Mellon Foundation Gives $1.02 Million to New Critical Theory Initiative
Release Date:
03/30/2017
... focus in the past. The program plans to change that by working with professionals from the Global South, which ...
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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Female Playwrights at Centenary Stage Company
Release Date:
04/06/2017
The popular Women Playwrights Series is back at Centenary Stage, with new plays from writers from all over the country.
Funded by the Educational Foundation of America, New Study Finds Potential for High-Impact Philanthropy Untapped in South
Release Date:
04/07/2017
... there. The report also profiles four community leaders working for the well-being of people of color, the poor, ...
Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees
Release Date:
05/09/2017
In partnership with the International Rescue Committee, Sesame Street characters will be bringing smiles — and education — to millions of refugee children forced from their homes in Syria, Iraq and other war-torn countries.
Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California
Release Date:
05/11/2017
One of the Novo Foundation's first big grants will go to help young women and girls of color involved in the juvenile justice system.
Open Society Foundations: Central Asia at History’s Crossroads
Release Date:
07/17/2017
... an uphill climb—but we must not discount those who are working to make it a reality. Open Society Foundations: ...
Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications
Release Date:
08/03/2017
Richard Vevers worked in ad agencies for 10 years, then left to become an underwater photographer and ended up founding a not-for-profit organization called The Ocean Agency. His films of coral reefs are spreading the word about climate change...
New Mellon Fellowship Program Explores Cultural Preservation through Long-Term Conservation of Navajo Textiles
Release Date:
08/04/2017
The Heard Museum has been awarded a $300,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch a fellowship program centered on care and long-term preservation of Navajo textiles while potentially gaining new insights into conservation techniques.
The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism
Release Date:
08/11/2017
The Overbrook Foundation has worked during the past few years to improve an underperforming U.S. environmental movement.
Robert Sterling Clark Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community
Release Date:
08/22/2017
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation has been implementing The Whitman Institute’s Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and receiving great reviews.
Donors Offer Berkshire Museum $1 Million To Delay, Study Art Sale; Board President Turns It Down
Release Date:
08/28/2017
A group that emerged Friday has company in wanting the Berkshire Museum to hit the brakes on a planned auction. But what it put on the table may stand alone: $1 million.
Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge
Release Date:
08/29/2017
A growing number of Ukrainians who have streamed into the United States in recent months even as the country has closed the door on other refugees.
Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... learning about this tech and be ramped and ready to start working as soon as they graduate,” said Will Nicholas, ...
Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... by the Tahirih Justice Center, a nonprofit organization working to end gender-based violence. The vast majority were ...
F.D.A. Cracks Down on ‘Unscrupulous’ Stem Cell Clinics
Release Date:
08/31/2017
The Food and Drug Administration announced a crackdown on dangerous stem cell clinics on Monday, while at the same time pledging to ease the path to approval for companies and doctors with legitimate treatments in the growing field.
Cuomo, Schneiderman Say They'll Sue to Protect "Dreamers"
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman released a joint statement saying they will sue to protect those who are currently under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, policy if President Donald Trump succeeds in...
One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos
Release Date:
09/06/2017
Denisse Rojas, a third-year medical student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, on Tuesday took the news of the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA, with a mixture...
Manhattan DA Lightens Marijuana Penalties in New Policy
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... immigrants. Vance announced that his office is also working on a policy, to be implemented in the spring, to end ...
Senate’s Obamacare Fixes Would Build on Heavy Lifting by States
Release Date:
09/07/2017
The result is an Obamacare system that’s still vulnerable, but far from the ‘disaster’ Trump and his top health officials describe.
Bloomberg’s Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal Battles
Release Date:
09/07/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies is turning to a different avenue, by funding support for states fighting the federal government, likely through lawsuits, over the gutting of environmental regulations.