The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
03/13/2014
... fuel investments. "Divestment" was not a household word when it became a central strategy for ending international .....
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CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high
Release Date:
05/30/2014
... nationwide total is the highest for late May since 1994, when 764 cases were reported, the CDC says. It surpasses the ...
Richard Rockefeller Killed in Plane Crash
Release Date:
06/13/2014
... David Rockefeller, was killed Friday morning when the small plane he was piloting crashed shortly after ...
The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge
Release Date:
07/08/2014
... as Forbes notes, the idea was first advanced 125 years ago when Andrew Carnegie, whose money endowed Carnegie ...
Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Bloomberg L.P.
Release Date:
09/03/2014
... intention of returning full time to the company he founded. When he left politics, Mr. Bloomberg, 72, was expected to ...
Do Health Care Costs Fuel Economic Inequality in the United States?
Release Date:
09/09/2014
... in all forms—wages and benefits—as a single expense. When health insurance premiums go up, employers may reduce ...
Financing the Social Sector
Release Date:
09/15/2014
... Funders and investors should keep the following in mind when considering whether to support nonprofit organizations ...
From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream
Release Date:
11/11/2014
... was beyond the horizon." His life changed in 1965, when his mother, Beulah Spencer, a nurse's aide, enrolled the .....
Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC?
Release Date:
11/12/2014
... to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC? When Mayor de Blasio announced plans last week to turn around ...
Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate
Release Date:
11/20/2014
... While Capitol Hill may have been consistently deadlocked when it comes to building meaningful legislation on ...
Elton John and Darren Walker on Race, Sexual Identity and Leaving the Past Behind
Release Date:
12/01/2014
... and Darren Walker. Still, the two found much in common when they met in the presidential suite of the Four Seasons ...
Rockefeller Foundation Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films
Release Date:
01/22/2015
... Study on Gender Images in Films What happens when specific groups of people are not seen or heard? The ...
Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post
Release Date:
02/26/2015
Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post " When I transitioned into education at the New York City .....
Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries
Release Date:
04/06/2015
... library funding to 2008 levels — a desperate time when the city was threatened by the worst financial crisis ...
Covenant Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls
Release Date:
04/14/2015
... Examines the Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls When Jewish education promotes self-discovery, challenges ...
Winners of the 2015 Pershing Square Sohn Prize Announced
Release Date:
05/11/2015
... pursue cutting-edge research at a stage in their research when traditional funding is lacking.... Winners of the ...
City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools
Release Date:
06/29/2015
... Language Requirement in Public Schools At a time when the public and private sectors are struggling to create ...
Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison
Release Date:
07/29/2015
... funds for college education largely dried up in the 1990s, when Congress rendered prisoners ineligible for federal ...
Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants?
Release Date:
07/31/2015
... to polypharmacy, or multiple drugs taken at once, when prescribing psychotropic drugs in this population, ...
What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond
Release Date:
08/10/2015
... long-term savings. Repayment of upfront funds is triggered when an independent evaluator certifies that programs have ...