At the Rockefellers’ Kykuit, Painterly Gardens and a Rosy Legacy
Release Date:
05/23/2016
... Painterly Gardens and a Rosy Legacy The story of the American industrial, philanthropic and political dynasty that ...
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With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence
Release Date:
06/17/2016
... Foundation, the three-year program fosters tomorrow’s American operatic masterpieces through personalized creative ...
CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise
Release Date:
07/12/2016
Over the next three years, we will raise the minimum pay for 18,000 employees to between $12 and $16.50 an hour.
Ford and MacArthur-Backed Survey Finds That Young Voters From Newer Immigrant Families Lean More Liberal
Release Date:
09/09/2016
Young Hispanic and Asian-Americans who are immigrants or have an immigrant parent are more likely to be liberal in their views on politics and immigration than those with families who have been in United States longer, a new GenForward poll shows
Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum
Release Date:
09/28/2016
... to making accessible materials that document the African- American and African diaspora. Ms. Brewer formerly served as ...
Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings
Release Date:
09/29/2016
... said the aim is to help "change the landscape" of American racial discourse by openly acknowledging a painful .....
City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans
Release Date:
10/07/2016
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer wants to force employers to offer their workers a retirement plan, a move that could provide more savings options for 1.5 million people.
Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers
Release Date:
10/07/2016
A new ranking by Forbes puts Warren Buffett at the top the list of the fifty U.S. philanthropists who gave the most in 2015, while Chuck Feeney, co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group and founder of Atlantic Philanthropies, ranks as the most...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Funds Primer to Guide Students on College Choices
Release Date:
10/17/2016
... Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has released A Primer ...
Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism
Release Date:
11/18/2016
... politics in our ideological age. In recent years American liberalism has slipped into a kind of moral panic ...
Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Joins Conversation on Innovative Finance, New Investment Tools and Climate Change
Release Date:
12/08/2016
... development finance institution, helps private American companies invest in emerging markets with loans, ...
Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients
Release Date:
12/09/2016
The U.S. healthcare system is failing patients with complex medical needs, many of whom struggle to access the coordinated medical, behavioral, and social services they need to manage their conditions and avoid costly hospital visits, an issue brief...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities
Release Date:
12/13/2016
... as opening doors to top careers. The effort, called the American Talent Initiative, aims to add 50,000 highly ...
An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools
Release Date:
12/22/2016
... to learn of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ support for the American Talent Initiative (ATI), which announced this month ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn
Release Date:
01/04/2017
... to the neighborhood just a month before and an African American woman who has lived there for sixty years. All were ...
Glenn E. Martin, Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, Says He Met Some of America’s Best and Brightest While In Prison
Release Date:
05/10/2016
Glenn E. Martin is a formerly incarcerated person, in a country where 70 million Americans have a criminal record on file.
Century Foundation Fellow: Will Trump’s ACA Order Reduce Burden or Shift It to Patients?
Release Date:
01/25/2017
In an executive order signed on his first day in office, President Trump stated his support for a “prompt repeal” of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
MetLife Foundation Sponsors Ballet Hispánico Tour
Release Date:
02/21/2017
... Familia is a 90-minute, fun-filled journey through Latin American dance and culture featuring Ballet Hispánico ...
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness
Release Date:
03/03/2017
If ever there were a problem that might seem tailor-made for philanthropy, it's fighting blindness. Losing sight is a horrifying fate for anyone to contemplate, and it's not surprising that blindness has motivated some deep-pocketed donors for at...
Philanthropist David Rockefeller Dies at 101
Release Date:
03/20/2017
... around the world even longer as he spread the gospel of American capitalism, died on Monday morning at his home in ...