Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings
Release Date:
09/29/2016
... director, Bryan Stevenson, said the aim is to help " change the landscape" of American racial discourse by openly .....
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With Support from the Russell Sage Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics
Release Date:
10/21/2016
In a study of white Americans’ attitudes and candidate preferences, we found that Trump’s success reflects the rise of “white identity politics” – an attempt to protect the collective interests of white voters via the ballot box. Whereas racial...
Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty
Release Date:
01/12/2017
... to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty Fix one city and you may change the world. After all, more people than ever are ...
NYSHealth Foundation Hosts A Conversation With Sean Cavanaugh on the Future of Medicare
Release Date:
03/31/2017
On March 28, 2017, NYSHealth hosted a conversation with Sean Cavanaugh, one of the nation's leading experts on Medicare, to discuss what is in store for Medicare in this rapidly changing health care landscape.
Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Awards Research Fellowships to 35 Scholars for Important Work in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... global governance of technology that can engineer climate change , voting and election processes in the United States, ...
JPMorgan Chase Announces $6 Million to Prepare South Bronx Youth for High-Demand Jobs
Release Date:
05/05/2017
... employers in New York City. The investment will help drive change and is designed to increase dramatically the number of ...
Commonwealth Fund Study Explores Burden of High Out-of-Pocket Costs on Medicare Beneficiaries
Release Date:
05/12/2017
To inform discussion of possible changes to Medicare, this issue brief looks at beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket costs by income and health status.
Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary
Release Date:
06/06/2017
... who, they allege, are being maltreated; they want to change the legal status of animals in American courts. Wise ...
Ford, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted
Release Date:
06/07/2017
... challenges like extreme poverty, inequality, and climate change . But hitting those goals will take more than creative ...
With Support from Pershing Square and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations, New Research Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool
Release Date:
06/08/2017
The new study, which examined the cost-effectiveness of nudges and typical intervention strategies like financial incentives side-by-side, found that nudges often yield particularly high returns at a low cost when it comes to boosting retirement...
Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel
Release Date:
06/12/2017
... solutions to their nuclear waste? Is it possible to change the narrative about nuclear waste from a burden to a ...
Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25
Release Date:
06/20/2017
... Not only is coal the biggest contributor to climate change , wreaking havoc around the globe, it also makes its ...
Overbrook Foundation: A Small Family Funder Trying to Cure What Ails Environmentalism
Release Date:
08/01/2017
... adopters are, in fact, working on a meta level, trying to change how the philanthropic or NGO sectors themselves ...
Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact
Release Date:
08/14/2017
... investors seek to use their capital as a tool for social change , a group of asset managers and nonprofit leaders is ...
Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues
Release Date:
08/16/2017
... Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues As climate change pushes U.S. cities to build protections against ...
Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities
Release Date:
08/17/2017
... to redevelop or build new structures to withstand climate change also open the door for real estate speculation that ...
Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... international affairs, and New York City-based Games for Change were awarded a $414,000 grant last month from the ...
Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive
Release Date:
08/24/2017
To market to the base of pyramid, we need to stop thinking of selling as a dark art.
Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... study, published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change . . . Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. ...
Audacious Philanthropy
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... enough; they demand disruptive, catalytic, systemic change —and in short order. Even as society grapples with ...