Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits
Release Date:
01/21/2016
... Not Cutting Government Deficits For six straight years, Americans watched their government's borrowing shrink. .....
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Mortality Rates for Middle-Aged Whites Not Just About Drugs, Suicide, Says Commonwealth Fund
Release Date:
02/01/2016
... death rates have been rising for non- Hispanic, white Americans between the ages of 45 and 54, reversing a ...
NYS Health Foundation Releases Report on Uninsured Immigrants & Insurance Coverage
Release Date:
02/01/2016
... New York's leadership in providing a welcome home for new Americans . NYS Health Foundation Releases Report on Uninsured .....
Presidential Candidates Ignore Long-Term Care Issues (United Hospital Fund)
Release Date:
02/10/2016
On the eve of the first votes of the 2016 presidential contest – a wacky year where outsized personalities and voter anger are grabbing the headlines – there’s at least one familiar political pattern: nary a mention of one of the most critical...
An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)
Release Date:
02/22/2016
Saru Jayaraman, a vocal leader in the food labor movement and founder of Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC), has been supported by the Ford Foundation for more than a decade. The New York Times profiles her efforts for restaurant workers.
JPB Foundation Supports Best Practices, Models for Green Infrastructure in Underserved Communities
Release Date:
03/10/2016
The Great Urban Parks Campaign: Green Infrastructure in Underserved Communities is bringing together thought leaders from around the country to explore solutions to stormwater management through the use of green infrastructure that also benefits...
Arabella Advisors Noted in NPR Report: Solutions that Could Help The U.S. Slash Food Waste
Release Date:
03/16/2016
... U.S. Slash Food Waste By now, you probably know that Americans waste a lot of food. Each year, an estimated 133 ...
Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance
Release Date:
03/17/2016
The child poverty rate in the United States is stubbornly high, with more than 12 million American children—16.5 percent of all children—currently living in poverty and a Century Foundation report says a universal child allowance could change it.
At the Rockefellers’ Kykuit, Painterly Gardens and a Rosy Legacy
Release Date:
05/23/2016
While Kykuit’s expansive Italian-inspired gardens with French and English influences are gorgeous year-round, the blossoming roses make June one of the best times to visit.
With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence
Release Date:
06/17/2016
The three-year program fosters tomorrow’s American operatic masterpieces through personalized creative development and intensive, hands-on composition opportunities for today’s most promising opera composers.
Ford and MacArthur-Backed Survey Finds That Young Voters From Newer Immigrant Families Lean More Liberal
Release Date:
09/09/2016
... Families Lean More Liberal Young Hispanic and Asian- Americans who are immigrants or have an immigrant parent are ...
Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum
Release Date:
09/28/2016
The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum announces the appointment of Camille Ann Brewer as the museum’s first full-time curator of contemporary textile art.
Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings
Release Date:
09/29/2016
The aim is to help "change the landscape" of American racial discourse by openly acknowledging a painful past, much as Germany has Holocaust memorials and South Africa a museum on its past state-sanctioned segregation - apartheid.
Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers
Release Date:
10/07/2016
... philanthropists, Forbes calculated which of the wealthy Americans on its annual Top 50 Givers list gave the most over ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Funds Primer to Guide Students on College Choices
Release Date:
10/17/2016
The Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences received $2.2 million from Carnegie Corporation of New York for this initiative.
Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism
Release Date:
11/18/2016
Mark Lilla, visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation, writes in the New York Times to advocate for a "post-identity liberalism."
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities
Release Date:
12/13/2016
A group of 30 top colleges and universities wants to enroll more low-income students, but critics question whether the focus should be elsewhere.
Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn
Release Date:
01/04/2017
Neighborhood Strength is a resident-led investment program that brings community members together at the neighborhood-level to identify, and direct funding to, solutions that target significant local challenges.
Century Foundation Fellow: Will Trump’s ACA Order Reduce Burden or Shift It to Patients?
Release Date:
01/25/2017
... action cannot, for example, set lower deductibles for Americans , or rescind taxes on the health industry; such ...
MetLife Foundation Sponsors Ballet Hispánico Tour
Release Date:
02/21/2017
Ballet Hispánico en Familia is a 90-minute, fun-filled journey through Latin American dance and culture featuring Ballet Hispánico Artistic Director & CEO Eduardo Vilaro as host, excerpts from Ballet Hispánico's diverse repertory and a Q&A...