Ford and Luce Foundations Support Scholars Bringing Fresh Eyes to Well-worn Topics in SE Asia
Release Date:
11/23/2015
... When it comes to writing about the long-contentious issue of hydropower dams in Cambodia, there is little ground ...
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As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats
Release Date:
01/22/2016
As temperatures drop and a blizzard looms, NYC announced that 13,000 young students will receive new winter jackets paid for by private donors.
Ms. Foundation CEO Puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls
Release Date:
02/05/2016
Teresa Younger, Ms. Foundation, president and CEO, has been renewing the conversation about feminism and has launched a 52,000-mile “listening tour” with stops throughout the country.
Impact Investing's Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation)
Release Date:
02/19/2016
A recent Center for Strategic and International Studies event, 'Impact Investing: An Opportunity for Development?,' brought together a panel of experts to discuss impact investing and its potential to address global issues.
Funded by Research to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050
Release Date:
05/19/2016
Older women, minorities, especially Latinos, most at risk; aging baby boomers contribute to increase.
Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building
Release Date:
07/05/2016
... President of the Ford Foundation, has gone so far as to issue this brave statement about Ford’s historical practice ...
CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise
Release Date:
07/12/2016
Over the next three years, we will raise the minimum pay for 18,000 employees to between $12 and $16.50 an hour.
Century Foundation Fellow on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational Inequality
Release Date:
07/29/2016
“This is a preference that preferences the already advantaged,” observed Richard Kahlenberg, a Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation and a prolific writer on higher education issues.
Anthony Bourdain and Rockefeller Foundation Partner On Food Waste Documentary
Release Date:
11/01/2016
... be adding to his frequent flier miles, as he takes on the issue of food waste around the world in a new documentary. ...
Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty
Release Date:
01/12/2017
The Future Cities Accelerator announced 10 $100,000 grants to organizations devoted to improving the lives of the urban poor, with the hope that some will be successful enough to export to other cities.
Supported by Novo, Notorious New York Prison Is Reclaimed By The Women It Once Caged
Release Date:
01/18/2017
The project, called “The Women’s Building,” will offer office space for organizations advocating for women and children, and will serve as a global hub for people working on those issues.
New York Community Trust Weighs in on Distribution of Post-Trump Donations to Nonprofits
Release Date:
02/06/2017
In January, the New York Community Trust, issued a call for proposals for a new fund addressing “hate crimes and New York City residents’ fears of deportation, discrimination, arrest, and poverty.”
How Cuomo's Special Prosecutor Order Is Playing Out, 19 Months Later
Release Date:
02/28/2017
About 19 months ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order that was hailed by many advocates and elected officials as a bold and unprecedented step towards police accountability.
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens
Release Date:
04/14/2017
The foundation is particularly interested in applicants with training in different fields who want to apply their experience to understanding the role of microorganisms in shaping ocean processes and vice versa, including applicants with experience...
Helmsley Charitable Trust and Tiffany & Co. Foundation Support Effort to Untangle a Growing Web of Ocean Conservation Funding
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... of work happening and the complex science behind the issue . This can leave small or new donors feeling like they ...
Clark Foundation-Sponsored Forum Considers How NY Nonprofit Contractors Can Address Late and Under Payment
Release Date:
05/25/2017
New York City nonprofits providing services on behalf of local government are fed up with late payments and underpayments, and they aren't going to take it anymore.
Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel
Release Date:
06/12/2017
... The American Academy has been addressing this issue with a long-term project on the Global Nuclear Future. ...
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 to support a collaborative research project, Before Farm to Table: Early Modern Foodways and Cultures.
Holistic Therapy Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Mayo's pain program is one of a few around the country to address the emotional, social and psychological aspects of pain and reduce patients' reliance on addictive medicines. But as the nation faces an opioid epidemic, there needs to be more of...
Collective Impact Without Borders
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... multi-sector collaboration to address a systemic issue in a foreign country, two dimensions require particular ...