Wallace, Mellon Foundations Embrace Identity and Race
Release Date:
04/21/2016
... the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation helped create a three- year , $1.2 million initiative at Skidmore College’s ...
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Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Launches Research on Genes That Cause Autism
Release Date:
04/25/2016
... Launches Research on Genes That Cause Autism A multi- year , national online research program on autism, believed to ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Youth Crime Prevention Program
Release Date:
04/29/2016
... the city’s youth from ever picking up a gun. A three- year Bloomberg Philanthropies grant provided the funding for ...
Applications Sought for Jerome Foundation Scholarship
Release Date:
05/05/2016
... County whose intention is to pursue at least a four- year degree in the fields of Journalism, Communications or ...
Rockefeller Foundation Launches YieldWise, a $130 Million Initiative to Halve Post-Harvest Loss
Release Date:
05/26/2016
... as global economic losses mount into the trillions. This year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, The ...
Schott's Villanueva Comments on Native Leadership in Institutional Philanthropy
Release Date:
05/27/2016
... Leadership in Institutional Philanthropy Earlier this year , I received news that Valorie Johnson, a program officer ...
Capital One Is A Supporter Of Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program
Release Date:
06/30/2016
... D.C. this week, logging a record number of programs this year . The program is supported by technology organizations ...
Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign Makes Progress in El Paso
Release Date:
08/04/2016
Since 2010, 238 coal-fired power plants nationwide have been announced to retire.
Examining the 990: An Informative Series on Completing the Form
Publication date:
08/2016
... Form In order to justify their tax-exempt status, every year non-profit organizations must file a 990 form with the ...
MasterCard Makes Fortune List of Businesses Confronting World's Problems
Release Date:
08/23/2016
... do well by doing good. The 50 companies chosen for this year 's Change the World list hail from 22 countries. Use our .....
Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
Release Date:
09/07/2016
... in the laboratory, is expected to launch in the coming year ... Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for ...
Russell Sage President Says He Is Optimistic on Poverty and Income Issues
Release Date:
09/14/2016
... gains, lifted the median household income to $56,500 last year , up 5.2%, or $2,800, from 2014. It was the sharpest ...
Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors
Release Date:
10/05/2016
... the Simons Foundation. These $35,000 five- year grants began September 1, 2016, and will end August 31, ...
As China Rises and Tensions Grow in Asia, Carnegie is Paying Attention
Release Date:
10/12/2016
China's economic might has famously soared in recent decades. Now, its military power and geopolitical ambitions are finally catching up.
Unbound Philanthropy Survey Finds DACA Fee Increases Could Put Relief Out of Reach for Immigrant Youth
Release Date:
10/27/2016
Increase comes as some DACA beneficiaries are losing jobs because of USCIS processing delays and after immigrant youth have paid over $674 million in fees to USCIS.
Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) Announces Applications for 2017 Class
Release Date:
10/27/2016
... program designed for professionals in philanthropy. This year -long fellowship program will offer coaching, tools, ...
With the End Near, Atlantic Makes a Big Move on Racial Justice
Release Date:
11/01/2016
Atlantic invested over $100 million in a network of schools and school-based health centers to improve opportunities for low-income middle school kids of color, and has been closely involved in the My Brother's Keeper initiative.
Supported by Simons Foundation, Scientists Discover Clues To Altered Brain Wiring In Autism
Release Date:
11/15/2016
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that mutations in PTEN affect the assembly of connections between two brain areas important for the processing of social cues.
U.S. Trust Surveys 1,435 U.S. High Net Worth Households on Attitudes Toward Giving
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Eighty-three percent of wealthy individuals plan to give as much (or more) over the next three years as they have in the past. These percentages are even higher among women, African-Americans and individuals age 50 or younger.
Simons Foundation Launches Flatiron Institute to Explore Galaxy Formation, Genomics, Neuroscience and Other Fields
Release Date:
11/23/2016
... Formation, Genomics, Neuroscience and Other Fields Each year thousands of genomes are sequenced, millions of neuronal ...