Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President
Release Date:
01/05/2017
... until recently had been the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, ultimately said ...
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ESSA Explained: Inside the New Federal K-12 Law
Release Date:
01/13/2017
... to low-performing schools. And it gives big new leeway to states in calling the shots. That's a big change from the No .....
Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project
Release Date:
03/01/2017
... one of the largest private foundations in the United States , tomorrow will launch its 6 th annual community-wide ...
Supported by Greenwall Foundation, Study Finds Two-Thirds Of Americans See Docs Who Got Paid By Drug Companies
Release Date:
03/07/2017
... By Drug Companies A majority of patients in the United States visited a doctor who received payments from drug ...
Giving Parents a Prominent Voice in Schools
Release Date:
03/08/2017
Trise Moore, who is in charge of family engagement in Washington state’s Federal Way school district, helps parents navigate the system and ensures their voices are heard in major decisions.
Proteus Fund Announces a New Funder Collaborative to Oppose the Use of Religious Exemptions to Undermine Fundamental Rights
Release Date:
03/16/2017
The Rights Faith & Democracy Collaborative (RFDC) is a newly created grantmaking fund that opposes the inappropriate use of religious exemptions to curtail reproductive health, rights and justice, discriminate against members of the LGBTQ...
Soros-Funded Charities Targeted By Trump-Inspired Crackdown In East Europe
Release Date:
03/23/2017
... say they have also drawn inspiration from the United States , particularly from rightwing U.S. media like the ...
Open Society Awards $8 Million to Physicians for Human Rights
Release Date:
04/19/2017
... professionals and human rights advocates in the United States , East and Central Africa, and the Middle East... Open ...
Supported by Sloan Foundation, Study Finds New Quantum Liquid Crystals May Play Role in Future of Computers
Release Date:
04/21/2017
The Science study, titled "A parity-breaking electronic nematic phase transition in the spin-orbit coupled metal Cd2Re2O7," was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Army Research Office's Defense University Research Instrumentation...
Ford Foundation Supports GenForward Survey on Young Americans' Perceptions of Trump
Release Date:
04/21/2017
... Donald Trump, then a candidate for president of the United States , referring to some Mexican immigrants as rapists and ...
NYSHealth to Provide Funding For Free Health And Wellness Programming at Randall’s Island Park
Release Date:
04/21/2017
Randall’s Island Park Alliance announced that it has been awarded a 175,000 dollar grant from the New York State Health Foundation to provide funding for free health and wellness programming at Randall’s Island Park, with a focus on increasing...
Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds
Release Date:
05/04/2017
... by Mexico’s Research in Health and Demography, INSAD, states that 83 percent of married girls had left school, ...
"Demonization" of George Soros Recalls Old Anti-Semitic Conspiracies
Release Date:
05/16/2017
... from Hungary and Moscow across Europe and into the United States , with the 86-year-old increasingly accused by ...
Bloomberg, NYS Fund a 9/11 Rescue, Recovery Workers Memorial
Release Date:
05/31/2017
Rescue and recovery workers will get a permanent tribute at New York City's 9/11 memorial, officials said this week. While a design has not been completed, New York state and Bloomberg Philanthropies will underwrite the project.
Impact of Silicon Valley Community Foundation on Education around the Country Noted
Release Date:
06/07/2017
... like bureaucrats. In Maryland, Texas, Virginia and other states , Netflix’s chief, Reed Hastings, is championing a ...
Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving
Release Date:
06/15/2017
... jobs a key part of a winning campaign among Rust Belt states that carried him to election as president. Is this ...
With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Urban Design Team Proposes Outer Borough Light Rail
Release Date:
06/30/2017
Four teams consisting of architects, urban planners and designers were awarded $45,000 from the RPA and Rockefeller to address community development and environmental protection in four different tri-state areas.
Arcus and Novo Foundations' Global Trans Initiative Share U.S. Narratives
Release Date:
07/25/2017
... role for improving the lives of trans people in the United States . Arcus and Novo Foundations' Global Trans Initiative .....
More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are Appointing Chief Resilience Officers
Release Date:
07/28/2017
... the Trump administration’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement on mitigating global ...
Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries
Release Date:
08/18/2017
The Westchester Community Foundation (WCF) is funding a series, which will focus on the 200-year history of Sing Sing and its impact on prison reform, as well as current issues of incarceration, reform, rehabilitation and return to prison.