MacArthur and Master Card Foundations Invest $24 Million in Secondary Education
Release Date:
05/06/2014
... seeks to increase secondary education access and improve learning outcomes for marginalized populations. The ...
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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.
Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars
Release Date:
11/03/2014
Atlantic Philanthropies only has two years to spend its remaining assets.
Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids
Release Date:
03/30/2015
William T. Grant funds research to help society develop in ways that enable more young people to reach their full potential.
The ZAC Foundation Announces Partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to Promote Water Safety Education
Release Date:
04/02/2015
This will be the third year that tje initiative will bring educational programs to 20 cities across the U.S.
NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal
Release Date:
07/06/2015
... to finance public services — the Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience was launched in 2012 and slated to run ...
Immigrants, Their Children Integrate Well into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds
Release Date:
09/24/2015
Carnegie Corporation and the Russell Sage Foundation backed the study, which was released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists
Release Date:
04/08/2016
... authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, were learning how to handle not just the unexpected payouts but ...
Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval
Release Date:
04/21/2016
When the Foundation learned that it had to bring itself up to code, it decided not just to focus on technical improvements but also carry out some structural changes to make the building feel "less hierarchical," as the president of the foundation,...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Revised Funding Areas
Release Date:
08/02/2016
... focus, the result of a period of reflection and learning and, significantly, a reconnecting with the work of ...
Commonwealth Fund Reports Detail Impacts of Clinton and Trump Health Reform Proposals
Release Date:
09/23/2016
The Commonwealth Fund recently commissioned analysts with the RAND Corporation to crunch the numbers and find out how some of the candidates’ proposals would affect health care in the U.S.
With Support From Simons Foundation, Rett Syndrome Study Finds Mechanisms Underlying Its Visual Deficits
Release Date:
11/02/2016
... for Biomedical Research and the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MassachusettsInstitute of Technology ...
Mellon Foundation and NEH Recognize College Professor for Book on Israel
Release Date:
11/29/2016
Gary S. Schiff’s first book, “Tradition and Politics: The Religious Parties of Israel,” has been selected under a $773,761 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a “great humanities book.”
Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy
Release Date:
11/30/2016
... strategies are logical and realistic, the extent to which learning and improvement are built into the grant, and the ...
Three PNY Members Join GCIR Board
Release Date:
01/30/2017
... Yasui , Senior Program Officer, Youth Opportunity and Learning , Ford Foundation Shawn Morehead , Program ...
Staten Island Foundation Supports Worker-Owned Co-Op Businesses Starting Up on Staten Island
Release Date:
06/20/2017
The Staten Island Foundation assisted several women entrepreneurs get started through a grant. And La Colmena Community Job Center, and the Center for Family Life trained the women on how to operate a business.
Adding Pantries and Spice to New York’s Hungry Neighborhoods
Release Date:
09/12/2017
Over the past year, New York City’s three biggest providers of emergency food have reorganized in an effort to feed underserved communities and get ethnic ingredients to specific neighborhoods.
Obama Foundation to Host Global Summit in Chicago
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Former President Barack Obama announced in a new video Wednesday that he will gather together civic leaders from around the world next month to take part in the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit.
DACA Recipients Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible
Release Date:
09/21/2017
At a meeting in Jackson Heights, under the rumble of the 7 train, about 40 DACA recipients learned that their fate in this country depends on one date: March 5, 2018.
De Blasio’s ‘Homeless Hotels’ Plan Is Way Behind Schedule
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Nearly two years after Mayor de Blasio announced a plan to create 15,000 units of supportive housing to deal with the homelessness crisis, just 48 units are ready and occupied, The Post has learned.