Ford, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted
Release Date:
06/07/2017
... In 2015, the United Nations laid out its Sustainable Development Goals to track global progress against massive ...
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Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News
Release Date:
06/28/2017
... News Combating fake news and bolstering the public’ s trust in journalism is the aim of a Vanderbilt research ... Fund. After a call for entries in March, the John S . and James L. Knight Foundation, along with...
Are You the Future of Philanthropy? Apply for a 2018 TFN PLACES Fellowship!
Release Date:
07/19/2017
... Our PLACES Fellowship is a transformational leadership development experience that gives professionals in ... and communities of color. The deadline to apply for TFN' s 2018 PLACES Fellowship is Oct. 31,...
Folger Receives $1.5M from Mellon Foundation for Collaborative Research Project on Early Modern Foodways & Cultures
Release Date:
07/27/2017
... explore such issues as the unevenness of food supply, the development and spread of tastes, and the socially cohesive ...
Can Humanities Grants to Universities Be a Bridge to Something Bigger? Mellon Foundation Backs Humanities
Release Date:
07/31/2017
... Backs Humanities The humanities are on a roll. Perhaps it' s some perverse byproduct of the Trump effect, but recent ... funders increasingly view the humanities as something that' s not simply...
Century Foundation Report Warns Online Learning Companies' Impacts on Public Higher Ed
Release Date:
08/08/2017
... outside contractors to handle some or all of the course development , marketing and back-office management of the programs. That' s even true of Harvard University, which announced a ... Higher Education...
Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact
Release Date:
08/14/2017
... stays true to its roots as its popularity grows. The U. S . Impact Investing Alliance recently announced the creation ... Council is made up of organizations that support the development of impact investing,...
Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Efforts to reduce nuclear stockpiles soon may get a boost from a team of Princeton University researchers and a socially responsible gaming company that are seeking to use virtual reality to help improve systems to discover and monitor nuclear...
How to Improve Diversity in Corporate America
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... has gone beyond Silicon Valley and Google’ s gender problem. The current impersonator-in-chief would ... in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and community development . Moreover, the geopolitical business...
Declaration Of Principles Across Hockey Takes NHL Where Other Pro Leagues Ought To Go
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... commissioner Bill Daly tasked Pat LaFontaine, the league’ s vice-president of hockey development and a member of Hockey Hall of Fame, with leading ...
As Flood Risks Rise, Trump’s Executive Order Jeopardizes Our Infrastructure and Communities
Release Date:
09/12/2017
As Flood Risks Rise, Trump’ s Executive Order Jeopardizes Our Infrastructure and ... missed the original intent of President Donald Trump’ s news conference in New York last month— the one in which ... highways,...
Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’ s Green City Force Growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Edna ... who earns $17 an hour. In this episode of NationSwell’ s eight-part minidocumentary series on service years...
The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... first streetcars started rumbling along New York City’ s streets in the 19th century, people have sought ways to ... we know it—the subway may be a broken mess now, but it’ s one of the biggest catalysts in...
Williamson Foundation’s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership
Release Date:
09/19/2017
Williamson Foundation’ s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership This ... by Dr. Ronald Heifetz and colleagues at Harvard’ s Kennedy School, as a form of reflective practice. Marc ... created a...
Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab
Release Date:
09/19/2017
Leading neuroscientists are joining forces to study the brain -- The International Brain Lab (IBL), launched on September 19, combines 21 of the foremost neuroscience laboratories in the United States and Europe into a giant collaboration that will...
In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence
Release Date:
09/21/2017
In Diller Island’ s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence Just like ... the plug, withdrawing his and Diane von Furstenberg’ s funding for the project. The costs and controversy had ... billionaires and old...
Citi Foundation and Citi Canada Announce a $700,000 Commitment to Youth
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... first jobs, internships, business training and leadership development , Citi announced an expansion of the Pathways to ... of CA$700,000. This contribution is part of the Foundation' s investment of US$100...
Amazon Inks Office Space Deal on Manhattan’s Far West Side
Release Date:
09/22/2017
Amazon Inks Office Space Deal on Manhattan’ s Far West Side Amazon.com Inc. plans to open an office on ... building that is part of Brookfield Property Partners L.P.' s new eight-acre development...
Making Kids Into “Makers”
Release Date:
09/22/2017
Making Kids Into “Makers” The new annual Inventor’ s Challenge prompts children to develop their creative ... people in 17 countries participated in the Inventor’ s Challenge , a contest that asks kids from...
Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... the World Bank warned in its flagship annual economic development report. “Hundreds of millions of children reach ... even the most basic life skills,” write the report’ s authors, Deon Filmer and Halsey...