Bank of America Grant and Volunteers Support Partnership with Eva’s Village
Release Date:
01/25/2017
... organization, partners with local businesses and community groups to raise funds for its 20 integrated anti-poverty ...
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Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation
Release Date:
02/22/2017
A recent $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will help Georgetown carry out its commitment to produce scholarship that helps the nation better understand and address its legacies of slavery, racism and discrimination.
Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan
Release Date:
03/20/2017
... legislation. But some health-care advocacy groups say the current debate on Capitol Hill lacks an ...
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May
2017
Monthly Immigration Policy Calls: Recent Policy Developments and Their Impact - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, May 18, 2017 -
4:00pm to 5:15pm
... advisors, and members and staff of funder affinity groups and regional associations of grantmakers. ...
Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research
Release Date:
05/12/2017
... and the native-born of different racial and ethnic groups and generations. The initiative falls under RSF's .....
With Bloomberg Support, Rice University Researcher Maps “How to Succeed in College”
Release Date:
05/31/2017
What are common characteristics of student success in college? A team of researchers, including one from Rice University, narrowed it down to several: having a sense of belonging, intrinsic motivation, personal goals and a growth mindset.
Pinkerton Foundation Supports Hofstra Northwell Medical Scholars Pipeline Program Class of 2017
Release Date:
07/06/2017
... thanks to multiple donors. A legion of charitable groups has pumped some $85,000 into the school’s Medical ...
Rockefeller Foundation Backs Nonprofit ETF Startup
Release Date:
08/01/2017
The Rockefeller Foundation is helping to finance a startup hoping to build exchange-traded funds for nonprofit organizations and direct the profits back to their causes.
Robert Sterling Clark Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community
Release Date:
08/22/2017
... the KKK, White Supremacists, anti-Semites, and other groups that breed hate and violence. And now the terrorism in ...
As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Successful schools, analysts say, will increasingly be the ones that expand their programs to suit the changing needs of employers.
Fatherhood After 40? It's Becoming A Lot More Common
Release Date:
08/31/2017
In the U.S., the average age a woman gives birth to her first child has been rising. And, a study published Thursday in Human Reproduction shows dads are getting older, too.
Sustainable Business Model Innovation
Release Date:
08/30/2017
Proposing a form of business model innovation that focuses less on optimizing current oppurtunities and more on creating new ones
Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Africa contributes only 4 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, while six of the 10 most affected countries by climate change are in Africa, warns a major agricultural research for development partnership, while stressing the urgent need to...
14
Sep
2017
Dreams in Limbo: A Look at the Future of DACA, Young Immigrants, and How Funders Can Respond
Thursday, September 14, 2017 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
... advisors, and members and staff of funder affinity groups and regional associations of grantmakers. ...
Nonprofit Offers Guidance for Charities Worried About Deportation Raids
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... Immigration and Customs Enforcement comes knocking? Some groups are working to educate themselves and others to answer ...
The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness
Release Date:
09/13/2017
"Social entrepreneurship has proven to provide impactful innovations for poverty alleviation ," says Abby Maxman, President of OxFam America. Maxman was among a diverse group of people working on poverty eradication who contributed to a recent...
In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years To Improving Local Schools
Release Date:
09/18/2017
In the eve of her 92nd birthday, Lottie Raukx wasn’t going to let the aches of arthritis or numbness of neuropathy slow down her fight for Harlem’s public schools.
The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... and the size of the databases grows, civil-liberties groups , defense attorneys and advocates are ringing alarm ...
Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Stanford University Press’s digital publishing program gives scholars an extraordinary opportunity to publish and peer review their interactive scholarship.
Presidential Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... Trump took office in January. Although members of the groups have reached out, the White House has not responded. . ...