Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... upstarts with good ideas to shake up the U.S. education system one school at a time. But some backers of the model ...
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How Much Time Was Spent on Subway? M.T.A. Can Now Tell You
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced a new system for both tracking delays on the subway as well as ...
New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... to intervene at one of three points in the information system : on the production of politically relevant ...
Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... grant is the first of its kind pairing a community college system with a flagship public university and it explicitly ...
12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... building codes require. There’s even a homegrown rating system for New York’s coastal buildings called the ...
De Blasio Taps Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza To Head Department of Environmental Protection
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Mayor de Blasio will officially name Vincent Sapienza commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, more than a year after the last permanent head left.
Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality
Release Date:
10/05/2017
Steve and Connie Ballmer are giving $60 million over six years to a program created by StriveTogether, a national nonprofit that seeks to improve education for low-income children.
New York City Students Are Getting Younger
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... added nearly 50,000 full-day pre-k seats to the school system over the course of two years. Now, for the first ...
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2017
New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and the City of New York’s Workforce Strategy
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Public funding of the workforce system has declined significantly over the past twenty years. ... meeting will examine how effective the City’s workforce system has been in adopting the recommendations of the Re-...
Delaware Juvenile Justice Reforms Signed into Law
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... aim to divert juveniles away from the criminal justice system in Delaware—where about 3,000 juveniles are arrested ...
The Art for Justice Fund, in Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Announces First Grant Recipients
Release Date:
11/16/2017
... and humanize people affected by the criminal justice system . The Art for Justice Fund, created by Ms. Gund in ...
Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India
Release Date:
12/08/2017
The Nudge Foundation, which is backed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts and other industry heavyweights, has received a grant worth $250,000 (Rs 1.6 crore) from The Rockefeller Foundation to expand its operations across India.
Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching
Release Date:
03/27/2018
... on the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system ... Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists .....
Open Society Foundations Launches Initiative to Support A More Inclusive American Democracy
Release Date:
05/02/2018
... accountable American democracy; a fair criminal justice system ; full political, economic, and civic participation of ...
Ralph Wilson's Biggest Gift Yet: $100m to Transform Lasalle Park, Trails
Release Date:
10/17/2018
... a signature park and to develop a completed regional trail system . The timing is no accident: The $100 million ...
Ingrid Rasmussen Joins Unbound Philanthropy as Chief Operating Officer
Release Date:
06/05/2019
... to build a vibrant, welcoming society and just immigration system . Ingrid Rasmussen Joins Unbound Philanthropy as ...
Riverside Park Conservancy Receives Grant for Park Management Technology from Booth Ferris Foundation
Release Date:
08/08/2019
... general repairs. The aim is that the project management system will help improve accountability for both the Parks ...
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Sep
2020
New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting - Strategies to Support an Equitable Economic Recovery
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 -
9:00am to 10:30am
... to strengthen the digital infrastructure of the workforce system as organizations shift training programs online; and ... and its impacts on the city’s workforce development system . Explore The current state...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Latinx Artist Fellowship
Release Date:
07/22/2021
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Latinx Artist Fellowship Latinx artists—people of Latin American or Caribbean descent who live and work in the US—have made significant and vital contributions to American culture. Yet these...
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