The Rockefeller Foundation and USAID Launch $100 Million Partnership
Release Date:
08/04/2014
... Summit, the Resilience Partnership will institute a new model for solving the complex and interrelated challenges ...
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Ford Statement on Importance of Arts Amidst Pressing Poverty
Release Date:
08/18/2015
... by the court to commission artwork to decorate its new building . At the time, some asked whether it was right to ...
American Express Puts Nonprofit Leadership Programs Online
Release Date:
10/29/2015
... the American Express Foundation is starting an ambitious new digital effort to train aspiring charity executives. ...
Ford Foundation Names Kathy Reich as Director for Effort to Strengthen Institutions and Networks
Release Date:
04/29/2016
... The Ford Foundation named Kathy Reich as director of a new foundation initiative to help strengthen institutions and ...
Newman's Own Names Walter Harrison to Advisory Board
Release Date:
11/02/2016
... quality, finances, and fundraising have all improved. New academic programs were added under his tenure, and major ... signature academic facilities. He was also responsible for building a strong and vibrant...
Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School
Release Date:
06/01/2017
... the Hungarian-American billionaire accused Orban of building a “mafia state” in Hungary. In doing so, he ... of law across the region. Orban’s Fidesz party passed new legislation in April that threatens its...
ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications
Release Date:
03/08/2018
... to arrive at four unique perspectives on the importance of building smart communications skills for leadership. ... ReFrame Mentorship Andrew Quinn, Program Director, Aspen New Voices Fellowship ComNetworkNY:...
The Commonwealth Fund Recaps Health Care in 2014
Release Date:
12/23/2014
... drops in Times Square. Don’t expect 2015 to be any more tranquil than 2014. For health care reformers, the old ... Hang on to your hat, happy holidays, and have a great new year.... The Commonwealth Fund...
William T. Grant Foundation-Funded Study Examines the Consequences of Childhood Bullying
Release Date:
05/01/2015
... Study Examines the Consequences of Childhood Bullying New research suggests that the consequences from being ... health in adulthood than originally thought. What’s more , the impact may even be worse long-term...
Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants?
Release Date:
07/31/2015
... receive prescriptions for mental health medications at more than twice the rate that younger adults do, a new study finds. The worry of previous decades—that ...
Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'
Release Date:
08/14/2015
... arrested on drug charges and served a prison sentence of more than three years. As he explained to the Leading into New Communities re-entry council, “My driver’s license ...
Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, to Participate in Facebook QA
Release Date:
10/26/2015
... Foundation, to Participate in Facebook QA Want to know more about the Ford Foundation’s new focus on inequality? Have questions about how we’re ...
UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust
Release Date:
05/04/2016
... when pictures emerged last month of partying teens in New Jersey engaging in a shocking beer pong game called ... the teens go to school, has expressed a commitment to work more actively with its student body...
Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
05/05/2016
... Says the Surdna Foundation Surdna has an idea: Give more ownership of companies to workers. It’s not a new idea — worker cooperatives have been around since the ...
Ford Foundation's Jee Kim Contributes to 'The Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy
Release Date:
07/21/2016
... and its relationship to government and markets, was much more heated during the early 20th century. In our ... Age, marked by the accumulation of vast fortunes and a new generation of donors who occupy...
Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley
Release Date:
08/03/2016
... has been working to preserve land for decades, but a new grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is ... the Hudson in many ways. "We see sea level rising; we see more intense storms," he...
Century Foundation Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies
Release Date:
09/29/2016
... Agencies When the federal government stopped guaranteeing new bank-based student loans on June 30, 2010, it left behind ... mirror, what should happen with the endowments of more than $5 billion they have...
Atlantic Philanthropies Steps Into Political Arena With $50 Million Fund
Release Date:
10/21/2016
... Into Political Arena With $50 Million Fund There’s a new , deep-pocketed liberal donor in town. It’s called the ... from the Atlantic Philanthropies, which has given away more than $7 billion since its creation...
Foundation for Child Development Sponsors Study that Finds Children Learning English Require Better Support for Academic Success
Release Date:
03/01/2017
... potential, many English learners (ELs) -- who account for more than 9 percent of K-12 enrollment in the U.S. -- lag ... academic subjects at the appropriate grade level, says a new report from the National...
Supported by Greenwall Foundation, Study Finds Two-Thirds Of Americans See Docs Who Got Paid By Drug Companies
Release Date:
03/07/2017
... companies, but most have no clue about it, according to a new Drexel University study. About 65 percent of those ... from pharmaceutical or medical device companies. What’s more : Only 5 percent of those...