Verizon Foundation-Funded Research Cited as Basis for Beyond the Bruises Campaign
Release Date:
05/27/2015
... but a public health issue as well. "Beyond the Bruises" offers a snapshot into the chronic health problems that domestic violence .....
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MetLife Foundation Partners with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to Help Financial Service Providers Better Serve Low-Income Clients
Release Date:
06/05/2015
The initiative enable practitioners to implement strategies and products that are scalable and sustainable to better serve the needs of low-income customers around the world.
John A. Hartford Foundation Partners with YMCA to Prevent Diabetes
Release Date:
06/12/2015
The foundation has provided a grant to help expand the Y's Diabetes Prevention Program.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.3 Million to Dance Organizations
Release Date:
08/21/2015
The awards were part of the first round of grants through its Leadership Grants Program for Dance.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Grantees Of $30 Million Arts Innovation And Management Program
Release Date:
09/16/2015
... strengthen their operational and programming efforts and offers arts management training in fundraising, audience ...
New York Botanical Garden Partners with MetLife Foundation for Healthy Families Program
Release Date:
09/21/2015
Each Wednesday at the Greenmarket, Heart Smart activities focus on helping visitors improve their cardiovascular health.
Gap Inc. Announces Commitment To Advance The Lives Of One Million Women
Release Date:
09/28/2015
... around the world. Additionally, P.A.C.E. will broaden into a suite of learning programs with new curriculum to ...
American Express Puts Nonprofit Leadership Programs Online
Release Date:
10/29/2015
Seeking to improve the leadership skills at nonprofits around the world, the American Express Foundation is starting an ambitious new digital effort to train aspiring charity executives.
JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices
Release Date:
11/04/2015
Simply changing kids' menu options can encourage healthier choices in restaurants and has been found to have some lasting effect on children's eating habits.
In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize
Release Date:
11/12/2015
As a family foundation, the J.M. Kaplan Fund has supported early-stage innovation for 70 years. This year, they offered prizes for social innovation. The results were amazing.
A Sensible Makeover for the Ford Foundation Workspace
Release Date:
12/16/2015
... as you stepped off the elevator at the 10th floor and into a reception area tastefully fitted with custom modernist ...
Opinion: Ending the Revolving Door of Homelessness (New York Community Trust)
Release Date:
01/06/2016
... that seem promising, especially supportive housing, which offers job training, debt counseling, mental health care, and ...
NPs Share Excellent Management Practices (New York Community Trust)
Release Date:
01/19/2016
Attendees of The New York Community Trust’s 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Best Practices Workshop and Awards Presentation learned about ways to improve the management of their organizations, while supporting their missions.
New Mortgage Program Big Boost for Detroit Buyers (Clinton, Ford Foundations)
Release Date:
02/19/2016
A new program to help Detroit home buyers finance purchases will guarantee 1,000 mortgages in a city where banks have been skittish about lending because of deeply depressed property values.
Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps
Release Date:
02/22/2016
Fewer than half of the more than 1,000 healthcare related-apps reviewed by researchers appeared to be useful for their potential for patient engagement, The Commonwealth Fund reports.
An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)
Release Date:
02/22/2016
Saru Jayaraman, a vocal leader in the food labor movement and founder of Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC), has been supported by the Ford Foundation for more than a decade. The New York Times profiles her efforts for restaurant workers.
Ford’s Alexander Reviews ‘Incarceration Nations’ in Washington Post
Release Date:
03/22/2016
Baz Dreisinger’s intriguing new book, “Incarceration Nations,” describes countries where prisons are small, typically housing fewer than 50 people and some fewer than 10, and prisoners are close to their families and communities. This begs the...
Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast
Release Date:
05/09/2016
Together with Feedback, The Rockefeller Foundation, City Harvest, NRDC, Sustainable America, GrowNYC and other partners, GRACE is proud to cohost Feeding the 5000 NYC, an event designed to raise public awareness about food waste.
Peterson Foundation's Fiscal Summit Convenes Leaders To Discuss Economic Priorities for Next President
Release Date:
05/11/2016
Leading experts and policymakers from across the political spectrum gather today to discuss the fiscal and economic priorities for the next president, at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation's 2016 Fiscal Summit: Leadership for a Secure Future.
Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children
Release Date:
09/07/2016
New research suggests that school districts can stave off the summer slide by offering free, voluntary programs that mix reading and math instruction with sailing, arts and crafts, and other summer staples.