Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps
Release Date:
02/22/2016
... Commonwealth Fund. The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that supports independent research on health care ...
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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)
Release Date:
02/23/2016
... of Chicago Prof. Jeffrey Grogger found that Mexico 039 ; s soda taxes raised sugar-sweetened beverage prices by ... reduction in purchases of sugary drinks after the law 039 ; s...
Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center
Release Date:
03/09/2016
... The Atlantic Philanthropies and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . The center would help improve care for ...
Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results
Release Date:
03/28/2016
... When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to launch Providence 039 ; s high-tech idea to improve the vocabularies of the city...
Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping
Release Date:
03/29/2016
Rockefeller 039 ; s 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven ... Mapping In Norfolk, Virginia, an East Coast city that 039 ; s home to the world...
The New York Community Trust Gives $5.4M to 45 Nonprofits Across the City and Nation
Release Date:
04/12/2016
... got great news: The New York Community Trust, the city’ s community foundation , has approved $5.4 million in grants for dozens of ... leadership program for children on the autism spectrum. At...
Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater's OSLO Cast
Release Date:
04/21/2016
Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater 039 ; s OSLO Cast OSLO is supported by a Theatre Commissioning ... Production Initiative grant from The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation . A darkly comic...
Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.
Release Date:
04/25/2016
... in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N. The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), under the ... in Paris in November-December 2015 was approved. Norway’ s sovereign wealth fund has pulled...
PhilTV: Funder Advocacy Is Powerful in Conversation on NP Sector Sustainability
Release Date:
05/24/2016
... the high-profile collapse of FEGS last year, New York 039 ; s nonprofit sector has been seriously investigating and ... contributed to its, and others’ demise. Nonprofit and foundation...
Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast
Release Date:
05/09/2016
... in a landfill. Together with Feedback, The Rockefeller Foundation , City Harvest, NRDC, Sustainable ... with Salvation Farms to glean unharvested produce. Chefs at Great Performances Catering and Holy Apostles...
New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... The New York Community Trust (NYCT), one of the nation’ s largest community foundations, has renewed a grant through ... workers” says Natasha Lifton, senior program officer at The New York Community Trust. “...
Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services
Release Date:
05/24/2016
Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’ s Role in Child Welfare Services The national effort ... in the Child Welfare System” and launched by the U. S . Administration on Children, Youth and Families, a total of...
Less Talking, More Doing: Operationalizing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/15/2016
... in Philanthropy Susan Olivo, Executive Director, Reader’ s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, President and CEO, Edwin Gould Foundation Co-Chairs, Committee for...
Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia
Release Date:
06/17/2016
... that unusual. It was the right alliance.” This week’ s summit was organized by national foundations including the ...
Rockefeller Fund Takes First Green Stake in Pivot From Oil
Release Date:
07/28/2016
... in Pivot From Oil The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the foundation divesting from the fossil-fuel industry it helped ...
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... with the support of Philanthropy New York member, the Ms. Foundation for Women . An increasing number of philanthropic ... here: For example, The New York City Young Women’ s Initiative is bringing together...
Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS
Release Date:
09/23/2016
... of the space station including the air. Based on NASA 039 ; s data, more than 200 astronauts had already crossed the ... new research partnership between NASA and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation...
Milbank Memorial Fund Partners with Yale to Study Why It's So Hard to Connect Health to Social Factors
Release Date:
09/29/2016
Milbank Memorial Fund Partners with Yale to Study Why It 039 ; s So Hard to Connect Health to Social Factors One of the ... Three years after the launch of the federal law’ s insurance exchanges...
Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers
Release Date:
10/07/2016
Atlantic 039 ; s Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 039 ;Most Generous 039 ; Givers A new ranking by Forbes puts Warren Buffett at the top the list of the...
Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism
Release Date:
11/18/2016
... better than any European or Asian nation today. It’ s an extraordinary success story. But how should this ... principle of moral pedagogy — but disastrous as a foundation for democratic politics in our...