Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want
Release Date:
12/01/2015
... eighty-five and older, which doubled in the past thirty years , is projected to almost triple to more than 14 million ...
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New Disclosures on Mozilla Foundation and its Supporters (Ford, Helmsley)
Release Date:
12/03/2015
The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation is a high-profile crusader for Internet freedom, and it shares the Firefox browser with the world.How does Mozilla spends its money? The answers — including a few surprises — have just arrived. Ten major foundations...
New York Community Trust President: Donors Can Make a Difference on Homelessness, Heroin, Incarceration and Education
Release Date:
12/07/2015
... Heroin, Incarceration and Education During 25 years as president of one of New York’s leading charitable ...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for Climate Change
Release Date:
12/09/2015
... a statement would have been politically unthinkable 10 years ago. Until fairly recently, the dominant idea was ...
A Sensible Makeover for the Ford Foundation Workspace
Release Date:
12/16/2015
... Street in Manhattan, that is expected to close it for two years . When designing the suite in the 1960s, the ...
Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide
Release Date:
01/04/2016
... proved unwilling to touch existing federal gun laws after years of intense lobbying on both sides of the debate. ...
Opinion: Ending the Revolving Door of Homelessness (New York Community Trust)
Release Date:
01/06/2016
New York should draw on approaches that help address homelessness--supportive housing, which offers job training, debt counseling, mental health care, and other crucial services to residents--to stop the revolving door of homelessness.
PNY Adds Legal Series to Core Curriculum
Release Date:
01/06/2016
... will be added to the set of PNY Core programs in future years . This year’s legal series with include: February 17 ...
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Shut Down January 1; Profiled in Jerusalem Post
Release Date:
01/07/2016
Bronfman Philanthropies closed after three decades of miracle making, having “spent down” their capital, as planned. The Jerusalem Post writer takes a look at the organization's accomplishments.
Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos
Release Date:
01/21/2016
... suffers from no shortage of lofty goals — its theme two years ago was no less than “reshaping the world” — and ...
Mayor Increases 'Fair Share' Funding for Schools, but Critics Want More
Release Date:
01/25/2016
Mayor Bill de Blasio is dedicating $159 million in the next fiscal year to help beef up budgets at city schools that are currently well below what they should be receiving, but the Brooklyn Borough president says the increase is not enough.
Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities
Release Date:
02/04/2016
... institutions (HSIs) for Ph.D. programs over five years . Undergraduates selected to participate in the program ...
Pinkerton, Kaplan and NY Community Trust Staff to Be Honored by City & State
Release Date:
02/05/2016
The media company, City & State Reports, and New York Law School announced this year's Corporate, Foundation and Family Philanthropy honorees.
Peterson Foundation Cited in 'Public Worry Over Budget Easing'
Release Date:
02/10/2016
As President Obama's final budget plan is reviewed, there are signs the public is increasingly seeing the government's long-running budget deficit with less and less concern.
Woodruff Foundation Reflects on Its First Decade
Release Date:
02/11/2016
Friday, January 29, was Bob Woodruff's 10th Alive Day. As a reflection on the day that a roadside bomb nearly took Bob's life in Iraq, the Woodruff Foundation celebrated the impact that moment has had over the last decade.
Backed by Mellon Grant, UVA Establishes New Center to Study Indigenous Art
Release Date:
02/16/2016
... $1.7 million. The funding will span the course of five years ... Backed by Mellon Grant, UVA Establishes New Center ...
Mellon Funds Efforts to Bring Medieval Works to the Digital World
Release Date:
02/24/2016
... in bright hues on calfskin, and held by monks hundreds of years ago as they lifted their voices in unison. . . ...
Tow Foundation Announces Six Playwright Residencies
Release Date:
02/25/2016
The Tow Foundation-supported residency will give six emerging playwrights creative homes at theatres in New York City.
Doris Duke Foundation Supports New Website Focusing on Refugees
Release Date:
03/08/2016
Tuesday, March 15, will mark the debut of Refugees Deeply, an immersive single-topic website covering the refugee crisis, which will be run by Lara Setrakin, former ABC News and Bloomberg journalist.
Duke Foundation Supports Program for Vets & Active Military in Theatre Experience, Study & Creation
Release Date:
03/11/2016
Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for theatre, launched the Veterans and Theatre Institute (VTI), a pilot program for veterans and active military personnel to experience, study, and create theatre.