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Apr 16, 2013

Published in Playbill   By Andrew Gans   Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced, which played a fall 2012 engagement at the Claire Tow Theater, part of Lincoln Center Theater’s new works initiative, LCT3, has been named the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Akhtar’s work is described as “a moving play that depicts a successful

Apr 01, 2013

Small Foundations Can Spur Big Changes: One Grant Maker Shows How By Emily Tow Jackson Tackling the world’s most vexing social problems is a challenge for even the biggest foundations but much more daunting for small ones. Nonetheless, it is possible for small foundations to bring about large-scale change. At the Tow Foundation, created by

Feb 27, 2013

New Reports: Five States Dramatically Reduce the Number of Youth in Juvenile Detention Centers Serving as a national model, CT, MN, TN, AZ and LA slashed the number of young people in confinement by half, while preserving public safety and improving youth outcomes WASHINGTON, D.C. – Removing young people who engage in delinquent behavior from their homes and communities

Feb 01, 2013

KENNESAW, Ga. (Jan. 29, 2013) — The Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University has taken an innovative approach to covering juvenile justice issues by opening a university-based news and information bureau in metropolitan New York. The bureau is housed at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism and is funded

Jan 24, 2013

New York Women in Development Luncheon The Princeton Club February 4, 2013 Guest Speaker: Emily Tow Jackson, Executive Director and Board President, The Tow Foundation. As a member of a new generation taking leadership of family foundations, she will tell us how her approach in identifying funding priorities differs from that of previous generations. Emily

Dec 06, 2012

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2012 By ELIE WINNINGHOFF How the new philanthropists’ intellectual capital is changing society. Unlike in days of yore, when folks waited until retirement before turning into tea-and-biscuits philanthropists, many newly wealthy Americans today are rolling up their sleeves and starting small- to medium-size charitable foundations when they are in midlife transition. Of

Nov 28, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 27, 2012 NEW HAVEN – Long Wharf Theatre unveiled the largest renovation in the theatre’s history, one that finally matched the patron experience with the excellence of the artistic product on the stages. The reopening took place at a press conference Tuesday, November 27. A formal celebration will take place at

Nov 28, 2012

  November 23, 2012 08:48:44 am Originally published in The CrimeReport.org By Liz Ryan   President Barack Obama’s re-election offers a second chance to forge a new national direction on juvenile justice that would be strongly supported by the public, meet public safety concerns, and effectively help children, their families, and communities. Every year, over

Nov 12, 2012

Our theme  ’Doing more than Giving’ (Kia nui atu te tuku aroha) reflects how modern philanthropy has become a very hands-on affair, often involving much more than giving a grant. Grantmakers today also help mentor and support, evaluate, gather people together, advocate and facilitate to create positive change and have the greatest impact. We will

Sep 18, 2012

The Giving Pledge is an effort to invite the wealthiest individuals and families in America to commit to giving the majority of their wealth to the philanthropic causes and charitable organizations of their choice either during their lifetime or after their death. Each person who chooses to pledge will make this statement publicly, along with