Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students
Release Date:
11/23/2016
... nothing to do with the kind of "systemic" reforms which are so in vogue right now. Communities in Schools is a .....
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Ms. Foundation President Writes in 'The Hill' About Protecting Water in Flint, Standing Rock
Release Date:
12/08/2016
... at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota are celebrating the temporary halting of construction of the ...
Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns
Release Date:
01/04/2017
... label, the phenomenon of people driving passengers, doing odd jobs, delivering food from restaurants, walking ...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series Continues
Release Date:
02/10/2017
... mind and the complexity of human behavior, the lectures are hosted by Columbia’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain ...
Foundation for Child Development Sponsors Study that Finds Children Learning English Require Better Support for Academic Success
Release Date:
03/01/2017
... providers, educational administrators, and teachers are not given appropriate training to foster desired ...
NY Community Trust Is Raising $1M to Combat President Trump’s Policies Of ‘Fear’
Release Date:
03/06/2017
... training, the benefactors behind the new Liberty Fund are taking a front-line position in the battle to preserve ...
Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees
Release Date:
05/09/2017
... other war-torn countries. But first, Sesame Workshop is doing its homework. In partnership with the International ... Committee, Sesame producers and early-childhood experts are soliciting guidance and...
Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help Female Vampire Bats Cope with Loss
Release Date:
05/24/2017
... (STRI), and colleagues discovered that unrelated friends are important backup support when family members go missing. ...
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in Community Engagement
Release Date:
06/22/2017
... proposals to elected officials. "Organizing is not only doing the work, but also accessible and fun," argued ... fun, community voices, and civic engagement. Those are the three things that you...
Robert Sterling Clark Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community
Release Date:
08/22/2017
... and our president’s horrifying words that are fueling the rise of neo-Nazis, the KKK, White ... past few months it has been seeming like the currents we are pushing against are only getting...
How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?
Release Date:
09/11/2017
A new study connects climate change impacts to the emissions from Exxon, Chevron and other large oil, gas and cement companies and their products.
The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... Recently fired undocumented employees of Tom Cat Bakery are joining with worker advocates to urge the food industry ...
Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... Pays Women Less Than Men Three women who worked at Google are suing the company over its salary practices, accusing the ...
Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... Blasio talks about so often—the one he wants to help— are doing much better these days. The question is how much credit ...
New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions
Release Date:
10/03/2017
At New York City's housing court in downtown Brooklyn, where judges preside over landlord-tenant disputes, about 30 people stand in line, waiting to speak to a clerk. They’re representing themselves in court.
A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... fund projects with environmental and/or climate benefit, are a type of responsible investment. More broadly, they are an example of leadership from the investment community in ...
Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... commit its employees to a million hours of volunteer work doing the same. CEO Sundar Pichai announced the goal Thursday ...
JPMorgan Chase Releases New Report As Part Of Its Global Workforce Training Efforts
Release Date:
10/16/2017
Globally, millions of young people are being left behind in a modern, changing workforce. ... for businesses and other organizations interested in doing more to equip young people with the skills they need to ...
Pamela Shifman of NoVo Foundation on the Responsibility of White People in Philanthropy to Dismantle Racism
Release Date:
02/23/2018
... Racism Racial disparities in philanthropic giving are fundamentally about whom we trust to lead us to change, ... — assumptions that pose as common sense — if we are ever going to make true progress in...
Closing Space for Open Society
Release Date:
05/17/2018
The operating environment has gotten so ugly for Open Society, which gave $3.6 million to 46 different groups in Hungary in 2016, that the foundation announced this week they will relocate their office from Budapest, Soros’ birth city, to Berlin.