The Mayday Fund Provides Planning Grant to UConn Foundation
Release Date:
07/06/2018
At a time when the danger of opioids is clear, UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory are collaborating to form the Connecticut Pain Consortium.
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Russell Sage Foundation Funded Research Connects Boosting Testosterone Levels To Men Preferring Luxury Goods
Release Date:
07/05/2018
The study supports previous research that connects transient increases in testosterone levels to a rise in behaviors aimed at boosting social rank.
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and Social Justice Impact Investing
Release Date:
07/05/2018
For many institutions, especially those with social justice missions, there are big questions about how exactly to execute a hugely varying set of tactics that get lumped under the same rubric of impact investing. One of those institutions is the...
Markle Foundation Initiative, Skillful, Is Going Coast-to-Coast
Release Date:
07/03/2018
Skillful has helped Colorado employers discover the value of workers without college degrees and now more states are joining in this effort to transform hiring practices and workforce development.
Report Funded by Helmsley Charitable Trust Looks at Human Well-Being in NYC
Release Date:
07/03/2018
New Yorkers on average are faring better than Americans as a whole on key barometers of human well-being, yet deep and persistent disparities divide the city’s diverse population.
In Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund Awards Nearly $10 Million in Second Round of Grants
Release Date:
07/02/2018
The Art for Justice Fund, which was launched by philanthropist and collector Agnes Gund last year, announced today that it is awarding almost $10 million to thirty-eight recipients in its second round of grants. Working to advance criminal justice...
New York Foundation and New York Community Trust Create New Fund Aimed At Supporting A Fair and Accurate Census
Release Date:
07/02/2018
The New York Community Trust has joined with other funders in the state to create the New York State Grantmakers for Census Equity which plans to raise $1 to $2 million to help mobilize local and statewide efforts to make the 2020 Census accurate...
Capital One and Others Fund Tech Training for Youth
Release Date:
06/29/2018
Operation Spark is training local youth and adults for high-tech careers of the future.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Issues Report on Undercount of Young Kids in 2020 Census
Release Date:
06/29/2018
The Annie E. Casey Foundation today warned policymakers and child advocates of troubling consequences for the nation’s kids with the likely undercount of about 1 million children under age 5 in the 2020 census, as the Foundation released the 2018...
Aetna Foundation President Discusses What it Will Take to Solve the Opioid Crisis
Release Date:
06/29/2018
In 2015, our life expectancy dropped for the first time since the height of the AIDS epidemic. That can be blamed largely on the opioid epidemic, which is plaguing communities, families, and individuals across the United States. In fact, in a single...
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