Casey Family Programs Contributes to Initiative in Three Cities to Beat Youth Homelessness This Year
Release Date:
08/11/2016
100-day challenges will start on Sept. 7 in Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Austin.
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Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline
Release Date:
09/09/2016
Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor for Equality Initiatives and Human Capital Development at The Atlantic Philanthropies, co-edits a new book that addresses the profound and life-altering consequences students face—especially young people of...
'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke's Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia
Release Date:
04/12/2017
Through its Building Bridges grants program, the DDCF is committed to finding common ground between American Muslims and non-Muslims through the arts.
Complete This Survey on Foundation Openness and Shared Insights
Release Date:
04/19/2017
The survey deadline is Friday May 5 th . It's a quick turnaround, but the survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete, and there is language provided to make it easier.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Highlights Coal Communities in Latest Film
Release Date:
05/01/2017
The new film on the coal industry that Bloomberg Philanthropies is co-producing, From the Ashes, highlights the challenges facing out-of-work miners, and it features groups that are helping them find new opportunities.
A New MIT-Led Simons Foundation Collaboration Aims to Understand Basic Principles and Laws of Microbial Ecosystems
Release Date:
05/30/2017
Model microorganisms grown in pure cultures have been the basis of biological research for many decades — open a cell biology textbook and almost everything you will find has been discovered in yeast or E. coli lab cultures. While this speaks to the...
Commonwealth Fund: Why and How to Avoid High-Risk Pools for Americans with Preexisting Conditions
Release Date:
06/05/2017
... the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the AHCA finds that the funding it makes available to states for the ...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing
Release Date:
06/07/2017
... including whether or not a low-income family finds housing, or how prosperous a neighborhood will be a ...
Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It
Release Date:
06/14/2017
When it comes to scientific innovation, individuals, not organizations, are paramount, according to the Princeton, New Jersey-based Rita Allen Foundation.
A Better Gala—Here's How Pershing Square Marked a Key Milestone
Release Date:
06/19/2017
The Pershing Square Foundation stands out by backing some truly innovative grantees—and it highlighted social innovators through two panels.
Morgan Stanley Lights Up Times Square for the New York Women’s Foundation
Release Date:
07/20/2017
The New York Women’s Foundation will be featured in lights of Times Square, thanks to Morgan Stanley’s Lights on Broadway campaign, which builds public awareness of nonprofit organizations.
Unemployment’s Steady Fall Could Signal Trouble—or a Broader Structural Shift
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco finds that over the past century, the jobless rate’s ...
Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White
Release Date:
08/30/2017
The recent finding by The New York Times that black students are still vastly underrepresented at the nation’s top colleges and universities is one sign of how little the country has managed to do to close racial gaps.
Groundswell Engages The Community To Make Art – And A Statement
Release Date:
08/31/2017
Groundswell, a Brooklyn-based community arts nonprofit, partners with local youth and community stakeholders to turn public walls – in NYCHA developments and elsewhere – into public works of art.
High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns
Release Date:
09/14/2017
When the corporate foundation at German engineering giant Siemens went looking for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant applications. Instead, it used a hot new format for foundations: a prize...
Russell Sage Foundation Quoted in Article on Men’s Salaries in Decline
Release Date:
09/14/2017
"Men are doing worse than they were in 1973," said Sheldon Danziger, president of the Russell Sage Foundation, which focuses on poverty research. "Women's earnings are substantially higher, but men's earnings have declined."
The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.
Release Date:
09/21/2017
A new health care bill before the Senate would require every state in the country to make a ssoup-to-nuts evaluation of how they’d like their health care systems to work, to build such a system and be ready to open their doors in substantially less...
Many Young Adults With Autism Also Have Mental Health Issues
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... or those with other developmental disabilities, a study finds . And managing those multiple conditions can make the ...
Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children
Release Date:
10/10/2017
A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have greater tree cover are less likely to experience diarrheal disease, the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five.
NYC Will Miss a Deadline to Accommodate 5 New Charter Schools
Release Date:
10/13/2017
New York City’s Department of Education said on Thursday that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November.