Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction
Release Date:
07/25/2016
... especially those in their first year. Wilson plans to use the funding to establish the Wilson Writing Academy, a ...
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Helmsley Charitable Trust Gives $5.5M to Launch Mobile Simulation Initiative for Rural Emergencies
Release Date:
07/27/2016
... The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to use mobile, high-tech simulation trucks to provide training ...
Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits
Release Date:
09/21/2016
A digital assessment platform designed to look and feel like a video game may successfully flag children with attention disorders, according to the results of a study published Sept. 20, 2016, in Translational Psychiatry.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500K to Support Solar Energy in Developing Countries
Release Date:
10/20/2016
GivePower Foundation, a non-profit organization that uses solar energy technologies to deliver essential community services to the developing world, was awarded a second $500,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.
Kalief Browder's Mother Paid a Cost Far Higher Than His Bail
Release Date:
10/21/2016
Venida Browder's death is example of the price families and communities pay when a loved one is unjustly jailed.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Self-Driving Cars Initiative Launches in Nashville and Five Other Cities
Release Date:
10/25/2016
... to help them prepare for self-driving cars and use them to address city challenges... Bloomberg ...
Salk Institute Awarded $25 Million Grant From Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
11/22/2016
The grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust extends the historic $42 million Helmsley gift made to the Salk Institute in 2013.
January 11 Is Deadline to Submit a Letter of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants
Release Date:
12/14/2016
... identifies, builds, and tests strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. The ...
Inside Pinkerton, a Low Profile Anti-Poverty Foundation
Release Date:
12/21/2016
What's in a name? Well, the Pinkerton Foundation in New York City draws its name from what was once the nation's oldest and largest security company.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Talks With Bloomberg About $100M Investment in Detroit
Release Date:
01/03/2017
The conversation features JPMorgan Chase’s $100 million investment in Detroit’s recovery and why business must play a leading role in creating inclusive economic growth.
Doris Duke Supports Research That Discovered New T-Cell Subtype
Release Date:
02/07/2017
A distinguished subset of T cells that combine with other defence cells to expostulate inflammation in marginal tissues has been found in dungeon samples taken from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
New York Community Trust Supports Artists at Museum of Arts & Design
Release Date:
03/03/2017
... support and a dedicated studio at MAD for full-time use over four months... New York Community Trust Supports ...
Mellon Foundation Gives $1.02 Million to New Critical Theory Initiative
Release Date:
03/30/2017
Using a $1.02 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Northwestern will collaborate with worldwide professionals to develop a curriculum on critical theory, a stream of philosophy that critiques the ways culture is formed and discussed.
Report Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Finds Smoking Still Kills Many Every Year
Release Date:
04/06/2017
The number of deaths from smoking worldwide has gotten worse instead of better.
New Leader, New Era: Rockefeller Foundation Plots Its Course
Release Date:
04/27/2017
Rajiv Shah, the new president of the Rockefeller Foundation, is no stranger to politics or philanthropy.
United Hospital Fund Expands its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative
Release Date:
04/28/2017
... on this data to develop best practices for antibiotic use for ARIs... United Hospital Fund Expands its Outpatient ...
"Demonization" of George Soros Recalls Old Anti-Semitic Conspiracies
Release Date:
05/16/2017
The demonization of the American-Hungarian billionaire and Holocaust survivor has spread from Hungary and Moscow across Europe and into the United States, with the 86-year-old increasingly accused by nationalists of using his money to force his...
Atlantic Philanthropies Publishes “The History of the Giving While Living Ethic"
Release Date:
05/31/2017
... Living – the idea that individuals of great means should use their money to help people during their lifetimes. In ...
The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community
Release Date:
06/23/2017
... the Campaign for Southern Equality. The organizations will use the funds at their discretion to provide a variety of ...
Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time
Release Date:
07/13/2017
A new report from the Urban Institute tells much of the reason why the nation’s prison and jail population has dropped only slightly in recent years: Prisoners sentenced to long terms under laws passed in previous decades still are locked up, and...