Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case
Release Date:
12/11/2015
... automatic admission of top-ranking students from all high schools across the state with the use of race as one factor ...
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John A. Hartford Foundation’s Berman to be Honored, Give Commencement Address at Quinnipiac U.
Release Date:
05/20/2016
Amy Berman, RN, Senior Program Officer at The John A. Hartford Foundation, will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Quinnipiac University at the school's Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 22. Ms. Berman will also deliver a...
Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap
Release Date:
07/10/2017
In 2016, the Markle Foundation partnered with LinkedIn and Microsoft to create Skillful, a platform dedicated to filling “middle-skills” jobs in sectors like healthcare, the trades, logistics and other STEM-focused areas.
Russell Sage Foundation Author James Rosenbaum, Writes About Alternatives To Four-Year College Degrees
Release Date:
10/23/2017
... scores can hurt a school’s reputation and funding, high schools sometimes find ways to exclude low achieving students ...
Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Release Date:
11/29/2017
A Wallace Foundation report released in October, “Raising the Barre and Stretching the Canvas: Implementing High-Quality Arts Programming in a National Youth Serving Organization,” examined how large multipurpose youth organizations can best...
Mellon Foundation Renews Support for Open Graduate Education at Brown
Release Date:
09/17/2018
Launched in 2011 with prior support from the Mellon Foundation, the program enables doctoral students to simultaneously complete a master’s degree in a different field of study.
Lukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer, Research Supported by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award
Release Date:
09/20/2019
A drug used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia appears to be more effective at stopping a type of medulloblastoma in mouse models than existing treatments for the deadly pediatric brain tumor, reports a multi-institutional team.
The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy
Release Date:
05/12/2014
... and Vitriol Will Not Deter Me From Supporting Fixes to Public Policy,” the piece’s headline announced, and it went on to document the “intensely personal public attacks” Arnold had endured in retaliation for...
TCF Senior Fellow Barton Gellman Wins Third Pulitzer
Release Date:
04/30/2014
... top prize today. The Pulitzer committee awarded its public service medal to The Washington Post and The Guardian ... Foundation will continue to be deeply engaged in the public debate, enriched by Bart’s work...
Open Call For Collaborative Reporting Projects
Release Date:
05/10/2017
... call for collaborative reporting projects that will enrich public -interest journalism. Proposals are due June 30 . ... and ideas on projects to make timely contributions to public knowledge and civic life. The...
LDN Fund Officially Launched
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... Fund is a first-of-its-kind investment vehicle leveraging public money to raise private capital for sustainable land ... collaboration with Mirova and numerous partners from the public sector, the private...
Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... social entrepreneurs, civil society leaders, and public officials around the world. We identify three ... of specific individuals or groups to the forefront of public awareness. An innovatorcreates an...
The Possible Philanthropic Response to Trayvon Martin
Release Date:
08/19/2013
... the Open Society Foundations and the Schott Foundation for Public Education are cited in a Nonprofit Quarterly article ...
Billionaires Wield Greater Power Through Charitable and Political Donations
Release Date:
05/18/2014
... issues like climate change, gun control, immigration, and public pensions. And they are stirring controversy as they ...
Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million
Release Date:
09/12/2014
... one of several large sums the pair has given to the public university in recent years. The Simons Foundation, ...
Former Atlantic Philanthropies CEO LaMarche Questions the Power Philanthropy has over Policy
Release Date:
09/25/2014
... the sheer power that foundations have on affecting public policy. He cites the tax breaks for endowments and ...
Right Wing Website Questions Ford Foundation Motives on Advocating for Net Neutrality
Release Date:
01/16/2015
Ford assures that there is no correlation between their endowment management and grant distribution.
Head of David Rockefeller Fund Aims to Help Small, Overlooked Nonprofits
Release Date:
01/23/2015
... vast amounts of cash to build universities or create major public -health institutions, as some previous philanthropic ...
American Express Awards $5 Million to Boost Volunteering
Release Date:
03/18/2015
... an effort to increase voluntarism in national parks and on public lands. The grant will support efforts by the U.S. ...
OSF Featured in Enterprise for Utilizing Storytelling in the Grantmaking Process
Release Date:
04/13/2015
... the Open Society Foundations, a nonprofit that focuses on public health and human rights around the world, has used ...