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Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant supports civic engagement at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago
Release Date:
06/22/2023
... $25 million, will support a physical space to facilitate community convening and inspire civic participation, the Democracy in Action Lab (DIAL). The remainder, $1 million, will support ... leadership. The SNF...
Salesforce Issues Grant to NYC Department of Education to Advance Equity and Opportunity
Release Date:
12/18/2019
... In addition, it will provide district leadership with resources to bolster their efforts ensuring equity and ...
Spelman College Announces $2 Million Match From Philanthropist Jon Stryker, Founder and President of Arcus Foundation, for Endowed Queer Studies Chair Named After Audre Lorde
Release Date:
10/29/2019
... of its kind housed at a historically Black college or university will be named after celebrated poet and civil ...
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Appointment of John R. Ettinger as Chief Executive Officer
Release Date:
01/02/2012
... commitment to public service throughout his career. His community activities have included serving as a Trustee of ... more than 1.3 million students), a member of the Yale University Council, and a Director...
CUNY Receives $10 Million from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Expand Pandemic and Racial Justice Initiatives
Release Date:
08/13/2020
... Foundation has awarded a $10 million gift to the City University of New York to drive change across 25 campuses and ... at a time of incredible fiscal stress by providing paid student interns to support their...
William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund Names New Executive Director
Release Date:
01/15/2014
... other positions. Addams will bring deep experience in community development, public policy and education to the ... Union, charged with managing diversity and affirmative action for 50 national affiliates. He...
Jonas Center Announces New Focus on Environmental Health
Release Date:
05/20/2016
... over two years (2016-2018), to be matched by their university . “This program fills a major gap. Though the ... DNP project will be incorporated into an existing Health Resources and Services Administration’s...
Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - October 2023
Release Date:
10/27/2023
The Courage to Uphold Affirmative Action : A Call for Philanthropy to Stay the Course By: ... for understanding the need to focus philanthropic investment on the people and communities that would create ... Rather...
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Respected and Reflected: Dismantling Racial Bias in Schools through Culturally Responsive Education
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
... inequalities in the New York City schools, advocates and community leaders are calling for a shift in thinking about ... Assistant Professor in Language and Culture in Education, University of Arizona South...
Mellon Foundation and Digital Preservation Coalition Sponsor Formation of Task Force for Email Archives
Release Date:
11/03/2016
... critical historical sources. Christopher Prom, assistant university archivist/Andrew S. G. Turyn Endowed Professor at ... Solutions need to move beyond the boutique and one-off to community supported, large-...
Keeping in Touch, Building Trust
Release Date:
03/10/2021
... there were problems, I would be connected to the people or resources that could support me. Today, I am a program ... we are only able to speak with staff and must forgo youth voices – which in normal times is...
Hostos Food Studies Program is Creating Opportunities in the Bronx
Release Date:
10/07/2015
... M. Tisch Illumination Fund William Nunez, a second-year student at Hostos Community College, has had a long-standing interest in ... food pantry. A third are supporting children. As one student...
Bank of America Awards Grant to Youth Career Development Program
Release Date:
09/28/2018
... networking, and matches students with adult mentors in the community . The foundation’s Career Development program ... future they may not have envisioned, whether they attend a university , vocational program,...
Wallace Foundation Continues Investigation on Role of Principals In Improving Schools
Release Date:
06/06/2016
... from The Wallace Foundation, which has poured a lot of resources into the question of the role of principals for ...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship
Release Date:
11/16/2021
... Boricuas was created to identify, elevate, and amplify the voices of emerging and established Puerto Rican writers on ... She has published books with the publishing house of the University of Puerto Rico as...
If Elite Colleges Want to Address the College Admissions Bribery Scandal — Accept More Low- and Middle-Income Strivers
Release Date:
03/18/2019
The admission scandal is a stain on the reputation of our top universities. If these institutions want to change their admission policies, they should double down on their outreach to Strivers. I am referring to America’s Strivers — the talented and...
12/15/2014 - Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color - Live stream and Materials
Publication date:
12/2014
View the materials and live stream recording of the program, "Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color."
Former Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation VP to Lead LISC NYC
Release Date:
09/18/2014
... immigrant entrepreneurship, energy efficiency and community resiliency. A native New Yorker and former ... joining Deutsche Bank, he was director of housing and community development at WHEDco, a South Bronx...