New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... law. The Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, requires states to count only “standard” diplomas earned by a ...
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William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education
Release Date:
10/26/2017
... in American public schools has increased in all but 15 states since 2004. When the 2014 school year began, at least 10 percent of K-12 students in nine states were English language learners, according to the...
NYS Health Foundation Challenges Philanthropy to Do more to Fix our Flawed Health Care System
Release Date:
01/12/2018
NYSHealth outlines some ways in which philanthropy can best empower health care consumers: by treating patients a partners and pushing for information transparency.
NYS Health Foundation and The Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Release New Reports on Strengthening Nutrition Education for New Yorkers
Release Date:
01/17/2018
The reports provide a roadmap to improve the systems that help New Yorkers eat well throughout their lives.
Bloomberg Awards $10 Million to Address Opioid Crisis in Michigan
Release Date:
03/17/2019
... the grantmaker to address the opioid crisis in up to ten states . In partnership with Vital Strategies, the Pew ...
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Funder Briefing with the Energy Foundation
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... recently launched New York State as a priority in their States and Regions Program. EF is creating a holistic New ... into the EF’s top three priorities for New York in the States and Regions Program How EF...
Open Society Foundations Commit $15 Million to Gender Equality in Africa
Release Date:
05/08/2020
... invest, on average, between $5 million and $10 million in financial services companies in emerging markets, where one billion women still lack access to formal financial products and services. The fund aims to...
African Philanthropy Forum to Promote Transformation of the Continent 'From Within'
Release Date:
04/22/2013
... Equity Group and Rockefeller foundations have pledged financial support to get the forum off the ground. The ...
Citi Lets Viewers Vote With a Click for a Sports Group
Release Date:
02/09/2014
... sports-related causes. ESTEEM for banks in the wake of the financial crisis is in the doldrums, with Americans rating ...
Service Through Philanthropy Dr. Starita Boyce Ansari
Release Date:
04/15/2014
... in organizational advancement, innovative programming and financial stability. One of Starita’s most noted ...
Wait—What is Venture Philanthropy, Again?
Release Date:
02/27/2014
... models designed to yield social impact as well as a financial return on their investments…. Wait—What is ...
Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making
Release Date:
05/22/2014
... high enough to block major storm surges from flooding the Financial District and also generate enough money to pay for ...
Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires
Release Date:
06/04/2014
... Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector. Judith Rodin, ...
Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' Jobs
Release Date:
07/07/2014
A trend first spotted in a MetLife Foundation survey in 2011 seems to be on the rise as millions of Americans are making plans to work instead of retiring and with many opting for social sector jobs.
NYCT and Tiger Foundation Among Funders of Single-Sex Education
Release Date:
10/28/2014
Public Prep, a network of all-girl charter schools in NYC, opened an all-boys elementary charter school in the Bronx.
JPMorgan Chase Pledges $10 Million to Study Its Philanthropic Impact
Release Date:
02/06/2015
... Is its corporate giving making a difference? The financial -services giant expects to commit $1-billion to ...
National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory
Release Date:
03/13/2015
... selling out the communities they represent in exchange for financial support from wealthy outside donors. The divide ...
White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments
Release Date:
03/24/2015
... to Innovate" campaign has resulted in over $1 billion in financial and in-kind support for STEM programs...." White .....
Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries
Release Date:
04/06/2015
... a desperate time when the city was threatened by the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. And despite ...
Inside the Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date:
04/15/2015
One of the foundation's main focuses is fighting economic inequality.