The New York Community Trust Awards $9.9 Million in Grants to 53 Nonprofits
Release Date:
04/14/2021
Grants aim to counter vaccine hesitancy and misinformation, increase voter engagement, bridge the digital divide, and more.
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Mellon Foundation Gives $1.02 Million to New Critical Theory Initiative
Release Date:
03/30/2017
Using a $1.02 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Northwestern will collaborate with worldwide professionals to develop a curriculum on critical theory, a stream of philosophy that critiques the ways culture is formed and discussed.
Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... Case for Humanities Education Called the NH Humanities Collaborative , the effort is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon ...
United Hospital Fund Names New Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Release Date:
11/30/2020
... Fund announced that Vaughn R. Murria, Director of Human Resources , was named to the additional position of Chief ... and inclusion. Mr. Murria joined UHF as Director of Human Resources in 2013. Previously, he...
The Century Foundation Adds New Fellows
Release Date:
01/01/2013
... Richard D. Kahlenberg, of Why Labor Organizing Should be a Civil Right: Rebuilding a Middle-Class Democracy by Enhancing ... labor organizations, excluded workers and employment and civil rights. He received a...
Bloomberg Gives Sept. 11 Museum a $15 Million Loan
Release Date:
05/02/2013
Michael Bloomberg has personally lent the museum $15 million to help cover expenses until it opens a year from now. He is charging the lowest possible interest rate — less than 0.3 percent — so that the transaction would qualify under federal rules...
NYCT Gives $7.6 Million in Largest Round of 2014 Grants
Release Date:
10/07/2014
New York Community Trust is supporting 95 nonprofits nationally through this round of grants.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Explores Open Access to Published Research
Release Date:
04/01/2015
The foundation's contribution will support a yearlong study that will examine the implications of new funding models for scholarly communications.
Doris Duke Grant Makes Community-Centered Production of 'Dreamgirls' Possible
Release Date:
08/02/2016
... led interactive workshops and youth acting workshops, and helped with steering committee meetings and auditions... ...
75,000 Apply for State College Scholarships, but Many Won’t Qualify
Release Date:
08/28/2017
This spring, when Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo won approval for his groundbreaking Excelsior Scholarship program to make college tuition-free for some students at New York’s public colleges and universities, the state anticipated that 23,000 people would...
Five Essential Tips for Setting Up a Social Enterprise
Release Date:
10/04/2017
You've got a great idea. It might help the world. Or it might just help some people. Either way, you want to do good and make a living. So where do you start?
United Hospital Fund Report Looks at Expiring Program, Consequences
Release Date:
03/03/2016
... and ending at $250,000. The report presents an example of how the program reduces the claims costs of health plans for ...
United Hospital Fund Analyzes Medicaid Spending On and Service Utilization By Children In New York
Release Date:
07/08/2016
... We developed these reports to help frame discussions about how to take advantage of such opportunities.” “Medicaid ...
NY Community Trust-Supported UHF Report Outlines Ways to Strengthen Consumer Access to Provider Networks In NY State
Release Date:
05/23/2017
... premiums rising, delivery system reforms reshaping how services are provided, and the future of the Affordable ...
National Progressive Advocate Heather McGhee Receives Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Inaugural Fair and Just Fellowship
Release Date:
05/16/2018
... it stemmed from a fear of black people, and asked McGhee how he could change. Her empathetic and thoughtful response ...
Investing in our Mission: A Five-Year Case Study of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Release Date:
05/11/2020
... Investing in Our Mission , a new case study detailing how its investment returns beat market benchmarks since ... Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The coronavirus pandemic has helped prove the case, as just eight...
€15 Million Emergency Grant from Stavros Niarchos Foundation Responds to Fire Crisis in Greece
Release Date:
08/12/2021
... Discussions with the relevant Greek entities on how best to contribute are already underway, and more ...
JPMorgan CEO's $100 Million Plan to Turn Detroit Around
Release Date:
02/18/2015
... once thriving but now mostly empty. It's a familiar story that's played out over 50 years. As the manufacturing .....
HuffPost OpEd Laments the Lack of Upward Mobility in America
Release Date:
05/05/2015
The editorial uses Century Foundation research to illustrate that there is much less upward mobility in the United States than people assume.
Carnegie President Praises Efforts to Amplify World Humanitarian Initiatives
Release Date:
08/19/2015
Vartan Gregorian discusses the need to honor humanitarian heroes in the face of conflict and turmoil.