Four Early Career Researchers Selected for 2019 William T. Grant Scholars Program
Release Date:
05/15/2019
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 William T. Grant Scholars awards.
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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women Supports College and University Basic Needs Insecurity: A National #RealCollege Survey Report
Release Date:
05/16/2019
Seven in ten students at community college and six in ten students at four-year colleges experienced food insecurity, housing insecurity, and/or homelessness during the previous year.
Michael Bloomberg Announces Midwestern Collegiate Climate Summit
Release Date:
05/16/2019
Today, Michael R. Bloomberg announced the largest expected convening of Midwest universities focused on mitigating the effects of climate change and moving to a 100% clean-energy economy.
Hilton, Ford Foundations Help Support Research for New Report: The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth
Release Date:
05/16/2019
New report calls for policies and practices to promote positive adolescent development and close the opportunity gap.
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May
2019
No Housing Support for Mixed Status Families? - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 -
1:30pm to 2:30pm
No one should be denied support because of their loved ones’ immigration status. Yet a newly introduced regulation from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would force U.S. citizen children and their families out of public...
03
Jun
2019
Movement Lawyering: Reimagining Lawyering before the Immigration System - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Monday, June 3, 2019 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
No one should face a potentially life-changing legal decision without representation that utilizes the best strategic thinking. Conditions are sobering: only 37% have access to legal representation , including women and children; detention capacity...
11
Jun
2019
Economic Security for Immigrants: Innovative Workforce Approaches - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
We all benefit when immigrants can reach their full potential in our nation's workplaces. Yet between increased workplace raids and arrests, accelerated I-9 employer audits, and the resumption of Social Security Administration’s "No Match Letters"...
25
Jun
2019
A Primer on Divesting from Immigrant Detention - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 -
1:00pm to 2:15pm
When families and unaccompanied children seeking asylum at the border and long-time residents living in our communities are detained by immigration enforcement, they are most often sent to privately owned and operated prisons and detention centers...
UJA-Federation of New York Succeeds in Securing $84 Million for Local Jewish Day Schools and Yeshivot
Release Date:
05/20/2019
UJA-Federation of New York announced today that its Day School Challenge Fund (DSCF) has generated $84 million in new endowment dollars for participating Jewish day schools and yeshivot in New York.
Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair
Release Date:
05/14/2019
The Council on Foundations today announced that Lumina Foundation President and CEO Jamie Merisotis has assumed the role of Chair of the Board of Directors.
Evaluating a Culture
Release Date:
05/22/2019
This past September, the Howard Gilman Foundation received its first Grantee Perception Report (GPR) results from CEP, which included a few recommendations for next steps based on grantee feedback. As a team, we found the first of the...
11
Jul
2019
Service for Impact
Thursday, July 11, 2019 -
9:00am to 11:00am
The Service for Impact Working Group, rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service , provides an opportunity for both corporate grantmakers and corporate volunteer leaders to foster a peer network, share successes and challenges, brainstorm on...
Rockefeller Foundation, Prudential Launch New OZ Initiative in Newark
Release Date:
05/28/2019
The Rockefeller Foundation and Prudential Financial announced last week the terms of a $5.5 million initiative that would help six U.S. cities, including Newark, reap the benefits from investments in federally-approved Opportunity Zones, Bloomberg...
Pershing Square Sohn Prize Awards $4.2M to Seven “Next Generation” Innovators in Cancer Research
Release Date:
05/21/2019
The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance has invested over $22 million in the new york life science ecosystem by funding nyc’s most innovative cancer researchers
Survey Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Elderly Prone to Workplace Discrimination
Release Date:
05/23/2019
About half of Americans think there's age discrimination in the workplace, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
New Study From the Commonwealth Fund Looks at Out-of-Pocket Costs for Some Health Plans
Release Date:
05/23/2019
Millions of Americans with employer health coverage are spending large shares of their income on health care costs, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The analysis looks at what people in every state report spending on premiums and out-of-...
MAC Has Raised Half A Billion Dollars For HIV/AIDS and Isn't Done Yet
Release Date:
05/25/2019
The Viva Glam campaign is looking to its next 25 years.
Estée Lauder Companies and Others Partner for Indonesian Sustainable Palm Project
Release Date:
05/28/2019
BASF, The Estée Lauder Companies and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) are partnering with the civil society organization Solidaridad to promote sustainable palm oil and palm derivatives production in the district of Waykanan, Lampung,...
10
Jun
2019
FCCP Racial Equity Series: June Kick Off - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, June 10, 2019 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
On June 10, we will kick off our series with a conversation that starts with philanthropy tackling the realities of racism strategically, and connects these threads to our present day grantmaking practices with Lori Villarosa of Philanthropic...
15
Jul
2019
**POSTPONED: FCCP Racial Equity Series: July 2019 - Metrics as Tyranny or Metrics as "Strategic Objects" - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, July 15, 2019 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
**This program has been postponed by our partner, FCCP, until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience.** Are metrics “strategic objects,” which foster new organizational behavior through iterative use, as Dave Karpf...