Century Foundation Report: Toward a More Secure Retirement for Domestic Workers
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... as nannies, housecleaners, or other kinds of caregivers in private homes. It then lays out some of the options available ...
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Supported in Part by Ford Foundation, Smithsonian Launches American Women’s History Initiative
Release Date:
11/14/2018
... the United States. Funding from the federal government and private sources has allowed the Smithsonian to hire six ...
Wallace Foundation Awards $4.5 Million to Say Yes to Education
Release Date:
10/29/2013
... urban school districts, announced today that 11 additional private colleges and universities have joined the ...
Ford Foundation to Open First Detroit Office In 64 Years
Release Date:
05/31/2017
The Ford Foundation is getting ready to open its first office in Detroit since leaving the city in 1953 as it ramps up an initiative to invest in affordable housing in Detroit.
William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth
Release Date:
08/03/2013
... and the use of research evidence in the policies and practices that affect youth. Four of the seven projects focus ...
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Funds British Artist's MoMA Exhibition
Release Date:
10/24/2016
MoMA PS1 will present the first comprehensive U.S. survey of the pioneering British artist Mark Leckey and the largest exhibition of his work to date.
SIFMA Foundation Game Simulates Global Capital Markets to Engage Students
Release Date:
07/26/2016
... 4-12. The goal is to teach them the world of economics, investing and personal finance. The game is part of a ...
Andrew Golden Joins Rita Allen Foundation Board of Directors
Release Date:
03/23/2017
Andrew K. Golden, President of the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), has been elected to the Rita Allen Foundation Board of Directors.
Rockefeller Foundation Helps Speed Up Development of Minigrids in Africa
Release Date:
03/28/2017
... and groups such as the Rockefeller Foundation are investing time and money with the goal of speeding economic ...
Arcus Foundation Names Adrian Coman Director of International Human Rights
Release Date:
02/01/2013
... , a leading global foundation advancing pressing social justice and conservation issues, has announced Adrian ... such as at the United Nations. As part of its new social justice strategy, Arcus will work...
Inside Rockefeller Foundation’s $20 Million Plan to Improve Energy Access in India
Release Date:
09/05/2018
The Rockefeller Foundation recently announced it will invest $20 million to expand energy access in rural India over the next three years. Off-grid renewable minigrids, as microgrids are known in India, figure prominently in the foundation’s plans.
How Foundations Use Communications to Advance Their Public Policy Work
Publication date:
05/2010
This study examines how foundations that wish to engage in public policy are using communications to expand the reach and impact of their work. It reveals that communications is at the very center of successful policy engagement for the foundations interviewed, which make use of ten distinctly ...
Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation
Publication date:
03/2009
... taking a strategic approach to maximize a foundation’s impact . It describes how Flinn’s leaders narrowed the ...
Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time
Release Date:
12/16/2015
... indicator of your life expectancy, and has a greater impact on your health, than genetics. For example, look at ... lived in the early 1920s. Geography has such a profound impact on health because it...
Senators Fight To Save Tax Break For Newman's Own Foundation
Release Date:
01/19/2018
... punitive provision in the tax code, which stipulates that private foundations are prohibited from owning more than 20 percent ... This provision would amend the tax code to exempt private...
Philip Li Elected to Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Board of Directors
Release Date:
01/15/2014
... the Brooklyn Community Foundation by converting it from a private philanthropic institution to a public charity. He ... philanthropic services group. He began his career in the private sector, working at...
Surdna Foundation Promotes Worker Co-Ops to Overcome Wealth Inequality
Release Date:
04/20/2016
As we consider how to make a wholesale shift in the economic system, have we thought about how a shift in the structure of our workplaces could change the game?
Springboard for the Arts Receives $750,000 From Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
07/08/2014
... vibrant communities by connecting artists with the resources they need to make a living and a life.... ...
Wallace Foundation Continues Investigation on Role of Principals In Improving Schools
Release Date:
06/06/2016
... from The Wallace Foundation, which has poured a lot of resources into the question of the role of principals for ...
NYS Health Foundation Gives $100,000 to Healthy Neighborhoods Challenge
Release Date:
07/11/2016
As part of its Healthy Neighborhoods Challenge, In Our Backyards (ioby) — a nonprofit, civic crowd-resourcing platform — is looking for people with project ideas.