Technology

Tow Foundation Gives $25M to Barnard for Tech Center

Release Date:

02/01/2016

Telecommunications executive Leonard Tow's foundation is donating $25 million to Barnard College, which will use to build a new teaching center and institute a technology requirement.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $9 Million Mayors Challenge in Latin America, Caribbean

Release Date:

01/22/2016

Bloomberg has offered $9 million for Latin American and Caribbean mayors to jump start innovation projects in their cities.

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There’s a New Reason to Try Out This Exceptionally Easy-to-Use Data Resource

Release Date:

01/13/2016

Helmsley Charitable Trust's Tamara Fox and Tracy Perrizo throw down a challenge for foundation and nonprofit professionals using DATA2GO.NYC

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Technology

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Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn

Release Date:

12/16/2015

More than two dozen youth from across Central Brooklyn gathered for the first part of a 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge presented by Central Brooklyn State Sen. Jesse Hamilton and Blue 1647 hosted at the Nigerian American Muslim...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Support to Thirteen New Cities through the What Works Cities Initiative

Release Date:

12/10/2015

Twenty-one American cities are now participating in the nation's most comprehensive initiative to help city halls use data and evidence to improve residents' lives.

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Community Development

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New Disclosures on Mozilla Foundation and its Supporters (Ford, Helmsley)

Release Date:

12/03/2015

The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation is a high-profile crusader for Internet freedom, and it shares the Firefox browser with the world.How does Mozilla spends its money? The answers — including a few surprises — have just arrived. Ten major foundations...

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New York Stem Cell Foundation Expands Offices in New York

Release Date:

12/01/2015

Nonprofit's midtown lease indicates growing strength of biotech industry.

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Simons Foundation Creates Center for Computational Astrophysics, Appoints David Spergel Director

Release Date:

11/16/2015

The Simons Foundation announced the creation of the Center for Computational Astrophysics and the appointment of David Spergel as its director.

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Verizon Foundation Supports National Survey of Americans’ Health App Use

Release Date:

11/04/2015

Are fitness apps the magic bullet to health? While fitness and other health-related smartphone apps are acquired in large numbers by Americans, many are left unused by those who download them.

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Health

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AOL Charitable Foundation Joins Others in Event on the STEM Workforce

Release Date:

11/03/2015

Sara Link, President, AOL Charitable Foundation, will participate in a panel by the Global STEM Alliance (GSA) of the New York Academy of Sciences. Executives from AOL, ARM, Cisco, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, and US...