Ms. Foundation Seeks to Increase Traction for Childcare Amongst Funders
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Childcare is out of reach for working families, but few funders have stepped in to fill the gap.
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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... inclusion of such measures in its school accountability system . That raises some new questions: Did backers of ...
Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement
Release Date:
10/27/2017
... York City-based JPB Foundation. By funding the library system 's surprisingly costly amnesty program, JPB calls to .....
Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund
Release Date:
10/27/2017
The JDRF T1D Fund, a venture philanthropy fund focused on developing life-changing approaches to the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D), has announced a $5 million commitment from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
The Rockefeller Foundation's Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To Protect Them From Next Sandy
Release Date:
10/30/2017
... $1 billion Big U proposal calls for a 10-mile protective system around the low-lying Manhattan, from west 57th Street ...
Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards
Release Date:
11/17/2017
What Works Cities, a Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded program begun in April 2015, was named a 2017 Navigator Award recipient for demonstrable results in performance management, transparency, access to data and the adoption of best practices and data...
The Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico
Release Date:
11/30/2017
The “Resilient Puerto Rico Advisory Commission”—announced on November 16, 2017—will be an independent and inclusive body led by Puerto Ricans and designed to offer recommendations for how to use private, philanthropic, local government, and federal...
NYS Health Foundation and The Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Release New Reports on Strengthening Nutrition Education for New Yorkers
Release Date:
01/17/2018
The reports provide a roadmap to improve the systems that help New Yorkers eat well throughout their lives.
JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth
Release Date:
01/23/2018
... performance, recent changes to the U.S. corporate tax system and a more constructive regulatory and business ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria
Release Date:
02/16/2018
In separate studies, researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that boosts mosquito immune systems
Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed
Release Date:
03/01/2018
The Schott Foundation for Public Education released the Loving Cities Index , a multi-state report that aims to reverse historical local policies and practices rooted in racism and bias and replace them with policies that create local loving systems...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Access to Economic Opportunity for Delaware Students
Release Date:
05/03/2018
... Pathways, a partnership between the K-12 education system and various public and private partners, offers high ...
Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/06/2018
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced on June 5, 2018, that Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School, has been elected to its Board of Trustees.
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A New Paradigm for Justice: Centering Women and Families
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... Rikers Island and cut the number of people involved in the system by half within a decade, the implementation of ... and A paucity of leadership of those with experiences of system involvement in key decision-...
The Rockefeller Foundation Announces the Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees
Release Date:
12/05/2018
Today, we are thrilled to share the names of the 10 organizations that will each receive a $1 million grant as part of the Communities Thrive Challenge, a joint funding opportunity from The Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Each...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grants $3.5M to South Arts to Launch "Jazz Road"
Release Date:
12/10/2018
... will be the nation’s most extensive jazz touring support system . Through Jazz Road, all six of the country’s ...
NYSHealth's Patients as Partners Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment Grant
Release Date:
12/14/2018
... the voice of New Yorkers and rebalance the health care system so that patients have more influence over their health ...
William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Two New Members to Program Staff
Release Date:
01/15/2019
... how beliefs, practices, and values in the U.S. educational system position linguistically, culturally, and ... between the U.S. economy and the U.S. educational system . His numerous books include The Impact of...
Joel Wallman Named Director of Research at Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Release Date:
02/20/2019
... in Mexico, changes in California’s forensic hospital system to reduce the incidence of violence, and citizen ...
Tow Foundation and Chronicle of Social Change Announce 2019 Raise the Age Reporting Fellowships Recipients
Release Date:
02/26/2019
... raised the age ceiling of New York's juvenile justice system to 17 this year and to 18 by October of 2019. It also .....