Ford Foundation’s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride
Release Date:
08/14/2018
... its stride and starting to see results, including positive survey data from grantees, and emerging anecdotes from ...
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$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards
Release Date:
01/15/2019
... on Museum Boards The last museum-board leadership survey conducted by the American Alliance of Museums ...
Largest-Ever Study of Coral Communities Unlocks Global Solution to Save Reefs, Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies' Vibrant Oceans Initiative
Release Date:
08/12/2019
More than 80 marine scientists join together to identify key social-environmental pressures and human impacts on coral reefs. More than 2,500 reef systems across 44 countries were analyzed.
Foundation to Move Funds to Detroit Pensions
Release Date:
11/12/2014
... dollars in the "grand bargain" make its way into the city 's public pension system? That's the charge of the ... from creditors, the grand bargain is a key piece of the city 's plan to...
Weinberg Foundation Approves $400,000 in Emergency Response Funding for 10 Baltimore Nonprofits
Release Date:
05/14/2015
... – following recent unrest and violence in Baltimore City . “Based on all of the information that we have ... our grantmaking to have even a greater impact in Baltimore City , the Weinberg Foundation wants to...
JPB Foundation Champions Bike Share Access for Underserved Communities
Release Date:
06/02/2015
... Underserved Communities In a collaboration between the City of Philadelphia, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater ... PeopleForBikes Foundation and the National Association of City Transportation Officials, the...
Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit
Release Date:
06/15/2015
... pensions funds and avert a bankruptcy fire sale of city -owned art. Ford Foundation President Darren Walker ... will be in Detroit on Tuesday for a board meeting in the city . Trustees will also be meeting...
Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval
Release Date:
04/21/2016
... planned revamp of its iconic Midtown building, after the city 's Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved ... The $190 million undertaking will bring the building up to city code, and make it...
With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches
Release Date:
06/29/2016
Six cities were chosen to participate in the inaugural year of the fellowship: Boston, Charlotte, Houston, Memphis, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis.
De Blasio Derided by Sergeants Union for Deportation Stance
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio for not requiring the city ’s police force to act as immigration enforcers as the ... Cats Roundtable” radio program on 970 AM, said the city ’s top brass have a “moral obligation...
Helmsley Funds Research Collaborative around Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date:
08/18/2017
... 1 Diabetes Scientists at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope have received over $300,000 from The Leona M. ... Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD) and coordinated by City of Hope. The goal of the...
Carmen Fariña Promises to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... to Improve Classroom Diversity By Rezoning Schools City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña vowed to tackle ... classroom segregation with school rezonings across the city in the upcoming school year. Speaking...
NYPD Expected To Announce Drop In Violent Crime Tuesday
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... To Announce Drop In Violent Crime Tuesday NYPD and city officials are scheduled to announce Tuesday a continuing ... said. Through Sunday, there were 182 homicides in the city compared with 239 in the same...
Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... are the schools Mayor de Blasio doesn’t mention. At 32 city elementary and middle schools, the average English-math ... hour a day of instruction. Four did so poorly that the city Department of Education...
Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... plan isn’t kosher — and that’s left many in the city ’s Jewish community bellyaching about a program they ... funded program on Sept. 6, promising free meals for all city students. But Jewish advocates say 30,...
Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... community advocates, the local community board, the local City Council member, Laurie Cumbo, and the borough president, ... has vowed to work with local elected officials and the city -selected developer behind...
Making Reporting Work: Aligning Grantmaking with Learning & Change - Part 2 of a Three-Part Series
** This is Part 2 of a Three-Part Series, in partnership with Northern California Grantmakers** Who Holds the Mic? How can funders redesign reporting to better support learning and center grantee voices in reporting for impact...
Better Understanding Business Models in the Nonprofit Sector
Release Date:
09/08/2017
In talking with the leaders of nonprofit organizations across the sector, there is a single truism that undergirds all of our conversations: limits on overhead create a pressure that deeply impacts the choices and tradeoffs leaders wrestle with...
Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Release Date:
11/29/2017
A Wallace Foundation report released in October, “Raising the Barre and Stretching the Canvas: Implementing High-Quality Arts Programming in a National Youth Serving Organization,” examined how large multipurpose youth organizations can best...
National Security Expert Sally Donnelly Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
04/12/2018
This spring, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund will welcome Sally Donnelly as a non-resident senior fellow. Ms. Donnelly will bring extensive experience in U.S. national security affairs to support the Fund’s work by monitoring and...