An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)
Release Date:
02/22/2016
... industry employees live in poverty, most big restaurants are not great employers, and many still pay servers $2.13 an ...
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Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/06/2016
... farmers in West Africa where seed varieties and fertilizer are scarce, while drought and unpredictable rainfall are prevalent. “Climate change will impact both natural and ...
New York City Wants To Know: How Effective Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers?
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... the education department and New York University are partnering to study whether that teacher training is doing the trick. One of the first studies of its kind of New ...
Making Kids Into “Makers”
Release Date:
09/22/2017
The new annual Inventor’s Challenge prompts children to develop their creative problem-solving skills by building something to address a problem in their community.
Thousands March For Black Women And Racial Justice In D.C., Around The Country
Release Date:
10/02/2017
The two separate but closely-coordinated events, the March for Black Women (M4BW) and the March for Racial Justice (M4RJ) started at parks near the Capitol before converging to march together to the Department of Justice before descending on the...
Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... safety, employee diversity and carbon footprint reduction are all examples of corporate social responsibility (CSR) ... CEO has invested in CSR and the firm performs poorly, they are much more likely to be...
Boutiques for the People
Release Date:
09/27/2016
... quantitative and qualitative data thus far show that they are making a significant difference in the subsequent ... the good. At the same time, we should be clear-eyed about what we may have to sacrifice in...
The Storm Surge and Impact of Sandy on Communities in Northern New Jersey
Release Date:
06/13/2013
At the end of May, the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers held a bus tour that visited storm-affected communities in Northern New Jersey — an opportunity for funders from around the region to learn more from experts involved in the recovery and...
Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?
Release Date:
07/30/2010
... can work together to produce change in Albany. We are pleased to have one of the program’s presenters, Dick ...
Five Borough Farm: Supporting Urban Agriculture in New York City
Release Date:
11/08/2012
... of the most vibrant urban agriculture cities in the United States , with more than 700 existing sites (there are nearly 3 times as many farms and gardens in the city as there are Starbucks...
Reflections from Jeffrey R. Solomon
Release Date:
05/21/2010
... Charles Bronfman Philanthropies , has travelled to a dozen states , talking to numerous audiences seriously interested in ...
To Frack or Not To Frack in New York: Observations from a Donor Briefing
Release Date:
08/16/2012
... a contentious topic across the country, and many eyes are trained on New York, where Governor Cuomo and the Department of Environmental Conservation are drafting final regulations on fracking in our state. We...
Lessons from the Field: Becoming Strategic: The Evolution of the Flinn Foundation
Publication date:
03/2009
In 2002, Arizona’s Flinn Foundation began implementing a strategy that focused on boosting its state’s bioscience economy and relied heavily on building collaborative partnerships. Since that time, Arizona has had dramatic increases in jobs, research funding, businesses, and wages within the bioscience sector. This case study illustrates the benefits of taking a strategic approach to maximize a foundation’s impact. It describes how Flinn’s leaders narrowed the Foundation’s focus and assessed its performance.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards Nearly $27 Million in Quarterly Grants
Release Date:
01/04/2013
The grants were awarded to organizations in the United States and around the world working in the areas of ... Brief descriptions of each board-approved grant are provided below... Carnegie Corporation of New York...
Media Development In The Developing World
Release Date:
01/04/2013
... down, if not completely out of favor, here in the United States and the rest of the developed world. But in the ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards More Than $19.2 Million in Grants
Release Date:
03/29/2013
... grants were made to organizations in the United States and around the world. At its quarterly meeting held in ... Brief descriptions of each board-approved grant are provided below.... Carnegie Corporation of...
2013 Black Male Achievement Fellows Announced
Release Date:
06/12/2013
... to advancing the lives of black men and boys in the United States . The Black Male Achievement (BMA) Fellows, ...
To Be a True Practitioner of Democracy
Release Date:
05/22/2013
... Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat visiting the United States saw a new phenomenon in America. In Democracy in ...
Live From Independent Sector Conference: Innovation Coming Faster, Needs Collaboration
Release Date:
09/30/2013
Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin and New York Community Trust President and CEO Lorie Slutsky were among the speakers at the opening of the Independent Sector annual conference.
Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?
Release Date:
09/18/2013
An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation.