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Ford Foundation's Tellado Named CEO of Consumer Reports
Release Date:
07/15/2014
... organization September 1. Tellado began her career in public policy, advocacy and social justice working alongside Ralph Nader and Joan Claybrook at Public Citizen. Over her career, she has served as Executive...
Surdna-Funded Study Calls for Targeted Federal Policies to Create Quality Jobs
Release Date:
05/09/2017
... have left many American workers behind, smart, targeted public policies that encourage private-sector investment in ... finds. Funded by the Surdna Foundation, the report, Public Policy and Investments in Good...
When a Successful Program Can’t Expand, It’s Time to Grow a Network
Release Date:
11/23/2015
... the consortium coordinator and a research project on student outcomes.) The consortium members meet quarterly, and ...
09
Dec
2014
Serving Those Who Served
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 -
7:00am to 2:00pm
... swelling even as the overall veteran population declines; public agencies that serve veterans are undergoing major ... do so for years to come. But how can donors best use their resources to support this...
Lawmakers Respond to Century Foundation's "Covert For-Profit" Report, Ask for Immediate Action
Release Date:
10/28/2015
Seven U.S. senators sent a letter to Department of Education secretary Arne Duncan and IRS Commissioner John Koskinen urging them to take swift action against possibly fraudulent for-profit education companies.
PhilTV This Week Dec 15 Features Edna McConnell Clark, Arabella Advisors and Hazen Foundation
Release Date:
12/15/2016
PhilTV This Week Dec 15 Features Edna McConnell Clark, Arabella Advisors and Hazen Foundation
Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison
Release Date:
10/30/2017
A small but steadily growing prison education program continues to expand with the help of some big foundations. The Prison to College Pipeline Program (P2CP), one of several programs offered by the Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay College of...
Crain's New York Profiles Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah
Release Date:
05/15/2018
In his 14 months as president, Dr. Rajiv Shah has rededicated the Rockefeller Foundation to eliminating worldwide poverty while also focusing more energy on its U.S. efforts
Michael Bloomberg Announces Midwestern Collegiate Climate Summit
Release Date:
05/16/2019
Today, Michael R. Bloomberg announced the largest expected convening of Midwest universities focused on mitigating the effects of climate change and moving to a 100% clean-energy economy.
Burke Foundation Commits to Extend Two Service-Driven Scholarship Programs at Marquette University
Release Date:
08/19/2019
Marquette University has received a $7 million commitment from the Burke Foundation to continue two longstanding, highly regarded scholarship programs founded by Richard A. Burke.
The Will and The Way: Philanthropy's Grantmaking Defaults Must Change
Release Date:
02/05/2020
... than changing the way they count, increasing their payout rates , or providing general operating support. Those that ...
Morehouse College, Prairie View A&M University & Spelman College Receive Grants from Carnegie, Mellon and Rockefeller Foundations to Support Faculty Development
Release Date:
11/19/2019
... development of faculty on their campuses. Excellence and student success at the historically Black colleges and ... missions to educate talented, hardworking minority student populations. In the last decade or...
In Conversation: Phil Buchanan Interviews Dr. Beth Breeze, Author of ‘In Defence of Philanthropy’
Release Date:
11/18/2021
... sector – and, for that matter, failure to properly fund public services which then need to seek private support – ... There is an obvious price to this endless disapproval: if public condemnation follows...
Funder Recommendations Meet City Leader Action
Release Date:
06/02/2014
... the city's approach to training the workforce. In her public remarks, Glen has emphasized the need to make the ... the City is headed and whether or not philanthropic resources can be brought to bear on...
02
Oct
2014
How Philanthropy Can Act to Stop the Ebola Crisis
Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 1:00pm
... field. Presenters Marine Buissonniere , Director, Public Health Program, Open Society Foundations Isaac ...
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Jun
2015
Nailing It: Building A National Movement of Nail Salon Workers
Thursday, June 25, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
... gain respiratory infections and miscarriages. While recent public attention has focused on NYC leading to new rules ...
Philanthropy Should Focus on the Assets of Aging
Release Date:
04/22/2016
... this field. We invite our grantmaking colleagues in the public and private sectors to join us in embracing the ...
"Culture Changes Us" Campaign and Retreat Series Launches with Support from Nathan Cummings Foundation
Release Date:
05/20/2016
... in New York City from May to October 2016, is the first public program launched by CULTURE CHANGES US, a ... increasingly investing staff time and programmatic resources in projects and initiatives that move...
Health Department, United Hospital Fund, and Partners Release Plan to Promote Health Equity
Release Date:
08/26/2016
... care transitions, improved connections to community-based resources , and the use of quality improvement tools to ... Health Improvement Program In January 2015, the Fund for Public Health in New York joined in...