Philanthropist David Rockefeller Dies at 101
Release Date:
03/20/2017
... of American capitalism, died on Monday morning at his home in Pocantico Hills, N.Y. He was 101. A family spokesman, ...
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'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke's Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia
Release Date:
04/12/2017
'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke' s Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia When Doris Duke ... societies in a positive light. Announced recently, DDFIA’ s 2016-2017 Building Bridges grants...
Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"
Release Date:
04/26/2017
Schott Foundation' s Jackson Declares"Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect ... with them a whole identity inclusive of their varying home lives, community experiences, and rates of development. ... all...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing
Release Date:
06/07/2017
... giants are also steady funders in an area even closer to home : community development and housing. With a recent grant ... in recent years, and given that disgraceful history, it' s hard not to be...
Casey Family Programs Report Finds NYC ACS Leader in Child Safety Practices
Release Date:
07/10/2017
... official David Hansell took the helm of New York City’ s Administration for Children’ s Services (ACS), an agency that had found itself again in ... although ACS staff had repeatedly visited the child’...
Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... of ex-offenders have passed through Gregory Carpenter’ s small bakery, where he teaches them how to make buttery ... the city for the last 20 years. He says when he returned home in 1994 from two decades in...
Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities
Release Date:
08/17/2017
Rockefeller’ s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities In East Oakland, a few blocks from the home of the champion Golden State Warriors basketball team, a ... the term "climate...
Creating A Positive Workplace Culture - A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... a person who acts with kindness and positivity? Today’ s high stress work environment is taking a negative toll on ... pay attention to how we treat each other whether at work, home or at the grocery store. As...
Opinion: With Or Without DACA, New York Must Step Up For Immigrant Communities
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... here to join my parents, who had already been in the U. S . for years, having left our home country because they knew they couldn’t earn enough to ...
Mexican-Born Artist To Build Wall In New York Park
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... will start to build a 26-ft long wall in New York City’ s Washington Square Park. Once finished the wall will stand ... it brick by brick and take part of the installation home . Titled Muro, it is Sodi’...
Twin Megastorms Have Scientists Fearing This May Be The New Normal
Release Date:
09/07/2017
For many scientists they are a worrying sign of a “new normal” in which extreme weather events become more intense as a result of manmade climate change.
Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... to seek asylum in Italy, violence and persecution back home meant the choice was clear: “We risked our lives to ...
How The Rockefeller Foundation Is Bringing Electricity To Hundreds Of Villages Across India
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Since 2010, The Rockefeller Foundation has made “energy poverty” their priority with the launch of a program called Smart Power for Rural Development, a $75 million initiative aimed at bringing reliable electricity to energy-poor villages and...
A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... of auto-repair shops that occupied the land move to a new home in the Bronx. Four years later, the Willets Point ... business owners appears to have been for naught. “It’ s a waste of the city’ s...
Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... on the Dream Initiative The Trump Administration' s decision to end DACA has created a lot of anger and ... Arrivals, protects immigrants who came into the U. S . as minors and often know no other place to...
Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... in March 2011, when they were forced to flee their home in Syria due to the violent civil war. Today, they live ... refugees; approximately 1 in 4 persons of the country’ s 4.4 million is now a refugee. . ...
Kathy Halbreich of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation Kathy Halbreich’ s name has often surfaced over the years as a possible ... (It also runs a residency program in Rauschenberg’ s former home on Captiva...
Nonprofits Scramble to Respond to the New DACA Deadline
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... to the New DACA Deadline Since President Donald Trump’ s administration ordered an end to the Deferred Action for ... some 800,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U. S . in their youth to live, work...
Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... Warehousing’ Next? When DeBoRah Dickerson says “it’ s been a journey,” she means it both figuratively and ... a result of family issues and poor health. She now has a home in East Flatbush and is dedicated to...
Schools’ Response to Bullying Is Questioned After Fatal School Stabbing
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... After Fatal School Stabbing When Eugene Harding came home Wednesday evening, he turned on the evening news to ... “I looked at the kid and my gut sense was, ‘Oh, he’ s not a murderer,’” Harding said. “He was...