Century Foundation Expert Says Tuition-Free College Wouldn’t Admit More Low-Income Students
Release Date:
08/18/2016
... succeed. That’s money, Kahlenberg says, “not spent on reducing class sizes or other things that would increase your ...
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Commonwealth Fund Study Shows Covered California Consumers Saving and Paying Much Less Than Expected for Quality Coverage
Release Date:
01/11/2017
This analysis of health plan premium growth in California’s insurance marketplaces, focusing on the policies that consumers actually purchased, finds that the average price paid for plans selected in 2014 was 11.6 percent less than the average price...
Shatterproof Awarded $600,000 Grant by Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
01/31/2017
The Helmsley Charitable Trust began making active grants in 2008 to support a wide range of charitable causes, primarily including medical research and health institutions.
Bloomberg Urges World Leaders Not to Follow President Donald Trump’s Lead On Climate Change
Release Date:
04/24/2017
New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg urged world leaders not to follow President Donald Trump’s lead on climate change and declared his intention to help save an international agreement to reduce carbon emissions.
Trump Tax Plan May Free Up Corporate Dollars, but Then What?
Release Date:
08/31/2017
The tax overhaul promised by President Trump and Republican congressional leaders is lugging a remarkably heavy load. The goal is not only to reduce the tax bills of corporations and small businesses, but also to stimulate investment, create jobs,...
Will the Trump Era Transform the School Lunch?
Release Date:
09/06/2017
On a sweltering morning in July, Sonny Perdue, the newly minted secretary of agriculture, strode across the stage of a convention hall here packed with 7,000 members of the School Nutrition Association, who had gathered for their annual conference.
'We're Trying to Go All In': Chocolate Giant Mars Pledges $1 Billion To Fight Climate Change
Release Date:
09/14/2017
The chocolate giant Mars is promising to spend close to $1 billion over the next few years fighting climate change.
The GOP Tax Plan: Tough Choices With Limited Room to Maneuver
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Republicans face a daunting challenge as their tax plan comes into sharper focus: They are trying to fit more than $5 trillion of tax cuts inside a $1.5 trillion box.
UN Moves To Blacklist Saudi Coalition For Violations Against Children In Yemen
Release Date:
10/05/2017
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen has been included in a draft version of the UN’s annual blacklist for grave violations against children in conflict.
Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... called StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, centers on reducing racial and socioeconomic disparities in educational ...
New York City Issues Ambitious Climate Action Plan
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... 2020 and 2050. City leaders had already committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80 percent below 2005 ...
Leon Levy Foundation Supports Bird Migration Forecasts
Release Date:
04/27/2018
For the first time, new maps are using radar to forecast nighttime clouds of migratory birds and track their flights in near real-time. A potential boon to conservation efforts.
Rockefeller Foundation Calls for Us to Eat More of What We Grow
Release Date:
07/20/2018
... global businesses in accounting for food loss and waste. Reducing waste is just one part of the solution. Meat ...
10
Oct
2024
Disaster Risk Reduction: How Philanthropy Can Empower a Resilient Future- A Webinar Hosted by CDP
Thursday, October 10, 2024 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... reduction (DRR) helps communities by “preventing new and reducing existing disaster risk and managing residual ... their role in helping communities build resilience by reducing risk. Disasters are not natural...
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Rockefeller Supports Training Workshops on Impact Investing in Ghana and South Africa
Release Date:
03/03/2017
... this is new terrain for evaluators, there are several resources on both impact investing and impact ...
Partnership Aims To Boost Service Positions For Young People, Increase Adult Volunteers
Release Date:
07/14/2014
... Positions For Young People, Increase Adult Volunteers United Way of New York City and NYC Service have announced a ... teen service and leadership programs and more. "At United Way of New York City, we...
Recording: Youth Power Now: Lessons from Youth Organizers in New York
Youth Power Now: Lessons from Youth Organizers in New York Youth organizers have played a critical role in New York’s organizing history. Today, young people are leading transformative movements for change in New York, including imagining police-...
Program Recap—Philanthropy New York’s Documentary Film Series: Advise and Dissent
Release Date:
10/16/2009
Philanthropy New York created its Documentary Series to get our members thinking about alternative mediums for promoting their missions and the work of their grantees.
03
Feb
2016
It’s PUBLIC Transit: Funders Look at New Initiatives to Connect NYC’s People & Places
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
We face a unique moment in the life of public transit in New York. After three decades of steadily improving service, quality indicators have started to decline. You see it every day: train cars break down more often, delays have gone up,...