Philanthropy Takes Fore as Bloomberg Exits N.Y. Mayoralty
Release Date:
04/30/2013
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s approach to philanthropy and his giving priorities are examined as he prepares for his return to private life.
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More Children in Greece Are Going Hungry
Release Date:
04/17/2013
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation's support of a school lunch program to help combat child hunger in Greece is mentioned in this article.
Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2013 Jane Jacobs Medal
Release Date:
10/14/2013
The Medal is awarded annually to individuals whose work creates new ways of seeing and understanding New York City.
Funders Launch National Conversation on A ‘Common Purpose’
Release Date:
10/01/2013
At Independent Sector’s annual conference, Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, revealed that RBF and six other major foundations — including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the Carnegie...
NY begins first statewide school-to-job project
Release Date:
11/03/2013
IBM's Stanley Litow was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about a new statewide workforce development program for high school students.
Commonwealth Fund Unveils New Website and Logo
Release Date:
05/27/2014
... breakthroughs, you'll find the display easy to read and use on your desktop, tablet, and smartphone. And a new layout .....
Springboard for the Arts Receives $750,000 From Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
07/08/2014
... The group, based in St. Paul and Fergus, Minn., will use the funds for a range of programs that further its ...
Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million
Release Date:
09/12/2014
Simons Foundation donates $25 million to Stony Brook University for research and programming in geometry and physics.
NYCT Gives $7.6 Million in Largest Round of 2014 Grants
Release Date:
10/07/2014
... legal aid to unaccompanied minors facing deportation; use the arts to help schools meet Common Core standards; ...
Program Focuses on Getting City Workers to Live Healthier Lives
Release Date:
01/22/2015
A new Culture of Health Team will explore ways to get city workers to live healthier, more active lives.
Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/13/2015
... people. Imagine if Andrew Carnegie had not decided to use his considerable wealth to establish a system of more ...
Helmsley Type 1 Diabetes Program Announces $5 Million Request for Proposals
Release Date:
06/03/2015
... funding will go to innovative solutions that enable the use of data to ease the burden of type 1 diabetes (T1D) for ...
NYCT Awards Grants Totaling $9.1 Million
Release Date:
06/15/2015
... which was awarded $75,000 to help middle school students use technology to improve math skills in fifteen New York ...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $5.6M to Enable Residencies for Playwrights
Release Date:
04/11/2016
... with “artistic development funds’’ that they can use for research or other purposes related to their work. The ...
Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
Release Date:
09/07/2016
A precision-engineered gene therapy virus, inserted into blood stem cells that are then transplanted, markedly reduced sickle-induced red-cell damage in mice with sickle cell disease.
Supported by JPB Foundation, Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social Memory
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Cells in the hippocampus store memories of acquaintances, a new study reports.
Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal
Release Date:
10/04/2016
In celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Jacobs' birth and the impact of her ideas on cities around the world, the award was open this year for the first time to international nominees.
Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors
Release Date:
10/05/2016
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Assistant Professors Sarah Post and Rob Harron were each awarded a collaboration grant for mathematicians from the Simons Foundation.
Century Foundation Fellow Comments on Trump Policy for Student Loan Forgiveness
Release Date:
12/14/2016
Education Department officials say they will work through Jan. 20 to review claims of defrauded students, but borrowers and advocates call for more urgency.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports GallopNYC Acquisition of Horse Stables in Queens
Release Date:
01/09/2017
... known as GallopNYC (Forest Hills). GallopNYC plans to use the stable primarily for full time therapeutic riding ...