IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy
Release Date:
06/08/2017
... of the globe's biggest inequalities and threats by the year 2030... IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve .....
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Edna McConnell Clark’s PropelNext Initiative Shows Promising Results
Release Date:
06/12/2017
Two years after PropelNext, most Alumni 2015 grantees are strengthening the quality of their programs and, with growing revenues, are also expanding services to reach more youth, according to an inital assessment by the evaluation team.
Commonwealth Fund: The American Health Care Act: Economic and Employment Consequences for States
Release Date:
06/14/2017
Repealing certain elements of the ACA—the Medicaid expansion and premium tax credits—could lead to 2.6 million jobs lost and lower gross state products of $1.5 trillion over five years, the Commonwealth Fund reports
Rockefeller Foundation Supports A “Carbon Yield” Methodology to Compare Environmental Impact of Investments in Renewable Energy
Release Date:
06/23/2017
... in a market where sales will surge 30 percent this year to a record $123 billion, according to a Bloomberg New ...
Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time
Release Date:
07/13/2017
A new report from the Urban Institute tells much of the reason why the nation’s prison and jail population has dropped only slightly in recent years: Prisoners sentenced to long terms under laws passed in previous decades still are locked up, and...
Five Questions for Laurie Tisch, Founder/President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Release Date:
07/24/2017
... to support access and opportunity for New Yorkers by year 's end, describes philanthropy as something that's in her .....
Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications
Release Date:
08/03/2017
Richard Vevers worked in ad agencies for 10 years, then left to become an underwater photographer and ended up founding a not-for-profit organization called The Ocean Agency. His films of coral reefs are spreading the word about climate change...
Ford Foundation Awards NABJ Grant Ahead Of Its 42nd Annual Convention And Career Fair
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... funds will aide the organization to implement its multi- year strategic plan. “As we move forward with implementing ...
The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism
Release Date:
08/11/2017
The Overbrook Foundation has worked during the past few years to improve an underperforming U.S. environmental movement.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Provides Support to Sheltering Arms to Open New Building to Serve Children and Families
Release Date:
08/25/2017
Sheltering Arms, Georgia’s largest nonprofit early education and child care organization, announced the opening of its newest center during a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on the campus of Barack and Michelle Obama Academy (formerly D.H. Stanton...
Cuomo Administration Bullish On State Climate Action After RGGI Agreement
Release Date:
08/28/2017
The head of the state Department of Environmental Conservation said there's a good chance the Northeast agreement between states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the power sector will expand after the members this week agreed to lower caps in...
Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Front-crawling through the water during her swim lesson at Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx one recent Tuesday morning, Kiara García, now 8, hardly seemed to think she was doing anything unusual.
Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism
Release Date:
08/28/2017
The British media company, The Guardian, is fully embracing a new moneymaking strategy in the face of industrywide revenue problems: philanthropy.
Syria’s War Created Millions Of Refugees. Some Might Be Forced To Return Home.
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... least 5.1 million people have left Syria during the six- year conflict, with most seeking safety in Turkey, Jordan and ...
Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs More than a year -and-a-half after the Fund for Public Housing officially ...
Opinion: Vacant Lots And Properties Could House New York City’s Homeless
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... people has risen a staggering 40 percent since last year , according to the most recent annual count. New York is ...
Here Are 3 Ways Negotiation Skills Keep Advancing Gender Equality
Release Date:
08/29/2017
While women continue to advance in unprecedented ways, the journey towards full equality is still evolving. The history of that journey is also surprisingly young.
How to Build a Strong Local Food System
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... of to truck vegetables from Florida or California all year round in order to feed hungry people in the central U.S. ...
Russell Sage Foundation to Publish Book on Home Health Care Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing?
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... education and little if any training, making $20,000 a year . And that’s if you are lucky. If you live in rural ...
Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... public-private collaboration is the first between a four- year college in the state university system and the ...