EPA Now Requires Political Aide’s Sign-Off for Agency Awards, Grant Applications
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... in grants the EPA distributes annually, assigning final funding decisions to a former Trump campaign aide with little ...
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Trump's Nominee To Be USDA's Chief Scientist Is Not A Scientist
Release Date:
09/05/2017
The chief scientist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is typically a low-profile job in any presidential administration. But President Trump's nomination of his former Iowa campaign manager for the post is raising concern in the scientific...
Will the Trump Era Transform the School Lunch?
Release Date:
09/06/2017
On a sweltering morning in July, Sonny Perdue, the newly minted secretary of agriculture, strode across the stage of a convention hall here packed with 7,000 members of the School Nutrition Association, who had gathered for their annual conference.
Bloomberg’s Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal Battles
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... one an even more explicit shot at the administration, by funding support for states fighting the federal government, ...
Democrats Look To Trump On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program
Release Date:
09/11/2017
President Trump appears to be in the mood to make deals with Democrats — and Democrats see an opportunity to protect young immigrants.
The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers in Dead-End Jobs
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... Irvine, Calif.-based mortgage lender Network Capital Funding Corp. opened an office in Miami to scoop up an ...
The Questionable Ethic of an Opt-Out for Recurring Donations: A Caution for Nonprofits
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Forget the fact that the nonprofit in question here is the Committee to Defend the President; its practice of automatically signing donors up for recurring donations has, according to BuzzFeed News, landed it in trouble with its donors, who are...
Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... and job growth, the president has yet to commit to federal funding for half of the $30 billion Gateway project, which ...
Harvard Endowment Reports ‘Disappointing’ 8.1 Percent Return
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Describing the results as “disappointing,” Harvard University reported on Tuesday that its $37.1 billion endowment earned an 8.1 percent return for its most recent fiscal year.
JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule Civil Liberties Group Must Disclose Donors
Release Date:
09/21/2017
After a lengthy debate, a majority of the commissioners of the state’s lobbying and ethics watchdog panel again found on Tuesday that the New York Civil Liberties Union must disclose donors to its state lobbying efforts.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Notes Ways Foundations Can Step Up to Scale Solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals
Release Date:
09/25/2017
A new report released this week, Scaling Solutions Toward Shifting Systems, based on interviews with leading NGOs and grantmakers, seeks to offer some concrete recommendations and catalyze a conversation about how to change the industry with an eye...
Yahoo Co-Founder Gives $25 Million to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum
Release Date:
09/27/2017
In a rare example of high-level cultural philanthropy from Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial elite, Jerry Yang, a Yahoo co-founder, and his wife, Akiko Yamazaki, have pledged $25 million toward a $90-million transformation project of the Asian Art...
MTA May Cut Back On $836M Emergency Subway Repair Work If De Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... the subway from collapse may get scaled back for lack of funding , the head of the MTA said Wednesday. Metropolitan ...
Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... the future of preserving broadcast television news. With funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Vanderbilt will ...
Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Mayor de Blasio's free school lunch plan isn’t kosher — and that’s left many in the city’s Jewish community bellyaching about a program they want their kids to receive.
‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City
Release Date:
10/02/2017
They have prior criminal records but now aim to resolve neighborhood conflicts before they turn violent. They walk neighborhood streets on a daily basis and use their connections to resolve disputes before they escalate, requiring the police.
Collector’s Heirs Praise Deal to Recover Art Seized in WWII
Release Date:
10/03/2017
The Geneva lawyer for the heirs of a Jewish woman whose art collection was seized by France’s pro-Nazi regime in World War II says they are “absolutely delighted” about a hard-won deal to recover from a Swiss town a 19th-century painting by English...
Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash
Release Date:
10/06/2017
Nonprofit lenders in the U.S. with a mission to make capital meet the needs of poor communities have a foothold in the bond market.
House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Despite opposition from conservative and government watchdog groups, the House easily approved a $36.5 billion disaster aid package Thursday to help states and U.S. territories rebuild in the wake of devastating hurricanes and...
The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers
Release Date:
11/03/2017
... Sandbox and the Overdeck Family Foundation, provided funding for innovative, out-of-school science and math ...