NYSHealth Launches 2017 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals
Release Date:
09/02/2016
Applicants must submit an online inquiry form to determine whether a proposed project fits the funding criteria.
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09/01/2016
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09/01/2016
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The New Philanthropic Village
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09/01/2016
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Healing from and Preventing Conflict: The Unique Power of the Arts
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For some nations, war - current or past - defines them. For others, conflict occurs in pockets, affecting people and groups unequally. The effects of conflict on social cohesion create divides that threaten the health of families, communities, and...
Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Sickest Americans Are Paying More for Care, Getting Less
Release Date:
08/31/2016
American adults with chronic illnesses that limit their ability to care for themselves spend more than $21,000 per person for health care, about four times the average for all adults.
Darren Walker: Using Privilege to Fight Privilege
Release Date:
08/31/2016
Walker’s reputation for hard work, bridge-building and empathy are among the many reasons his elevation three years ago to president of the Ford Foundation was greeted with universal applause.
Simons Foundation Contributes to Research Outlining Cellular Communication Processes
Release Date:
08/30/2016
The findings are an important basic advance in how cell sensory systems function.
Funded by Mellon Foundation, Emerging Architectural Historians Win Awards
Release Date:
08/30/2016
The Society of Architectural Historians grants support authors of forthcoming books on Ottoman railways, colonialism, and the luxury goods market.
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School
Release Date:
08/30/2016
The Atlantic asked prominent voices in education—from policy makers and teachers to activists and parents—to look beyond laws, politics, and funding and imagine a utopian system of learning.
Educational Foundation of America Seeks Proposals for Website Redesign
Release Date:
08/30/2016
Externally, EFA has purposefully assumed a low profile as the Foundation is not interested in touting its own achievements.
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative
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08/26/2016
Funded by a $32 million gift from Michael R. Bloomberg, Harvard University and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced the launch of a joint initiative aimed at advancing leadership, management, and innovation in cities across America and around the...
Rockefeller Foundation's Boltz: Take a Fluid Approach to Build Fresh Water Resilience
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08/26/2016
Fred Boltz, managing director and member of the leadership team at The Rockefeller Foundation, advocates building the reality of floods, droughts, and coastal storms into design, planning and investment practice.
Health Department, United Hospital Fund, and Partners Release Plan to Promote Health Equity
Release Date:
08/26/2016
The plan is intended to guide New York City's primary care providers, as well as health plans, policymakers, and other stakeholders, in the adoption of a delivery model that improves health care quality, improves patients’ experience of care, and...
John A. Hartford Foundation's Fulmer to be Honored by New York Academy of Medicine
Release Date:
08/25/2016
JAHF President Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, will receive The New York Academy of Medicine’s Award for Exceptional Service to the Academy in a ceremony on Nov. 3, 2016. Dr. Fulmer is one of five distinguished leaders to be honored that day by the...
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Backs Promising News Collaborative
Release Date:
08/25/2016
The foundation will support the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University's launch of local/national news partnership project that will show community sites in Jersey how, for example, they can produce the same eye-catching data...
Surdna Foundation’s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures
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08/25/2016
William Codery, program officer of Surdna Foundation’s Strong Local Economies program, advises that "in order to create the ecosystem needed for local communities to thrive economically, socially and culturally, we have to invest in their success at...
New York Life Donates $100,000 to Flood Relief Efforts in Louisiana
Release Date:
08/25/2016
New York Life announced today that it will donate $100,000 to aid flood relief efforts in Louisiana with a $50,000 donation to the American Red Cross, a $25,000 donation to Baton Rouge Area Foundation Flood Relief Fund and $25,000 to the Greater...
A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field
Release Date:
08/24/2016
Morehouse College in Atlanta recently secured $2.5 million from Jim and Marilyn Simons towards educating math and science students.
Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist
Release Date:
08/24/2016
Major philanthropies like the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation have invested deeply in finding a small number of great philanthropic investments—but they have been unusual.