Site Search

Funding Area

Research to Prevent Blindness

Related Organizations

National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory

Release Date:

03/13/2015

... has escalated into a sharp, at times even personal, feud. Beyond a split over the merits of the new policy, civil ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Technology

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Century Foundation Releases Report on NYC Universal Pre-K

Release Date:

05/13/2015

... on NYC Universal Pre-K Lessons from New York City’ s Universal Pre-K Expansion: How a Focus on Diversity Could Make It Even Better is a study in two parts. The first provides ... policy changes to address this...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Century Foundation

Rockfeller Brothers Fund Weighs in on Motivation for Fossil Fuel Divestment

Release Date:

05/18/2015

... Fund Weighs in on Motivation for Fossil Fuel Divestment Beyond the metrics, Dorsey said, a big reason for divestment ... September, the Rockefeller fund, built on oil wealth, said it would divest from coal and...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Three Important Steps Philanthropies Are Taking to Curb Climate Change

Release Date:

07/29/2015

... made great progress despite lagging public policy is the Beyond Coal campaign, which just announced the retirement of the nation’ s 200th coal plant.... Three Important Steps Philanthropies ...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

David Berg Foundation Underwrites Free Saturdays at the Jewish Museum

Release Date:

09/02/2015

... Free Saturdays at the Jewish Museum New York’ s Jewish Museum has received a one-year grant of $275,000 ... an expanded formal evaluation and assessment process beyond the basic information about Free...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

The David Berg Foundation

Gilman Foundation Donates $75K to Young People’s Chorus for New Music

Release Date:

09/14/2015

Gilman Foundation Donates $75K to Young People’ s Chorus for New Music Young People' s Chorus of New York City (YPC) is pleased to announce its ... and awareness of new music throughout New York City and...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Howard Gilman Foundation

How Do You Build a Field? Lessons from Public Health - Rockefeller Foundation

Release Date:

11/23/2015

... provided the medical care that limited the outbreak’ s devastation. However, credit for containing the disease ... who led the public health response in West Africa and beyond . We owe the existence of these...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The Rockefeller Foundation

Related Organizations

John A. Hartford Foundation President Says Superheroes Of Caregiving Need Better Support

Release Date:

04/27/2016

... Support Being a caregiver can be deeply rewarding, but it can also require significant, even heroic, sacrifices. ... modern-day superheroes of caregiving for going above and beyond . They do both simple,...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Aging

Elmezzi Foundation Supports Population Health Management Program at Mount Sinai Queens

Release Date:

05/17/2016

... vital preventative and supportive services extending beyond the hospital and clinic walls to patients who are at ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Elmezzi Foundation

With Funding from Mellon Foundation, Documentary Celebrates Career of Filmmaker

Release Date:

08/09/2016

... Double Exposure Series, part of Carnegie Museum of Art' s Time-Based Media Project, presents contemporary ... and video of the 1960s–1980s, including works in CMOA' s permanent collection and...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School

Release Date:

08/30/2016

... makers and teachers to activists and parents—to look beyond laws, politics, and funding and imagine a utopian ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Century Foundation

Funded by Teagle Foundation, Comparative Assessment Project Demonstrates Enduring Power of a Core Curriculum

Release Date:

01/26/2017

... the data suggest, continues to deliver benefits far beyond graduation and the specific professional pursuits of ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Teagle Foundation

Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem

Release Date:

02/16/2017

... helped drive home the point that good health starts well beyond the four walls of an examination room. Dr. Graham, 42, ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Aetna Foundation

Century Foundation's Richard Kahlenberg Writes About School Integration in The Atlantic

Release Date:

04/06/2017

Century Foundation' s Richard Kahlenberg Writes About School Integration in The Atlantic The decision by Donald Trump’ s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, to kill Opening Doors was ... needed, that proponents...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Sloan Foundation-Supported Poll Finds Blacks Less Likely to Have Enough for Retirement

Release Date:

05/18/2017

... gap between white and other minority groups extends beyond pensions, 401(k) s or other retirement accounts. The survey shows older white ...

Find More By

News type

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Funding Area

Economic Security

Related Organizations

Here Are 3 Ways Negotiation Skills Keep Advancing Gender Equality

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote in U. S . elections. More than 50 years later, Congresswoman Bella ... a resolution to commemorate August 26th as Women' s Equality Day. In honor of...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Gender Justice

How to Build a Strong Local Food System

Release Date:

08/29/2017

How to Build a Strong Local Food System It goes beyond farmers' markets and CSA shares. Before we had ... year round in order to feed hungry people in the central U. S . Over the past half-...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Food Systems

Traces of Crime: How New York’s DNA Techniques Became Tainted

Release Date:

09/05/2017

Traces of Crime: How New York’ s DNA Techniques Became Tainted Over the past decade, the DNA ... analyzing the most complicated evidence from crime scenes. It developed two techniques, which went beyond...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Trump's Nominee To Be USDA's Chief Scientist Is Not A Scientist

Release Date:

09/05/2017

Trump' s Nominee To Be USDA' s Chief Scientist Is Not A Scientist The ... post is raising concern in the scientific community and beyond about the politicization of...

Find More By

News type