Ford Foundation Paper Cited in Wired Article on the Future of Open Source Code
Release Date:
08/11/2016
Our modern society runs on software. But the tools we use to build software are buckling under increased demand.
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Ford and #ReasonsforHope Foundations Want You To Know They Make A Difference—Not Just Write Checks
Release Date:
08/10/2016
The #ReasonsForHope campaign is trying to make people understand the powerful work of philanthropic foundations.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date:
08/10/2016
Pacific Diabetes Technologies (PDT), a Portland, Oregon-based medical device startup, will develop a novel treatment for type 1 diabetes.
Ford Foundation and Leading Thinkers Discuss A New Gospel of Philanthropy
Release Date:
08/10/2016
In many cases, foundations wish to solve social problems like extreme poverty and hunger — but acquire their resources through forces that have arguably helped create those very problems.
Simons Foundation Researchers Flag Hundreds of New Genes That Could Contribute to Autism
Release Date:
08/10/2016
Investigators eager to uncover the genetic basis of autism could now have hundreds of promising new leads thanks to a study by Princeton University and Simons Foundation researchers.
NY Community Trust Teams Up with Muslim-American Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes
Release Date:
08/09/2016
More than 80 percent of media coverage of Muslims is negative.
Celebrating Black Philanthropy Month and Our Collective History
Release Date:
08/09/2016
Yvonne L. Moore of Moore Philanthropy says she and Black colleagues share the deeply frustrating experience of having decisions, grant recommendations and analyses consistently questioned, unjustly critiqued and sometimes even undermined.
With Funding from Mellon Foundation, Documentary Celebrates Career of Filmmaker
Release Date:
08/09/2016
The Double Exposure Series, part of Carnegie Museum of Art's Time-Based Media Project, presents contemporary perspectives on pioneers of the past.
JPB Foundation Plays a Role in Improving a Blighted Park in Baltimore
Release Date:
08/09/2016
The Great Urban Parks Campaign aims to improve environmental and social outcomes in underserved communities through “green infrastructure” projects.
Why Ford Foundation Is Underwriting Black Lives Matter
Release Date:
08/08/2016
The Ford Foundation is planning on studying and underwriting what it calls a “new and dynamic form of social justice leadership and infrastructure,” by investing in the Black-Led Movement Fund.
Doris Duke Environmental Program Director Comments on Global Poo Menace
Release Date:
08/08/2016
When ivermectin knocks down the population of dung beetles in a cattle field, an extra 312 pounds of dung can pile up on every acre every year.
Poll Supported by Ford Foundation Finds Young Adults Back New Efforts to Curb Gun Violence
Release Date:
08/08/2016
The first-of-its-kind poll pays special attention to the voices of young adults of color, highlighting how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of a new generation.
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Sep
2016
Philanthropy and the Sustainable Development Goals: Funding at Home and Abroad
Friday, September 16, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
In September 2015, world leaders from all 193 United Nations member countries universally ratified the Sustainable Development Goals, representing a historic global consensus about the shared responsibility that all nations have in achieving global...
Jonathan E. Gold Elected to Board of Directors of FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds
Release Date:
08/05/2016
A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds announced today that Jonathan E. Gold of New York, a prominent investment manager, has been elected to its Board of Directors.
Partially Funded by Mertz Gilmore, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Announces 'World of Dance' Series
Release Date:
08/05/2016
Since its inception in 1966, this series has showcased new works by more than 175 regional, national, and international companies.
Supported by Sloan, Rita Allen, New Understanding of Thirst Emerges from Brain Study
Release Date:
08/05/2016
The results stand in stark contrast to current views of thirst regulation, which hold that the brain signals for drinking to stop when it detects liquid-induced changes in blood concentration or volume.
Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population
Release Date:
08/04/2016
Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population The American Civil Liberties Union is retooling an ambitious, donor-funded effort to reduce incarceration across the country,...
Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign Makes Progress in El Paso
Release Date:
08/04/2016
Since 2010, 238 coal-fired power plants nationwide have been announced to retire.
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Is Writing Snowden Biography
Release Date:
08/04/2016
Barton Gellman, currently a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, was a key figure in The Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of Snowden-leaked documents in 2013.
Every Experience Builds Expertise
Release Date:
08/16/2016
Tatianna Scott, Philanthropy New York Public Policy Intern, writes about the insights she gained on the job market, her new professional network and the new philanthropic terms she learned this summer.