Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities
Release Date:
09/12/2016
... The self-examination will include a close look at Ford’ s hiring practices, leadership, grant-making priorities, and ...
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William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans
Release Date:
09/19/2016
... Students from disadvantaged neighborhoods are often drawn to for-profit trade schools after high ... A new study of 150 black youths from some of Baltimore’ s lowest-income neighborhoods shows that young...
Sloan Supports New Study on What Happens When The Brain Is Artificially Stimulated
Release Date:
09/26/2016
The research marks a step forward in the quest to develop personalized brain stimulation as a treatment for disease.
United Way of New York City Helps Distribute More Than 100 Backpacks to Brownsville Students
Release Date:
10/04/2016
... teamed up with United Way of New York City (UWNYC) to make this first day of school possible. Together, they ... heroes and brimming with school supplies to students at P. S . 156 in Brownsville, Brooklyn.....
Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative
Release Date:
10/13/2016
Universities to redesign programs in collaboration with their states and local school districts.
Westchester Community Foundation Supports Westchester Green Business Program in New York State
Release Date:
12/19/2016
... explore the role of business in achieving New York State’ s energy goals... Westchester Community Foundation Supports ...
Supported by Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Visual Arts of NJ Explores New Jersey Parks
Release Date:
02/24/2017
... exhibition drawn from the artist Matthew Jensen' s experiences in public parks and landscapes. Funded in part .....
Rockefeller Supports Food Waste Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival
Release Date:
04/20/2017
... Zero Point Zero and The Rockefeller Foundation helped make that a reality. "With Tony' s shows, they're really popular among a whole gamut of people," Kye said. "There are...
Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees
Release Date:
05/09/2017
... Committee, Sesame producers and early-childhood experts are soliciting guidance and feedback from relief ... displaced from their homes worldwide, more than half are children. . . Open Society Foundation Funds...
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in Community Engagement
Release Date:
06/22/2017
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC' s Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in ... accessible and fun," argued Mañibo. "We're not going to make change without the three magic...
Open Society Foundations: Central Asia at History’s Crossroads
Release Date:
07/17/2017
... an uphill climb—but we must not discount those who are working to make it a reality. Open Society Foundations: Central Asia at History’ s Crossroads ...
Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’ s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism The ... a Pulitzer Prize that helped spur the British newspaper’ s international expansion, is fully...
Winning the Lottery: Enrolling in Success Academy Produces Math Gains for Students, New Study Shows
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... as part of a federal grant, found that the network’ s third- and fourth-graders showed about a year to a year and ... to the school, but lost the lottery. In reading, the gains are “positive,” though...
The Next Houston
Release Date:
08/31/2017
Disaster planners have long feared that a direct hurricane hit on Miami or New York could be even more catastrophic than Harvey.
Businesses Donate Over $157 Million to Harvey Relief Efforts
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... $157 Million to Harvey Relief Efforts Corporate giants are making big contributions to disaster relief organizations ... of Saturday afternoon, according to an estimate from the U. S . Chamber of Commerce...
Democrats Look To Trump On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... DACA Program President Trump appears to be in the mood to make deals with Democrats — and Democrats see an ... funded until early December. Democrats hope the president' s apparent willingness to work...
Hurricane Irma Linked to Climate Change? For Some, a Very ‘Insensitive’ Question.
Release Date:
09/11/2017
Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, says it is insensitive to discuss climate change in the midst of deadly storms.
Off-Broadway’s Golden Age Faces Financial Hurdles
Release Date:
09/12/2017
Off-Broadway’ s Golden Age Faces Financial Hurdles Producers and theatrical artists who try to make their living off-Broadway in New York City say this is a ... small-scale brand of theater. But that doesn’t mean...
A Deadly Disease Threatens To Regain Ground Deep In The African Jungle
Release Date:
09/14/2017
More than 80 percent of the world’s sleeping sickness cases today occur in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The parasitic disease is fatal if untreated, yet difficult to diagnose early.
Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... endeavors. Many of them, to judge by recent research, are severely substandard. To compete with each other for the ... people seeking help, they advertise online, and Google’ s AdWords program is a key part of...