Rockefeller-founded Asia Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U.S. & Asia
Release Date:
03/15/2016
... understanding between the peoples of Asia and the United States . The Society has since grown from a small New York ...
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Carnegie Supports New American Academy Of Arts & Sciences Report On The Public Good Of Public Research Universities
Release Date:
03/22/2016
Public research universities are anchors of stability and growth in their regions—vital to economic development and the creative economy. This is among the findings in "Public Research Universities: Serving the Public Good," a new publication...
Carnegie: Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough
Release Date:
03/24/2016
... into the complex at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the United States stores most of its weapons-grade uranium. They cut ...
NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women
Release Date:
03/29/2016
As Women's History Month 2016 draws to a close, some might be tempted to think that our work is done – it is not. The work of gender equity continues. NY Women's and Novo foundations are noted for philanthropic investment in programs for women and...
Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers
Release Date:
04/04/2016
... exploring new methods for helping wildlife in the United States to adapt to rapidly shifting environmental conditions ...
NCRP Reviews New York Community Trust
Release Date:
04/13/2016
The New York Community Trust is committed to investing in underserved communities and equity, and mostly follows through on those goals to achieve results, a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy's Philamplify initiative...
Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... teachers to drive transformation in schools, districts and states , including the development of policies that affect ...
Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities
Release Date:
05/18/2016
... to long-standing urban economic challenges in the United States – including economic development, environment ...
Ford Foundation Appoints John Irons as Director of Inclusive Economies
Release Date:
05/19/2016
An economist by training, Irons led work on U.S. employment, including employment in a green economy, and a project on state and metropolitan innovation in partnership with the Brookings Institution.
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.
Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status
Release Date:
08/12/2016
... in Higher Education, which operates four colleges in six states as well as an online degree program, will have to ...
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Backs Promising News Collaborative
Release Date:
08/25/2016
The foundation will support the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University's launch of local/national news partnership project that will show community sites in Jersey how, for example, they can produce the same eye-catching data...
Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Voluntary summer-learning programs can help narrow academic achievement gaps between children from low-income families and those from high-income families, a report from the Wallace Foundation and the RAND Corporation finds.
With Support from the Russell Sage Foundation, Researchers Analyze the Rise of White Identity in Politics
Release Date:
10/21/2016
... evidence that ongoing demographic changes in the United States are increasing white racial identity. White identity, ...
Governor Cuomo Announces Nearly $21.6 Million for Eight Supportive Housing Projects
Release Date:
10/21/2016
Funding to Support Construction of Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Including Veterans and their Families.
Anthony Bourdain and Rockefeller Foundation Partner On Food Waste Documentary
Release Date:
11/01/2016
... instead of being used to feed the hungry. In the United States , families trash about fourth of the food they buy, at ...
Weinberg Foundation Makes New Commitment to Military Members and Their Families
Release Date:
11/16/2016
... one of the largest private foundations in the United States , today welcomes community, civic, and business leaders ...
Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project
Release Date:
11/18/2016
... and 619 unique dance works that have toured to all 50 states and Washington, D.C., reaching over 2.7 million ...
Rockefeller Continues to Fight Exxon Mobil on Climate Change
Release Date:
11/22/2016
Exxon Mobile, which has been accused of scheming to pay surrogates to deny the threat of climate change, is trying to turn the tables by calling its opponents the real conspirators.
Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... of the CEOs of large, staffed foundations in the United States believe foundations have the potential to make a ...