Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings
Release Date:
02/11/2016
... Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings A new report details how an incubator created by the Filene ...
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Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness
Release Date:
02/22/2016
... to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness The majority of the alcohol industry’s actions around the world to ... lack evidence of effectiveness or haven’t...
Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College
Release Date:
02/26/2016
Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College Most students attend ... never completing their degree at all. A new report, The Real Value of What Students Do in...
Specialty Food Foundation Addresses Hunger With Social Entrepreneurship
Release Date:
03/02/2016
... Entrepreneurship Specialty Food Foundation, a community of social entrepreneurs working to break the hunger cycle, is starting the search for the third annual class of grant recipients. Eligible organizations...
American Express, Ford Foundation Provide Funds to Restore Hemingway's Famed Cuban Home
Release Date:
04/15/2016
... Dupont, San Antonio Conservation Society Endowed Professor of Architecture at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), is part of a top-tier team of ... Dupont and his...
Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry
Release Date:
04/26/2016
Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry Federal prisons release nearly 50,000 ... some help from the nonprofit sector. Today, Project New Opportunity was announced by an organization...
Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado
Release Date:
04/29/2016
... Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado City of Boulder officials are taking a unique approach to ... and low-income people. The resilience strategy is a new approach to city planning spearheaded...
Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... sexual behavior and reducing HIV risk, according to a new Stanford University School of Medicine study. Since 2004, the U.S. President’s ... that encourage men and women to limit their number of...
Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News
Release Date:
05/03/2016
Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm ... isolated fashion, Emanuel said... Rockefeller...
UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust
Release Date:
05/04/2016
UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust ... others, I was outraged when pictures emerged last month of partying teens in New Jersey engaging in a shocking beer...
Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
05/05/2016
Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation Surdna has an idea: Give more ownership of companies to workers. It’s not a new idea — worker cooperatives have been around since the ...
With Help from Helmsley, Caltech Researchers May Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease
Release Date:
05/09/2016
... Helmsley, Caltech Researchers Mya Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease The community of beneficial bacteria that live in our intestines, known as ... populate the gut, researchers at Caltech have...
Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Report on Evolving Models of Behavioral Health Integration
Release Date:
05/12/2016
Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Report on Evolving Models of Behavioral Health Integration Since 2010, when the Milbank ... health integration (BHI) report, “Evolving Models of Behavioral Health Integration in...
Commonwealth Study Inspires App to Connect People to Doctors Faster
Release Date:
06/01/2016
... App to Connect People to Doctors Faster The creators of a new mobile app called Akira hope to make healthcare more ... video chat. Dustin Walper, the co-founder of Akira, felt there needed to...
Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students
Release Date:
06/02/2016
... Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students A new report from the Century Foundation examines how to ... "When College Students Start Behind" offers a redesign of how community colleges...
Three Ways Ford Foundation's Shift To Inequality Will Affect Nonprofits Everywhere
Release Date:
05/24/2016
... its efforts entirely on inequality. This shift introduces new funding opportunities for nonprofits that work to combat poverty, the marginalization of women and minorities, and similar issues. But it also ...
Twenty Cities Advance in Bloomberg Philanthropies' Latin American and Caribbean Mayors Challenge
Release Date:
06/20/2016
... implementation support. The ideas reflect creative new approaches to some of the most pressing issues facing cities in the region, ...
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Launched First Program to Accelerate Reforms in Education For Health Professionals
Release Date:
06/30/2016
... Reforms in Education For Health Professionals Most of the unending debate about healthcare focuses on coverage ... and improve quality. But there's another important aspect of healthcare that rarely makes...
Video: Rockefeller's Insight Dialogues Features Hamilton Star and Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda
Release Date:
07/05/2016
... cast and ingenious composition but also for attracting new audiences to the stage and changing how we think about ... Rockefeller President Judith Rodin to discuss the role of diversity in the arts, economic...
Ford Foundation's Jee Kim Contributes to 'The Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy
Release Date:
07/21/2016
... Jee Kim Contributes to 'The Nation' Article on Future of Philanthropy Philanthropy, in its current institutional ... wealth to serve the greater good. In fact, the discussion of institutional...