MetLife Foundation Announces Sponsorship of “Multipliers of Prosperity” for a Third Year
Release Date:
04/05/2017
... credit and insurance. Low income people who lack financial services often resort to using informal methods which are ...
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MetLife Foundation Innovation Competition Recognizes Indian Entrepreneur
Release Date:
05/03/2017
... to promote financial capability and access to financial services in India. With more than 100 entries, Swadhaar ...
Morgan Stanley Lights Up Times Square for the New York Women’s Foundation
Release Date:
07/20/2017
... is featured on the digital billboards of the financial services firm’s Times Square headquarters at Broadway ...
Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years
Release Date:
08/09/2017
Dozens of ex-offenders have passed through Gregory Carpenter’s small bakery, where he teaches them how to make buttery pastry dough and flaky pie crusts. Carpenter is one in an army of social justice change agents that the Baltimore office of the...
American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking
Release Date:
08/11/2017
American Express grant of $100,000 to Reel Works supports filmmaking aimed to inspire a younger and more diverse audience to explore roles in conservation.
Seaport Museum's 110-Year-Old Lightship To Be Restored To Its Glory Days
Release Date:
08/29/2017
One of the South Street Seaport Museum’s most prized possessions is set to undergo a major restoration. The Museum announced on Monday that the city had contributed $4.5 million towards restoring the Lightship Ambrose, which is currently docked at...
Bad Landlords Poised To Profit On De Blasio Plan To Turn Rent-Stabilized Buildings Into Long-Term Homeless Shelters
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... Long-Term Homeless Shelters The Department of Homeless Services is quietly finalizing more than $98 million in ...
Intragovernmental Collaborations: Pipedreams or the Future of the Public Sector?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
How policy labs can foster greater collaboration and policy co-creation.
Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Last month, the Indian government rolled out a new tax plan — the Goods and Service Tax — labeling sanitary products "nonessential," making them eligible for a 12 percent tax. The increase in the cost of sanitary napkins will force many women...
NYN Media Homeless Shelter Tracker
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... when a shelter is approved, the Department of Homeless Services will notify the community board and local elected ...
With DSH Cuts Looming, Cuomo Must Decide How to Allot Fewer Dollars
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services . That’s 16 percent of New York’s total allotment ...
Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force
Release Date:
09/14/2017
In New York’s most troubled neighborhoods, Service Year members are teaching their neighbors environmental sustainability — all the while learning essential job skills for the workforce.
Immigration Agents Target Brooklyn Criminal Court, Lawyers Say
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... according to a source and attorneys with Brooklyn Defender Services . About half a dozen agents were posted outside the ...
Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... walls, posters promoted not just reading but citizenship services and business-planning classes. Parents and children ...
How America Gives Special Report: Breaking the Charity Habit
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Each year, the charity world waits eagerly for the announcement of how much individual Americans gave to charity. And each year, that annual total doggedly climbs higher, faltering only occasionally. Four of the past five years, it has broken its...
Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety
Release Date:
10/04/2017
President Trump sure is blasé about making America’s food safer.
Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... raises for city employees and to expand first responder services . The Wisconsin State Journal reports that a group ...
Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students
Release Date:
10/06/2017
Traveling south about an hour from downtown Pittsburgh along Pennsylvania Route 43, visitors roll into Coal Center, home to Intermediate Unit 1, a regional education service agency. Intermediate Unit 1 also serves as home to a Fab Lab — a highly...
JPMorgan Chase Puts Funding Towards New York Workforce Development
Release Date:
10/31/2017
... the charity arm of the multinational banking and financial services holding company, is spending the money on two new ...
The Rockefeller Foundation Joins Hotel Industry To Reduce Food Waste
Release Date:
11/14/2017
Today, World Wildlife Fund and the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, unveil results from a set of projects demonstrating innovative strategies aimed at reducing food waste in the hotel...