Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem
Release Date:
02/16/2017
... on health, such as access to healthy food, threats to personal safety, discrimination, and employment... Head of ...
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"Demonization" of George Soros Recalls Old Anti-Semitic Conspiracies
Release Date:
05/16/2017
The demonization of the American-Hungarian billionaire and Holocaust survivor has spread from Hungary and Moscow across Europe and into the United States, with the 86-year-old increasingly accused by nationalists of using his money to force his...
Surdna Funds Report Analyzing The Social Wellbeing of NYC's Neighborhoods: The Contribution of Culture and the Arts
Release Date:
05/22/2017
... neighborhood cultural assets and indicators of health, personal security, and school effectiveness in the five ...
Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time
Release Date:
07/13/2017
A new report from the Urban Institute tells much of the reason why the nation’s prison and jail population has dropped only slightly in recent years: Prisoners sentenced to long terms under laws passed in previous decades still are locked up, and...
Transgender Students Find Open Door at More Women's Colleges
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Ninotska Love will become one of the first transgender women to attend Wellesley in the school's 147-year history.
College Activists March on the Cafeteria: What Do We Want? Hydroponic Cilantro!
Release Date:
09/07/2017
Students across the U.S. are making some very precise demands of school chefs and dining halls, including a churrascaria, a gelateria and a sushi bar.
My Brother’s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... Foundation. MBK, arguably one of Barack Obama’s most personal White House initiatives, was launched to address the ...
LGBTQ Groups Adjust to More Married Donors
Release Date:
09/07/2017
The revolution in civil and legal rights for LGBTQ Americans has wrought a parallel shift in fundraising tactics for nonprofits that worked to bring about those changes. Charities that once focused mostly on unmarried, often childless people are now...
Amid Hurricane Chaos, Domestic Abuse Victims Risk Being Overlooked
Release Date:
09/12/2017
Natural disasters like hurricanes Harvey and Irma can displace people and leave them scrambling to find stability and routine.
New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent from Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... released Wednesday. The totals include both sick and personal days. . . New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers ...
The GOP Tax Plan: Tough Choices With Limited Room to Maneuver
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Republicans face a daunting challenge as their tax plan comes into sharper focus: They are trying to fit more than $5 trillion of tax cuts inside a $1.5 trillion box.
The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance
Release Date:
12/10/2018
Middle-income families are spending more of their incomes on health insurance as average premiums skyrocketed in 2017 after modest rate increases earlier this decade, The Commonwealth Fund found in a new report.
Milbank Memorial Fund Issues Report on State Population Health Strategies
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... population health outcome measures. Their findings show how Georgia and Florida reduced infant mortality rates and how Delaware and Iowa diminished the burden of chronic disease. The insights into how...
Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities
Release Date:
12/16/2014
... conversations within the philanthropic community about how foundations can use their financial power to promote ...
From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss
Release Date:
01/15/2015
... farmers will share costs and profits in proportion to how much food they contribute. Governments can pave the ...
Ford’s Walker Says ‘Unusual Coalition’ Won’t Be Last of its Kind
Release Date:
02/20/2015
... carefully and from many angles. We asked ourselves how , and whether, this effort would add value to a space with ...
Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows
Release Date:
12/18/2020
... and immigration enforcement, empowering them to challenge how these intersecting systems impact their lives. Elizeth ...
Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow
Release Date:
10/07/2021
... “Our future as a country is inextricably tied to how well we do by our families. This new class of fellows is ...
Two Changes in Executive Team at Carnegie Corporation of New York
Release Date:
02/04/2020
... Trish Callahan joins the foundation as chief human resources officer, bringing more than 25 years of human resources leadership to the role, most recently with The ... Georgia Foundation. Ms. Callahan’s...
Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize: JP Morgan Private Bank
Release Date:
10/15/2015
... the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize Trust. Speaking for The Philanthropy Centre at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Managing ... the continuing importance of dramatic writing in giving voice to the endless variety of...