Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach
Release Date:
09/02/2014
... other ways, including through education policy changes and public advocacy.... Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant ...
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site
Release Date:
09/01/2014
... and fact-based national discussion about the challenges of public education, and possible solutions. Peter ...
Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality
Release Date:
10/07/2014
... hard for marriage equality and other changes to grow public support for LGBT rights more generally. They have ...
Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU
Release Date:
11/07/2014
... The ACLU has earmarked the gift for legislative action and public education, with a goal to halve the number of ...
Foundation to Move Funds to Detroit Pensions
Release Date:
11/12/2014
... in the "grand bargain" make its way into the city's public pension system? That's the charge of the Foundation .....
The Ploughshares Fund Strives to Create a Nuclear-Free World
Release Date:
11/17/2014
The fund is backed by Open Society Institute, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund, among others.
Foundations Should Push for Disclosure of Corporate ‘Welfare’ Deals
Release Date:
12/18/2014
... accounting change could be a major boon in helping channel public attention and advocacy to stem the loss of billions of ...
Tow Foundation President Emily Tow Jackson Supports Governor Cuomo's Recommendation to Raise the Age
Release Date:
01/20/2015
... recommendations of the Governor’s Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice as a legislative package to the State ...
NYCT-Funded Initiative Has Taken on 424 Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids
Release Date:
03/24/2015
... shows. The preliminary numbers come six months into the public -private partnership, launched by the New York City ...
New York State Health Foundation Breaks Down Diabetes Prevention
Release Date:
03/26/2015
... and systematic review of the medical, diabetes, and public health literature for evaluation studies of ...
Ford Foundation Funded Study Examines Priorities for Latino Millennials
Release Date:
03/27/2015
... A survey of adults ages 18 to 35 released Friday by the Public Religion Research Institute found 54 percent of Latino ...
Open Society Justice Initiative Examines Repercussions of of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen
Release Date:
04/15/2015
... drones to secretly kill suspected terrorists in Yemen. The public knows very little about these attacks. Neither the ...
Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science
Release Date:
04/22/2015
This year’s 32 winners were chosen from a pool of more than 300 candidates.
Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts with Preschool
Release Date:
04/30/2015
The report was released by the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Brooklyn Community Foundation, OSF and New York Foundation Accept National Impact Awards
Release Date:
05/20/2015
... Brooklyn Community Foundation—the first and only public foundation dedicated to New York City’s largest ...
UJA-Federation Launches Campaign for Passage of Education Tax Credit
Release Date:
05/27/2015
OU Advocacy-Teach NYS, the nonpartisan public policy arm of the Orthodox Union, together with the ...
City Will Bring High-Speed Broadband to Digital Deserts in Brooklyn and Queens
Release Date:
07/02/2015
... Queens. At least a year in the making, the $5.3 million public -private partnership called Connect IBZ will bring ...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Works to Build a Better South Bronx
Release Date:
07/10/2015
... for South Bronx residents with parks, tree-lined streets, public art, bike lanes, and waterfront access. Known as ...
Three Important Steps Philanthropies Are Taking to Curb Climate Change
Release Date:
07/29/2015
... effort that has made great progress despite lagging public policy is the Beyond Coal campaign, which just ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces First Cities Selected to Join What Works Cities Initiative
Release Date:
08/05/2015
Over 100 cities applied to the initiative, which will help city halls use data and evidence to deliver better results for residents.