NY Women’s Foundation’s Oliveira Offers Blueprint for Investing in Vulnerable Young Girls
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... in order to promote their progress. New York City is home to 450,000 girls under the age of eight. Fully ...
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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... U.S. residents speak a language other than English at home , that number represents only 20.7 percent of the total ...
Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners
Release Date:
03/17/2017
The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), an initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation, USAID, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), has announced the twelve winners of the Water Window Challenge.
Philanthropist David Rockefeller Dies at 101
Release Date:
03/20/2017
... of American capitalism, died on Monday morning at his home in Pocantico Hills, N.Y. He was 101. A family spokesman, ...
'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke's Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia
Release Date:
04/12/2017
Through its Building Bridges grants program, the DDCF is committed to finding common ground between American Muslims and non-Muslims through the arts.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement
Release Date:
05/19/2017
... from their families or receive income from the sale of a home or other physical assets. The disparity in retirement ...
Century Foundation Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning
Release Date:
08/04/2017
To bolster the 1968 Fair Housing Act, we need a new “economic fair housing act” to prohibit or discourage local ordinances that unnecessarily exclude people from entire neighborhoods and their schools.
Opinion: With Or Without DACA, New York Must Step Up For Immigrant Communities
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... DACA, New York Must Step Up For Immigrant Communities I came to the United States when I was 14 years old from Ecuador. I came here to join my ... had already been in the U.S. for years,...
Twin Megastorms Have Scientists Fearing This May Be The New Normal
Release Date:
09/07/2017
For many scientists they are a worrying sign of a “new normal” in which extreme weather events become more intense as a result of manmade climate change.
Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... to seek asylum in Italy, violence and persecution back home meant the choice was clear: “We risked our lives to ...
Westchester Community Foundation Announces Institute for Strong Nonprofits
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... York Community Trust, which has earned a reputation as the home of charitable New Yorkers who share a passion for the ...
A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... of auto-repair shops that occupied the land move to a new home in the Bronx. Four years later, the Willets Point ...
Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... the U.S. as minors and often know no other place to call home . The well-being of these young people has long concerned ...
Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... in March 2011, when they were forced to flee their home in Syria due to the violent civil war. Today, they live ...
Kathy Halbreich of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... also runs a residency program in Rauschenberg’s former home on Captiva Island, Fla., but because the house was ...
Schools’ Response to Bullying Is Questioned After Fatal School Stabbing
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... After Fatal School Stabbing When Eugene Harding came home Wednesday evening, he turned on the evening news to ... — now accused of murder — flashed on the screen. “ I looked at the kid and my gut sense was, ‘...
David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... a $500 million renovation of the New York Philharmonic’s home , David Geffen Hall, a project to which he had donated ... the most important cultural institution in New York, I think is too bad and shameful,” Mr...
NADA to Launch Acquisition Gift Fund for Pérez Art Museum Miami
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... Art putting the finishing touches on its new permanent home , this season is a big one for the Miami museum world, ...
Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico
Release Date:
11/16/2017
Three major U.S.-based foundations on Wednesday pledged an initial $5 million to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria, including the creation of an advisory commission to help guide reconstruction efforts.
Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects
Release Date:
01/16/2018
... a tiny house that will be donated and eventually become home for a local homeless person or family. ... Toshiba ...