Laurie M. Tisch Elected Co-Chair of Whitney Museum Board of Trustees
Release Date:
07/01/2015
Tisch has served on the board of the Whitney since 1996.
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Ford and RPA Work to Foster Sustainable Development in Ghana
Release Date:
07/09/2015
The Post-2015 Partnership Platform for Philanthropy was launched in November 2014 to help grantmakers better understand the opportunities for engaging in global development goal processes.
Citi Foundation and Technoserve Partner for Economic Opportunity in Africa
Release Date:
07/20/2015
Citi Foundation’s African Youth and Women’s Business Development programme will develop business approaches that can be taken to scale by local organisations to provide employment, enhance incomes and increase the economic participation of women and...
Simons Foundation Among Backers of $28 Million Autism Treatment Study
Release Date:
07/29/2015
Researchers will collect data from children over a 24-week period and evaluate key facets of social communication in those with autism spectrum disorders.
Palette Fund Helps Launch TRUTH Campaign to Spur Storytelling Movement for Trans Youth
Release Date:
08/05/2015
TRUTH combines public education, guidance for families, support and community-building for young people to address the hostility and stereotypes transgender and gender non-conforming youth often face.
Newman's Own Strives to Improve Military Quality of Life
Release Date:
09/03/2015
Six military nonprofit organizations were awarded $200,000 to fund programs that will benefit service men and women.
Foundation for Child Development-Backed Research Examines the Effects of Discrimination on the Children of Immigrants
Release Date:
09/10/2015
The Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy's study will look at the effects of discrimination on the children of immigrants, whether they are themselves immigrants or were born in the United States to immigrant...
Philanthropy Leaders Call for Greater Role in Tackling Global Challenges Defined in New Sustainable Development Goals
Release Date:
09/25/2015
Ahead of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, where member states are expected to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Ford, Mastercard and RPA under the SDG Philanthropy Platform call for greater philanthropic engagement...
State Actions to Promote and Restrain Commercial Accountable Care Organizations: Milbank Memorial Fund Support
Release Date:
10/19/2015
A new report written by researchers at the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, draws on evidence from the literature and four case studies to outline...
Verizon Foundation Supports National Survey of Americans’ Health App Use
Release Date:
11/04/2015
Are fitness apps the magic bullet to health? While fitness and other health-related smartphone apps are acquired in large numbers by Americans, many are left unused by those who download them.
Century Foundation Pledges Support to Advancing Equity for Women and Girls of Color
Release Date:
11/18/2015
The Century Foundation has joined two dozen organizations in pledging resources to the goal of advancing equity through research on women and girls of color.
Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
01/13/2016
A large new study reveals previously unknown risk factors associated with an eye condition that causes serious progressive nearsightedness at a relatively young age. The findings, made through the largest-ever clinical study of the condition called...
Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities
Release Date:
02/04/2016
The Mellon Foundation grant will support of efforts to increase the number of Latino professors in the humanities at U.S. colleges and universities.
Mellon Funds Efforts to Bring Medieval Works to the Digital World
Release Date:
02/24/2016
Lehigh, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania are leading a project, called Bibliotheca Philadelphienis, that will digitalize the largest regional collection of medieval and early modern manuscripts in the country.
WSJ Op-ed by Commonwealth Fund President Notes Potential Fallout to Repealing the ACA
Release Date:
03/08/2016
... Interview Survey results published last month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirm what many ...
Rockefeller-founded Asia Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U.S. & Asia
Release Date:
03/15/2016
... New York institution to a global organization with 12 centers across Asia, the U.S. and Europe, and unparalleled ...
Revson Fellowship Produces Research on Female Face of Genocide
Release Date:
03/16/2016
For a Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellowship, Sarah Cushman researched the lives of women at the Birkenau concentration camp.
Arcus Foundation Report Reveals Trans Discrimination Not Limited to Bathrooms
Release Date:
05/13/2016
A new report reveals transgender women and all women of color frequently face discrimination when using retail changing rooms, compared to other women.
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.
Casey Family Programs Contributes to Initiative in Three Cities to Beat Youth Homelessness This Year
Release Date:
08/11/2016
100-day challenges will start on Sept. 7 in Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Austin.