Philanthropic Groups Sign on to Raise the Age Campaign
Release Date:
03/06/2015
... around state signed a letter backing the juvenile justice reforms as well.... Philanthropic Groups Sign on to Raise the ...
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Pershing Square Foundation Grant Will Help Develop a New Way of Tracking Criminal Justice System Performance
Release Date:
05/12/2015
The foundation has earmarked $3.1 million for Measures for Justice.
NY Juvenile Justice Funders Urge State Officials to 'Raise the Age'
Release Date:
06/18/2015
... this year’s adopted budget includes funding to implement reforms to the juvenile justice system and “raise the ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Campbell Brown's Nonpartisan Education Website
Release Date:
07/15/2015
The site will be called Seventy Four, which references the 74 million children in the United States under age 18.
NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High
Release Date:
11/02/2015
Climate change, inequality and a broken criminal justice system are the issues du jour, and are also, increasingly, the focus of some of the nation’s largest philanthropies.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models
Release Date:
11/11/2015
Carnegie Corporation of New York has pledged $25 million to back innovative school models "that reimagine the use of time, money, people, and technology, and through catalytic work across the education sector."
NCN Requests Foundations Sign on to Oppose Repeal of the Johnson Amendment
Release Date:
03/28/2017
The National Council of Nonprofits is putting out an urgent call to all nonprofits and foundations to sign on to a Community Letter in Support of Nonpartisanship.
Pershing Square, Ford, Open Society Among Funders of Measures for Justice, Putting Data to Better Use
Release Date:
08/10/2017
The world of crowded jails, tense courtrooms, and cops on the beat is a far cry from the air-conditioned spaces data wonks usually inhabit. But according to Measures for Justice (MFJ), better data is key to reforming America’s hyper-localized...
Amid Global Crises, UNGA Will Show Development Community Rising To The Challenges
Release Date:
09/18/2017
A different narrative is forming around UN meetings this week: It's the story of the global development community stepping up in a time of trouble.
Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say
Release Date:
10/05/2017
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s opinion about whether to shut down the Rikers Island jail complex has shifted significantly in less than a year – thanks in part to the efforts of nonprofits serving on the Independent Commission on New York City...
Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World's Most Innovative Companies
Release Date:
02/21/2018
... at greater equality through civic, social, and criminal reforms . The group is known for spending creatively to find ...
UJA-Federation Study Examines Role of Synagogue Top Job Nationwide
Release Date:
05/31/2018
A new study by UJA-Federation of New York finds that the executive director/administrator role is increasingly critical to helping synagogues manage mounting challenges to fiscal and operational stability. Fewer than half of the nearly 2,000...
Tow Foundation and Chronicle of Social Change Announce 2019 Raise the Age Reporting Fellowships Recipients
Release Date:
02/26/2019
As part of an ambitious plan to reinvigorate watchdog journalism in the backyards of America's statehouses, The Chronicle of Social Change is proud to announce recipients of its 2019 Raise the Age Reporting Fellowships. The national nonprofit news...
Open Society Foundations Commits $5 Million for Accountable Governance
Release Date:
06/02/2019
... and civic space; support civil society and government reforms as well as investments in monitoring, evaluation, and ...
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Immigration can provoke passionate discussion and debate, especially in this political climate. The decision to leave one’s home country and take a risk on another is a highly personal and difficult decision. Yet, the majority of Americans can trace...
Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Announces New President
Release Date:
07/01/2013
... a Klingenstein family foundation with interests in mental health and, since 2005, as President of another family foundation dedicated to the advancement of oral health in Maine. Esther A. & Joseph...
Aetna Foundation's Garth Graham honored for Philanthropy Leadership by National Medical Fellowships.
Release Date:
04/16/2014
... continuing leadership in advancing community and national health initiatives that aim to improve health equity in underserved and minority communities. Learn ...
Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?
Release Date:
05/13/2014
... but all too often the devastating effects on girls’ health , education, earning power and independence are the ... from the foundation’s Youth Sexuality, Reproductive Health and Rights initiative, this report...
Red States Have the Most to Lose from Supreme Court Obamacare Ruling
Release Date:
03/12/2015
Citing Commonwealth Fund research DailyKos says people living in Republican-led states will suffer the most if the Supreme Court strikes down subsidies to people buying insurance on the federal exchange.
William T. Grant Foundation-Funded Study Examines the Consequences of Childhood Bullying
Release Date:
05/01/2015
... being bullied by peers may have a greater impact on mental health in adulthood than originally thought. What’s more, ... adults. To determine the effects of bullying on mental health , researchers compared...