Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Five Organizations Selected to Receive First Spark Prize
Release Date:
01/10/2017
... Prize recipients will get $100,000 in general operating support from Brooklyn Community Foundation. The organizations ...
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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Teams With Columbia Journalism School
Release Date:
01/18/2017
At a press conference in Greece, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) presented a three-year grant for intensive summer journalism courses for younger as well as more experienced journalists and journalism graduates in a program that is exclusively...
Ford, Blaustein, Levy and Overbrook Join Push to Protect Journalists
Release Date:
01/18/2017
... coming down. Streep at the Globes urged the audience to support CPJ, which advocates for press freedom and the safety ...
UJA-Federation of New York Convenes Panel on Growing Poverty on Long Island
Release Date:
01/30/2017
A Poverty forum hosted by the Mid-Island Y JCC and UJA-Federation of New York convened a panel of experts to examine the causes and possible supports to address growing poverty on Long Island, where there are an...
Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation
Release Date:
02/22/2017
A recent $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will help Georgetown carry out its commitment to produce scholarship that helps the nation better understand and address its legacies of slavery, racism and discrimination.
Rauch Foundation Hosts 2017 Imagine Awards to Celebrate 'A Community Where Everyone Belongs'
Release Date:
03/06/2017
The Rauch Foundation, along with German American Bank, hosted the 2017 Imagine Awards Saturday, celebrating those in the community who work to build “A Community Where Everyone Belongs.”
Citi Foundation and Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund to Increase Summer Job Opportunities in 2017
Release Date:
03/07/2017
... Citi Foundation announced an additional $5 million in support to the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE ...
Ford's Darren Walker Says Arts Are ‘The Soul Of The Country’ and Are Worth Fighting For
Release Date:
03/21/2017
The arts spark creativity and soothe divisiveness, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker told a packed house at The Kennedy Center on Monday night in a passionate address that defended art as essential to democracy.
Open Society Foundations and Other Funders Mobilizing to Counter Hate
Release Date:
03/29/2017
... rolled out a $10 million rapid response initiative to support those targeted by hateful rhetoric... Open Society ...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Representatives Tour Renovated Labs at University of Miami
Release Date:
03/31/2017
In the hopes of making a difference for critically ill, premature babies and their families, the local leadership of the Bank of America recently toured the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Division of Neonatology, where unit...
Gay Rights Group Turns Down Bank of America’s Money Over HB2 Compromise
Release Date:
05/09/2017
... also took part in the talks. The score measures corporate support for policies that affect LGBTQ employees. Andrea ...
Ford Foundation Awards NABJ Grant Ahead Of Its 42nd Annual Convention And Career Fair
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... “Once again the Ford Foundation has provided significant support to NABJ,” said Sarah Glover, NABJ president. The ...
Macquarie Announces $100,000 Social Innovation Award Recipient
Release Date:
08/11/2017
... Accelerator Program', which provides seed funding and support to disruptive early stage start-ups, creating .....
Trump Administration Considering Cuts to Cultural Exchange Visas
Release Date:
08/28/2017
The Trump administration is considering major reductions in cultural exchange programs, including those for au pairs and summer workers, that allow young people from foreign countries to work in the U.S., people familiar with the administration’s...
With Federal Funds Shrinking, Math and Science Funders Including Simons Foundation Step Up
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... a grant of $8 million from the Simons Foundation in support of a multi-institution effort focused on tackling ...
Syria’s War Created Millions Of Refugees. Some Might Be Forced To Return Home.
Release Date:
08/28/2017
As Syrian refugees begin to trickle back to a homeland still at war, aid agencies fear that a proposed change to U.N. guidelines could accelerate the pace of returns.
Whitney Museum Wants To Bring A Permanent Art Installation To The Hudson River
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... billionaire Barry Diller announced that he was pulling his support for a “floating park” at Pier 55 designed by ...
Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... are still forthcoming, the foundation said the money will support research, training, and groups of other donors ...
With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... New York City Hundreds of schools are missing teachers and support staff two weeks into the school year, with many of ...
As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... interactions ending in lethal force and stressed their support for the proposed mayoral working group to assess the ...