Rockefeller-Backed FarmerLink Helps Philippine Planters Milk the Coconut Boom
Release Date:
05/10/2017
... of FarmerLink, a pilot project set up by a consortium to make small-scale coconut farmers in the Philippines more ...
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William T. Grant Publishes How Social Science Research Can Improve Youth Outcomes In The Real World
Release Date:
05/17/2017
... practical. But for researchers in the social sciences to make greater contributions to the economic and social ...
The Army Infantry’s First Women
Release Date:
05/26/2017
The Army has sought to play down the significance of the mixed-gender milestone. But female grunts see it as monumental and revolutionary.
Markle Foundation: Trump's Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training
Release Date:
06/13/2017
... As the White House works on its proposal, it should make skills training for infrastructure-related jobs a ...
Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25
Release Date:
06/20/2017
Once there were fish, but then the coal mining began. The stretch of bone-dry, cracked land doesn’t look like much. Rancher L.J. Turner of Wright, Wyo., says, “It used to be, there was fish in there.” Now it’s one of 20 nearby springs that have...
Verizon Foundation: Innovative Learning Program Addresses Lack of Women in STEM Careers
Release Date:
07/24/2017
... of women working at tech companies is seriously low. Men make up 80 percent of the tech industry’s global workforce. ...
Can Humanities Grants to Universities Be a Bridge to Something Bigger? Mellon Foundation Backs Humanities
Release Date:
07/31/2017
... about the fundamental qualities—and questions—that make us human." . . . Can Humanities Grants to Universities .....
Overbrook Foundation: A Small Family Funder Trying to Cure What Ails Environmentalism
Release Date:
08/01/2017
... philanthropic or NGO sectors themselves operate, hoping to make an impact that reverberates further than they could ...
Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... Carpenter’s small bakery, where he teaches them how to make buttery pastry dough and flaky pie crusts. He hopes ...
Sloan Foundation Supported Survey: Work Can Be Stressful, Dangerous And Sometimes Great
Release Date:
08/14/2017
... But having a good boss and good friends on the job can make work feel less taxing. In 2015, RAND researchers, along ...
Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities
Release Date:
08/17/2017
... an example of the tradeoffs that can emerge in the push to make cities more sustainable — not just environmentally, ...
Sloan, Skoll Foundations & Carnegie Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher Education
Release Date:
08/23/2017
... States to profile five innovative programs designed to make college more affordable and provide non-traditional ...
At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.
Release Date:
08/28/2017
As president of Google.org, Jacquelline Fuller runs one of the nation’s biggest and most unusual corporate-philanthropy operations. The charitable grant-making arm of the internet search-engine giant gives about $100 million to charity each year; in...
No Room on a Bike Rack? Not a Problem for These Smart Bikes
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... a new generation of tech-savvy bike companies are vying to make riding less expensive and more convenient, competing ...
Scientist Asked To Remove ‘Climate Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... budget language restrictions and we don’t want to make any changes without your knowledge or consent.” . . . ...
Audacious Philanthropy
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Private philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the past century.
Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work?
Release Date:
08/30/2017
In rare cases, children fall into a much deeper level of sedation than intended during dental procedures. If they aren’t rescued quickly, they may stop breathing or even die.
Millions of Dollars From Corporations and Individuals Flow to Flood-Ravaged Texas
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... for several hours on Tuesday. Donors were still able to make transactions through Facebook’s payment system, said ...
Canada Wants a New NAFTA to Include Gender and Indigenous Rights
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... out its core objectives, and second on the list was to make the 23-year-old pact “more progressive.” By that, ...
The New York Times Is Looking for Nonprofit Funding. Will It Succeed Where Others Have Failed?
Release Date:
09/05/2017
"Fractured Lands," a prodigious New York Times Magazine piece last year on the chaos in the Middle East, was an inadvertent window onto a fractured business model. It was thus relevant that Executive Editor Dean Baquet and Managing Editor Joseph...