Helmsley Charitable Trust and Sloan Foundation Back Data Science Collaboration Release Date: 07/08/2015The $6 million grant will go towards developing interactive, open-source data sharing software.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationTechnologyRelated Organizations Alfred P. Sloan FoundationThe Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Laurie M. Tisch Elected Co-Chair of Whitney Museum Board of Trustees Release Date: 07/01/2015Tisch has served on the board of the Whitney since 1996.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area ArtsCommunity DevelopmentEducationFood SystemsRelated Organizations Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Backs Workforce and Educational Development Opportunities Release Date: 06/30/2015The foundation has announced more than $1.1 million in grants to several Los Angeles nonprofit organizations.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Community DevelopmentEducationWorkforce DevelopmentRelated Organizations Bank of America Charitable Foundation
City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools Release Date: 06/29/2015Reps from Girls Who Code and Urban Assembly believe computer skills are critical to long-term success.Find More ByFunding Area EducationTechnology
New Training Program Takes on Teacher Improvement Release Date: 06/17/2015The program is supported by The Simons Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationRelated Organizations Carnegie Corporation of New YorkThe Simons Foundation
Russell Pennoyer Joins William T. Grant as Board Chair Release Date: 06/17/2015Pennoyer succeeds Henry Gooss, who has served in the role since 2009.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area Community DevelopmentEconomic SecurityEducationRelated Organizations William T. Grant Foundation
Bloomberg Philanthropies to Donate $100 Million to Cornell Tech Campus Release Date: 06/16/2015The institution is based on Roosevelt Island.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationTechnologyRelated Organizations Bloomberg Philanthropies
City Year Receives $2.5 Million Grant from the New York Life Foundation Release Date: 06/16/2015The funding will impact as many as 150,000 middle school students.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesCommunity DevelopmentEducationRelated Organizations New York Life Foundation
Leon Levy Foundation Names Robert F. Goldrich President Release Date: 06/11/2015Goldrich was previously senior policy advisor for the Bloomberg Administration.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area Children, Youth and FamiliesCommunity DevelopmentEducationRelated Organizations Leon Levy Foundation
Eileen Wiseman Joins The Tow Foundation as Director of Strategic Initiatives Release Date: 06/09/2015Wiseman was previously the Director of Development at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area ArtsCommunity DevelopmentEducationJustice Reform