New York State Health Foundation Publishes Study on Doctor-Drugmaker Relationship
Release Date:
06/13/2018
This NYSHealth report examines how payments from opioid manufacturers to physicians may have influenced opioid prescribing in New York State.
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Release Date:
06/13/2018
The NoVo Foundation today announced $34 million—up from $20 million committed originally—in Radical Hope Fund grants to 19 organizations from among 1,000 applicants doing bold and transformative social justice work in the United States and around...
In Bloomberg's New Education Push, a High-Stakes Test of His Big Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/12/2018
Michael Bloomberg recently pledged $375 million over the next five years to improve education in the United States. He laid out his plans during a speech he made at the New York Times Higher Ed Leaders forum. The strategies he outlined sound a lot...
App Developed at UVA Improving HIV Care, Finds Study Supported By The MAC AIDS Fund
Release Date:
06/12/2018
A smartphone app designed to improve care for people living with HIV has increased users’ consistency in doctor visits and improved their health outcomes, a new study has found.
The Public Theater Celebrates Leonard Tow, Founder and Chairman of The Tow Foundation at Its Annual Gala
Release Date:
06/12/2018
The Public's annual gala celebrated Leonard Tow, founder and chairman of The Tow Foundation. Marcia Dunn, Susan Edelstein, Kenny Leon , Wendi Rose, Josh Sapan, and Susan and Peter J. Solomon served as Gala Chairs.
Soros Says Attacks Won’t Alter His Charitable and Political Giving
Release Date:
06/11/2018
The 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, who has poured much of his fortune into promoting liberal values around the globe, is now confronting a wave of nationalist sentiment washing against issues he has championed.
The Century Foundation Presents Inclusion and Industry 4.0
Release Date:
06/11/2018
Watch as The Century Foundation and the Great Cities Institute at UIC unveil new research that examines the untapped potential of manufacturing to expand economic opportunities for communities of color.
Joan Mitchell Is Having A Moment
Release Date:
06/11/2018
“As the art world looks back at male-dominated narratives, Mitchell is now gaining deeper recognition for her skill, persistence and depth of vision throughout her lifetime,” said Christa Blatchford, chief executive officer of the Joan Mitchell...
New Report Supported By The New York Community Trust and United Hospital Fund Examines Threat Posed By The Federal Association Health Plan Regulation
Release Date:
06/11/2018
A proposed federal rule on Association Health Plans (AHPs), expected to be finalized soon, could further destabilize New York’s small and individual health insurance markets by making it easier for sponsors to create healthier groups for coverage...
Redlich Horwitz Foundation Urges NY to Prepare for Family First Act
Release Date:
06/08/2018
Redlich Horwitz Foundation has issued a report presenting initial recommendations to New York counties regarding the residential care provisions of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA).
Mellon Foundation Grant to USC Libraries and USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance to Support Digital Collection for Dance Heritage
Release Date:
06/08/2018
Thanks to a $560,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation under its Arts and Cultural Heritage program area, the USC Libraries and the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance will create a new home for a rich collection of recordings of more than 1...
Mertz Gilmore Foundation and Others Support DANCE NOW FESTIVAL 2018
Release Date:
06/08/2018
DANCE NOW, acclaimed for its adventurous short-takes format, presents a diverse array of works by some of today's most exciting dance makers.
Daggett Announces Retirement from Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Release Date:
06/07/2018
After eight years leading one of New Jersey’s largest and most well-known philanthropic organizations, Chris Daggett is retiring as president and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation on September 1.
Sesame Workshop Receives Groundbreaking Gift from Peter G. Peterson to Expand Community Initiative
Release Date:
06/07/2018
Sesame Workshop has announced a $20 million gift in support of efforts to help caregivers and community service providers give children a strong and healthy start in life.
Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Michigan Researchers Building System to Safeguard Confidential Data
Release Date:
06/07/2018
The Researcher Credentialing for Restricted Data Access project, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, aims to increase the willingness of other data research centers to share data and the ability of scientists to undertake new creative research...
Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook Launch Coding for Employment Program
Release Date:
06/07/2018
The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook have launched the Coding for Employment Program at the African Innovation Summit in Kigali, Rwanda which aims to put Africa’s youth on a path to prosperity
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Jul
2018
The Power of Pooled Funding to Increase College Graduation Rates
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Join the NYC youth funders for a session that will feature the development of and lessons learned from the College Completion Innovation Fund (CCIF), a unique collaborative model for college persistence and completion grantmaking managed by Graduate...
This Is How We’re Facing Change Together
Release Date:
06/06/2018
At Monday’s Annual meeting for PNY’s members, I asked that members take the opportunity of the day’s programming to also think about the role each member’s foundation and the broader sector can play at this moment in our country’s history.
New Study, Supported By The Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, Finds College Brings Significant Benefits to Single Mothers and Society
Release Date:
06/06/2018
Single mothers who complete BAs earn $610,300 more over their lifetimes and are 69 percent less likely to live in poverty than single mothers with only high school, with AAs also bringing big benefits, according to new analysis by the Institute for...
Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/06/2018
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced on June 5, 2018, that Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School, has been elected to its Board of Trustees.