HuffPost OpEd Laments the Lack of Upward Mobility in America
Release Date:
05/05/2015
... us might be too preoccupied with incidental, even trivial issues to notice what' s happened. Even so, most of us -- whatever our political .....
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Dyson Foundation Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region
Release Date:
05/15/2015
... Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region Omega’ s annual Service Week is comprised of two sessions: the ... that address a range of social, economic, or environmental issues in the Mid-Hudson Valley region...
Why Should Climate Philanthropy Care About Energy Access?
Release Date:
07/02/2015
... it yet. To be fair, philanthropy needs to step up it' s game on climate across the board. Our investment is woeful ... economy and staving off the worst impacts of climate. That' s why some big name...
Bank of America and Feeding America Partner to Tackle Hunger in America
Release Date:
09/01/2015
Bank of America has committed to a fourth year of a 2:1 donation match through Give a Meal.
Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Finds Possible New Target for Glaucoma Therapy
Release Date:
09/11/2015
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have elucidated a genetic interaction that may prove key to the development and progression of glaucoma, a blinding neurodegenerative disease that affects tens of millions of...
NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High
Release Date:
11/02/2015
... inequality and a broken criminal justice system are the issues du jour, commanding headlines and emerging as major ... are also, increasingly, the focus of some of the nation’ s largest philanthropies. The...
JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices
Release Date:
11/04/2015
JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’ s Menu Choices To parents of picky eaters across the ... restaurant chain made healthy changes to its children' s menu. The team then followed up to measure...
New York Community Trusts and Partners Fund Grants Bringing Digital Media Learning to More Youth
Release Date:
11/04/2015
... and record original music, research civic and political issues , and reduce pollution in their communities. "In .....
How Stable Are the ACA Marketplaces? Commonwealth Fund President Explains
Release Date:
12/07/2015
... the their long-term viability. But UnitedHealth Group' s possible departure is not really the issue. The insurer was .....
De Blasio Enlists New York City's Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley)
Release Date:
12/08/2015
De Blasio Enlists New York City' s Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley) ... and mental health. “We may not agree on individual issues but we’re all in the same ecosystem,” said Morgan...
"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says
Release Date:
12/10/2015
A "resilience bond", a variation on a catastrophe bond, could help cities deal more effectively with climate change-related disasters, according to a report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Opinion: Ending the Revolving Door of Homelessness (New York Community Trust)
Release Date:
01/06/2016
... middle-aged men with substance-abuse or mental health issues . The truth is that homelessness is rising among ...
As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats
Release Date:
01/22/2016
... go to 32 elementary schools that are part of the city’ s “community school” initiative, which seeks to boost ... attendance rates and test scores by targeting non-academic issues that can impede learning —...
Ms. Foundation CEO Puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls
Release Date:
02/05/2016
... of the New Mexico Community Foundation designed to address issues affecting the state’ s women and girls. . . Ms. Foundation CEO Puts Spotlight on ...
Impact Investing's Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation)
Release Date:
02/19/2016
Impact Investing' s Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation) I ... impact investing and its potential to address global issues . With all the hype surrounding it these days, ... impact investing...
Funded by Research to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050
Release Date:
05/19/2016
... Eye Institute in JAMA Ophthalmology found that the U. S . prevalence in visual impairment (VI) and blindness is ... of Americans with a variety of eye disease and impairment issues , including age-related...
Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building
Release Date:
07/05/2016
Ford’ s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are ... gone so far as to issue this brave statement about Ford’ s historical practice of only allowing 10% of their project grants to go to an...
CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise
Release Date:
07/12/2016
... education. Insufficient training and skills development. Issues like these have led approximately two-thirds of ...
Century Foundation Fellow on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational Inequality
Release Date:
07/29/2016
... years immediately following the decision. The university’ s capital campaign raised $1.5 billion from 2003 to 2007, ... Foundation and a prolific writer on higher education issues ... Century Foundation Fellow...
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Sep
2016
New York Grantmakers in the Arts - Fall Meeting
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... come together to discuss what we see as the pressing issues in the field so as to inform our subsequent ...