Macquarie Announces $100,000 Social Innovation Award Recipient
Release Date:
08/11/2017
... inclusion within Australia. Cerebral Palsy Alliance will use the $100,000 Award to fund its 'Remarkable Accelerator .....
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The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism
Release Date:
08/11/2017
The Overbrook Foundation has worked during the past few years to improve an underperforming U.S. environmental movement.
Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries
Release Date:
08/18/2017
... recently received its charter from the state. It plans to use the powerhouse, built in 1936, as the main museum ...
Mayor De Blasio Signs Bills Designed to Protect Tenants From Landlord Harassment
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... of 18 bills aimed at protecting tenants whose landlords use construction as a form of harassment Wednesday. The bills ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... improve forestry and transform the productivity of water use . In an interview with IPS, Elwyn Grainger-Jones, ...
Manhattan DA Lightens Marijuana Penalties in New Policy
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... Donald Trump's immigration policies — specifically the use of courts to identify and deport undocumented immigrants. .....
Review Board Recommends Departmental Charges Against N.Y. Police Officer in Eric Garner Case
Release Date:
09/11/2017
The Civilian Complaint Review Board recommended the NYPD discipline the cop who used a banned chokehold in the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island three years ago.
Peter G. Peterson Foundation CEO Comments On Federal Debt Passing $20 Trillion For First Time
Release Date:
09/12/2017
"Surpassing $20 trillion in debt is the latest indicator of our nation's dire fiscal condition," said Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the fiscally conservative Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups
Release Date:
09/21/2017
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give $20 million during the next three years to strengthen women’s groups worldwide, Ms. Gates said Wednesday during an event in New York.
How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege?
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Marriage, which used to be the default way to form a family in the United States, regardless of income or education, has become yet another part of American life reserved for those who are most privileged.
Rezoning a Block in Harlem, Respecting an African Burial Ground
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... on a zoning framework to put the same land to yet another use , a million-square-foot development with about 730 ...
How a Quirky Art Prize Tied to the DeVos Family Went Political
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... Patricia Constantine thought hard about whether to use an image of the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, in her ...
Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... recently wrote an analysis finding that 36 states plan to use chronic absenteeism to measure schools under ESSA, the ...
For the Disabled, New York’s Sidewalks Are an Obstacle Course
Release Date:
10/10/2017
A federal court-ordered report has highlighted numerous shortcomings in the city’s efforts to install and maintain curb ramps to make every corner accessible to people with disabilities.
IRS Audit Guides Inform Nonprofits about Review Criteria
Release Date:
10/13/2017
The prospect of being audited by the IRS is as unsettling to nonprofit leaders as to individuals and for-profit businesses.
Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India
Release Date:
12/08/2017
... Currently operating only in Karnataka, the firm will use the funds for capacity building across admissions, ...
Commonwealth Fund Analysis Shows how Disastrous the Medicaid Work Requirement Would be, Given the Opioid Crisis
Release Date:
01/12/2018
... and its Medicaid spending on prescriptions for opioid use disorders jumped 326 percent from 2011 to 2016, to $64 ...
Casey Family Programs Launches New Mapping Tool to Help Advocate for Prevention of Abuse and Neglect
Release Date:
03/16/2018
Casey Family Programs, a national grant maker in the child welfare field, has launched the Community Opportunity Map, a tool that allows users to see localized indicators connected to community health and maltreatment prevention.
Study Supported by Doris Duke Foundation Reveals Mumps Resurgence Due to Waning Vaccine Protection in Adults
Release Date:
03/23/2018
... within 38 years. The researchers concluded that routine use of a third vaccine dose at 18 years of age, or booster ...
Open Society Foundations Launches Initiative to Support A More Inclusive American Democracy
Release Date:
05/02/2018
The Open Society Foundations has announced that is accepting applications from senior-level government officials and staff in the United States who have recently left public service. The program is designed for public-sector leaders interested in...