Ford Foundation Taps Elizabeth Alexander as Director of the Creativity and Free Expression Program
Release Date:
10/07/2015
Elizabeth Alexander is an award-winning poet, essayist and playwright.
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Opinion: Health Reform Lives!
Release Date:
11/23/2015
... went remarkably well. The number of uninsured Americans dropped sharply, roughly in line with projections, ...
Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier
Release Date:
04/06/2016
... The American Public Health Association (APHA) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) are working with ...
Mellon Foundation Supports Festival That Will Show Sneak Preview of PBS "Hamilton" Documentary
Release Date:
09/06/2016
... four-day festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will host a sneak ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies 'What Works Cities Initiative' Issues Data Management Platform Request for Info
Release Date:
11/22/2016
... April 2015, What Works Cities (WWC) is a national initiative to help a hundred-plus mid-sized American ...
Mellon Foundation and NEH Recognize College Professor for Book on Israel
Release Date:
11/29/2016
... has been selected under a $773,761 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. ...
NY Women's Foundation Co-Hosts Training on Healthy Manhood and Preventing Violence Against Women
Release Date:
12/07/2016
... New York Women's Foundation and led by A CALL TO MEN, a national violence prevention organization... NY Women's .....
Ford's Darren Walker Says Arts Are ‘The Soul Of The Country’ and Are Worth Fighting For
Release Date:
03/21/2017
... Washington for the annual Arts Advocacy Day sponsored by Americans for the Arts, a national organization devoted to supporting nonprofit arts... ...
"Demonization" of George Soros Recalls Old Anti-Semitic Conspiracies
Release Date:
05/16/2017
The demonization of the American-Hungarian billionaire and Holocaust survivor has spread from Hungary and Moscow across Europe and into the United States, with the 86-year-old increasingly accused by nationalists of using his money to force his...
Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving
Release Date:
06/15/2017
Is the renewed focus on the manufacturing sector sound economic policy, or as pundits from across the political spectrum have complained, is it just a nostalgic bid for middle-class jobs that are gone for good?
Middle-Class Incomes Rise, But Census Report Shows Worrying Disparities
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... Shows Worrying Disparities The incomes of middle-class Americans rose last year to the highest level ever recorded ...
In an Era of Strife, Museums Collect History as It Happens
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... nor a participant in the protest. He was a curator for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, ...
Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... the equality of opportunity," Buffett said Tuesday at the national Purpose Built Communities conference in Omaha. .....
U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared Through
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... Texas and neighboring states knocked down September’s national payroll totals. But whatever damage the storms ...
Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award
Release Date:
04/16/2018
Cities of Service today announced 10 finalists for the Engaged Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are working creatively to tap the wisdom, talents, and energy of community members to solve public problems.
Measuring Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums
Release Date:
06/26/2018
In this short video, Westermann and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker discuss why the effort to survey art museums on the diversity of their employees was critical.
Rockefeller Foundation Names Deborah Wright as New Managing Director for U.S. Jobs and Economic Opportunity
Release Date:
07/30/2018
The Rockefeller Foundation today announced that Deborah Wright has been named managing director for the Foundation’s U.S. Jobs & Economic Opportunity initiative.
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Understanding the Educational Trajectories of Young Black Men in New York City
Thursday, October 21, 2010 -
9:00am to 12:00pm
The Open Society Institute, 400 West 59th Street, NYC.
... gap among Black male students. In this research briefing , members of the BMDC, who work in partnership with ... needed to coordinate and make effective grants, leverage resources , and influence a change agenda...
If We Want to Strengthen Democracy, Let's Start in Our Back Yard
Release Date:
04/14/2021
... and provisional ballots at rates well above the national average. The administration of absentee voting here ... of multiple recent scandals, including illegally removing about 200,000 New Yorkers from voter...
Equitable Opportunities for Effective Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/08/2022
... I said, but I remember thinking, “this guy has no idea about how much I don’t know!” Afterward, I met with ... lived experiences and to explore the nuances of their voices . These are the people to whom they...