New York Community Trust to Receive $650K from AG’s Settlement with Fraudulent Clothing-Bin Operator
Release Date:
10/30/2015
... Clothing-Bin Operator Three local organizations are in hot water after the state attorney general found they ...
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Bloomberg Philanthropies-Backed Report: U.S. Electric Sector Expected To Hit Lowest CO2 Emissions In 20 Years
Release Date:
11/05/2015
... to "circumvent a gridlocked Congress and work directly in states and with local community groups." . . . Bloomberg .....
Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality
Release Date:
11/09/2015
... several initiatives, including LGBT rights in the United States , direct cash transfers in Latin America, and ...
Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn
Release Date:
12/16/2015
More than two dozen youth from across Central Brooklyn gathered for the first part of a 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge presented by Central Brooklyn State Sen. Jesse Hamilton and Blue 1647 hosted at the Nigerian American Muslim...
Carnegie, Helmsley-funded Report: Fewer than 1 in 7 Community College Students Get Bachelor’s Degree
Release Date:
01/19/2016
... who transfer from community colleges to four-year colleges are less likely to get a degree than their wealthier peers, a ...
Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities
Release Date:
02/04/2016
The Mellon Foundation grant will support of efforts to increase the number of Latino professors in the humanities at U.S. colleges and universities.
Ms. Foundation CEO Puts Spotlight on Needs of Women and Girls
Release Date:
02/05/2016
Teresa Younger, Ms. Foundation, president and CEO, has been renewing the conversation about feminism and has launched a 52,000-mile “listening tour” with stops throughout the country.
Cuomo Offers Support for Mark-Viverito’s Call to Close Rikers
Release Date:
02/16/2016
Gov. Andrew Cuomo voiced support Sunday for New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito’s call to close Rikers Island.
Carnegie: Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough
Release Date:
03/24/2016
Carnegie: Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough “We are improving security at our nuclear facilities,” ... into the complex at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the United States stores most of its weapons-grade uranium...
Rockefeller-founded Asia Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U.S. & Asia
Release Date:
03/15/2016
... understanding between the peoples of Asia and the United States . The Society has since grown from a small New York ...
Commentary from Rockefeller Foundation: A Solution to Hunger? Stop Throwing Dinner Away
Release Date:
03/15/2016
... in Indonesia, some amber waves of grain in the United States . Now harvest this imaginary field, and toss one third ...
NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women
Release Date:
03/29/2016
As Women's History Month 2016 draws to a close, some might be tempted to think that our work is done – it is not. The work of gender equity continues. NY Women's and Novo foundations are noted for philanthropic investment in programs for women and...
Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers
Release Date:
04/04/2016
... exploring new methods for helping wildlife in the United States to adapt to rapidly shifting environmental conditions ...
NCRP Reviews New York Community Trust
Release Date:
04/13/2016
The New York Community Trust is committed to investing in underserved communities and equity, and mostly follows through on those goals to achieve results, a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy's Philamplify initiative...
Ford Foundation Names Kathy Reich as Director for Effort to Strengthen Institutions and Networks
Release Date:
04/29/2016
... will guide the foundation's BUILD efforts in the United States and across its 10 global offices to implement .....
Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... teachers to drive transformation in schools, districts and states , including the development of policies that affect ...
Citi Foundation Gives $20M to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities
Release Date:
05/18/2016
... to long-standing urban economic challenges in the United States – including economic development, environment ... Progress Makers Fund supports community organizations that are leading urban transformation...
Ford Foundation Appoints John Irons as Director of Inclusive Economies
Release Date:
05/19/2016
An economist by training, Irons led work on U.S. employment, including employment in a green economy, and a project on state and metropolitan innovation in partnership with the Brookings Institution.
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.
Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status
Release Date:
08/12/2016
... in Higher Education, which operates four colleges in six states as well as an online degree program, will have to ...