'Field Trip New Jersey' Launches (Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation)
Release Date:
01/14/2016
... fund to support opportunities for students in underserved communities to connect classroom learning with real-life ...
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Megan Holmes to Give Annual Italian Art Society/Kress Lecture
Release Date:
04/15/2016
The annual IAS/Kress Lecture Series in Italy, inaugurated in 2010 with the generous support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, encourages intellectual exchange between North American art historians and the international community of scholars based...
Report: NY Has The Second Highest Foreclosure Rate
Release Date:
04/19/2016
... governments squeezed for property tax revenue. “Our communities are paying a big price when people lose their ...
Century Foundation Research on School Segregation is Focus of Reporting in The Atlantic
Release Date:
04/21/2016
... and racially diverse is sometimes thwarted by communities who see the current lack of real integration as a ...
Rita Allen Foundation Funds Study to Understand Rejection of Climate Change
Release Date:
04/27/2016
Climate Central, a Palmer Square-based nonprofit group devoted to studying climate change, has joined several other scientific groups in a study that seeks to understand why many members of the public reject the findings of the scientific community...
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President Says Jersey Water Works Initiative is a Powerful Collaboration
Release Date:
04/27/2016
Jersey Water Works, the cross-sector collaborative formed to address the problems of New Jersey’s aging urban water infrastructure, today released its workplan for 2016. Focus areas include improving water system efficiency and engaging community...
Doris Duke Teams Up With Chicago's Stomping Grounds Dance Festival
Release Date:
04/29/2016
STOMPING GROUNDS is made possible by major support from the Chicago Free For All Fund atThe Chicago Community Trust, Engaging Dance Audiences funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Joyce Chelberg with additional funding from the...
Asia Foundation and Lotus Circle Honor Carnegie’s Gregorian
Release Date:
05/09/2016
The Asia Foundation and The Lotus Circle, a community of U.S. individuals, foundations, and corporations who raise private capital to rapidly respond to challenges and opportunities facing women in Asia, will honor Dr. Vartan Gregorian, president of...
Leaders From Clark and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Help Create Hands-on Philanthropy Course
Release Date:
07/12/2016
... Philanthropy Course In Effective Philanthropy in Urban Communities , students are broken into five different teams. ...
Rubin Foundation Announces Participants in 2016 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Social Practice
Release Date:
07/14/2016
IAP: Social Practice is a year-long professional development program for immigrant and 1st-generation artists working in all forms of socially engaged art.
Commonwealth Fund Scorecard Shows Health Care Has Vastly Improved, But Progress Remains Uneven
Release Date:
07/14/2016
... But Progress Remains Uneven Health care in many U.S. communities got better between 2011 and 2014, although ...
William T. Grant Foundation Invites Proposals for New York City Youth Service Improvement Grants
Release Date:
07/25/2016
The William T. Grant Foundation seeks to improve the lives of youth by supporting small to medium-size organizations that have already had some success but lack the funds to make needed improvements.
With Support from Sloan, Research Points to Mechanisms on Why 'Green' Helps in Urban Life
Release Date:
08/02/2016
... in Urban Life New research finds that airborne bacterial communities differ from one urban park to the next but those ...
Ford Foundation Paper Cited in Wired Article on the Future of Open Source Code
Release Date:
08/11/2016
... relies on free, public code, written and maintained by communities of developers and other talent. This code can be ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports Group to Register Dominican-American Political Power
Release Date:
10/06/2016
Dominican Americans are the largest immigrant group in New York, with a population of more than 673,000, according to the 2014 American Community Survey. That includes both foreign-born and native-born residents.
Mellon Foundation Awards St. Lawrence University $800,000 to Support Sophomore-Year Experience
Release Date:
10/21/2016
This new program will offer a new series of second-year student seminars and courses that are linked to experiential learning opportunities, including internships, community outreach and summer research fellowships.
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic
Release Date:
10/26/2016
NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced an open call for original poetry about the impacts of drug addiction.
State’s Delay on Final Sea-Level Rise Projections Chided
Release Date:
11/11/2016
Sea-level rise projections meant to help state agencies and planners develop resilient structures in the future are delayed and will likely not be in place until the end of March, despite a January 2016 deadline.
New York Women’s Foundation President Says Trans Women Need More Than Victim Remembrance
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Later this term, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue of bathroom rights for transgender people.
Rockefeller Foundation Choses Lincoln Center to Manage its NYC Cultural Innovation Fund
Release Date:
12/02/2016
Lincoln Center announced today that they have been chosen by the Rockefeller Foundation to manage the foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund (NYC CIF).