JPMorgan and Citi-Backed Program is Bridge Between Youth Unemployment, Growing Skills Gap
Release Date:
08/21/2015
... to the "State of St. Louis STEM Workforce 2014," a report created by St. Louis Community College, more than .....
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In Memoriam: James McConnell Clark of Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Release Date:
11/04/2015
... The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is sad to report that its Trustee Emeritus, James “Jim” McConnell ...
Commonwealth Fund Scorecard: New York Ranked 13th in Overall State of Health
Release Date:
12/11/2015
... according to the 26th American’s Health Rankings Annual Report . In addition, New York was ranked 13th in the nation ...
Peterson Foundation Calls Tax Extenders Legislation Fiscally Irresponsible
Release Date:
12/17/2015
Commenting on the large, year-end legislative package before Congress, Michael Peterson, of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said the costly and unfunded bill is a step in the wrong direction.
Westchester Community Foundation Names Tara Seeley as New Program Officer
Release Date:
02/02/2016
... in the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s research report , "Working with Grantees: Keys to Success and Five .....
Teagle Foundation's Connor on Asserting the Value of the Humanities
Release Date:
04/22/2016
... president asked, “How can we justify putting resources into Ancient Greek 101 where the enrollment is eight, while ...
JPB Foundation Promotes Betsy Krebs to Vice President, Poverty Program
Release Date:
04/22/2016
As of April 18, 2016, Betsy Krebs has been promoted to Vice President, Poverty at the JPB Foundation.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Welcomes New Trustees to its Board
Release Date:
07/15/2016
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has elected several new members to its board of trustees. Jennifer Nolan was elected to the board in March, and she is joined by Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Heather McGhee, Miranda Kaiser, and Wyatt Rockefeller, who were...
NY Community Trust Teams Up with Muslim-American Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes
Release Date:
08/09/2016
... by immigrants, and promote the integration of immigrants into the city’s civic and economic life. About the New York ...
Henry Luce Foundation Is Committed to the Art of Displaying Art (And Why That's Important)
Release Date:
01/24/2017
The Henry Luce Foundation, which just awarded a three-year grant of $825,000 to the Worcester Art Museum to support a series of projects focused on the museum's collection of pre-contemporary American art.
Jonas Center Supports Global Health Nursing in the Dominican Republic
Release Date:
02/03/2017
The Jonas Center supports the Dominican Republic Medical Partnership and the University of Missouri in their efforts to expand a successful grassroots hypertension screening and treatment program to under-served communities in the Dominican Republic...
The Systematic Starvation of Those Who Do Good
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... or both. Both women and people of color also tend to come into our workforce with higher levels of student debt, making ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data
Release Date:
04/26/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data In Mobile, Ala., building-code inspectors armed ... and other trash problems. The teams can use an app to report problems needing...
Niarchos Foundation, Revson Foundation, & Heckscher Foundation Are Crowdsourcing Ideas to Help NYC Public Libraries
Release Date:
07/05/2017
Some funders in New York City and elsewhere remain deeply dedicated to libraries. Aso notable is an effort by a trio of funders who've come together to support New York's libraries.
Alcohol Abuse Is Rising Among Older Adults
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Epidemiologists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism last month reported a jarring trend: Problem drinking is rising fast among older Americans.
Hilton Humanitarian Prize Calls Attention To Growing Need For Global Humanitarian Aid
Release Date:
10/12/2017
... In fact, there are a lot of ways. And we continuously report on funders finding intervention points in some of the ...
Mertz Gilmore and Howard Gilman Foundations Among Funders Backing The Springboard Project's 2018 Residencies
Release Date:
10/24/2017
Following the success of its pilot program launched in the spring of 2017, the Springboard Project announced it was accepting letters of inquiry for its 2018 residencies.
Arcus Funds LGBTQ Capacity Building Grants In An Under-Resourced Region
Release Date:
11/02/2017
... for LGBTQ Issues released its first Out in the South report in 2014, it found that per capita, LGBTQ people in the ...
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Among Funders Backing Environmental Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds
Release Date:
11/30/2017
... the movement have been characterized by one influential report as “lackluster.” But there is a set of foundations ...
New Research Supported By Simons Foundation Points to Cellular Roots of Autism
Release Date:
12/05/2017
Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new genetic model of autism, using neurons created in the lab from patients’ own skin cells. Their experiments suggest that abnormalities in the electrical firing of neurons may lead to behavioral and...