Ford, Carnegie Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis
Release Date:
05/11/2016
... Water Crisis Ten grant makers announced today they plan to spend $125 million to help residents of Flint, Mich., ...
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Morgan Stanley/ANHD Community Development Fellowship Graduate Class Selected
Release Date:
05/23/2016
The Fellowship is designed to increase the capacity of New York City's community development organizations and to create a pipeline for the next generation of community development leaders.
Scherman, Altman, Lily Auchincloss, NY Community Trust and Supporters Launch QueensWay Design Phase
Release Date:
06/06/2016
The QueensWay project involves converting the long-abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line of the Long Island Rail Road into a $120 million public park.
Stonewall Foundation's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly #ExpressLove
Release Date:
06/21/2016
For the past six years, Jarrett Lucas has been making his way, as he says, "up the non-profit stepping stool," working at Stonewall Foundation for the past six years.
Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction
Release Date:
07/25/2016
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Wilson College a $100,000 grant to strengthen writing instruction for students, especially those in their first year.
Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities
Release Date:
09/12/2016
... of its New York headquarters. The foundation does not plan to start a new program on disabilities, wrote Darren ...
Rockefeller Family Fund Calls ExxonMobil’s Conduct ‘Morally Reprehensible’
Release Date:
11/29/2016
David Kaiser, a fifth-generation member of the Rockefeller family, and Lee Wasserman, director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, wrote an article in the New York Review of Books calling out ExxonMobil for “morally reprehensible conduct.”
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Workshop To Further Innovation And Sustainability in New Jersey
Release Date:
12/20/2016
From finding ways to better engage the city’s youth to empowering the disenfranchised, a new collaborative group is working to establish solutions to keep the city moving forward.
Mellon Foundation Gives $1.02 Million to New Critical Theory Initiative
Release Date:
03/30/2017
Using a $1.02 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Northwestern will collaborate with worldwide professionals to develop a curriculum on critical theory, a stream of philosophy that critiques the ways culture is formed and discussed.
Gay Rights Group Turns Down Bank of America’s Money Over HB2 Compromise
Release Date:
05/09/2017
The nation’s largest gay rights group plans to reject $325,000 in Bank of America sponsorships to protest the role bank executives played in brokering a replacement for North Carolina’s House Bill 2 - known as "the bathroom bill."
Tiffany & Co. Makes Its Point: Presidents Come and Go, But Climate Change is Forever
Release Date:
05/11/2017
As the firing of FBI Director James Comey swamps the news cycle, an amazing public statement by Tiffany & Co. still glitters through the muck. On Tuesday morning, the legendary American jeweler issued a terse but vehement pitch in favor of the...
Rockefeller, Gates and Norway to Bolster ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault Following Climate Change Flooding Fears
Release Date:
05/22/2017
The Norwegian government has confirmed plans to boost defenses at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault after reports of flooding at the facility prompted panic that the world’s future food supply could be destroyed. The Crop Trust is targeting a $850...
IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy
Release Date:
06/08/2017
IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy IBM is channeling its science and tech expertise into tackling some of the world's biggest problems. On Wednesday, the tech giant announced the launch of...
Rockefeller Foundation Backs Nonprofit ETF Startup
Release Date:
08/01/2017
... back to their causes, officials from the group said with a plan to announce the initiative later on Tuesday. The ...
As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... the parent of the University of Phoenix. The closings are a sign that years of heady growth led to a boot-camp ...
Trump Administration Considering Cuts to Cultural Exchange Visas
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... rules to ensure that the interests of domestic workers are protected. No decisions have been made, but supporters of ... focused on five employment-based programs that are part of the J-1 visa exchange visitor...
Opinion: How A Pied-À-Terre Tax Could Help Solve New York City's Housing Crisis
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... and essentially every other indicator of housing stress are at the highest level in modern history and continue to ... New York Metropolitan Region – a lot more. The Regional Plan Association has estimated...
Cuomo, Schneiderman Say They'll Sue to Protect "Dreamers"
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... statement Monday saying they will sue to protect those who are currently under the Deferred Action for Childhood ...
Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... picture looks great. The local economy is booming and jobs are being created at a rapid clip, with no recession in ...
Democrats Look To Trump On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... own party — and members of his own Cabinet — to back a plan pushed by Democrats to pair hurricane relief aid to a ...