Pound Foolish
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... junk food—distributed it, and measured our success by pounds of output. While bellies have been filled, ...
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Name-Dropping: Donors Get Tired. Models Do, Too
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... (ADA), always banked on this knowledge. So when success rates for the organization’s reactivation campaigns ...
Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Humanitarian assistance relies on a charity model of providing immediate relief in emergency situations. But once the emergency has passed, other approaches might better deliver services in a market-driven, customer-centric way.
What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Delivering humanitarian aid can be enormously complex. It requires far-flung logistical efforts that involve moving, tracking and delivering huge amounts of material. And all this needs to happen quickly in places where infrastructure may be...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Our Compelling Interests
Release Date:
10/03/2017
In this video, Our Compelling Interests series co-editors Nancy Cantor and Earl Lewis ask: What is at stake if America does not embrace diversity?
No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?
Release Date:
10/06/2017
When the Every Student Succeeds Act was enacted, speculation swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social and emotional competencies to determine whether their schools are successful.
Report Funded by The Clark Foundation Urges de Blasio to Prioritize Boosting Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term
Release Date:
12/11/2017
... report, "Degrees of Difficulty: Boosting College Success in New York City," which was funded by The Clark .....
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Distinguished Writer, Poet, Scholar, and Arts Advocate Elizabeth Alexander as President
Release Date:
02/07/2018
The Trustees of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have elected Elizabeth Alexander to be the Foundation’s next President, effective March 2018. Alexander will succeed Earl Lewis, who has served as President since 2013.
How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility
Release Date:
02/09/2018
... for Women has outlined how to make children at work day a success , so we should use it and tailor it to our local ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria
Release Date:
02/16/2018
In separate studies, researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that boosts mosquito immune systems
Schott Foundation Releases New Report, “Keeping Students First: Building Community Labor Partnerships for Strong Schools.”
Release Date:
04/10/2018
... the influences that affect students both in their academic success and in their overall well-being, with the goal of ...
Ford and PBS Partner on Documentary Series
Release Date:
06/15/2018
... documentary series, explores the unexpected journey to success of some of the world's most influential artists, .....
Impact Shares Gets $1M from Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
10/26/2018
The Rockefeller Foundation has given a $1 million grant to Dallas-based Impact Shares, which says it is the first 501(c)(3) nonprofit exchange-traded fund (ETF).
Joan Mitchell Foundation Names Recipients of 2018 Painters & Sculptors Grants
Release Date:
12/12/2018
... funds and very much look forward to the ongoing success of our artist community,” Blatchford added... Joan ...
Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers New, Solar-Powered Technology that Collects and Cleans Water from Air
Release Date:
03/18/2019
Access to clean water remains one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. A breakthrough by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may offer a new solution through solar-powered technology that absorbs moisture from the air and returns...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adds Olga Viso, Stephen Pitti, Cathy Davidson as Fellows
Release Date:
04/03/2019
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York has added three new fellows in residence: Cathy Davidson, a professor at the CUNY Graduate Center; Stephen Pitti, professor at Yale University; and Olga Viso, the former Walker Art Center director and now...
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) Welcomes Marcus F. Walton as President and CEO
Release Date:
07/16/2019
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) announced today the appointment of Marcus F. Walton, a non-profit industry veteran, as its new President and CEO.
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Helmsley Charitable Trust Funds Heart Attack Care in the Rural Midwest
Release Date:
02/09/2015
... change in protocols and processes, and also in providing resources such as life-saving equipment. The funding for this ...
Bloomberg and CDC Foundation Explore Tobacco Use Covering 60 Percent of World's Population
Release Date:
06/01/2015
The Global Adult Tobacco Survey is a nationally representative household survey of adults aged 15 years and older that systematically monitors adult tobacco use and tracks key tobacco control indicators.