NYS Health Foundation Co-Authors Column on Blocking Immigrants from Essential Services
Release Date:
06/01/2017
... pay over $10 billion in property and income taxes a year , while bringing in one third of the overall ...
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Wallace, Ford, and Mellon on Strategies that Boost Arts Engagement Across Diverse Communities
Release Date:
06/09/2017
... be rolling out additional targeted studies over the next year . Mellon's grantmaking tends to focus on the young and .....
Markle Foundation: Trump's Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training
Release Date:
06/13/2017
... to work together if it is to be enacted later this year . Whatever the contours of the bill, the plan will have ...
Bloomberg, Gates, Others Pledge $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio
Release Date:
06/13/2017
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has announced public and private pledges totaling $1.2 billion in support of efforts to eradicate polio, including $450 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
A Better Gala—Here's How Pershing Square Marked a Key Milestone
Release Date:
06/19/2017
The Pershing Square Foundation stands out by backing some truly innovative grantees—and it highlighted social innovators through two panels.
Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students
Release Date:
06/28/2017
William T. Grant Foundation supported research at Stanford which found African-American and Latino students who completed self-affirming writing exercises in middle school took more challenging courses and were more likely to enroll in college,...
With Wallace Foundation Support, New Study Finds Principal Development Pipelines Both Beneficial and Affordable
Release Date:
07/10/2017
The Wallace Foundation continues its big push for school districts to develop better systems for recruiting, training and evaluating principals. We look at the latest encouraging news here.
Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short
Release Date:
07/17/2017
The United States spends far more on health care than other high-income countries, with spending levels that rose continuously over the past three decades, according to analysis by the Commonwealth Fund. Yet, the U.S. population has poorer health...
Are You the Future of Philanthropy? Apply for a 2018 TFN PLACES Fellowship!
Release Date:
07/19/2017
... an equity lens into their work. PLACES fellows embark on a year -long process focused on creating more equitable ...
Morgan Stanley Lights Up Times Square for the New York Women’s Foundation
Release Date:
07/20/2017
The New York Women’s Foundation will be featured in lights of Times Square, thanks to Morgan Stanley’s Lights on Broadway campaign, which builds public awareness of nonprofit organizations.
Reaching the Unbanked: Citi Inclusive Finance Wins Euromoney Award
Release Date:
07/20/2017
One in four people in the world is unbanked, leaving them completely outside the system of formal financial services which can serve as bridge out of poverty. As a direct result of its Inclusive Finance efforts—led by Bob Annibale, global director...
Simons Foundation-Supported Research: New Map May Lead to Drug Development for Complex Brain Disorders
Release Date:
07/25/2017
A study of protein interactions could be the first step to finding treatments that focus on problematic pathways, USC researcher says.
Folger Receives $1.5M from Mellon Foundation for Collaborative Research Project on Early Modern Foodways & Cultures
Release Date:
07/27/2017
... The Folger Shakespeare Library has been awarded a four- year , $1.5 million grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ...
The Blaustein Foundation Focuses on Mental Health Diversion
Release Date:
07/28/2017
The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation funds $150,000 pilot to pair Baltimore police officers with social workers on calls that involve people in the throes of a mental health crisis in an effort to calm situations that can easily move from...
Overbrook Foundation: A Small Family Funder Trying to Cure What Ails Environmentalism
Release Date:
08/01/2017
Sometimes it’s the smaller foundations that take on the most audacious goals. One example of such a funder is the Overbrook Foundation, which has worked during the past few years to improve an underperforming U.S. environmental movement.
American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking
Release Date:
08/11/2017
... grant complements American Express’ $5 million, multi- year commitment in support of mobilizing one million ...
Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities
Release Date:
08/17/2017
... that dot the neighborhood. Tassafaronga Village, a six- year -old, $52.8 million LEED Gold housing redevelopment ...
Do You Promote or Impede Real Change?
Release Date:
08/21/2017
... media outlets), but givers, builders and visionaries. This year , the campaign architects are making a concerted effort ... is no monopoly on giving; it is simply a choice. As this year ’s Black Philanthropy...
He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller's Philanthropy and Legacy
Release Date:
08/22/2017
After David Rockefeller’s death on March 20, at the age of 101, the New York Times ran a full-page obituary about his life and career. The article made much of his time at Chase Bank, but gave only passing attention to Rockefeller’s long and varied...
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 ...