Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation
Release Date:
02/22/2017
... scholarship that helps the nation better understand and address its legacies of slavery, racism and discrimination. ...
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Rajiv Shah on Rockefeller Foundation Priorities, Multilateralism and Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/20/2017
Amid a mood of global distrust toward institutions, philanthropic foundations must prioritize winning public confidence, including by partnering together and taking risks, said Rajiv Shah in some of his first public remarks since taking the helm of...
Bloomberg Urges World Leaders Not to Follow President Donald Trump’s Lead On Climate Change
Release Date:
04/24/2017
New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg urged world leaders not to follow President Donald Trump’s lead on climate change and declared his intention to help save an international agreement to reduce carbon emissions.
Tiffany & Co. Makes Its Point: Presidents Come and Go, But Climate Change is Forever
Release Date:
05/11/2017
As the firing of FBI Director James Comey swamps the news cycle, an amazing public statement by Tiffany & Co. still glitters through the muck. On Tuesday morning, the legendary American jeweler issued a terse but vehement pitch in favor of the...
Supported by WT Grant Foundation, Research Finds School Choice Policies Impact Segregation
Release Date:
05/23/2017
... had been voluntarily adopted by some school districts to address rising segregation. Now, a Penn State researcher is ...
IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy
Release Date:
06/08/2017
... Development Goals, the United Nations' blueprint to address some of the globe's biggest inequalities and threats .....
With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Urban Design Team Proposes Outer Borough Light Rail
Release Date:
06/30/2017
... were awarded $45,000 from the RPA and Rockefeller to address community development and environmental protection in ...
More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are Appointing Chief Resilience Officers
Release Date:
07/28/2017
Three years ago, just four cities affiliated with 100 Resilient Cities employed a "chief resilience officer." As of late July, there were officially 79 within the initiative’s namesake cohort.
The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism
Release Date:
08/11/2017
... Starting in 2013, Overbrook embarked on an effort to address some of the issues that “hobble the progress of the ...
Transgender Ban Frozen as Mattis Moves Forward With New Review Of Options
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... role in this effort,” Mattis added. The plan will address both the potential for transgender people looking to ...
Ford, Tow Foundation Among Funders of An Anti-Fake News Initiative That is Starting to Take Shape
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... that the News Integrity Initiative (NII) hoped to address when it launched earlier this year. . . Ford, Tow ...
Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... access to childcare. The Ms. Foundation strategy to address child care access calls on funders to do three ...
The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness
Release Date:
09/13/2017
"Social entrepreneurship has proven to provide impactful innovations for poverty alleviation ," says Abby Maxman, President of OxFam America. Maxman was among a diverse group of people working on poverty eradication who contributed to a recent...
JP Morgan Chase Investing $40M in Chicago's Underserved Neighborhoods
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... bank committed $100 million to a comprehensive program to address Detroit's economic woes. Earlier this year, .....
New App Helps Students Select NYC Public High Schools
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... students toward better options. Students type in their address , interests and willingness to travel more than 45 ...
New MIF/Hewlett Foundation Webinars Explore How Funders Can Fight Misinformation
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... American philanthropy is at the forefront of the battle to address it. From the recent prototype fund sponsored by the ...
Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... Libraries—will work with participants to examine and address the technical, legal and economic challenges of ...
20 Percent of Serious Food Safety Violations Go Ignored, New Report Finds
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... onto food prep areas. Although FDA asked the facility to address the problems, samples from the factory still tested ...
Salesforce Launches $50 Million Initiative To Fuel Social Impact Startups
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... growth of startups that are using Salesforce technology to address some of the world's biggest problems. Through the .....
Policy Brief: NYC’s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... evidence, that climate change is something society must address . There are folks who deny any connection between ...