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 ...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Leon Levy Foundation Funds Civil War Brooklyn Historical Research via the BAM Online Archive
Release Date:
08/14/2017
... always a cause for celebration when new archival history resources go online — especially for the enthusiastic ...
Ford Report Finds that Boards of NYC Museums Lack Diversity
Release Date:
08/24/2017
... board members at most institutions remains strikingly low , while more than a few employ overwhelmingly white ... Museum of Art, 10 percent and 35 percent at the American Museum of Natural History, and 10...
Markle Foundation Initiative, Skillful, Is Going Coast-to-Coast
Release Date:
07/03/2018
... states.” The national unemployment rate is at a record low and employers report that they cannot source enough ...
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... some constraints at individual foundations, can pooling resources catalyze efforts to cede power and decision-making ... Chiles , Executive Director, Redlich Horwitz Foundation / Youth and Families Forward...
The Teagle Foundation Partners with the National Endowment for the Humanities
Release Date:
09/23/2020
... of undermining persistence and retention, particularly for low - income and first-generation students who face pressure to ...
Frameworks for Private Foundations: A New Model for Impact
Publication date:
07/2017
... form of governance, how will it make decisions—and why ? In this chapter, we discuss a foundation’s charter, ... foundation carries out its work and the core competencies, resources , skills, and processes that it cultivates in order ...
With Support From The Rockefeller Foundation, NRDC Releases Report: What, Where and How Much Food Is Wasted in Cities
Release Date:
10/25/2017
... waste all the water, land, energy, money, labor, and other resources that go into growing, processing, distributing, and ... or the characteristics of that waste, including where and why food is discarded,...