Sixty Days Into MTA's 'State Of Emergency,' Critics Wonder What Happened To Review Plans
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... review of the calcified organization that runs the subway system . Within 30 days, MTA chairman Joe Lhota, a Cuomo ...
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Millions of Dollars From Corporations and Individuals Flow to Flood-Ravaged Texas
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... able to make transactions through Facebook’s payment system , said Bob Ottenhoff, CEO of the organization. Millions ...
Bike-Share Expansion in Harlem, Astoria, and Central Brooklyn Starts Next Week
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... of planned expansion for the four-year-old bike-share system . Prospect Heights and Crown Heights will get 27 ...
What Major Universities Had to Say About Trump’s Move to Roll Back DACA
Release Date:
09/07/2017
Major colleges and higher-ed systems and associations issued a cascade of critical statements — a wave of condemnation reminiscent of higher ed's response to President Trump's travel ban.
The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... “universal lunch” approach for creating a system that will go beyond lunch balances to also provide for ...
A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... goal of cultivating “a more joyful and resilient food system .” It hopes to support small and mid-sized farms that ...
UJA-Federation of New York Receives $20 Million Gift
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... Kaufmann Campground s (HKC), the largest Jewish day camp system in North America, through support for programming and ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund
Release Date:
10/27/2017
The JDRF T1D Fund, a venture philanthropy fund focused on developing life-changing approaches to the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D), has announced a $5 million commitment from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
The Rockefeller Foundation's Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To Protect Them From Next Sandy
Release Date:
10/30/2017
... $1 billion Big U proposal calls for a 10-mile protective system around the low-lying Manhattan, from west 57th Street ...
The Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico
Release Date:
11/30/2017
The “Resilient Puerto Rico Advisory Commission”—announced on November 16, 2017—will be an independent and inclusive body led by Puerto Ricans and designed to offer recommendations for how to use private, philanthropic, local government, and federal...
Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/06/2018
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced on June 5, 2018, that Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School, has been elected to its Board of Trustees.
The Rockefeller Foundation Announces the Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees
Release Date:
12/05/2018
Today, we are thrilled to share the names of the 10 organizations that will each receive a $1 million grant as part of the Communities Thrive Challenge, a joint funding opportunity from The Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Each...
Joel Wallman Named Director of Research at Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Release Date:
02/20/2019
... in Mexico, changes in California’s forensic hospital system to reduce the incidence of violence, and citizen ...
Tow Foundation and Chronicle of Social Change Announce 2019 Raise the Age Reporting Fellowships Recipients
Release Date:
02/26/2019
... raised the age ceiling of New York's juvenile justice system to 17 this year and to 18 by October of 2019. It also .....
Mertz Gilmore Foundation Request for Proposal: SmartSimple GM360 Implementation and Refinement Consultant
Release Date:
01/23/2020
The Mertz Gilmore Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution that supports and promotes vibrant communities, the performing arts, a sustainable environment and a people-centered democracy. We are a small staff of nine with the...
Rauch Foundation Catalyzes Local Investment with Cross-Sector Collaboration
Release Date:
04/28/2021
The Foundation describes how family foundations can play a unique role as a neutral hub to forge relationships across local business, government, and media.
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Accountability: Judging Students, Judging Teachers
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... the buzzwords. What are the elements of an accountability system that supports, measures, and acknowledges school ...
Open Society Foundations Accepting Applications for Soros Justice Fellowships
Release Date:
10/23/2019
... on a range of issues facing the U.S. criminal justice system . The fellowships are part of a larger effort within ... extreme punishment, and ensuring a fair and accountable system of justice. Fellows receive...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Accepting Applications for Immigrant Rights Fund Advisory Council
Release Date:
03/04/2021
... at least an intermediate knowledge of the U.S. immigration system Not currently in a senior leadership position of an ...