The Forum Welcomes Jay Hutchins as Associate Director of Policy and Communications
Release Date:
04/24/2017
... The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers is pleased to welcome Jay Hutchins to the Forum team as our ...
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Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport"
Release Date:
06/22/2017
... Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport" Atta-Mensah, a former public defender, ... from us to pass us the Cheerios, talking to somebody is a revolutionary act,...
Jeff Jarvis, CUNY Professor and Director of the Tow Knight News Integrity Initiative, on Shifting Away from Media-Centric News Literacy
Release Date:
06/22/2017
... to learn from it and get ahead of it. "The truth is that we are being manipulated by an array of actors, who ... have related but separated motivations... what they share is technique and tactics,"...
Giving Back: 4 Ways Your Company Can Do Good
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... and corporate accountability. For many companies, this is changing how they market their products to younger ...
New Video From TCC Group: The Missing Link for Maximizing Impact: Foundations Assessing Their Capacity
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Melinda Fine introduces the article, "The Missing Link for Maximizing Impact: Foundations Assessing Their Capacity" written with co-authors Jared Raynor, Jessica Mowles, and Deepti Sood from TCC Group.
The New York Women’s Foundation Appeared On NBC’s Show, “Give“
Release Date:
10/30/2017
The New York Women’s Foundation was featured on NBC’s show, “Give“ on Saturday, October 28th. NBC’s Give provides an inside look at the world of philanthropy and highlights the work of small charities that are making a big impact
The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... and unreliable. In rural Indian communities, energy is often generated with diesel power, which negatively ... and the environment. Smart Power For Rural Development is a $75 million initiative started by The...
Annie E. Casey, Conrad N. Hilton, Ford and JPB Foundations Join FHO to Pledge $4.9 Million in New Affordable Housing Initiative
Release Date:
02/20/2018
The Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO) will make “catalytic investments in activities that ensure stable housing in thriving communities,” pledging to invest $4.9 million to provide more affordable housing over three years.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough
Release Date:
04/03/2018
... of these fatalities occur in developing nations, the U.S. is no stranger to unanticipated water shortages, especially ...
How to Improve Health Care for Veterans - Letter to the NYT Editor from New York State Health Foundation's David Sandman
Release Date:
04/04/2018
... medical services for veterans. One more obvious reason is that veterans themselves don’t want it. About half of ... options. For some, the nearest V.A. facility is too far away from home. Others want to get...
Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant Provides New Insight Into Neurological Disorders
Release Date:
04/17/2018
... lagged behind in new therapies. Because the brain is so complex, it can be difficult to discover new drugs and even when a drug is promising in animal models, it often doesn’t work for ...
Michael Bloomberg Donates $4.5M to U.N.Climate Body After U.S. Cuts
Release Date:
04/23/2018
... championed the fight against global warming. “America is part of the problem. America is a big part of the solution and we should go in and help ...
Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms To Flip the House for the Democrats
Release Date:
06/25/2018
... in key races, especially in affluent suburbs where it is expensive to run television ads... Michael Bloomberg Will ...
JPMorgan Spreads its Urban Development Money to Paris
Release Date:
11/05/2018
... Dotted with large social housing projects, the area is separated from wealthy Paris only by an extremely ... earns about 80 percent of its revenue. The Paris effort is part of JPMorgan’s “Advancing Cities”...
JPMorgan Chase Launches Loan Fund to Boost Minority Entrepreneurs
Release Date:
02/13/2019
... Minority Entrepreneurs JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is spearheading a new $6.65 million investment fund aimed at ... loans. The Greater Washington Entrepreneurs of Color Fund is the fifth fund of its...
Pennsylvania Joins Skillful State Network, Initiative of the Markle Foundation
Release Date:
04/18/2019
... Initiative of the Markle Foundation Governor Tom Wolf is taking more action to help create a highly qualified and ... Pennsylvania joined the Skillful State Network . Skillful is a nonprofit initiative of the...
Pershing Square Sohn Prize Awards $4.2M to Seven “Next Generation” Innovators in Cancer Research
Release Date:
05/21/2019
... research projects at a stage when traditional funding is lacking. Recipients receive $200,000 per year for up to ...
Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds
Release Date:
08/02/2019
... produces the highly reactive beta-lactone ring that is responsible for obafluorin’s antimicrobial activity, ... in three-dimensional space. An enzyme’s structure is fundamental to almost every function it...
Gerstner Philanthropies Awards Over $3 Million For Emergency Grant Program
Release Date:
01/22/2020
... for other urgent needs. The average emergency grant size is under $1,000. Gerstner’s recent round of grantmaking ...
Kimberly Walker Appointed as First Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Arabella Advisors
Release Date:
03/11/2020
... firm as leader of its learning and development work and is currently completing a Ph.D. program at Antioch University ...