Lisa Green Hall Joins Nathan Cummings Foundation's Investment Committee
Release Date:
04/24/2017
... Committee as an independent advisory member. Lisa’s career spans more than 25 years in community development finance and impact investing ...
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Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... of which create systemic barriers to their academic and career progress. Yet, we continue to approach the task of ...
Wallace, Ford, and Mellon on Strategies that Boost Arts Engagement Across Diverse Communities
Release Date:
06/09/2017
... grantmaking tends to focus on the young and mid- career individuals, many of whom hail from underrepresented ...
He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller's Philanthropy and Legacy
Release Date:
08/22/2017
... New York Times ran a full-page obituary about his life and career . The article made much of his time at Chase Bank, but ... put it. Heintz got to know David Rockefeller over 15 years while running the...
At the City Council, Better Gender Balance Among Chiefs of Staff
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Of the 50 sitting Council members, 24 have women serving as their chiefs of staff, the highest ranking aide.
Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... the world, hundreds of millions of students are spending years in school while learning virtually nothing, and many ... a campaign promise—let alone building a fulfilling career or educating their children.”...
Joan Mitchell Foundation Names Recipients of 2018 Painters & Sculptors Grants
Release Date:
12/12/2018
The Joan Mitchell Foundation announced the 2018 recipients of its Painters & Sculptors grants, which will provide 25 artists with $25,000 each in unrestricted funds. This year, the foundation said, 70 percent of the grantees identify as female...
Watch this New Series Showing the Ordinary and Extraordinary Lives of Muslim New Yorkers
Release Date:
02/23/2017
... the grantees include the Islamic Center at NYU, the Arab American Association, the Institute for Social Policy and ... used $80,000 from The Trust to launch the Muslims for American Progress project, which...
Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... has long concerned a range of funders. For example, a few years ago we reported on the creation of TheDream.US, a fund that provides scholarships for immigrant youth going to college. Individual donors behind...
With Funding From The JPB Foundation, Cities Connecting Children to Nature, Engages Second Cohort of Cities in 2017-2020 Phase
Release Date:
12/18/2017
... world. To combat this challenge, the NLC Institute for Youth , Education, and Families and Children & Nature Network ... 2017-2020 will engage a second cohort of cities in 2.75 years of technical assistance...
Paulina Helm-Hernandez, Former Co-Director of Southerners on New Ground, Will Join Foundation For A Just Society
Release Date:
02/01/2018
... US South her home for more than two decades. For eleven years , she was the co-director of Southerners on New Ground, ... South. Prior to that she coordinated the Southern regional youth activism program at the...
Vic De Luca Will Retire as President of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Release Date:
03/16/2015
... Smith Noyes Foundation Vic has committed the last 25 years to the Foundation, starting as a Program Officer in ... to work at Noyes,” said Vic. “When I arrived, after 16 years of organizing in Newark, we were...
Bloomberg Philanthropies' Partnership for Healthy Cities Helping Cities Grow More Powerful
Release Date:
11/22/2017
... "the life expectancy of New Yorkers increased by three years and became two years longer than the national average." These experiences .....
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All: A Conversation about Education with the Gates Foundation’s Bob Hughes
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Robert Hughes has served for many years as an advocate and champion of public education in New ... insights and perspectives as a grantee partner. Now, two years into being a grantmaker, join us as Bob reflects on...
Guardian's 6th Annual Workplace Benefits Study Finds Student Loan Debt Growth Fastest Among Boomers
Release Date:
04/17/2019
... - Student loan debt in the U.S. has been skyrocketing for years , recently topping $1.5 trillion, and now surpassing automobile loans and credit cards to become the largest source of personal debt, aside from...
Reimagining Reporting for Greater Impact
Release Date:
02/16/2024
... *Participating Funders: Cricket Island Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, New ... Center for Justice Innovation, Faith in NY, New York State Youth Leadership Council,...
Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Two New Board Members
Release Date:
10/14/2020
... UC Berkeley, and completed the Stanford Executive Human Resources program. Alex Busansky | Board Member Alex Busansky ... restorative justice system in the United States. For 12 years , Alex handled homicides,...
The Century Foundation Releases Report - Here Is What School Integration in America Looks Like Today
Release Date:
12/02/2021
... that was already highly unequal and segregated. Sixty-six years after Brown v. Board of Education, Black and Latinx ... access to diverse learning environments, equitable resources , and school cultures that...
Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2019 Annual Report: Michael R. Bloomberg’s Annual Letter on Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/13/2019
... virtual college advising to more high-achieving lower- income high school students and then have them enroll in, and ... ability to lead and manage their cities; and supporting American cities striving to...
A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?
Release Date:
08/28/2015
... people from around the world will commemorate the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Although ... Resource Generation, and others, have explicitly dedicated resources to support black-led...