Ford Foundation Launches $100 Million Initiative to 'Transform' Secondary Education
Driven by widening gaps in educational opportunities and persistent gaps in achievement, the seven-year initiative will support organizations working to promote a just and fair public school system in seven urban areas....
ExxonMobil, National Community Action Foundation Award $4 Million to Train Weatherization Workers
Awarded through the ExxonMobil/NCAF Weatherization Training Partnership program, the grants will enable nine community-based organizations to train workers in weatherization techniques designed to improve the energy efficiency of low-income homes....
Omidyar Network Awards $2.4 Million to Global Integrity
The grant will enable Global Integrity to accelerate its work on two critical fronts: developing the next generation of its online global fieldwork platform and launching a new research service for the investment community....
The latest column in our SSIR series suggests that foreign assistance to Senegal has become entwined with that country's flagging enthusiasm for economic free-
Mehta, president and executive director of the New York Philharmonic, spoke with PND about the challenges of running a world-class arts organization in a recession-plagued economy....
Youth Villages' five dozen locations across the country provide residential and outpatient services to help emotionally and behaviorally troubled children and their families....
The association runs three Web sites that offer information about countries where Peace Corps volunteers serve, educational and job resources, and multimedia content....
Thaler Pekar continues her series on story-
