Hurricane Sandy Giving Stories
... is working with the Community Foundation of New Jersey to survey arts organizations and artists in New Jersey to better ... support to relief efforts and is putting additional resources and processes in place...
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Jun
2014
The Future of Finance: Shifting Power and Wealth from Wall Street to Main Street
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
View resources and live recording of this program. Part of Can Philanthropy Help Shape the Next Economy ? A Workshop Series for a Just Transition . The financialization of our economy is a driving...
Could Universal Pre-K Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline?
Release Date:
06/19/2014
... Jeanne Reid, research scientist at Columbia University’s Teachers College. Although low-income children are often ...
China’s Xi Slams Unwillingness to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... President Xi Jinping on Tuesday warned that the world economy faces growing risks and uncertainties from countries ... climate change, delivering an implicit rebuke to his American counterpart, Donald Trump...
Four Practices to Help You Work (and Sleep) Better
... urgency and conflicts. Even equipped with outsized resources , technical know-how, and a detailed map, you and ...
The State of Philanthropy Tech and Implications for Our Workplace
Publication date:
03/2023
... Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) conducted a survey to better understand the technology environment, ... in its third version, the 2022 State of Philanthropy Tech survey compiled results from 277 grantmaking organizations ...
Uprooting Racism to Advance Health Equity
Release Date:
01/04/2022
... years of structural racism have deprived Black families of resources that accumulate and transfer from one generation to ... Black woman adopted from the child welfare system by White parents , and I’ve been...
Russell Sage Foundation-Supported Study Details How The System Fails Grandmothers Raising Kids
Release Date:
01/06/2016
... For a new study, researchers interviewed 77 African- American grandmothers living in some of the poorest areas of ... children, navigating the complications of getting state resources they desperately need,...
Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice
Release Date:
07/15/2016
... getting a good education. The next year, in another Gallup survey , almost half of whites said that blacks had just as ... see that these white beliefs were delusional, and in other survey questions whites...
Milbank Memorial Fund, John A. Hartford Foundation, Commonwealth Fund Support Study That Reveals How ACOs Use Home Visits to Improve Care and Reduce Hospital Use
Release Date:
06/21/2019
... an increasingly prominent role in efforts to reform the American healthcare system. “We focused on ACOs because we ... and Clinical Practice. The researchers used national survey data from physician practices...
Edwin Gould Foundation and the Education Writers Association Announced the Winner of the Eddie Award
Release Date:
06/19/2018
... affluent backgrounds on summer study programs in Central American together, BEAM, which finds and cultivates strong ... open-sourced educational technology to help classroom teachers provide classical writing...
10
Dec
2020
Uncovering Dyslexia, NYC’s Literacy Crisis and its Effects Across Systems
Thursday, December 10, 2020 -
9:00am to 10:30am
... opportunities. Instead, most literacy programs used in American schools leave more than half the students struggling ... equally grim. In fact, Mississippi implemented a statewide teacher training program in...
Using Documentary Films to Promote Change
Release Date:
09/30/2014
... healthcare, the environment, social justice and the American food system. Before each film, there is a ... the story of Hina Wong-Kalu, a transgender native Hawaiian teacher and cultural icon who brings to...
COVID-19 Could Mean Extinction for Many Charities
Release Date:
03/23/2020
... work through no fault of their own should still be paid ( teachers are paid if school is closed). Government agencies ... into the sector. We can't afford to lose these precious resources . The work of...
Open Society Foundations Announce 2018 Leadership in Government Fellows
Release Date:
03/05/2018
... growing number of Americans in independent contractor, gig economy and temporary work arrangements. These are the ... about how to better navigate government and leverage its resources to develop strategies...
Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - October 2023
Release Date:
10/27/2023
... from an early age. It was only when a perceptive Black teacher recognized my potential that I began to receive ... to those who have, for too long, been left out of the American dream. It’s important to note...
Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - October 2023
Release Date:
10/25/2023
... from an early age. It was only when a perceptive Black teacher recognized my potential that I began to receive ... to those who have, for too long, been left out of the American dream. It’s important to note...
Overdeck and Simons Foundations Launch "Science Everywhere" to Inspire Math and Science Learning Beyond the Classroom
Release Date:
01/25/2017
... with DonorsChoose.org . Science Everywhere challenges teachers across the country to submit ideas on the ... Leland Melvin will award five $5,000 prizes to the teachers who submit the best ideas... Overdeck...
Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning
Release Date:
12/05/2017
... support the retention and professional development of teachers . Schools can implement programs that train teachers in delivering SEL, as well as support their own ...