NYS Health Foundation Launches Consumer Empowerment Initiative, Seeks Proposals
Release Date:
03/23/2016
The New York State Health Foundation launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) for its newest priority area: Empowering Health Care Consumers.
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Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court
Release Date:
03/23/2016
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is asking the Florida state Supreme Court to take up a dispute about $24.6 million in fees awarded to trustees who managed the assets of artist Robert Rauschenberg after he died in 2008.
Ford, Atlantic Philanthropies Bring U.C.L.A. Center on Police-Community Ties to John Jay College
Release Date:
03/22/2016
A national research center focused on interactions between the police and the communities they serve will open this summer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, with the college’s first endowed professor as its director.
Ford’s Alexander Reviews ‘Incarceration Nations’ in Washington Post
Release Date:
03/22/2016
Baz Dreisinger’s intriguing new book, “Incarceration Nations,” describes countries where prisons are small, typically housing fewer than 50 people and some fewer than 10, and prisoners are close to their families and communities. This begs the...
Carnegie Supports New American Academy Of Arts & Sciences Report On The Public Good Of Public Research Universities
Release Date:
03/22/2016
Public research universities are anchors of stability and growth in their regions—vital to economic development and the creative economy. This is among the findings in "Public Research Universities: Serving the Public Good," a new publication...
Westchester Community Foundation Disbursed Millions in 2016
Release Date:
03/22/2016
The Westchester Community Foundation, one of the largest funders of nonprofits in Westchester, started 2016 with a new website, updated strategies, and a refreshed mission: “Bringing philanthropic legacies to life. Transforming our communities.”
Ford Foundation Taken Off Watch List by Indian Government
Release Date:
03/21/2016
Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S., the Home Ministry issued orders to remove the U.S.-based Ford Foundation from the “prior permission” category.
Laurie M. Tisch Honored by United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council
Release Date:
03/21/2016
The United Way of New York City’s Women’s Leadership Council’s held it’s 10th annual Power of Women to Make a Difference Award Luncheon honoring several female leaders who have had positive impacts on their communities and made a difference in the...
NY Stem Cell Foundation: New Type of Stem Cell Found that Will Accelerate Discovery
Release Date:
03/21/2016
New stem cell research by NY Stem Cell Foundation, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Columbia University Medical Center, which was published in the journal Nature, represents a landmark in research techniques and biotechnology.
Rockefeller Brothers Supported Report: Wind Energy Could Get Cheaper
Release Date:
03/18/2016
The University of Delaware released a report showing offshore wind energy in New England would be far less costly under projects that are newer and bigger than Cape Wind.
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