Chefs Learn to Influence Food-Systems Policy
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... of PowerPoint presentations, trying to grasp how Congress works and wrestling with some of the thorniest policy issues ...
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The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern
Release Date:
09/26/2017
As the police have gotten more aggressive about collecting genetic material, they've quietly amassed a giant database of DNA profiles without any laws and little oversight over how they can use it.
With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Hundreds of schools are missing teachers and support staff two weeks into the school year, with many of the openings in high-poverty districts and struggling schools that are typically the hardest to staff, according to postings on a city database...
How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege?
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Marriage, which used to be the default way to form a family in the United States, regardless of income or education, has become yet another part of American life reserved for those who are most privileged.
Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Stanford University Press’s digital publishing program gives scholars an extraordinary opportunity to publish and peer review their interactive scholarship.
Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Silicon Valley has for years accommodated a fringe element of men who say women are ruining the tech world.
Tumult After AIDS Fund-Raiser Supports Harvey Weinstein Production
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... at a fund-raiser for amfAR, a New York-based charity that works to cure AIDS. The offers — a sitting with a famous ...
Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Archivists, librarians and TV news professionals will make the journey to Vanderbilt University next year to discuss the future of preserving broadcast television news.
Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Called the NH Humanities Collaborative, the effort is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant is the first of its kind pairing a community college system with a flagship public university and it explicitly recognizes and supports the...
'Massive Anxiety' As Turkey Cracks Down On International NGOs
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Just before Ramadan in late spring 2017, the full might of the Turkish state descended on a foreign aid agency in the border town of Gaziantep. Six different government agencies, among them the migration directorate and the gendarmerie, had come to...
De Blasio Taps Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza To Head Department of Environmental Protection
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Mayor de Blasio will officially name Vincent Sapienza commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, more than a year after the last permanent head left.
General Motors Is Going All Electric
Release Date:
10/03/2017
After more than a century peddling vehicles that pollute the atmosphere, General Motors is ending its relationship with gasoline and diesel.
Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
A land use proposal to redevelop the 138,000-square-foot, publicly-owned Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights to create a mix of different types of housing and a state-of-the-art recreation center has seen successive setbacks in recent months.
Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Google says over the next five years it will spend $1 billion on nonprofit organizations helping to raise education levels around the world and commit its employees to a million hours of volunteer work doing the same.
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Recognizes Young Volunteers from Every State
Release Date:
10/17/2017
Prudential sponsors the United States' largest youth recognition program based solely on volunteer community service.
The Heumann Perspective: Ford Foundation
Release Date:
01/05/2018
Ford Foundation Senior Fellow and human & disability rights advocate Judy Heumann investigates how our grantmakers are including a disability lens in their areas of work.
A Conversation with Rockefeller Foundation’s Rajiv Shah
Release Date:
01/12/2018
The former USAID administrator, and president of one of the United States’ largest foundations, reflects on the role of philanthropy in times of austerity and the greatest challenges Rockefeller is undertaking both domestically and abroad.
Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Two New Books on Advocacy and Government Partnerships
Release Date:
03/16/2018
Atlantic Philanthropies releases new books exploring how philanthropy can partner with government and support advocacy campaigns.
Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award
Release Date:
04/16/2018
Cities of Service today announced 10 finalists for the Engaged Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are working creatively to tap the wisdom, talents, and energy of community members to solve public problems.
JPMorgan Chase, Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation Back Development in Detroit's North End and Grandmont-Rosedale Neighborhoods
Release Date:
05/11/2018
Develop Detroit will build or rehab or build 70 new homes in the North End and Grandmont-Rosedale neighborhoods.