest risk. The ...