Individuals Addressing Open Society Challenges Invited to Apply for Fellowship
Release Date:
11/07/2016
... open society challenges. The fellowship program seeks to fund work that will enrich public understanding of those ...
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Supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Forest Restoration Gets a Tiny Fraction of the Money it Needs
Release Date:
11/09/2016
Research shows that only 13 percent to 17 percent of the total annual funding needs for restoration and conservation are met — about $50 billion.
Long Island Community Foundation Supports Diversity Through International Food Tasting at Gala Fresh Farms
Release Date:
11/15/2016
One of the goals of the newly formed Peconic River Community Development Alliance is to bring people of different backgrounds and ethnicities together in Riverhead Town.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces $2.3M in Grants to Nonprofits Serving Youth, Girls of Color
Release Date:
12/14/2016
... BCF launched its Invest in Youth initiative in 2015 as a 10-year, $25 million commitment to improve ...
Founding Members of Open Research Funders Group Include Three PNY Members
Release Date:
12/16/2016
TheAlfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Open Society Foundations form the Open Research Funders Group, an effort to promote sharing of articles and data between researchers and organizations.
NYSHealth Publishes New Report for Improving Access to Primary Care for Adults with Physical Disabilities
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... was created by the Independence Care System (ICS) as a guide for primary care providers to expand access to ...
New York State Health Foundation Supports Campaign to Urge Nutritious Food Donations
Release Date:
01/17/2017
The Clinton County Health Department is working to ensure healthier meal options are available at places that often get overlooked by such efforts — area food shelves.
New York Community Trust Supports Fellowship to Build Diversity in Arts Management
Release Date:
01/31/2017
... Subdistrict Council, the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust and the New York State ...
US Trust Study Finds Small Foundations Honing Strategies for Greater Impact
Release Date:
02/03/2017
Funded by U.S. Trust, the survey also found that small foundations and individual donors have been formalizing their governance structures and process over the past decade.
NYPost Investigates Immigrant Support Projects of NYCT and Brooklyn Community Foundation
Release Date:
02/21/2017
... Community Foundation created a $1 million Immigrant Rights Fund to support “civil resistance” efforts to battle ...
Century Foundation Report Finds Out Why High-Risk Insurance Pools Still Won't Work
Release Date:
03/01/2017
... House Republicans show plans to create high-risk pools as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) .....
CUNY Publishes Paper on the Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001
Release Date:
03/07/2017
While US private philanthropic foundations are small in comparison with other international donors, the Ford Foundation was an important international actor and the biggest player within international philanthropy for almost 50 years.
Rita Allen Teams Up With Knight Foundation to Combat Misinformation
Release Date:
03/13/2017
... to Combat Misinformation Working alongside Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation, Knight seeks ideas on ...
Helmsley Trust Helps Retraction Watch Chart Its Future With New $130,000 Grant
Release Date:
04/06/2017
The generous funding from the Trust’s Biomedical Research Infrastructure Program will allow Retraction Watch to work with a consultant to develop operational and sustainability plans for The Center For Scientific Integrity.
Mellon Foundation Supports Digitization Project for the American Numismatic Society’s Back List of Monographs
Release Date:
04/17/2017
The digitization project for the American Numismatic Society’s back list of monographs has gained funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Three MIT Alumni Win 2017 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Release Date:
04/21/2017
Fellowship funds graduate school studies for exceptional immigrants and children of immigrants.
75,000 Apply for State College Scholarships, but Many Won’t Qualify
Release Date:
08/28/2017
This spring, when Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo won approval for his groundbreaking Excelsior Scholarship program to make college tuition-free for some students at New York’s public colleges and universities, the state anticipated that 23,000 people would...
Bloomberg Backs Frieden’s Next Act: Heart Disease and Preparing for New Epidemics
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... nonprofit in New York, the city where Dr. Frieden served as health commissioner under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. . . ...
MCC Signs $500M Compact with Nepal to Improve Power and Roads
Release Date:
09/15/2017
The Millennium Challenge Corp. signed a $500 million compact with Nepal on Thursday, the agency’s first compact in South Asia and a symbol, said some at the ceremony, of Nepal’s progress toward democracy.
Watchdog Group Claims MTA Mistakenly Signed off on $42M Towers with No Use
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... towers worth $42 million at bridges and tunnels, as part of Gov. Cuomo’s open-road tolling project. Reinvent ... voting on contracts for the towers described in documents as “architectural enhancements” that...