JPB Foundation Looks to Historically Black Colleges as Clean Energy Leaders
Release Date:
03/29/2018
A recent grant is getting the ball rolling on what could become a sizable partnership with historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler Writes Op-Ed on Activism Led by Young People of Color for The Nation
Release Date:
03/28/2018
Gun control becomes only one part of the larger solution to violence in our communities.
William T. Grant Foundation Awards Rapid Response Research Grants to Address Pressing Issues Facing Young People in the U.S.
Release Date:
03/28/2018
The William T. Grant Foundation has awarded six Rapid Response Research Grants that will leverage research to address major challenges facing young people in the United States.
2018 Richard Rockefeller Fellows Bring Chinese Philanthropy Insights to the U.S
Release Date:
03/28/2018
This month, the Fund welcomed Oma Lee and Danxi Shen, young professionals in China’s growing philanthropic sector, as our 2018 Richard Rockefeller Fellows.
NYU’s Prison Education Program Receives $1 Million Grant from Mellon Foundation
Release Date:
03/28/2018
NYU has received a $1 million, three-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support its Prison Education Program (PEP), an initiative that brings a college education to incarcerated individuals at New York’s Wallkill Correctional...
Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates
Release Date:
03/28/2018
Danielle Levoit, Program Officer for the Environment, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation writes about cultivating landscapes’ health and biodiversity through conservation practices that consider the changing climate.
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Emergency Briefing on Adding Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Thursday, March 29, 2018 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
On March 26, at around 9 p.m., Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced his decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census, in response to a request from the Department of Justice. The Secretary noted that he received more than...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Community Art to Keep NYC on the Cultural Edge
Release Date:
03/27/2018
A $75 million donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies and $45 million more from Frank McCourt, Jr. to arts nonprofit The Shed puts to the test whether mega-donors see New York City or Los Angeles as the national art capital of the future.
Pfizer Foundation Fights Hunger and Supports the UN Global Goals at SXSW
Release Date:
03/27/2018
For four days last week, Pfizer and Rise Against Hunger engaged hundreds of volunteers at the SXSW Trade Show to package meals for vulnerable individuals and families around the world. By the time the last box had been stacked, more than 11,016...
Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching
Release Date:
03/27/2018
A group of scientists developed a "sun shield" that they hope can help prevent coral bleaching, which spread across the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 2016 and 2017.
Aetna Foundation’s Healthiest Communities Initiative Provides Insight into Social Determinants of Health
Release Date:
03/26/2018
The purpose of the Healthiest Communities project is to provide residents, policymakers and health leaders with insight into factors called the social determinants of health that affect everyone's quality of life and longevity.
Century Foundation Report Reveals NY’s For-Profit Colleges Leave Students with Debt and Little Impact on Earning Potential
Release Date:
03/26/2018
Century Foundation Report Reveals NY’s For-Profit Colleges Leave Students with Debt and Little Impact on Earning Potential New York’s for-profit colleges leave students with huge debt and have little impact on earning potential,...
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New York City Vision Funders – Spring Meeting
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Join the New York City Vision Funders Group for its next quarterly meeting. The meeting will include a presentation of updates and announcements from its members as well as a discussion about State- and locally-provided low vision services for...
Study Supported by Doris Duke Foundation Reveals Mumps Resurgence Due to Waning Vaccine Protection in Adults
Release Date:
03/23/2018
In the study, which was published in Science Translational Medicine , the researchers pooled and analyzed 6 epidemiological studies of mumps vaccine effectiveness conducted over past decades in the United States and Europe.
How the Poses Family Foundation is Leveraging Dollars for Impact through Public-Private Partnerships
Release Date:
03/23/2018
Kessler Foundation's participation in a pooled funding initiative, NYC: AT WORK, began with a partnership initiated by the Poses Family Foundation.
Listening for Bits of Truth in DC
Release Date:
03/22/2018
If you’ve ever spent a day or two pounding the hard terrazzo floors of the U.S. House and Senate office buildings talking with legislators and their staffs, you know that the artifice of political exchange presented in the now classic HBO television...
With Support from NoVo Foundation, Buen Vivir Fund Heralds a More Democratic Kind of Impact Investing
Release Date:
03/22/2018
The Buen Vivir Fund—established by Thousand Currents and backed by the NoVo Foundation (founded by Peter Buffett, son of Warren Buffett, and his wife Jennifer)—is seeking to deploy a different, albeit historically well tested, impact investment...
William T. Grant Foundation Supported Study Finds Trump Immigration Policies Take Mental Toll on Latino Parents
Release Date:
03/22/2018
A study by two professors found that Latino-American families’ mental health is suffering because of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies.
The Whiting Foundation Announces The 2018 Whiting Award Winners
Release Date:
03/22/2018
The Whiting Foundation announced the 10 winners of its annual prize Wednesday, cobbling a list that spans fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama in its bid to honor literature's most promising emerging writers.
Teagle Foundation Names Andrew Delbanco Next President
Release Date:
03/22/2018
The Teagle Foundation announced that its next president will be Andrew Delbanco, the Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University.