NYS Health Foundation President & CEO Wonders if NY Can End the AIDS Epidemic
Release Date:
07/18/2016
From 1981 to 2013, an estimated 1,194,039 people in the United States had been diagnosed with AIDS. Of those, 658,507 have died.
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Supported by Commonwealth Fund, Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test
Release Date:
07/18/2016
A new UCSF study finds that some of the most popular apps for diabetes, depression and caregivers are too difficult to use, especially by underserved populations.
Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments
Release Date:
07/15/2016
The grant maker's plans includes helping finance efforts to develop renewable-energy technogies, deliver clean electricity to rural India, and create insurance products for extreme-weather events in Africa.
Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice
Release Date:
07/15/2016
“If America is to be America, we have to engage in a larger conversation than just the criminal justice system,” notes Walker.
Rausch and Long Island Community Foundations Partner to Expand Tourism in Riverhead
Release Date:
07/15/2016
Their focus is on expanding tourism — which includes drawing visitors from New York City and promoting Riverhead as a place people plan their vacations around — and emphasizing the town’s arts and culture services.
Warren Buffet Pledges$2.9 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Others
Release Date:
07/15/2016
Warren Buffett has donated roughly $2.9 billion more Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock to five foundations, as part of the billionaire's plan to give away almost his entire fortune.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Welcomes New Trustees to its Board
Release Date:
07/15/2016
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has elected several new members to its board of trustees. Jennifer Nolan was elected to the board in March, and she is joined by Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Heather McGhee, Miranda Kaiser, and Wyatt Rockefeller, who were...
David Di Martino Elected to The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees
Release Date:
07/14/2016
Mr. Di Martino is currently a partner at Blue Engine Message & Media with 20 years of experience advising.
Altman Foundation Promotes Deborah T. Velazquez to Associate Director
Release Date:
07/14/2016
Ms. Velazquez’s core responsibilities include oversight of the Strengthening Communities area.
How Collaboration Can Spur Innovation and Spread Good Ideas (Part I)
Release Date:
07/14/2016
Leigh Ross of the NY Community Trust identifies key predictors of success for education funders who want to collaborate.
Commonwealth Fund Scorecard Shows Health Care Has Vastly Improved, But Progress Remains Uneven
Release Date:
07/14/2016
Despite progress, analysis of 306 local areas finds health challenges still exist.
Rubin Foundation Announces Participants in 2016 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Social Practice
Release Date:
07/14/2016
IAP: Social Practice is a year-long professional development program for immigrant and 1st-generation artists working in all forms of socially engaged art.
Novo Foundation and Goren Group Announce Winner of Women's Building International Design Competition
Release Date:
07/14/2016
The winner will lead the conversion of the former Bayview Correctional Facility in New York into a hub for the girls’ and women’s rights movement.
Supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation, Study Shows Alzheimer’s Patients Have Lower Perception of Pain
Release Date:
07/13/2016
People with Alzheimer’s disease don’t perceive pain as readily as healthy older adults, and this may lead to delays and underreporting of pain.
Simons Foundation Collaboration to Study the Physics of Glass
Release Date:
07/13/2016
$10 million grant supports international team’s efforts.
Research Travel Grant on Offer: David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowships
Release Date:
07/13/2016
Non-profit CEOs are invited to apply for a $US20,000 grant to visit and research best practice social innovation internationally.
Alison Bernstein, Longtime Ford Foundation Official, Dies at 69
Release Date:
07/12/2016
Alison Bernstein, a longtime educator and official at the Ford Foundation, died on June 30 of endometrial cancer at her home in East Hampton, N.Y.
Leaders From Clark and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Help Create Hands-on Philanthropy Course
Release Date:
07/12/2016
Columbia Business School adjunct professors Melissa Berman and Doug Bauer put students in the driver’s seat to make an impact on local neighborhoods.
CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise
Release Date:
07/12/2016
Over the next three years, we will raise the minimum pay for 18,000 employees to between $12 and $16.50 an hour.
Foundations Team Up to Fund Invisible Transgender Communities
Release Date:
07/12/2016
Roz Lee of Arcus Foundation hopes you will view funding transgender communities as similar to a prism, with each facet representing an area of focus already supported by the philanthropic sector.