Site Search

Funding Area

Research to Prevent Blindness

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Metropolitan Museum's Launch of Kid-Targeted Web Initiative

Release Date:

09/11/2015

... today the launch of #MetKids, a new online feature made for , with, and by kids. The feature on the Met's website ... researchers-and of course, kids themselves. Developed for 7-12 year olds, #MetKids...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Arts

Communications/Media

NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability

Release Date:

11/09/2015

... by the Pebble Mine, we became vocal opponents of mine development there. . . NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & ...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

How Stable Are the ACA Marketplaces? Commonwealth Fund President Explains

Release Date:

12/07/2015

Recent announcements by healthcare insurers of leaving healthcare marketplaces have brought focus the fundamental question of whether the ACA marketplaces are enrolling sufficient numbers of people to ensure a well-balanced risk pool of healthy...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Commonwealth Fund

De Blasio Enlists New York City's Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley)

Release Date:

12/08/2015

De Blasio Enlists New York City's Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley) New ... Viacom Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman is pushing for more broadband Internet in the Bronx. Hedge-...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Economic Security

Related Organizations

Morgan Stanley

Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

Release Date:

01/13/2016

... Health System’s Kellogg Eye Center and the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, are published online ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Research to Prevent Blindness

Related Organizations

CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise

Release Date:

07/12/2016

... of quality education. Insufficient training and skills development . Issues like these have led approximately ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Economic Security

Related Organizations

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Torres: Federal Section 8 initiative would cripple thousands of New York City families

Release Date:

08/22/2016

... been said that history rhymes rather than repeats itself. For New Yorkers who have seen record levels of homelessness ... history can be heard in the federal government's proposal for Small Area Fair...

Find More By

Funding Area

Housing and Homelessness

Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline

Release Date:

09/09/2016

... Discipline Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor for Equality Initiatives and Human Capital Development at The Atlantic Philanthropies, announces her ...

Find More By

News type

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Topic(s)

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Joins Conversation on Innovative Finance, New Investment Tools and Climate Change

Release Date:

12/08/2016

... Finance, New Investment Tools and Climate Change For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, ... in early 2016. OPIC, the U.S. government’s international development finance institution, helps private...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online

Release Date:

05/22/2017

... of this week, the Global Street Design Guide, a handbook for cities around the world to design safe, sustainable streets, is available to the public as for free online. The guide was first released last...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Army Infantry’s First Women

Release Date:

05/26/2017

... the Army has taken pains to avoid making any exceptions for infantry boot camp... The Army Infantry’s First Women ...

Find More By

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Bloomberg Writes on His Philanthropy's Public Health Projects

Release Date:

06/01/2017

... fanfare, something fascinating occurred, a reminder that for all the ways in which we seem to be sliding backward, ... progress lags far behind it. According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Report on Telehealth Private Payer Laws

Release Date:

08/23/2017

... utilization, the Reforming States Group asked the Center for Connected Health Policy to write a report examining the ... of telehealth modalities and expand access to care for the populations they serve. . ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Milbank Memorial Fund

Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... of patients with AMD, as well as potential new targets for AMD treatment. "With metabolomics, we can identify blood ... information has the potential to improve earlier diagnoses for AMD patients, and...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Research to Prevent Blindness

Related Organizations

Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... job installing free, energy-efficient light bulbs for Franklin Energy to people in her neighborhood. “With ...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Workforce Development

NYC Schools Are Inadequate on Sex Education, Stringer Says

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... of all health instructors participated in any professional development related to sex education within the last two ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Education

The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... mess now, but it’s one of the biggest catalysts in the development of modern-day New York—as well as hare-brained ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Community Development

Opinion: The Risky Consequences Of Inclusionary Housing At Brooklyn’s Pfizer Site

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... to set aside a certain percentage of affordable housing for low and moderate income New Yorkers. That’s the ... Stuyvesant. If approved, the proposed rezoning will allow for 1,146 apartments, 25 percent of...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Housing and Homelessness

In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... withdrawing his and Diane von Furstenberg’s funding for the project. The costs and controversy had become too ... billionaires and old grudges that all hamstrung its development . But I would argue that the...

Find More By

News type