MetLife Foundation and WSJ Team up for the Financial Inclusion Challenge
Release Date:
03/26/2015
The partnership seeks to create innovative and sustainable financial solutions.
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Release Date:
03/26/2015
The report covers prevention, intervention, healthcare, childcare and benefits.
Support from MasterCard Facilitates Launch of the Global Girls Entrepreneurship Project
Release Date:
03/25/2015
The project will launch initially in Miami, New York City, St Louis, and the Westchester, NY/Fairfield County, CT region.
OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug
Release Date:
03/25/2015
The cost of the drug Naloxone has doubled in the last year.
Simons Foundation Initiative Provides Support for Early Career Scientists
Release Date:
03/25/2015
The Faculty Scholars Program will award $148 million in research support over the next five years.
07
May
2015
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution - Documentary Film Screening
Thursday, May 7, 2015 -
5:00pm to 8:30pm
In the 1960's, ready or not, change was coming to America. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and those seeking to drastically transform the system believed radical change was not only feasible, but imminent.
White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments
Release Date:
03/24/2015
Supporters include the Simons Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bank of America to Provide Clean Water and Opportunity in Southern India
Release Date:
03/24/2015
Water-related illness is among the leading cause of death in children under five years old worldwide.
North Star Fund Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform
Release Date:
03/24/2015
Campaign will call for the end of the "broken windows" method of policing.
15
Apr
2015
NYCHA Goes Green: Urban Ag & Workforce Development
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
As part of a city-wide Building Healthy Communities Initiative rolling out of the Mayor’s Office, NYCHA and Green City Force are teaming up to expand upon their extremely successful urban farming pilot at the Red Hook Houses initiated in June 2013...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields
Release Date:
03/23/2015
Women account for half the college-educated American workforce but only 28 percent of science and engineering workers.
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Backs Program to Address Patient Safety
Release Date:
03/23/2015
The grant will provided expanded training to healthcare professionals.
29
Apr
2015
What Kind of Welcome? How are Unaccompanied Children from Central America Faring in New York?
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -
2:15pm to 4:30pm
About 6,000 unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America were released to sponsors in New York State last year, the second highest receiving state after Texas.
Citi is Giving Women the Tools to Shatter the Entrepreneurship Gender Gap
Release Date:
03/20/2015
Citi and the Department of Small Business Services has just launched Women Entrepreneurs NYC.
Metlife Launches ‘The Financial Inclusion Challenge’ to Improve Financial Access in Asia
Release Date:
03/20/2015
The initiative will focus on programs in education, technology and products and services.
Rita Allen Foundation Study Addresses Impact of Political Advertising
Release Date:
03/20/2015
Study shows that political ads dwarfed stories about political issues by 45:1.
Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco
Release Date:
03/19/2015
The initiative is in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Dyson Foundation’s Leadership to Change in June
Release Date:
03/19/2015
Andrea Reynolds will replace Diana Gurieva as President of the Foundation.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing
Release Date:
03/19/2015
Impact investing increases capital while creating socially responsible results.
09
Apr
2015
More Bang for Your Buck: Supporting Locally Led Peacebuilding - Webinar
Thursday, April 9, 2015 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Locally led peacebuilding efforts are proving to be impactful and cost efficient.