J.M. Kaplan Fund Launches Innovation Prize, Seeks Applicants Release Date: 01/29/2015Fund will award up to ten prizes of $175,000 each.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Technology & InnovationRelated Organizations The J.M. Kaplan Fund
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Dr. Francine Berman to Board of Trustees Release Date: 01/22/2015Dr. Francine Berman is a Professor in Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area EducationPublic PolicyScienceSocial JusticeTechnology & InnovationRelated Organizations Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces Retirement of William B. Petersen, CIO Release Date: 01/20/2015William B. Petersen has been employed at Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1998.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area EducationPublic PolicySocial JusticeTechnology & InnovationRelated Organizations Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free Release Date: 01/16/2015Program is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities initiative.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Technology & InnovationRelated Organizations The Rockefeller Foundation
Simons Foundation Helps Scientists Share and Review Findings Release Date: 01/06/2015Over one million research articles are currently being reviewed by the Simons Foundation-funded arXiv.org.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationScienceTechnology & InnovationRelated Organizations The Simons Foundation
Ford Foundation Pours Millions into Net Neutrality Release Date: 12/16/2014Net neutrality plan would restrict providers from blocking or slowing online traffic.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Technology & InnovationRelated Organizations Ford Foundation
Foundations Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities Release Date: 12/10/2014Ford and OSF among partners in Next Century Cities initiative.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Technology & InnovationRelated Organizations Ford FoundationOpen Society Foundations
Research to Prevent Blindness Funds New Smartphone Application to Detect Vision Problems in Young Patients Release Date: 11/05/2014The new app takes images of hard-to-see areas of the back of the eye.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Health & Human ServicesTechnology & InnovationRelated Organizations Research to Prevent Blindness
Innovative Finance and the Search for the Next Big Idea Release Date: 10/17/2014Rockefeller Program Associate, Rehana Nathoo, discusses the foundation's social media campaign during the Social Capital Markets Conference.Find More ByNews type InsightsFunding Area Communications/MediaTechnology & InnovationRelated Organizations The Rockefeller Foundation
SIFMA Funded Programs Provide Financial Literacy to Millions of Students Release Date: 10/02/2014InvestWrite and the Stock Market Game, both funded by SIFMA Foundation, provide valuable education and increased mathematics proficiency.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Economic SecurityEducationTechnology & InnovationRelated Organizations SIFMA Foundation