"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says
Release Date:
12/10/2015
... disasters, according to a report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation . A traditional catastrophe bond is issued by ...
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As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats
Release Date:
01/22/2016
As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported Operation Warm Gives NYC Children Free Coats As temperatures drop and a blizzard looms, the city announced Thursday that 13,000 young students will receive new...
Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities
Release Date:
02/04/2016
... announced a $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of efforts to increase the number of ... Northridge — and five research institutions — New York University; the University of...
Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps
Release Date:
02/22/2016
... and safety, according to an issue brief published by New York City-based The Commonwealth Fund. The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that supports independent research on health care ...
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 ... “Across the country, innovators are developing new models of health care delivery that lower costs...
Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results
Release Date:
03/28/2016
... in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to launch Providence's .....
Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS
Release Date:
09/23/2016
... tell scientists on Earth? The world is about to find out as experts are currently analyzing fungi grown from microbe ... is launched. The microbes are now the focus of a brand new research partnership between...
Russell Sage Publishes Study on the Problems of Parents Funding College Education
Release Date:
12/14/2016
... might be exacerbating economic inequality, according to a new study by a University of Kansas professor. “Young ... it matters even in young adulthood.” The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social...
Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit
Release Date:
01/06/2017
... when Michael R. Bloomberg, then in his second term as mayor of the City of New York, donated $125 million through his foundation , Bloomberg Philanthropies, for a two-year ...
Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty
Release Date:
01/12/2017
... Cities Accelerator, a partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation and Unreasonable Institute, has awarded $1 million ...
Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation issued a report card today meant to underscore ... report, and two events the Gateses will host next week in New York alongside the United...
ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications
Release Date:
03/08/2018
... D'Silva , Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Red Dot Foundation (Safecity) Kim Freeman Brown , Program Co-Director ... ReFrame Mentorship Andrew Quinn, Program Director, Aspen New Voices Fellowship...
Salesforce.org Announces Advancements to the Salesforce.org Education Cloud Platform
Release Date:
09/20/2018
... Link 2.0, innovations with alumni and donor relationships, new Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA) capabilities ... are shifting, with three-quarters of students classified as "non-traditional...
Tribeca Film Institute Announces 2019 Sloan Filmmaker Fund Grantees
Release Date:
04/04/2019
... Grantees The Tribeca Film Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced the three TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund ... “Bolichicos,” and “Wiring Utopia” have been chosen as the new grant...
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Equity, Access and Degree Completion: The Promise of Collective Impact in NYC
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The gaps in college degree attainment in New York City are stark and widen every step of the way from ... now underway. Explore: What #DegreesNYC has identified as the primary barriers to postsecondary access and...
Resilience & Resolve: NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund Report
Release Date:
01/07/2021
... Bloomberg Philanthropies, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation , and more—announced the launch of the NYC ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $18 Million Grant to Establish Helmsley Health Discovery Tower
Release Date:
01/24/2018
... contested symbol of mean-spirited entitlement, referred to as “The Queen of Mean” in a 1990 biographical television ... left the majority of her fortune to her namesake trust. In its initial round of major...
Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... be found through special laboratory tests, according to a new study led by AMD researchers based at Massachusetts Eye ... today in Ophthalmology, describes a new technique known as "...
J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces Open Call for Applications to 2019 Innovation Prize
Release Date:
02/06/2019
... in Environment, Social Justice and Heritage Conservation New York City – On January 29, The J.M. Kaplan Fund ... pressing challenges through social innovation – defined as those pilot projects, new...
More Than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant
Publication date:
12/2008
... with Assistance Beyond the Grant reveals that only when foundation staff provide assistance beyond the grant in one ... Three exemplary foundations are profiled: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Winter Park Health Foundation , and the Wallace Foundation . More Than Money: ...