Surdna Foundation Awards $9.7 Million in Grants
Release Date:
09/30/2013
... approaches to Surdna’s grantmaking are designed to more effectively deliver on its mission of helping to build just ...
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Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households
Release Date:
04/15/2014
A new study published by the Milbank Memorial Fund's Milbank Quarterly finds the cost of health care to be a burden for most U.S. households.
Searching for the Next Breakthrough in Health Care
Release Date:
05/05/2014
The Commonwealth Fund launches the Breakthrough Health Care Opportunities program to discover and vet transformative ideas in health care.
Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?
Release Date:
05/13/2014
Each year, some 10 million girls are compelled to marry before they reach age 18—the age the world has agreed upon as the beginning of adulthood under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy
Release Date:
05/29/2014
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences invites paper submissions for its upcoming special issue on the changing roles and status of women and the effects on society and the economy. The special issue will consider both the...
Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science
Release Date:
04/22/2015
This year’s 32 winners were chosen from a pool of more than 300 candidates.
William T. Grant Foundation-Funded Study Examines the Consequences of Childhood Bullying
Release Date:
05/01/2015
The study explores the impact bullying on mental health in adulthood.
United Hospital Fund Explores the Struggles of Family Caregiving
Release Date:
07/31/2015
AARP reports caregivers devote an average of 18 hours per week to medical needs and the work is worth $470 billion annually.
PIMCO Foundation Director Explores Impact of Corporate Giving
Release Date:
08/31/2015
... noted this shift and see it as a catalyst to perhaps more effectively change lives. Sarah Middleton, executive ...
American Express Awards $2.5 Million to Five Innovative Principal Leadership Programs
Release Date:
10/05/2015
The winners were selected from over 70 applicants.
New National Standards for Principals Flow from Wallace Work
Release Date:
12/10/2015
Eight new standards for supervisors of school principals, covering topics such as instructional leadership and meeting the needs of diverse learners, aim to guide supervisors as they help those principals improve their effectiveness in an evolving...
NYSHealth Funding Opportunity Now Open: Empowering Health Care Consumers in New York State
Release Date:
04/18/2016
NYSHealth Funding Opportunity Now Open: Empowering Health Care Consumers in New York State The New York State Health Foundation is pleased to launch a Request for Proposals (RFP) for our newest priority area: Empowering Health...
Council on Economic Education Seeks Applications for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion Award
Release Date:
05/12/2016
... the K–12 level by recognizing and honoring teachers who effectively deliver this important content in and out of ...
Carnegie, Helmsley Release Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program
Release Date:
05/17/2016
A new 60-page guidebook on effective transfer practices is geared to help two- and four-year institutions better serve students who often get stuck in the quagmire of process and policies.
Simons-Backed Study Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika
Release Date:
08/19/2016
Zika infection kills off neural stem cells in adult mice bred to be vulnerable to the virus, researchers at the Rockefeller University and the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology report in Cell Stem Cell.
Open Society Foundations Founder George Soros Writes in WSJ About $500 Million Investment in Migrants
Release Date:
09/20/2016
I will invest in startups, established companies, social-impact initiatives and businesses founded by migrants and refugees.
City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
09/21/2016
On Wednesday, about five years after the launch of the Young Men’s Initiative, the City Council will hold an oversight hearing to examine the status of YMI and its effectiveness nearly three years into the de Blasio administration.
Jarrett Lucas of Stonewall Community Foundation on Donor- Advised Funds and Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/28/2016
For the first time in a quarter of a century, The Chronicle of Philanthropy ’s annual ranking of the nation’s top-grossing charities places a financial-sector “donor-advised fund” at the top of the list.
John A. Hartford Foundation Supports Report on Disconnect Between Docs and Patients On Advance Planning
Release Date:
12/08/2016
... stated that healthcare providers generally failed to do so effectively , according to a new report from a trio of ...
Wallace Foundation Hopes New Initiative Will Better Prepare Principals
Release Date:
12/12/2016
... reflect real-world administrative duties, and to more effectively lobby lawmakers for sustained or increasing ...