Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos
Release Date:
01/21/2016
... that it is kicking off a $130 million initiative to reduce food waste around the world. The wide-ranging plan ...
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NYS Health Foundation Supporting Model Justice Reform Program
Release Date:
04/04/2016
... on drugs. LEAD is a harm-reduction oriented program to reduce low-level arrests and recidivism. In LEAD, instead of ...
Rockefeller Foundation Initiative to Help Halve Food Loss by 2030
Release Date:
02/07/2017
Local and global stakeholders in the Nigerian tomato value chain met late last year for the first YieldWise partner planning session.
A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative
Release Date:
06/23/2017
For the next 18 months, Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the World Health Organization and Vital Strategies, will be working with cities across the globe to tackle the different factors contributing to noncommunicable diseases.
Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution
Release Date:
07/20/2017
... the group set out to define the necessary steps to reduce the largest environmental cause of death and disease ...
Century Foundation Report Warns Online Learning Companies' Impacts on Public Higher Ed
Release Date:
08/08/2017
As colleges and universities flock to take their academic programs online, many of them work with outside contractors to handle some or all of the course development, marketing and back-office management of the programs. A warning about the nature...
From the Ground Up
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... developmental mandates and economic planning models often reduce India’s poor to a set of abstract data. Along with ...
As Flood Risks Rise, Trump’s Executive Order Jeopardizes Our Infrastructure and Communities
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... will roll back environmental reviews and a standard to reduce flood risks to infrastructure. The president claimed ...
Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees
Release Date:
09/19/2017
Trump administration officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that...
The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime
Release Date:
09/19/2017
New York City officials have announced that all 1.1 million public school students would be provided with a free daily lunch. This came a few months after state Senator Liz Krueger and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon introduced a bill to address...
Experts Analyze Mayor De Blasio's Jobs Plan
Release Date:
09/21/2017
An expert panel convened at The New School on Wednesday by the Center for An Urban Future delved into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to create 100,000 “good-paying” jobs in the next ten years, discussing the challenges of growing the city’s economy...
Citi Foundation and Citi Canada Announce a $700,000 Commitment to Youth
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... Announce a $700,000 Commitment to Youth In an effort to reduce youth unemployment in cities through first jobs, ...
Black And Hispanic Students In New York City Most Likely To Be Arrested And Handcuffed, Data Shows
Release Date:
09/27/2017
More than 92 percent of students arrested in schools last year were black or Hispanic, according to a new analysis — a racial disparity that has persisted even as the city has reduced in-school arrests and summonses.
Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Skepticism abounded when Phillip Morris International announced it would fund and help set up a new body called the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. The tobacco giant plans to donate about $80 million a year for 12 years to this new organization...
Teagle Foundation Names Andrew Delbanco Next President
Release Date:
03/22/2018
The Teagle Foundation announced that its next president will be Andrew Delbanco, the Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University.
Rockefeller Foundation, FAO Supporting Africa to Halve Food Loss
Release Date:
06/21/2018
... Rockefeller Foundation aims to help countries drastically reduce these post-harvest losses by 2030 through ...
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases a Research and Policy In Brief, Mass Shootings: Causes and Prevention
Release Date:
04/21/2021
... a reliable process for data collection could greatly reduce the frequency and toll of this very American type of ...
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Mar
2013
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading: Community Networks in New York State - WEBINAR
Monday, March 11, 2013 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Reading proficiency by third grade is the most important predictor of high school graduation and career success. Yet every year, more than 80 percent of low-income children miss this crucial milestone. As part of the Grantmakers Forum exploration of...
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Jun
2013
A Conversation with Robert C. Granger, President of the William T. Grant Foundation
Thursday, June 13, 2013 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Hear from one of the nation's foundation leaders as Dr. Granger discusses the strengths and weaknesses of strategies employed by the William T. Grant Foundation during his tenure to improve the quality of after-school programs. Representatives from...
NY Charities Bureau Launches Searchable Database of Non-Profit Dissolutions Approved by Attorney General
Release Date:
08/07/2015
... – posted at http://www.charitiesnys.com/Transactions/jsp/ home .jsp - provides various search options, including by the ...