Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... Omidyar also have LLCs —and there are good reasons to look beyond the traditional foundation structure. The LLC is ...
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Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... groups to help set health priorities. This is the first look at the city’s roughly 2.4 million Latino residents, ...
Home Health Workers: All the Work, Half the Pay
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Home care workers do not get paid for every hour of their 24-hour shifts. Recent court rulings could change that fact, and upend an industry
This Is How NYC Plans To Solve Its Homeless Problem
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... at their highest point, a New York City pilot initiative will cover 12 months of rent for families who seek housing ... this week to announce that some struggling families will be eligible to fill 17...
Disabled Parents Sue New York City Over Child Removals
Release Date:
10/10/2017
A class-action lawsuit filed last week against New York City alleges the city is violating the rights of parents who have intellectual disabilities.
Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children
Release Date:
10/10/2017
A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have greater tree cover are less likely to experience diarrheal disease, the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five.
The Rockefeller Foundation's Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To Protect Them From Next Sandy
Release Date:
10/30/2017
... projects to make their coastlines more resilient. Here's a look at some of the project proposals: The $1 billion Big U .....
Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP
Release Date:
11/28/2017
... ETF Backed by the NAACP Socially conscious investors can look forward to two new exchange-traded funds that aim to ... Minority Empowerment ETF, with the ticker symbol "NACP," will invest in...
United Hospital Fund Study Doubts Utility of Quality Performance Websites
Release Date:
01/03/2018
Websites profiling the comparative performance of healthcare providers often fail to deliver information that consumers actually want and can readily assimilate, according to a new report from the New York City-based United Hospital Fund (UHF).
Rita Allen Foundation Supported Research Details Consequences of Kansas’ Lifetime Property Tax Exemptions on Local School Districts
Release Date:
03/02/2018
Deemed one of the top six journalism collaborations of 2017 by MediaShift, an investigation by Flatland (Kansas City public TV station KCPT’s digital magazine) and the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting shed light on the consequences of...
Anisa Kamadoli Costa, Chief Sustainability Officer at Tiffany & Co. Is A Vogue "2018 Game Changer"
Release Date:
03/15/2018
As the woman driving and directing Tiffany & Co.’s global sustainability agenda, Anisa Kamadoli Costa works across the iconic company’s partnerships in both for-profit and non-profit sectors.
Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Announces 31 Winners of Fellowships for Important Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Release Date:
04/25/2018
... Fellows. Thirty-one extraordinary scholars and writers will each receive up to $200,000 toward the funding of ...
Simons Foundation-Funded Research Reveals That Bacteria in Giant Aquarium Mirror Natural Ocean Microbes
Release Date:
11/07/2018
Researchers have discovered that the bacteria in the water in a large exhibit at Georgia Aquarium are similar to those that exist naturally in the ocean.
Rini Banerjee Welcomed as New President of The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Release Date:
12/10/2018
... Noyes Foundation is pleased to announce that Rini Banerjee will join the Foundation as its fourth president and first ... an extensive nationwide search that began last summer. She will assume the position...
Joan Mitchell Foundation Names Recipients of 2018 Painters & Sculptors Grants
Release Date:
12/12/2018
... 2018 recipients of its Painters & Sculptors grants, which will provide 25 artists with $25,000 each in unrestricted ... committed to providing unrestricted funds and very much look forward to the ongoing...
Commonwealth Fund Launches A New Tool for Comparing ‘Medicare for All’ Plans
Release Date:
03/15/2019
... stake in the current health care system. But a closer look at recent congressional bills introduced by Democrats ...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adds Olga Viso, Stephen Pitti, Cathy Davidson as Fellows
Release Date:
04/03/2019
... joined us successfully in this mission, and we very much look forward to our newest fellows advancing this work.” Davidson will work on reform to doctoral education in the humanities ... as well as issues...
Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair
Release Date:
05/14/2019
... Javier Soto, who has served as Chair since 2017 and will remain on the board. Merisotis previously served as ... am honored by the opportunity to serve as Board Chair and look forward to further advancing the...
Survey Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Elderly Prone to Workplace Discrimination
Release Date:
05/23/2019
About half of Americans think there's age discrimination in the workplace, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards University of Glasgow Over $1.1M to Tackle Crohn's Disease in Children and Adults With a Novel Diet
Release Date:
07/30/2019
The University of Glasgow has received $1.1 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.