35 Years Later, What's New With NYC Anti-Poverty Giant Robin Hood?

35 Years Later, What's New With NYC Anti-Poverty Giant Robin Hood?

Since 1988, the Robin Hood Foundation has channeled Wall Street wealth to Gotham’s needy to the tune of $3 billion. Here’s a peek at the funder’s current outlook as it focuses on relief, recovery and rebuilding after COVID.

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Education Funders Are Throwing Weight Behind This Small Nonprofit’s Equity Work. Here’s Why

Education Funders Are Throwing Weight Behind This Small Nonprofit’s Equity Work. Here’s Why

The National Education Equity Lab is giving disadvantaged students a college experience in high school, and catching the eye of education philanthropy. We talk with the group’s founder and one of its latest backers to find out why.

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Build, Baby, Build: Higher Ed Funders Keep the Spigot Open for Construction Projects

Build, Baby, Build: Higher Ed Funders Keep the Spigot Open for Construction Projects

Funder support for construction projects reached a record high in 2019, despite concerns that such gifts drive up tuition and prioritize the wrong goals. A review of recent big-ticket commitments spotlights key drivers of this trend.

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