Bank of America Foundation Awards Family Service Association $35,000 Grant
Release Date:
08/25/2017
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has awarded the Family Service Association $35,000 to fund pathways in creating economic mobility.
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Release Date:
08/25/2017
A grant from Citi Foundation helped Florida International University create StartUP FIU FOOD, an incubator to help new food and beverage entrepreneurs grow their companies with workshops, mentorship and assistance with securing financing.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Provides Support to Sheltering Arms to Open New Building to Serve Children and Families
Release Date:
08/25/2017
Sheltering Arms, Georgia’s largest nonprofit early education and child care organization, announced the opening of its newest center during a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on the campus of Barack and Michelle Obama Academy (formerly D.H. Stanton...
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Supports Exhibition of Contemporary Women Abstractionists
Release Date:
08/25/2017
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has provided support for an exhibition at the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University titled Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists featuring the work of seven artists who hail from across...
The Commonwealth Fund Reports on Medicaid Expansion's Effect on Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending for Low-Income Families
Release Date:
08/25/2017
The Commonwealth Fund recently released a study using data from the federal Consumer Expenditure Survey to examine how states’ participation in the Medicaid expansion affected families’ health care spending.
J.P. Morgan Is Giving $1 Million to Nonprofits Exposing Hate Groups in the Wake of Charlottesville
Release Date:
08/23/2017
J.P. Morgan Chase will be giving $1 million to nonprofit groups fighting extremism following the deadly white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Va.
Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Report on Telehealth Private Payer Laws
Release Date:
08/23/2017
Many state health policy leaders are interested in telehealth—the use of technology to deliver health care to patients in a setting different from that of the provider—as a way of expanding patient access to care, especially in rural areas. State...
Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project
Release Date:
08/23/2017
The general public's help is being enlisted in what's thought to be the biggest study of the human microbiome—the bacteria that live in and on the human body –and are believed to affect health.
Sloan, Skoll Foundations & Carnegie Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher Education
Release Date:
08/23/2017
PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruffwill air its annual special 5-part “Rethinking College” series, profiling five innovative programs designed to make college more affordable and provide non-traditional students the higher education they need to compete...
Burke Foundation’s Catalyst Program Seeking Applications
Release Date:
08/23/2017
For those working in the early childhood development sector, the Burke Foundation is seeking applications for its Catalyst Program, which has a specific focus on children’s issues, as well as the health, financial security, and cohesiveness of...
Suzanne C. Sousa Steps Into New Role as Executive Director of the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation
Release Date:
08/23/2017
Suzanne C. Sousa has been appointed Executive Director of the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation. Elizabeth Olofson has stepped aside as Executive Director and has been designated Senior Philanthropic Adviser.
Robert Sterling Clark Adopts Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and Garners Thousands of Positive Comments from Nonprofit Community
Release Date:
08/22/2017
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation has been implementing The Whitman Institute’s Trust-Based Grantmaking Model and receiving great reviews.
He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller's Philanthropy and Legacy
Release Date:
08/22/2017
After David Rockefeller’s death on March 20, at the age of 101, the New York Times ran a full-page obituary about his life and career. The article made much of his time at Chase Bank, but gave only passing attention to Rockefeller’s long and varied...
Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum
Release Date:
08/22/2017
Bloomberg announced featured speakers for the first-ever Global Business Forum, which will bring heads of state together with global CEOs to discuss opportunities for advancing trade and economic growth, and the related societal challenges - from...
JPB Foundation-Funded Research Reveals Potential Target For Alcohol Liver Disease
Release Date:
08/22/2017
Drinking too much alcohol can damage the liver, but investigators have discovered a protective response in the organ that might be targeted to help treat alcoholic liver disease. The team - led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center...
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ComNetworkNY: September Social on Ford’s Terrace
Thursday, September 14, 2017 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Join us for an informal networking event, hosted by Ford Foundation, Philanthropy New York and ComNetworkNY, the local organizing group of The Communications Network.
Commonwealth Fund: Coverage Gains Among Lower-Income Blacks and Latinos Highlight ACA’s Successes & Areas for Improvement
Release Date:
08/21/2017
The uninsured rate for lower-income working-age blacks and Latinos dropped by at least 10 percentage points between 2010, when the first Affordable Care Act coverage expansions went into effect, and 2016, according to the latest Commonwealth Fund...
Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion
Release Date:
08/21/2017
Shamina Singh, president of the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth, discusses how the credit-card company is utilizing resources and expertise from across its operations to address income inequality "through the lens of financial inclusion" in...
Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet
Release Date:
08/21/2017
The Open Society Foundations is bigger than you think. In fact, it may be the largest philanthropic organization ever built, with branches in 37 countries.
Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change
Release Date:
08/21/2017
The patriarch of the Simons clan is best known for his math chops and science philanthropy. But heirs Nat and Liz Simons are taking the family’s hedge fund fortune a different direction with some serious climate giving.