Unemployment’s Steady Fall Could Signal Trouble—or a Broader Structural Shift
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... Structural Shift The unemployment rate has fallen to a 16- year low of 4.3% and may not be done falling. The question is ...
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The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy
Release Date:
08/25/2017
Even though the influence of women in philanthropy is not a novel idea, this new study shows that this influence will only continue to grow.
Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Over the years, the original Fair Share Criteria have been found to be non-transparent and filled with loopholes that city officials and agencies continue to exploit to this day, particularly when it comes to homeless shelter siting.
How to Succeed on a Nonprofit Board
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Dump your assumptions, and be curious.
Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy
Release Date:
08/30/2017
For those of us who experienced Superstorm Sandy, watching Texas suffer through Hurricane Harvey is like watching a sad sequel to a bad movie.
Family of Boy Who Wears Dresses Sues Education Department
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... of Boy Who Wears Dresses Sues Education Department A 5- year -old named Leo sat surrounded by toys on the floor of his ...
Bad Landlords Poised To Profit On De Blasio Plan To Turn Rent-Stabilized Buildings Into Long-Term Homeless Shelters
Release Date:
08/30/2017
The Department of Homeless Services is quietly finalizing more than $98 million in contracts that would turn five apartment buildings currently part of the notoriously mismanaged cluster site program into homeless shelters, and maintain six more as...
James and Charlotte Brooks Foundation Donates Art Holdings, Archives to Parrish Art Museum
Release Date:
08/30/2017
The James and Charlotte Brooks Foundation, which was established in 2010 to handle their legacies and art holdings, has decided to give all of its assets, including its art and archives, to the Parrish Art Museum, and to dissolve.
Canada Wants a New NAFTA to Include Gender and Indigenous Rights
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... core objectives, and second on the list was to make the 23- year -old pact “more progressive.” By that, the government ...
Commonwealth Fund: How the Affordable Care Act Has Helped Women Gain Insurance and Improved Their Ability to Get Health Care
Release Date:
08/31/2017
Prior to the Affordable Care Act, one-third of women who tried to buy a health plan on their own were either turned down, charged a higher premium because of their health, or had specific health problems excluded from their plans. Beginning in 2010...
Democratic Group Plans Attacks on G.O.P. Efforts to Undermine Obama Health Care Law
Release Date:
09/05/2017
For years, Republicans successfully battered Democrats for supporting the Affordable Care Act.
The New York Times Is Looking for Nonprofit Funding. Will It Succeed Where Others Have Failed?
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... Lands," a prodigious New York Times Magazine piece last year on the chaos in the Middle East, was an inadvertent .....
Bike-Share Expansion in Harlem, Astoria, and Central Brooklyn Starts Next Week
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... marking the final phase of planned expansion for the four- year -old bike-share system. Prospect Heights and Crown ...
Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts
Release Date:
09/06/2017
In 1998, the couple founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an organization committed to transforming rural communities through the arts. Over the next five years, the foundation plans to inject $20 million—in addition...
Raising Money from the Modern Family
Release Date:
09/06/2017
When fundraising efforts focus on couples, nonprofits miss some of their best potential donors. The typical donor profile is shifting fast, in part because women are often earning as much as or more than their husbands.
BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity
Release Date:
09/06/2017
After a fraught last few years in terms of national attention to issues of race, one would expect that nonprofit boards would demonstrate at least a modicum of advancement in the realm of diversity.
A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent
Release Date:
09/07/2017
On Wednesday, the U.S. Education Department confirmed that the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, would appear at George Mason University on Thursday to make a "major policy address on Title IX enforcement."
More Than 10 Million Children Live In Caribbean Countries Threatened By Hurricane Irma
Release Date:
09/07/2017
More than 10.5 million children live in the countries that are likely to be exposed to the damage from Hurricane Irma, UNICEF warned today.
Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... of grantees this fall. This fund will make one and two- year capacity-building grants of up to $25,000 for projects ...
Declaration Of Principles Across Hockey Takes NHL Where Other Pro Leagues Ought To Go
Release Date:
09/08/2017
At an announcement and ceremony in New York, stakeholders from the the NHL, NHL Players Association, and International Ice Hockey Federation, along with 14 major organizations across all levels of hockey signed on to a Declaration of Principles that...