How Failure of the Obamacare Repeal Affects Consumers
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... their insurance through Medicaid can rest easy. While some states have applied to make minor changes to their programs, ...
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Opinion: A Cash Guarantee for All Has Philanthropy Buzzing
Release Date:
09/27/2017
These days, to achieve maximum buzz, a policy idea needs the right combination of utopian promise and real-world possibility. You can make the argument that universal basic income has recently offered the headiest brew of that mix, for both the...
New York Landlord Fined $500,000 in Tenant Harassment Probe
Release Date:
09/28/2017
A New York City landlord will have to pay $500,000 and address a number of building violations as part of a settlement over alleged harassment of tenants, officials said.
Home Health Workers: All the Work, Half the Pay
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Home care workers do not get paid for every hour of their 24-hour shifts. Recent court rulings could change that fact, and upend an industry
Opinion: Take a Resistance Break
Release Date:
10/04/2017
When our social fabric and civil society itself are fraying, all of us should be asking ourselves how we can transform our lifelong skills into the protection of our most fundamental values, and each other.
Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say
Release Date:
10/05/2017
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s opinion about whether to shut down the Rikers Island jail complex has shifted significantly in less than a year – thanks in part to the efforts of nonprofits serving on the Independent Commission on New York City...
Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding
Release Date:
10/05/2017
A coalition of nonprofit leaders and community activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of some 25,000 residents just outside of Madison.
Building Bridges between Scared Immigrant Communities and Police
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... of victim advocates and legal service providers in 46 states (and D.C.) finds that immigrants are afraid to call ...
Opinion: The Community Health Center Fund: What’s At Risk?
Release Date:
10/10/2017
Tucked into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a special 5-year funding authorization to expand the reach of the community health centers program. This special funding authority expired in 2015.
P2CP Program Is Expanding with Support from The David Rockefeller Fund, Ford Foundation, JM Kaplan Fund, Teagle Foundation and Pinkerton Foundation
Release Date:
10/20/2017
At Otisville, the Prison-To College Pipeline is expanding educational opportunity for students both inside and out.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Discovers Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead To New Diabetes Treatment
Release Date:
10/30/2017
In lab experiments and animal models, UNC and NC State researchers designed synthetic beta cells to secrete insulin in response to high blood sugar.
The Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities Reaches 95 Participants With New Additions
Release Date:
11/01/2017
... roster, representing more than 29 million people in 37 states . Simone Brody, the executive director of WWC campaign ...
ArtNet News Details Joan Mitchell Foundation 2017 Grant Recipients
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... They range in age from 27 to 62 and come from 12 different states , including Hawaii and Alaska. Of the 25 artists ...
How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing
Release Date:
12/12/2017
... strategies that build progressive political power in states of critical electoral importance.' The fund has .....
Simons Investigators Awarded 2018 Breakthrough Prize, New Horizons Prize
Release Date:
12/15/2017
Three Simons Investigators were honored at the sixth annual Breakthrough Prizes, which recognize top achievements in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics.
John B. King Jr., President and CEO of The Education Trust Speaks at the First Annual PNY Policy Forum
Release Date:
01/31/2018
John B. King, Jr., CEO of The Education Trust, former U.S. Secretary of Education, and former New York State Education Commissioner touches on ESSA implementation, equity in education and policy opportunities in today’s political environment.
Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed
Release Date:
03/01/2018
The Schott Foundation for Public Education released the Loving Cities Index , a multi-state report that aims to reverse historical local policies and practices rooted in racism and bias and replace them with policies that create local loving systems...
Schott Foundation Releases New Report, “Keeping Students First: Building Community Labor Partnerships for Strong Schools.”
Release Date:
04/10/2018
This report is designed to support community and labor groups that are ready and willing to engage in meaningful relationship building and collaboration.
Nina Stack Joins Champlain Foundation as Executive Director
Release Date:
04/17/2018
The next executive director of the Champlin Foundation will be Nina Stack, the nonprofit agency announced Monday.
Redlich Horwitz Foundation Urges NY to Prepare for Family First Act
Release Date:
06/08/2018
Redlich Horwitz Foundation has issued a report presenting initial recommendations to New York counties regarding the residential care provisions of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA).