Top Education Official Supports More Teacher Professional Development
Release Date:
10/08/2013
... Street for The Times’ SchoolBook blog. Chief Academic Officer Shael Polakow-Suransky criticized his former boss at ...
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A Free Lunch Coalition Tries to Make School Meals a Mayoral Issue
Release Date:
10/17/2013
On the steps of City Hall this morning, an education advocacy group held a rally that had nothing to do with universal pre-kindergarten or charter schools.
A Short Guide to Impact Investing
Publication date:
02/2015
The Case Foundation has offered a primer on how business can drive social change.
Amazon to Open Fulfillment Center On Staten Island
Release Date:
09/07/2017
A $100 million, 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center will open on Staten Island's West Shore, and is expected to employ 2,250 people, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday morning.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Doubles Support To Prevent Global Road Traffic Deaths
Release Date:
02/18/2020
... road safety, committing another $240 million from 2020 – 2025 to save 600,000 more lives and prevent up to 22 million ...
12
Dec
2018
Stronger Together Part II: Building the Capacity of Social Movements – December Webinar Hosted by HRFN
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
*This program is hosted by our partner, Human Rights Funders ... Environmental and Regional Equity. Explore How the Packard Foundation invests in building the capacity of movements A ... Justice movement...
Ford Funds Analysis, Toolkit for Improving Legal Aid Websites
Release Date:
08/08/2017
... referral services in their community. Increasingly, these sites also offer automated court forms that guide ... design and research group EY Intuitive, assessed these sites using criteria spanning nine focus...
Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Over the years, the original Fair Share Criteria have been found to be non-transparent and filled with loopholes that city officials and agencies continue to exploit to this day, particularly when it comes to homeless shelter siting.
Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... on operationalizing DEI from the Philanthropy New York program “ Achieving Equity…How Exactly? ” on March 8th, ... a field scan on behalf of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to learn how funders are working...
Flexible Funding Is the New Kid on the Block
Release Date:
03/04/2020
... is not for core operations and is instead for a project or program . After all, these organizations could not carry out ... what, in fact, will make this project work. Without a firm foundation of trust, the...
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Nov
2016
Trump’s Presidency and the New Congress: What the Future Holds for Immigrants and Refugees - Webinar
Monday, November 21, 2016 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
The 2016 presidential campaign made visible the deep and painful divisions in our nation, and the election outcome has left many immigrants and refugees—and second- and third-generation U.S. citizens—living in uncertainty and fear.
Citi’s $1 Billion Action for Racial Equity Initiative Demonstrates Early Results in the Fight to Address the Racial Wealth Gap
Release Date:
04/26/2021
... the Racial Wealth Gap New York – Citi and the Citi Foundation today announced initial results generated from ... said Dominik Mjartan, President & Chief Executive Officer , Optus Bank. “Children have...
Commonwealth Fund Unveils New Website and Logo
Release Date:
05/27/2014
Commonwealth Fund's new site layout and more sophisticated search function make finding publications, charts, interactives, infographics, and videos on a broad array of health topics simple.
In WSJ, Commonwealth’s Blumenthal on Making Health Records Mobile
Release Date:
06/29/2016
The simple notion of patients being able to take charge of their own medical records will require economic and cultural changes, as well as technological.
With Funds From Helmsley Charitable Trust, Researchers Target Fat to Treat Cancer
Release Date:
09/20/2016
Fat isn't just something we eat: it may also lie at the heart of a new approach to treating cancer.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports New Service to Aggregate Life Sciences Preprints
Release Date:
04/18/2017
In February 2017, ASAPbio received a $1 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to develop a new service to aggregate life sciences preprints and promote their visibility and innovative reuse.
How Debt Is Threatening Retirement Dreams
Release Date:
09/21/2017
A growing number of Americans are carrying burdensome debt into their 50s and beyond.
Elevating Philanthropy's Impact: Grassroots Leaders' Perspectives on Advancing Criminal Legal Reform and Sustaining Movement Support
Release Date:
09/29/2023
The portion of the philanthropic pie devoted to criminal legal reform is not only remarkably slim but also subject to unsettling fluctuations. These trends raise pressing questions about the state of funding for criminal legal reform, particularly...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches New Voting Rights Report, Philanthropy’s Role in Protecting and Strengthening American Democracy
Release Date:
11/01/2019
As Americans face troubling new barriers to vote, is philanthropy ready to help?
Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children
Release Date:
07/07/2015
... that, for every child currently enrolled in an afterschool program , there are two more who are not – and whose parents ...