MasterCard Foundation Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa
Release Date:
01/21/2015
$15 million will support the development of new ideas, and $35 million wil help scale promising ideas or pilots.
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Several PNY Members’ Giving Contrasted with Silicon Valley’s ‘New Philanthropy’
Release Date:
11/02/2015
... poor. San Francisco also has one of the highest levels of income inequality in the nation, with the wealth distortion ... concentrated among the very people who are driving the economy as a whole. . . Several...
Century Foundation Report: The Real Price of College
Release Date:
03/15/2016
... opportunities, student and family pocketbooks, and the economy . Some people caution against giving too much ... to higher education financing too often leaves low- income students facing unexpected, and...
Experts Analyze Mayor De Blasio's Jobs Plan
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... years, discussing the challenges of growing the city’s economy while ensuring that New Yorkers are its ... $50,000 a year, promoting the middle class and reducing income inequality in the city. Some have...
The Rockefeller Foundation Announces the Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees
Release Date:
12/05/2018
... not only generate returns but also spur good jobs for low- income workers? How might state and local governments ensure ...
Prisoner to Proprietor: Entrepreneurship as a Re-entry Strategy
Release Date:
09/29/2016
... economic prosperity depends on an expanding and inclusive economy which allows workers to earn a living that provides disposable income for investment in assets. Given our changing ... re-entry into society...
Ford Foundation and Leading Thinkers Discuss A New Gospel of Philanthropy
Release Date:
08/10/2016
... like extreme poverty and hunger — but acquire their resources through forces that have arguably helped create ...
CollegePoint, An Initiative Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Makes A Hard Decision Less Lonely
Release Date:
08/15/2018
... assemble and calculations to make. After all that comes a big decision — one of the biggest of their young lives. For top students who come from low- income families, the challenge is particularly difficult...
Verizon Foundation Supports National Survey of Americans’ Health App Use
Release Date:
11/04/2015
... by those who download them. According to results of an online national survey analyzed by researchers at NYU Langone ...
US States Embrace Baby Boxes
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... parents about safe sleep for newborns. Parents of any income level may apply for a free box, but only if they take a series of online educational courses—available in 10 languages—that ...
Advancing Women in Science: A Groundbreaking Model
Release Date:
08/27/2012
... supportive extended family, often on a single fellowship income , women were saying, “No, thanks.” In response, ...
The Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Rey Ramsey as Independent Trustee
Release Date:
05/15/2017
... and networks will deepen our ability to use all of our resources – grantmaking and investments – to advance our ... TechNet, Ramsey served as founder, Chairman and CEO of One Economy Corporation, a nonprofit...
JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Million to Support Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Students
Release Date:
06/16/2022
... and provide the next generation with access to tools and resources to get ahead.” Deepening Partnerships Over the ... on increasing student and workforce outcomes for low- income , first-generation Black...
Mertz Gilmore Foundation Welcomes Aditi Vaidya as its New President
Release Date:
10/13/2022
... held positions with the East Bay Alliance for Sustainable Economy ; Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic ...
How Can We Be Better Funders? Let's Do the Homework
Release Date:
05/26/2021
I’ve spent most of my life as a bridge-builder and translator. As a nine-year-old, I translated for my immigrant Mom. Later I learned to speak the language of philanthropy.
Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellow Bridgit Antoinette Evans to Lead Pop Culture Collaborative
Release Date:
03/15/2017
... that reach mass audiences and support field building resources that strengthen our collective commitment to social ... for social change. She is a true visionary who will make a big impact from this new perch...
The Long Haul: Lessons from Charitable Responses to Previous Disasters
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... Affairs While countless media outlets -- both online and in print -- have been abounding with suggestions ... In addition, the foundation has chosen to pool its resources with others by seeding the Rebuild...
How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change
Release Date:
11/07/2014
... such as government policymakers, educators, foundations, big employers like Starbucks and The Gap, and youth ... as a means to increasing confidence levels before making big investments. 3. Unique process,...
Reducing Summer Learning Loss: Thoughts from Ron Fairchild
Release Date:
03/09/2010
... designed to expand summer learning opportunities for low- income youth. In most major U.S. cities, it’s not difficult ... level the playing field for low- income youth: Invest in data...
Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities
Release Date:
09/29/2014
... than 90% of traffic fatalities occur in low- and middle- income countries, where traffic laws haven't kept up with the ... many of which are growing rapidly as young people flock to big cities to find...