Collaborating to Find Systemic Solutions to the "Pathway Gap" in Postsecondary/Workforce Advising
... Eliza Loehr , Senior Director, Strategy, Office of Student Pathways at NYC Public Schools Julian Cohen , ...
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Funders for LGBTQ Issues Announces New Staff
Release Date:
07/01/2013
... their Immigrant Rights Intern for the summer. Machado, a student at the University of Connecticut –Stamford, will ...
Ford Foundation Appoints Ricardo Castro as General Counsel
Release Date:
02/01/2013
The Ford Foundation has announced the appointment of Ricardo Castro as Vice President and General Counsel. He will also serve as an officer of the foundation. Castro joins the foundation following an extensive national search, and succeeds Nancy...
15
Feb
2012
Give Up Tomorrow - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 -
4:30pm to 10:30pm
... looks intimately at the case of Paco Larrañaga, a student accused of murder on the provincial island of Cebu. ...
28
Apr
2014
Meet Chancellor Carmen Fariña
Monday, April 28, 2014 -
8:45am to 11:00am
... urged, look at a wider range of measures to track student and school progress Co-presented with Education ...
Critic Calls Grants Aligned With Government Programs "Crony Philanthropy"
Release Date:
07/07/2014
Writing in Forbes, Howard Husock, vice president for policy research at the Manhattan Institute, says that a $10 million commitment from UBS to help underserved students attain a college education is an example of corporate leaders using...
Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Robert Garris Heads to Schwarzman Scholars
Release Date:
08/27/2014
... America. He also served as the Director of Admissions and Student Affairs at Johns Hopkins University School of ...
The Elmezzi Foundation Pledges $3 Million to Help End Generational Poverty in Astoria and Long Island City
Release Date:
09/17/2014
The Thomas and Jeanne Elmezzi Foundation will distribute $3 million to Zone 126 over the next five years to help children in low-income areas of Astoria and Long Island City.
Former Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation VP to Lead LISC NYC
Release Date:
09/18/2014
Sam Marks is the new executive director of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation's New York City program.
Eighteen Cultural Institutions Receive Support from Carnegie Corporation of New York
Release Date:
05/07/2015
Carnegie Corporation announced $3.6 million in grants for education and enrichment programs in New York City.
Carnegie Corporation Trustee Louise Richardson Named Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Release Date:
05/29/2015
... been characterized by its focus on educational mission, student experience, and development of the university’s ...
Open Society Foundation-funded Report Finds Bias Warps the Way African-American Girls are Treated at School
Release Date:
11/06/2015
A new report highlights how race and gender biases held by educators and school administrators impact the educational experiences of African-American girls.
Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism
Release Date:
11/19/2015
"Ruptured Silence" is a new media and dance performance that examines contemporary perspectives about the confederate flag, a bygone symbol, and its usage as an intimidation tool.
Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit
Release Date:
12/09/2015
The Summit will focus on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the work of the academy, and the potential for art museums and libraries to engage more fully with faculty, students, and each other.
New York Community Trust Gives $5.1 million to 42 Nonprofits in the City, Nation
Release Date:
12/11/2015
The New York Community Trust funded a total of $5.1 million worth of projects to make life better for all New Yorkers. This includes programs to develop a bionic eye using flat-screen technology; improve the State’s career and technical education...
Ford, Open Society and Others Join in Support of Public Interest Tech
Release Date:
02/17/2016
A group of five national foundations - Ford, MacArthur, Knight, Open Society and Mozilla foundations - are working to promote the use of the Internet for social good, and has announced grants totaling $18 million to strengthen the emerging field of...
Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)
Release Date:
02/18/2016
... on the paper are Cindy Chiu (PhD '14), a former graduate student in Prober's lab, and Jason Rihel, who collaborated .....
Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies
Release Date:
03/28/2016
Art Peck, Gap Inc. CEO & John B. King, U.S. Secretary of Education, write about the benefit of hiring young folks and the value of work experience.
Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest
Release Date:
05/12/2016
... that make it possible for young Americans to pay off their student loans, buy a home, raise a family — come from? ...
The Systematic Starvation of Those Who Do Good
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... also tend to come into our workforce with higher levels of student debt, making low pay all the more burdensome... ...