Simons Foundation Building Research Database of People With Autism
Release Date:
08/29/2017
The Simons Foundation has created a project called “SPARK” or the Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge.
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Bloomberg Charity Scrutinized By India For Anti-Tobacco Funding, Lobbying
Release Date:
08/29/2017
India has been investigating how Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, funds local non-profit groups for anti-tobacco lobbying, government documents show, making it the latest foreign non-government organization to come...
Russell Sage Foundation to Publish Book on Home Health Care Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing?
Release Date:
08/29/2017
How to provide long-term care for a fast-aging population poses one of the more convoluted challenges of the American labor market. In his new book, “Who Will Care For Us?,” to be published next month by the Russell Sage Foundation, MIT Professor...
Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Efforts to reduce nuclear stockpiles soon may get a boost from a team of Princeton University researchers and a socially responsible gaming company that are seeking to use virtual reality to help improve systems to discover and monitor nuclear...
Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism
Release Date:
08/28/2017
The British media company, The Guardian, is fully embracing a new moneymaking strategy in the face of industrywide revenue problems: philanthropy.
With Federal Funds Shrinking, Math and Science Funders Including Simons Foundation Step Up
Release Date:
08/28/2017
While STEM giving is one of the hottest funding areas in higher ed philanthropy, most of the gifts we profile are earmarked for tangible and conventional goals—a new science building, teacher training, diversifying the ranks of science majors, and...
What Now? From Outrage to Action
Release Date:
08/28/2017
What happened in Charlottesville is a national disgrace, but also a symptom of a chronic disease our country has suffered far too long, writes John H. Jackson, President and CEO, The Schott Foundation for Public Education. He recommends ways the...
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Foundation Administrators Network : New York State Paid Family Leave: What You Should Know And How to Prepare
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 -
9:00am to 10:30am
New York State’s new Paid Family Leave legislation is one of the strongest and most comprehensive policies in the nation.
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.
Serving Up Success: Citi Foundation Grant Funds FIU Assistance to Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs
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.