Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
06/28/2017
... pluralism and respect for all—are threatened we will respond," it said at the time. . . Unusual Times .....
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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy
Release Date:
06/30/2017
... a culture, over the decades and centuries: that we live in a meritocracy. That our widely imitated and yet ...
Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap
Release Date:
07/10/2017
... due in large part to a shortage of skilled workers.” We 've written a lot on this subject, looking at which funders .....
New Milbank-Supported Report: The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost, Quality, and Utilization
Release Date:
07/11/2017
... to make in their efforts to transform primary care. We hope it assists everyone working to strengthen the primary ...
NoVo Foundation is Built on Partnership; Founders Champion Gender Equality
Release Date:
07/19/2017
... guy and she’s an outspoken woman,” says Peter, “but we were reenacting certain toxic roles,” he says of the ...
Chief Of 100 Resilient Cities, A Rockefeller Funded Program, On How Cities Can Tackle Climate Change
Release Date:
07/25/2017
... of their experiences. Your leadership becomes crucial. We tend to be bolder.” This was the message at the first ...
Burke Foundation’s Catalyst Program Seeking Applications
Release Date:
08/23/2017
... technology-enabled solutions to issues of poverty. We are funding the next Catalyst program, which has a ...
Hilton Foundation Follows a Familiar—and Promising—Playbook in Tackling a Debilitating Disease
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... it is through a more personal experience and hardship. We ’ve seen that impulse in the case of the Leona M. and ...
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Seeks Applicants for its 2018 Prize for Young Investigators
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... research at a stage when traditional funding is lacking. We would love your help to ensure that talented, eligible ...
Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... business and academia have been happening for decades, but we ’re seeing a lot of them crop up these days due in part ...
Alcohol Abuse Is Rising Among Older Adults
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... such drinks in a day. And “alcohol use disorders” ( we used to call it alcoholism), as defined in the psychiatric ...
Macquarie Group and Its Employees Donate $100,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... around the world, have been nothing short of exceptional. We are incredibly proud of this staff-led fundraising effort ...
The Kids Are Alright: Millennial Generalizations Are Getting Old
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... Generalizations Are Getting Old In the United States, we love to group people into generations. Today, most adult ...
Commonwealth Fund: What Are the Potential Effects of the Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal-and-Replace Bill? Past Estimates Provide Some Clues
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... is similar to prior ACA repeal-and-replace bills for which we do have CBO scores. Based on those estimates, it is likely ...
Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... in a sort of limbo: no school, no recreation, no money. We hear stories like these again and again in our ...
Even as political battles persist, more district and charter schools join partnership program
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... a month. “If it’s really good,” she said, “maybe we can do it twice.” DeCosta was introduced to Bronx ...
Century Foundation President's Commentary Explains Why Teachers Deserve a Break on Student Debt
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... But curtailing or eliminating it is shortsighted. Instead, we should strengthen the PSLF and ensure it becomes one of ...
The New York Community Trust Awards nearly $1 Million 15 NYC for Emergency Planning, DACA Advocacy, and Know-Your-Rights Trainings
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... "With fear gripping many of our immigrant communities, we are honored to join with our colleague foundations to .....
Russell Sage Foundation Author James Rosenbaum, Writes About Alternatives To Four-Year College Degrees
Release Date:
10/23/2017
... society is obsessed with a single route to success. We tell our children they must get high SAT scores, attend ...
Mertz Gilmore and Howard Gilman Foundations Among Funders Backing The Springboard Project's 2018 Residencies
Release Date:
10/24/2017
... of a new dance-driven musical. It's the kind of program we 've come to expect from the Jerome Robbins Foundation. An .....