New York Women's Foundation-Backed Report Sees Aging Immigrant Women as the 'Invisible Population'
Release Date:
07/08/2015
... qualify. So what do they do? The answer, according to a recent study by a New York group, is many just keep on ...
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OSF and Ford Help Address the 'Accountability Gap'
Release Date:
08/13/2015
The accountability gap is defined as the disconnect between what citizens expect and what governments do.
Ford Statement on Importance of Arts Amidst Pressing Poverty
Release Date:
08/18/2015
... President Darren Walker picked up this thread in a recent talk. Walker explained that the Ford Foundation views ...
The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
09/22/2015
... company that works with philanthropic groups. In recent years, schools, private foundations, pension funds and ...
The Gender Divide in Ballet Leadership and Choreography
Release Date:
09/29/2015
... men also head the choreography. According to a recent article on NPR, many of the current female leaders in ...
5 Questions for. . .Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
10/15/2015
The New York City-based Rockefeller Foundation was one of the first philanthropic organizations to respond to the devastation caused by Katrina. Rockefeller President Judith Rodin answers questions about Katrinia recovery and urban resilience in the...
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.
Century Foundation Analysis Noted, Poverty in Syracuse Examined
Release Date:
11/20/2015
... crumbling or abandoned, and the parks are empty because a recent spate of shootings in this city has made parents fear ...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for Climate Change
Release Date:
12/09/2015
The Nathan Cummings Foundation lauded as embracing a broader, more pragmatic portfolio of approaches to climate change.
Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide
Release Date:
01/04/2016
... gun control groups have secured a number of surprising recent successes in Connecticut, Delaware and elsewhere. And ...
Century Foundation Report: More Schools Nationwide are Experimenting with Diversity Programs
Release Date:
02/09/2016
... a law to report school diversity statistics and more recent controversies over school-zone changes, and in the ...
Impact Investing's Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation)
Release Date:
02/19/2016
A recent Center for Strategic and International Studies event, 'Impact Investing: An Opportunity for Development?,' brought together a panel of experts to discuss impact investing and its potential to address global issues.
Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)
Release Date:
02/23/2016
Mexico has become the most obese country in the world. In a purported effort to combat the problem, the country implemented a one-peso-per-liter excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in January 2014.
Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%
Release Date:
03/04/2016
The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is on track to expand their combined annual degree awards by almost 20 percent, creating 94,000 more graduates over the next 10 years. UIA received $3.85 million in new funding from the Bill & Melinda...
Goldman Sachs Expands Philanthropic Fund to Younger Workers
Release Date:
03/04/2016
Wall Street has recently seen its share of young analysts leave their six-figure salary jobs to join the scrappier worlds of start-ups, nonprofits and even food trucks. A new program for young analysts to compete for donations to a charity of their...
Microsoft Joins Bloomberg, JPMorgan & Others in Supporting Smithsonian's Museum of African American History
Release Date:
03/25/2016
... life in a powerful and enriching experience.” Other recent donations include $1 million from the Alfred Street ...
Four Projects Supported by NY Community Trust Making Real Estate Cheaper for Artists To Live & Work in NYC
Release Date:
04/01/2016
While finding affordable real estate can be doubly tricky for artists who need to find affordable space in NYC to live and work, four new projects — all of which won grants recently from the New York Community Trust — aim to make it easier for...
Clark Foundation Illustrates Grantmaking for a Rainy Day
Release Date:
05/02/2016
Clark Foundation Illustrates Grantmaking for a Rainy Day Recent years have seen a gradual but marked shift in ...
Century Foundation Fellow on Legacy Admissions Begetting Educational Inequality
Release Date:
07/29/2016
“This is a preference that preferences the already advantaged,” observed Richard Kahlenberg, a Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation and a prolific writer on higher education issues.
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Opens Applications for its 2017 Prize
Release Date:
09/07/2016
At least five New York based scientists will each be awarded $200,000/year – for up to three years – to enable them to pursue groundbreaking research at a stage when traditional funding is lacking.