City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... City The city will construct a new high school with room for nearly 1,000 students in Dutch Kills, according to the ...
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Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid
Release Date:
12/25/2012
... that suffered losses and damages due to Hurricane Sandy. Among the huge outpouring of relief for damages from Hurricane Sandy nearly two months after it hit, a modest effort is on the horizon for...
Domestic Workers Bill of Rights passes Legislature
Release Date:
09/12/2013
Bend the Arc was among the organizations mobilizing support in California on behalf of legislation requiring overtime pay for domestic employees, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. ... the first in the nation to...
A Rockefeller Known Not for Wealth but for His Efforts to Help
Release Date:
06/23/2014
A Rockefeller Known Not for Wealth but for His Efforts to Help In a New York Times article, ... article notes, "he devoted himself to a half-dozen causes, among them healing the wounds of...
Keeping Covered: The Affordable Care Act’s First Reenrollment Period for Marketplace Plans
Release Date:
10/24/2014
... The Affordable Care Act’s First Reenrollment Period for Marketplace Plans On November 15, the health insurance marketplaces will open for the 2015 enrollment period. As many as 13 million people ... the...
Program Focuses on Getting City Workers to Live Healthier Lives
Release Date:
01/22/2015
... more and eating better, The Post has learned. Among the approaches under consideration by the cross-agency ...
Arcus Announces 13 Executive Directors to Participate in Arcus Leadership Fellowship
Release Date:
05/15/2015
... Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today the selection of ...
Former Bessemer Trust Board Chairman Dinny Phipps Remembered
Release Date:
04/11/2016
... New York City. According to Forbes, the Phipps family is among the richest in the United States, with an estimated ...
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard
Release Date:
09/01/2016
... number per classroom, the number of students for which teachers will be responsible, the assignment of ... will mean more team teaching that allows collaboration among teachers..." Century Foundation...
Century Foundation Study Finds Explosion in the Number of School Districts Working on Integration
Release Date:
10/14/2016
... plans — a number that has more than doubled since 2007. Among the districts profiled is New York City, one of the ... but also home to a growing number of advocates pushing for more diverse school... Century...
Three Red Hook Nonprofits Are Finalists in Inaugural Brooklyn Community Foundation SPARK Prize
Release Date:
11/28/2016
... SPARK Prize Twenty SPARK Prize finalists have been chosen among a pool of 150 applicants. Seventeen ae Brooklyn-based ...
New App Connects Hungry Children With Restaurants
Release Date:
03/21/2017
... helps fellow students in need get an after-school meal is among the finalists in Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow Contest. App co-creator Kiara Stewart and .....
Following Years Of Political Tumult, Charters Are A Non-Issue In Mayoral Race
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... In May 2013, when Bill de Blasio was trying to make a name for himself among a crowded field of mostly better-known Democrats, ...
Milbank Memorial Fund Appoints Tara Strome as Chief Operating Officer
Release Date:
04/28/2021
... who retired in April 2021 after 32 years of service for the Fund, the last 21 as vice president and COO. Kathleen ... career at the Fund as a program officer and was known among her professional colleagues...
Hartford Foundation Awards Nearly $2.3 Million in Grants
Release Date:
03/20/2014
... grants to the areas of palliative care and aging-related philanthropy , reports Philanthropy News Digest. The John A. Hartford Foundation has ... and the implementation of a transformative business plan...
Five Questions for Laurie Tisch, Founder/President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Release Date:
07/24/2017
Five Questions for Laurie Tisch, Founder/President, Laurie M. Tisch ... whose Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund is gearing up for its tenth anniversary and will have given $100 million to ... and opportunity...
Grantmakers in Health: Announcing Call for Awards Nominations
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Grantmakers in Health: Announcing Call for Awards Nominations Grantmakers In Health is pleased to announce a call for nominations for both the Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy and...
JPB Foundation Vice President Donna Lawrence to Become President/CEO of I Have A Dream Foundation
Release Date:
06/18/2014
... who wanted to do something to help level the playing field for children living in poverty so that they could have the same opportunities for college or career as their more affluent peers. With about 30...
United Hospital Fund Releases Report Finding Wide Variation in Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing for NYS Medicaid Patients
Release Date:
06/22/2018
... Wide Variation in Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing for NYS Medicaid Patients An analysis of potentially inappropriate antibiotic prescribing patterns among New York State’s Medicaid population, released...
Simons Foundation Gifts UC San Diego Funds to Operate Simons Observatory in Chile to Explore Early Universe
Release Date:
07/09/2019
... Bang. The gift increases the foundation’s total support for the observatory project to $80 million, making it among the larger philanthropic gifts of its kind. UCSD and ... maintenance, send scientists to...