Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for Climate Change
Release Date:
12/09/2015
... dominant idea was that current-generation wind and solar power , coupled with energy efficiency, would play the lead ...
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Microsoft Joins Bloomberg, JPMorgan & Others in Supporting Smithsonian's Museum of African American History
Release Date:
03/25/2016
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opens this fall after five years of construction, is gaining backing from a wide array of donors.
Council Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers
Release Date:
04/13/2016
... worker cooperatives. An advocate on staff would have the power to investigate home-care agencies suspected of breaking ...
Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students
Release Date:
06/28/2017
William T. Grant Foundation supported research at Stanford which found African-American and Latino students who completed self-affirming writing exercises in middle school took more challenging courses and were more likely to enroll in college,...
Can Business Save The World from Climate Change?
Release Date:
09/06/2017
"We are still in." On June 5, with these four words a group of U.S. businesses and investors with a combined annual revenue of $1.4 trillion sent a powerful message to the world: U.S. President Donald Trump may have withdrawn from the Paris...
In Nighttime Tweet, Trump Offers Mixed Message on Immigration
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... on the grounds that a president does not have the power to take such action by himself. He then put the onus on ...
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation's CEO Interviewed in Funder Spotlight
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... down some of those barriers, which generally reinforce the power dynamic between grantmaker and grantseeker. ...
Data-Driven Gender Equality
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... Studies show that giving women more decision-making power over productive assets has the potential to increase ...
Student Sues Columbia Over ‘Deliberate Indifference’ to Harassment Claims
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... been aware of Dr. Harris’s reputation for abusing his power over young, female students, but never addressed it. . ...
A Spectrum of Change: Why Is An Art Foundation Tackling Mass Incarceration?
Release Date:
10/06/2017
In addition to supporting artists in the many fields in which Rauschenberg worked, the foundation has taken the lead in the evolving and red-hot field of "artist as activist" philanthropy, launching its Artist as Activist program in 2012.
Winners Announced for the 2018 Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards
Release Date:
01/03/2018
... the city’s unique character; enrich lives through the power of free, live Music; and illustrate the importance of ...
President of Markle Foundation, Zoë Baird, on Gender Imbalance at WEF
Release Date:
01/26/2018
Women make up just 21% of attendees at the World Economic Forum, an annual gathering of elite politicians, central bankers and financiers in Davos, Switzerland. Most of the panels at the summit are also dominated by men.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds 20 Years of Sky Observations
Release Date:
05/11/2018
One-quarter of the funding for SDSS comes from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Announces the Election of Ana Marie Argilagos and Anand Babu to Its Board of Directors
Release Date:
01/29/2019
... foundations and philanthropists working to increase the power and influence of Latino communities across the ...
Red Cross Awards $1 Million to Staten Island Foundation for Sandy Recovery Efforts
Release Date:
08/14/2013
... Foundation to support long-term recovery services for people affected by Superstorm Sandy in the borough’s ...
Who's Been the Biggest Superstar in the Fight for Health Reform?
Release Date:
05/28/2014
... committment to Enroll America in 2013 to make sure enough people signed up for coverage before the deadline? And don't .....
Grants Awarded To Improve Usefulness Of Research, To Support Junior Researchers of Color
Release Date:
07/23/2014
... research intended to help improve life outcomes for young people and $634,000 in capacity building grants to support ...
Brandee McHale Named President of the Citi Foundation and Director of Corporate Citizenship for Citi
Release Date:
01/26/2015
... work to promote economic progress and improve the lives of people in low-income communities around the world. In 2014 alone, the Citi Foundation enabled 1.1 million people in 85 countries to work toward...
Citi Foundation Reports on First Year of $50 Million Youth and Work Skills Training Program
Release Date:
04/08/2015
... to deliver high-impact programs that help put young people on the road to professional and economic success.... ...
Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/13/2015
... the years, as have the largesse of successful business people . Imagine if Andrew Carnegie had not decided to use ...