Day Of The Girl: A Worldwide Reminder That Gender Parity Awaits
Release Date:
10/25/2016
... produce greater returns for women, our organizations, and communities . If we want to live in a world where there are no ...
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Are Housing Vouchers Contributing to Racial and Economic Segregation for Families with Children? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... first served basis.* The Housing Choice Voucher Program helps families access affordable and stable housing, avoid ... think about these findings and their investments in their communities Presenters Alicia...
Christy Loper Joins the Educational Foundation of America
Release Date:
11/01/2013
... working with local organizations in the Pacific Islands to build resilience to climate change. Before her tenure with ...
Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Opens in Berkeley
Release Date:
04/16/2014
The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, established in 2012 by a grant from the Simons Foundation, brings together leading researchers to explore both the theoretical underpinnings of computer science and its potential to shed light on a...
Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.
Release Date:
04/15/2014
Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans a $50 million challenge to the N.R.A., reports the New York Times.
Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU
Release Date:
11/07/2014
... It plans to create a database of incarcerated people, build political capacity in early primary states ahead of the ...
Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate
Release Date:
11/20/2014
Ford, Carnegie, OSF and Atlantic have granted a combined $300 million toward immigration.
Rockefeller Foundation to Announce Second Batch of Resilient Cities
Release Date:
12/02/2014
Cities were selected from an applicant pool spanning 94 countries.
Rockefeller Foundation-Funded Research Examines the Dearth of Youth Employment Opportunities
Release Date:
05/28/2015
The study addresses the challenges that business have in filling entry-level positions with employees under the age of 25.
Sloan Foundation Backs Digital Public Library of America's Push to Serve All 50 States by 2017
Release Date:
06/29/2015
... to DPLA’s success, from our planning phase to the rapid build -out of our national network,” said Dan Cohen, ...
Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
10/07/2015
Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer and legal scholar.
In Memoriam: J.M. Kaplan Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan
Release Date:
01/25/2016
Richard D. Kaplan, of New York and Palm Beach, died on Thursday, Jan. 21. He was an architect and senior trustee of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a private New York-based foundation.
Tow Foundation Gives $25M to Barnard for Tech Center
Release Date:
02/01/2016
... which the Columbia University affiliate will use to build a new teaching center in New York City. The Tow ...
Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing
Release Date:
04/14/2016
Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is partnering with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on a collaborative effort to examine how results-based funding could revolutionize America's approach to entrenched social issues.
American Express, Ford Foundation Provide Funds to Restore Hemingway's Famed Cuban Home
Release Date:
04/15/2016
"Lookout Farm," the famed home of the late writer Ernest Hemingway in San Francisco de Paula, Cuba, will be restored using materials and funding provided by U.S. organizations, including the Caterpillar Foundation and Caterpillar Inc., the AT&T...
Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado
Release Date:
04/29/2016
The resilience strategy is a new approach to city planning spearheaded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Michael Berkowitz, who heads up the 100 Resilient Cities Project, said there are opportunities to leverage dollars spent on climate action plans to...
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School
Release Date:
08/30/2016
... went back to the drawing board—and the chalkboard—to build an educational Garden of Eden. We’re publishing their ...
Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative
Release Date:
10/13/2016
Universities to redesign programs in collaboration with their states and local school districts.
January 11 Is Deadline to Submit a Letter of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants
Release Date:
12/14/2016
We support high-quality research that is relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States.
Citi Foundation and Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund to Increase Summer Job Opportunities in 2017
Release Date:
03/07/2017
The Citi Foundation has invested over $13 million to provide nearly 6,200 summer jobs to young people since 2014.