Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research
Release Date:
05/26/2015
... cancer drug resistance: Broad Institute researchers will use genome-editing technology to identify the mechanisms that ...
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Pershing Square Foundation Backs Initiative to Provide Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants
Release Date:
05/28/2015
The program will provide 1200 students with a $25,000 scholarship to attend college.
JPB Foundation Champions Bike Share Access for Underserved Communities
Release Date:
06/02/2015
... is funded by the JPB Foundation to increase access to and use of bike share in underserved communities. This round ...
'Investment Club' of Foundations Pays Off for Nonprofits
Release Date:
06/05/2015
... loan from the New York Pooled PRI Fund. Per Scholas will use the loan to finish building an Urban Development Center, ...
Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban
Release Date:
07/14/2015
Energy company wants to drill natural-gas well using waterless method.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Works to Build a Better South Bronx
Release Date:
07/10/2015
The foundation is partnering with the New York Restoration Project on community development and health initiatives to improve the quality of life for Bronx residents.
Ford Foundation to Fund Projects That Help Fight Violent Extremism
Release Date:
08/03/2015
... heads its global grant, says limited rights to access and use of natural resources to generate wealth by minorities is ...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids
Release Date:
08/21/2015
One in every five American children and adolescents are affected by psychiatric and learning disorders.
Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code
Release Date:
09/01/2015
... Girls to Code Young girls were told that they could use code to change the world, to find their voices and to ...
NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens
Release Date:
10/09/2015
... a local nonprofit, is considering developing a mixed- use complex with 100 affordable housing units, including 50 ...
With Major Grant from Simons Foundation, New York Genome Center Announces $100 Million Matching Campaign
Release Date:
01/21/2016
The New York Genome Center has announced a $100 million matching grant from the Simons Foundation and Carson Family Charitable Trust.
Sloan Foundation Announces 2016 Research Fellowships
Release Date:
02/25/2016
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the selection of 126 scientists and researchers as recipients of this year's Sloan Research Fellowships.
Bloomberg Report: 'Data Gap' at City Halls Across the Nation
Release Date:
03/10/2016
... Limited training and resources hamper city efforts to use data-based decisionmaking in public safety, economic ...
Ford, Atlantic Philanthropies Bring U.C.L.A. Center on Police-Community Ties to John Jay College
Release Date:
03/22/2016
... on law enforcement behavior, including stops and use of force. A $1.5 million gift from the Ford Foundation ...
Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work
Release Date:
03/30/2016
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have prepared a $25-million "gift basket" to welcome foreign officials who will begin streaming into Washington for high-level nuclear-security talks.
JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S.
Release Date:
04/26/2016
Most critiques highlight data showing that low-income people and people of color are underrepresented in bike-share annual membership and thus conclude that funding bike-share is inequitable and inherently questionable.
Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News
Release Date:
05/03/2016
After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what it is that former Deputy Water Management Commissioner Aaron Koch would be doing in the newly created job.
Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged
Release Date:
06/28/2016
Non-citizen Latino immigrants may not be able to vote, but they could still help decide the outcome of the upcoming presidential election.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names 17 Recipients of 2016 Clinical Scientist Development Awards
Release Date:
07/22/2016
... a broad range of areas, from HIV studies in Africa to the use of brain imaging as a tool in understanding psychiatric ...
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 ...