Member News

Rockefeller Foundation's Dr. Raj Shah’s First Visit to Southeast Asia

Release Date:

01/10/2018

In his travel to Bangkok, he explored the Foundation’s current critical work, discovered the deep and respectful partnership with the region, and states why the Asia-Pacific region is a land of promise.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Video

Funding Area

International/Foreign Affairs

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund Stands By City Officials In Their Commitment to Divest NYC Pension Funds From Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

01/10/2018

New York City officials are citing climate change as their motivation to join a growing number of investors ridding themselves of financial interest in fossil fuels.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Related Organizations

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

New Report Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies Details Macro-Economic Benefits of Reducing Road Traffic Crashes

Release Date:

01/10/2018

Cutting road traffic deaths and injuries by half could boost the economy and result in substantial long-term income gains in developing countries -- potentially adding 7 to 22 percent to GDP per capita over 24 years in some – as well as greatly...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

International/Foreign Affairs

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

New Tax Law Might Force Newman's Own to Put Itself up for Sale

Release Date:

01/10/2018

Newman's Own, the popular purveyor of philanthropic pasta sauce, will be forced to put itself up for sale or pay crushing fines this year due to an obscure provision in the tax code.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

Newman's Own Foundation

Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database

Release Date:

01/09/2018

Michigan State University, supported by nearly $1.5 million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will create a unique online data hub that will change the way scholars and the public understand African slavery.

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Social Justice

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

The University of Washington Commits to Recruiting and Retaining Low-Income Students Through Bloomberg Philanthropies-Funded American Talent Initiative

Release Date:

01/09/2018

Guerra and Hall were excited that the UW announced its commitment to graduate an additional 125 low-income students per cohort by 2025 through the American Talent Initiative (ATI). Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the ATI brings together a group...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid

Release Date:

01/09/2018

For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and collaborators solved the crystal structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like compound...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Related Organizations

The Mayday Fund

Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor

Release Date:

01/08/2018

A recent report by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, found that Bay Area sheriffs were four to 16 times more likely to book African Americans and Latinos into...

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Related Organizations

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

New York Magazine Profile, "The Rockefellers vs. the Company That Made Them Rockefellers"

Release Date:

01/08/2018

The New York Magazine article profiles the family that pioneered the oil industry in America wants to expose what Exxon hid from the public about climate change.