Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Columbia's Justice-In-Education Initiative
Release Date:
08/27/2015
... Initiative, a program supported by a three-year, $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to provide ...
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United Way of New York City Joins Cuomo and Other Leaders for Economic Justice
Release Date:
09/18/2015
Governor Cuomo today announced that 30 notable civil rights groups and prominent civil rights and community leaders have joined the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice, a statewide initiative aimed building support for a $15 minimum wage for...
New York Community Trust to Receive $650K from AG’s Settlement with Fraudulent Clothing-Bin Operator
Release Date:
10/30/2015
... to used clothing collection boxes that drove more than $10 million into the coffers of a Yonkers business. The ...
National League of Cities and MetLife Foundation Partner for Eight City Project
Release Date:
10/30/2015
... financial inclusion for their residents. NLC received a $1 million grant from MetLife Foundation to implement an ...
Atlantic Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, MetLife, Bank of America Partner to Provide $30M Social Impact Loan Fund
Release Date:
11/17/2015
... (V-Cap), a social impact lender, today announced a new $30 million fund to support better integrated care for at-risk ...
Tow Foundation Touted as Prime Example of Funder Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform
Release Date:
11/19/2015
The Tow Foundation touted as a primary force for Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut and New York.
De Blasio Enlists New York City's Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley)
Release Date:
12/08/2015
... agenda. Venture capitalist Fred Wilson has offered $5 million to get computer science in every city school, while ...
MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab
Release Date:
12/08/2015
With support from MetLife Foundation, Duke University is launching the CommonCents Lab, an initiative that will apply behavioral economics to identify new ways to help millions of Americans improve their saving and spending habits.
Century Foundation Releases Proposals to Strengthen ACA
Release Date:
12/15/2015
Health care experts Harold Pollack and Timothy Jost identify 19 steps that federal, state, and local actors can take to ensure that health care in America is accessible and consumer friendly.
Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide
Release Date:
01/04/2016
With tens of millions of dollars to spend thanks to backers like Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, gun control groups have secured a number of surprising recent successes in Connecticut, Delaware and elsewhere.
Atlantic Philanthropies Writes About Philanthropy’s Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline
Release Date:
01/07/2016
... from school for disciplinary reasons. Today, nearly 3.5 million schoolchildren nationally are suspended from school ...
Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos
Release Date:
01/21/2016
... to announce here on Thursday that it is kicking off a $130 million initiative to reduce food waste around the world. The ...
Mayor Increases 'Fair Share' Funding for Schools, but Critics Want More
Release Date:
01/25/2016
... Want More Mayor Bill de Blasio is dedicating $159 million in the next fiscal year to help beef up budgets at ...
NYS Health Foundation Releases Report on Uninsured Immigrants & Insurance Coverage
Release Date:
02/01/2016
As many as 457,000 unauthorized, uninsured immigrant New Yorkers remain ineligible for health care coverage, a new report from the NYS Health Foundation finds.
Century Foundation Report: More Schools Nationwide are Experimenting with Diversity Programs
Release Date:
02/09/2016
... has more than doubled since 2007 and represents about 4 million students nationwide, the report says. The report ...
Presidential Candidates Ignore Long-Term Care Issues (United Hospital Fund)
Release Date:
02/10/2016
... says Carol Levine, a national advocate for the 40 million unpaid family caregivers and director of the United ...
Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)
Release Date:
02/11/2016
A new report from The Century Foundation, a progressive think tank, shows an increase in the number of schools that have integrated socioeconomically and argues that more schools should be following suit. There is evidence for why racially...
Woodruff Foundation Reflects on Its First Decade
Release Date:
02/11/2016
... again make significant impacts. We have invested $30 million to find, fund and shape programs to meet the needs of ...
Backed by Mellon Grant, UVA Establishes New Center to Study Indigenous Art
Release Date:
02/16/2016
... investment to the Indigenous Art Initiative totals $1.7 million . The funding will span the course of five years... ...
Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)
Release Date:
02/23/2016
... by Bloomberg Philanthropies—which also provided $10 million to push Mexico to adopt the soda tax in the first ...