Donzelina Barroso Named as Director, Global Philanthropy, for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Release Date:
09/28/2016
A seasoned philanthropic expert, Barroso will lead RPA’s London office.
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2016
Service for Impact
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 -
8:45am to 11:00am
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The New York Women’s Foundation Celebrates Six Outstanding Women Leaders of Queens
Release Date:
09/27/2016
Martha Baker, Barbara Wynne, Katherine H. Kim, Patricia Simon, Nataly Rubio-Torio and Andrea Ormeño were recognized for their outstanding contributions to community and their work promoting social change.
Boutiques for the People
Release Date:
09/27/2016
Judith Shapiro, president of the Teagle Foundation, says it's certainly understandable that scalability has become the holy grail of higher education reform, but the dismissive attitude toward so-called boutique programs presents an occasion for...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives $300M to Johns Hopkins to Tackle Major Domestic Health Issues
Release Date:
09/27/2016
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the school, the gift sets the school and its partners on a path to transform our national approach to modern public health challenges.
Supported by Verizon Foundation, Three High School Students Graduate from 'Girls Who Code' Program at NJIT
Release Date:
09/27/2016
The intensive summer program, which meets Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., combines more than 300 hours of instruction in web development and design, robotics and mobile development with mentorship and exposure, led by top female engineers...
Weinberg Foundation Employees Given $500,000 to be Grantmakers for a Day
Release Date:
09/27/2016
At the event, 25 employees will each present a check for $20,000 to a Maryland nonprofit consistent with the Foundation's mission and grant guidelines.
15
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2016
School Discipline is Changing. For the Better?
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 -
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Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor for Equality Initiatives and Human Capital Development at The Atlantic Philanthropies, just co-edited and published her latest book, Inequality in School Discipline , that addresses the profound and life-...
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2016
Urban Agriculture & Social Justice Activism
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
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Tiffany & Co. Supports Ocean Conservation
Release Date:
09/26/2016
Tiffany & Co. and its head of philanthropy, Anisa Kamadoli Costa, are two names that show up all over marine conservation efforts.
Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers
Release Date:
09/26/2016
As a first-of-its-kind human-digital platform, eKutir Global has reached 70,000 farmers through a network of licensed community agents by connecting them to tools, finance and buyers.
Sloan Supports New Study on What Happens When The Brain Is Artificially Stimulated
Release Date:
09/26/2016
The research marks a step forward in the quest to develop personalized brain stimulation as a treatment for disease.
Simons, Gates Foundations, HHMI Announce Faculty Scholars
Release Date:
09/26/2016
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Simons Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced the selection of eighty-four faculty scholars, early-career scientists at forty-three institutions who have great potential to...
Mellon's Bengochea: Latino Student Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth
Release Date:
09/23/2016
Tenured professor jobs are even harder to come by, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation program officer Andrew Bengochea said, and Latino students need more institutional and foundational support to persist, particularly in humanities disciplines.
Bloomberg Awards $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa
Release Date:
09/23/2016
Announced during the U.S.-Africa Business Forum, the grant will enable an additional twenty thousand women to benefit from and participate in Africa's economic growth through training programs and access to the region's coffee market.
Carnegie Corporation Seeks Ideas to Reduce Nuclear Risks
Release Date:
09/23/2016
Through the program, Carnegie will support projects aimed at generating innovative, solutions-oriented approaches that can be taken up by government and industry.
Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS
Release Date:
09/23/2016
What can microbes from space tell scientists on Earth? The world is about to find out as experts are currently analyzing fungi grown from microbe samples collected from the International Space Station (ISS).
Morgan Stanley Renews Commitment of $8 Million to Feeding America
Release Date:
09/23/2016
The key components of the grant will expand the firm’s Flex Grants program, to help twenty-five local food banks start, grow and sustain childhood feeding programs annually.
Commonwealth Fund Reports Detail Impacts of Clinton and Trump Health Reform Proposals
Release Date:
09/23/2016
The Commonwealth Fund recently commissioned analysts with the RAND Corporation to crunch the numbers and find out how some of the candidates’ proposals would affect health care in the U.S.