Investment in Light Rail Program Helps Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy
Release Date:
06/17/2014
... and investment ‘beyond the rail.’ It’s been a success by any measure: Since work on the Green Line began ...
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Wealthy Should Be Encouraged To Start Giving Sooner
Release Date:
07/18/2014
Encouraging wealthy people to start giving away their money earlier in life "could prevent today’s urgent problems from becoming larger, more entrenched, and more expensive challenges later," according to Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO,...
Prescription For Making Healthcare Enrollment More Customer-Friendly
Release Date:
08/01/2014
Before open enrollment for Obamacare begins this fall, NY State should take steps to make the process for signing up more customer-friendly, writes James R. Knickman President & CEO, New York State Health Foundation, in the Huffington Post.
John A. Hartford Foundation Supporting Advanced Social Work Training
Release Date:
12/19/2014
The grant will help the National Association of Social Workers train supervisory staff.
Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Value-Based Payment Report
Release Date:
02/18/2015
... insured populations. While each state has had success in moving toward more coordinated action across ...
How Bloomberg is Still Changing the Way Cities Operate
Release Date:
03/30/2015
... they were entrepreneurial. So far, every city has had a success story to report. Memphis reduced its retail vacancy ...
Bloomberg, Sierra Club Direct $60 Million To Closing Half Of U.S. Coal Plants By 2017
Release Date:
04/10/2015
The group’s previous goal, set in 2011, was to close a third of coal plants by 2020.
Dyson Foundation Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region
Release Date:
05/15/2015
... one another, and develop strategies for organizational success ,” said Doug Sauer, chief executive officer of ...
Six International Parks Selected as Finalists in 2015 Urban Land Institute Urban Open Space Award Competition
Release Date:
06/08/2015
The awards are supported by Kresge and the MetLife Foundation.
Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing
Release Date:
06/09/2015
The foundations will work with the Global Impact Investing Network.
$1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to Arts & Humanities to Fund Digital Humanities, African American Studies
Release Date:
07/17/2015
... and social activities that are known to impact academic success .... $1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to Arts & ...
John A. Hartford Helps Expand Program to Support Older Hospitalized Adults
Release Date:
09/01/2015
The program specifically addresses recovery of hip fractures among older adults.
Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge
Release Date:
09/14/2015
... de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge Back in May, Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz delivered a campaign-style ...
United Way of New York City Joins Cuomo and Other Leaders for Economic Justice
Release Date:
09/18/2015
Governor Cuomo today announced that 30 notable civil rights groups and prominent civil rights and community leaders have joined the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice, a statewide initiative aimed building support for a $15 minimum wage for...
MetLife Foundation Will Appear on 'Be the Change,' A Lifetime TV Network Program
Release Date:
09/18/2015
... need the tools and management necessary to find greater success and fulfillment. TV Host Julie Moran leads the charge ...
New Disclosures on Mozilla Foundation and its Supporters (Ford, Helmsley)
Release Date:
12/03/2015
The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation is a high-profile crusader for Internet freedom, and it shares the Firefox browser with the world.How does Mozilla spends its money? The answers — including a few surprises — have just arrived. Ten major foundations...
Century Foundation Releases Proposals to Strengthen ACA
Release Date:
12/15/2015
... But while the ACA has achieved considerable success since becoming law, our health care system continues ...
Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide
Release Date:
01/04/2016
With tens of millions of dollars to spend thanks to backers like Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, gun control groups have secured a number of surprising recent successes in Connecticut, Delaware and elsewhere.
Carnegie, Helmsley-funded Report: Fewer than 1 in 7 Community College Students Get Bachelor’s Degree
Release Date:
01/19/2016
... peers, a new report shows. But in a sign of hope, their success varies dramatically by state and by college. “It ...
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...