Measuring Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums
Release Date:
06/26/2018
In this short video, Westermann and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker discuss why the effort to survey art museums on the diversity of their employees was critical.
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A Look At How Surdna Foundation is Backing Water Infrastructure in American Cities
Release Date:
06/25/2018
For Surdna’s environment program, that focus is uniquely all about infrastructure, including sustainable and equitable water infrastructure in American cities, ranging from Los Angeles to New Orleans.
Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms To Flip the House for the Democrats
Release Date:
06/25/2018
Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms To Flip the House for the Democrats Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has decided to throw his political clout and personal fortune behind...
With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MIT To Conduct an Environmental Scan of Open Source Publishing
Release Date:
06/25/2018
With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MIT To Conduct an Environmental Scan of Open Source Publishing The MIT Press has announced the award of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to conduct a landscape analysis...
United Hospital Fund Releases Report Finding Wide Variation in Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing for NYS Medicaid Patients
Release Date:
06/22/2018
An analysis of potentially inappropriate antibiotic prescribing patterns among New York State’s Medicaid population, released today by United Hospital Fund’s Medicaid Institute, found wide variations in prescribing rates based on patient age, gender...
Rockefeller President Cleared After Review Triggered by Employee Complaint
Release Date:
06/22/2018
The Rockefeller Foundation earlier this year hired outside counsel to review internal complaints alleging that President Rajiv Shah mismanaged staff and steered contracts and grants to individuals with close professional and personal ties to him...
Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use
Release Date:
06/22/2018
In the first 90 days of concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine use, the risk of opioid-related overdose increases five-fold compared to opioid-only use among Medicare recipients, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of...
Rockefeller Foundation, FAO Supporting Africa to Halve Food Loss
Release Date:
06/21/2018
Food that ‘disappears' from the food chain after harvest owing to spoilage could feed an estimated 48 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. A project by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the African Union and The Rockefeller Foundation...
Through Its Piper Fund Initiative, The Proteus Fund Works to Educate Communities About Judicial Independence
Release Date:
06/21/2018
Community support for independent judiciaries is key to their continued development and existence. However, this support can be a challenge to build, given the political and social diversity of individuals and organizations whose lives are directly...
With Support from The Andrus Family Fund, Firelight’s Impact Producer Fellowship Announces 2018 Cohort
Release Date:
06/21/2018
Firelight Media, the production company that documentarian Stanley Nelson (“Tell Them We Are Rising”) co-founded 18 years ago, created the Impact Producer Fellowship last year to train social justice-minded artists and activists of color. The...
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