Tisch Education Center at Whitney Museum Profiled in Education Update
Release Date:
12/01/2015
... gem of the Whitney Education Department” and explains how it has embraced its new location to expand its programming ...
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Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth
Release Date:
01/22/2016
... Foundation does not accept unsolicited grant proposals, it sees itself as a “proactive grantmaker” that initiates ... helps foster kids keep their documents organized, shows how the foundation seeks out and...
Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings
Release Date:
02/11/2016
... in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings A new report details how an incubator created by the Filene Research Institute, ...
Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College
Release Date:
02/26/2016
... attend college to learn skills and gain experience that will put them on a path to becoming employable adults. ... Robert Shireman, offers specific recommendations for how the U.S. Department of Education...
Commission: US Lacks Strategies to Lower Child Abuse Deaths (Casey Family Programs)
Release Date:
03/18/2016
... to 1,600 annually in recent years. But citing gaps in how this data is compiled, the report suggests the actual ...
Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Provide Financial Literacy Workshops to Individual Artists
Release Date:
04/08/2016
... of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, were learning how to handle not just the unexpected payouts but also the ...
Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Publishes New Volume: 'Higher Education Effectiveness'
Release Date:
04/08/2016
... accept the idea that "effectiveness" -- defined as how well an organization is meeting a set of agreed-upon .....
Inaugural All Female Festival Launches In New York
Release Date:
05/09/2016
... circuit that celebrates female makers and creators will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2016 in Brooklyn, and will nurture creativity and promote entrepreneurship among ... The Other Festival showcases the women...
Rockefeller Foundation Announces Campaign to Achieve Workplace Equality
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... be done but aside from moving toward equality, the results will also be beneficial to everyone. “Companies with women ... profitable [than others].” The big question, however is how to achieve this. At a panel...
Novo Foundation Plans to Spend $90M to Improve the Lives of Young Women of Color
Release Date:
05/23/2016
... investment on Wednesday. T he foundation says this will be the largest single investment dedicated solely to ... female minorities in the United States. The foundation will canvas the nation, talking to girls...
Three Ways Ford Foundation's Shift To Inequality Will Affect Nonprofits Everywhere
Release Date:
05/24/2016
Three Ways Ford Foundation's Shift To Inequality Will Affect Nonprofits Everywhere Today, the Ford Foundation ... Gates Foundation in assets. You can imagine the hype it created when Ford Foundation announced...
Century Foundation Researcher Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases
Release Date:
06/07/2016
Century Foundation Researcher Says It 's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own ... there needs to be a dialogue about racial biases and how to recognize them in the classroom... Century...
Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Advocates for Keeping Artists in New York City
Release Date:
06/10/2016
... saw the Dance Theater of Harlem perform in Austin, Texas. " It was a transformational experience," said Walker, who is ... on inequality. And part of that effort includes examining how art and...
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2016
Why is Wage Theft on the Rise as the Minimum Wage Increases to $15?
Thursday, October 13, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... more difficult, yet more urgent than ever. Explore: How we can reverse the effects of wage theft How we can level the playing field for high-road, law-abiding businesses How workers can...
Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees
Release Date:
06/13/2016
... in understanding and treating low vision. Separate awards will fund researchers working on ways to improve the ... $300,000 Low Vision Research Award, which targets how the brain adapts to degraded visual...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App
Release Date:
06/29/2016
... Their final product is the ASK Brookly Museum app. It 's a chat interface that lets museum-goers talk to staff ... from visitors as soon as they comes through the app. But it 's teaching the museum...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Revised Funding Areas
Release Date:
08/02/2016
... We are staying true to our roots and are clearer now about how to drive significant change on the most urgent issues of ...
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Philanthropy and the Sustainable Development Goals: Funding at Home and Abroad
Friday, September 16, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... for those funding only within the United States, is how the SDGs are just as critical here at home as in any ... planning within the US and around the world, and find out how you and your foundation are...
Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers
Release Date:
09/26/2016
... on the Digital Economy’ (IDE), which explores how people and businesses can work, interact, and prosper in ...
Ms. Foundation for Women President Attends White House’s First South by South Lawn
Release Date:
10/05/2016
... chatted about the state of women in tech, our careers and how diverse and creative the other attendees in the line ...