Rockefeller Continues to Fight Exxon Mobil on Climate Change
Release Date:
11/22/2016
... state attorneys general, journalists and environmental groups in an all-out campaign to defend its image. But ...
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City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
12/01/2016
The City of Paynesville, outside Monrovia, has been admitted to the group of 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation and dedicated to helping member cities around the world become more resilient to physical, social, and...
Andrea Ritchie, Soros Justice Fellow and Co-author Talks About “Say Her Name”
Release Date:
05/10/2016
Andrea Ritchie coordinates the policing subgroup of the LGBT federal criminal justice working group. She gave a PHIL Talk that not only "said their names" and told their stories, but presented startling statistics on police brutality show gender and...
Mellon Foundation Supports African, Latin American and Native American Collections Research at Princeton
Release Date:
02/14/2017
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Princeton University a grant of $300,000 to support three years of specialist research in targeted areas of the collections as part of the Art Museum’s multiyear Collections Discovery Initiative.
Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners
Release Date:
03/17/2017
... $10 million, awarded grants of up to $1 million to a dozen groups working to provide innovative solutions — from ...
Ford Foundation, Tow Foundation and Others Launch $14M Fund To Support News Integrity
Release Date:
04/03/2017
Ford Foundation, Tow Foundation and others help launch $14M global News Integrity Initiative administered by CUNY to improve online news literacy.
Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year
Release Date:
04/25/2017
... from a cross-section of government, business and community groups , emphasized that the region’s overall economy would ...
Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’
Release Date:
05/03/2017
... increase in anti-Semitic acts. They are organizing vast groups of people who are showing up at airports and in the ...
The Army Infantry’s First Women
Release Date:
05/26/2017
The Army has sought to play down the significance of the mixed-gender milestone. But female grunts see it as monumental and revolutionary.
Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues
Release Date:
08/16/2017
As climate change pushes U.S. cities to build protections against stronger storms and more frequent floods, the Rockefeller Foundation is helping cities with a novel kind of financing, one that transfers some of the risk of innovative projects from...
Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Report on Telehealth Private Payer Laws
Release Date:
08/23/2017
Many state health policy leaders are interested in telehealth—the use of technology to deliver health care to patients in a setting different from that of the provider—as a way of expanding patient access to care, especially in rural areas. State...
A Golf Center Grows in Harlem
Release Date:
08/28/2017
A leader of the Bridge Golf Foundation hopes it will be a “model for progressive gentrification” through its work with underprivileged and mostly black adolescent boys.
A Secret Weapon In The Fight Against Islamophobia
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... their money and quietly began giving solely to nonprofit groups in the United States — no mosques, no overseas ...
Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?
Release Date:
09/06/2017
"We are still in." On June 5, with these four words a group of U.S. businesses and investors with a combined annual revenue of $1.4 trillion sent a powerful message to the world: U.S. President Donald Trump may have withdrawn from the Paris...
Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Cheering crowds greeted the 80-year-old Argentine pontiff as he prayed for the country to heal the wounds of war — though some warned that forgiveness was hard after so much violence.
Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... form by a coalition of community, tenant and clergy groups called the Bronx Coalition for a Community Vision. ...
Russell Sage Foundation Quoted in Article on Men’s Salaries in Decline
Release Date:
09/14/2017
"Men are doing worse than they were in 1973," said Sheldon Danziger, president of the Russell Sage Foundation, which focuses on poverty research. "Women's earnings are substantially higher, but men's earnings have declined."
Data-Driven Gender Equality
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... 2030, an initiative to empower advocates and civil-society groups with easy-to-use evidence to assess progress toward ...
Aging Out of Foster Care Makes Eating Right a Challenge
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Tony Turner knew he had to improve his eating habits to reverse a recent diagnosis of prediabetes, but, after several years in the foster care system, he did not know where to start.
These Companies Support Climate Action, So Why Are They Funding Opposition To It?
Release Date:
09/19/2017
A tale of Paris climate agreement supporters, political spending and unintended consequences.