The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
09/22/2015
... and coal. Harvard University has resisted pressure from students and faculty to divest the world’s largest ...
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Mayor Increases 'Fair Share' Funding for Schools, but Critics Want More
Release Date:
01/25/2016
Mayor Bill de Blasio is dedicating $159 million in the next fiscal year to help beef up budgets at city schools that are currently well below what they should be receiving, but the Brooklyn Borough president says the increase is not enough.
Century Foundation Report: More Schools Nationwide are Experimenting with Diversity Programs
Release Date:
02/09/2016
... than doubled since 2007 and represents about 4 million students nationwide, the report says. The report comes ...
Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program
Release Date:
02/16/2016
... leaders in the Oxford 1+1 MBA program, which enables students to pair an MBA earned in a year with one of Oxford's .....
NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements
Release Date:
03/17/2016
Does philanthropy really have a useful role to play in transformative social movements?
As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment
Release Date:
06/17/2016
In New York City, an unexpected fight has flared up between proponents of social service-filled “community schools” and the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the nation’s most outspoken champions of those schools.
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative
Release Date:
08/26/2016
Funded by a $32 million gift from Michael R. Bloomberg, Harvard University and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced the launch of a joint initiative aimed at advancing leadership, management, and innovation in cities across America and around the...
Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children
Release Date:
09/07/2016
... The research also shows, perhaps unsurprisingly, that students have to attend the programs regularly to reap the ...
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Honors Teens
Release Date:
02/08/2017
... for her hard work. Dimple Belani has been named one of two students in New York State as the top teen in volunteering by ...
MetLife Foundation Sponsors Ballet Hispánico Tour
Release Date:
02/21/2017
... Asuka and Club Havana, along with the participation of students from the Ballet Hispánico School of Dance... ...
New York Life Foundation, Afterschool Alliance Award $750K in Grants to Middle School Out-of-School Time
Release Date:
06/21/2017
... their outstanding work helping underserved middle school students reach ninth grade on time. Recipients are all ...
For Teachers Working Through DACA, a Bittersweet Start to the School Year
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... teaching was like a world of possibility for me and my students ,” said Mr. Ballesteros, 25, who is from the ...
Making Kids Into “Makers”
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... their community. In many traditional classroom settings, students do not spend a lot of time honing their ...
SIFMA Foundation Announces Winner of Fall 2018 InvestWrite Competition
Release Date:
02/21/2019
... for long-term personal financial planning, enhancing students ’ ability across important academic and life ...
Wallace Foundation Releases Reports on Successful Audience-Building Efforts
Release Date:
08/14/2015
The case studies are the eighth and ninth in the 10-part Wallace Studies in Building Arts Audiences series.
Bank of America Backs Community Development and Housing Projects
Release Date:
09/21/2015
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is awarding more than $200,000 in grants to Connecticut nonprofits as part of an ongoing philanthropic initiative.
The Source Codes of Foundation Culture
Publication date:
10/2015
Over the last several years, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has been working to better understand what contributes to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy. One theme that has arisen time and again is the importance of creating and nurturing an organizational culture that enables grantmakers to be most effective.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO
Release Date:
10/16/2015
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund along with the Ford, Hewlett, Kresge, Packard, and Robert Wood Johnson foundations awarded surprise $1.1-million unsolicited grants to two organizations that help grantmakers -- the Center for Effective Philanthropy and...
Rausch and Long Island Community Foundations Partner to Expand Tourism in Riverhead
Release Date:
07/15/2016
Their focus is on expanding tourism — which includes drawing visitors from New York City and promoting Riverhead as a place people plan their vacations around — and emphasizing the town’s arts and culture services.
Ford Foundation Awards NABJ Grant Ahead Of Its 42nd Annual Convention And Career Fair
Release Date:
08/09/2017
Days before kicking off its annual convention, the National Association of Black Journalists announced the Ford Foundation has granted $150,000 to the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation.