Supported in Part by Ford Foundation, Smithsonian Launches American Women’s History Initiative
Release Date:
11/14/2018
... the United States. Funding from the federal government and private sources has allowed the Smithsonian to hire six ...
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Larry Bloom named Vice President, Global Operations and Finance at EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation
Release Date:
03/20/2019
... sector, and most recently was involved in several private equity ventures... Larry Bloom named Vice President, ...
Philanthropy As “Invisible Aid”
Release Date:
08/31/2009
... could only have succeeded through the independence and private focus of foundations. Sadly, philanthropy is ...
What Lies Beneath: The State of NYC Nonprofit Board Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The report is a result of a six month study conducted with the NYC Nonprofit Board Development Coalition, led by NYC Service, which assessed nonprofit board composition, board policies, as well as procedures. The study discovered that nonprofit leadership demographics do not reflect the diversity of New York City; DEI is valued, but not effectively addressed; representation in leadership matters; board complacency and resistance to change impede DEI; and boards may be perpetuating harmful biases.
Student-Adult Ratio Is Crucial to Getting H.S. Kids Caught Up
Release Date:
12/16/2015
Lisa Cowan, Programming Consultant to PNY's Education Working Group reports on school leaders' discussion about kids who start high school way behind.
Dorothy Q. Thomas Named Interim CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women
Release Date:
08/22/2013
... Thomas received the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award in 1998 from President and Mrs. Clinton. Thomas earned ...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces More Than $8 Million in Grants to Strengthen the Clinical Research Pipeline
Release Date:
08/19/2014
... in grants through the Clinical Scientist Development Award and the Clinical Research Mentorship programs. Both ...
Ford, Open Society and Others Join in Support of Public Interest Tech
Release Date:
02/17/2016
A group of five national foundations - Ford, MacArthur, Knight, Open Society and Mozilla foundations - are working to promote the use of the Internet for social good, and has announced grants totaling $18 million to strengthen the emerging field of...
Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes
Release Date:
03/16/2016
... deliberating on who would receive a new humanitarian award , created in memory of the Armenian genocide, has ... of Armenian descent, leads the selection committee for the award , known as the Aurora Prize for...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare
Release Date:
04/28/2017
Patients at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center will soon benefit from access to the latest computed tomography (CT) diagnostic technology made possible through a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare...
The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced
Release Date:
06/05/2017
... the Scholars were selected for the Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain in partnership with the American Pain Society. ... Science, the Wolf Prize in Medicine, the Lasker~Koshland Award for Special Achievement...
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Seeks Applicants for its 2018 Prize for Young Investigators
Release Date:
09/06/2017
The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance will open for applications for its 2018 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators on October 2. At least six New York City-area-based scientists will each be awarded $200,000/year.
Open Society Foundations Announce Puerto Rico Youth Fellowships Program
Release Date:
09/05/2018
... will accept applications through September 30, 2018, will award successful candidates with support of up to $35,000 for ...
Warhol Foundation Expands Regional Regranting Program to Cleveland & Denver and Reinstates Baltimore Program
Release Date:
12/11/2018
... be scheduled for spring 2019. RedLine’s INSITE Fund will award 10-15 grants of up to $5,000 each to artists and arts ...
Samuel H. Kress Foundation Supports NYU Kress Program in Paintings Conservation
Release Date:
06/28/2019
... in Paintings Conservation, inaugurated in 1989. The award sustains the unique partnership between the two ...
With Support From the Surdna Foundation, This Organization Is Focused on Creating a National Black Tech Ecosystem
Release Date:
07/31/2019
The first grant awarded was from the Surdna Foundation whose mission is to support social justice reform, healthy environments, inclusive economies, and thriving cultures across the United States. The grant will support the building of an API tool...
Simons Foundation is Accepting Application for Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians
Release Date:
10/23/2019
The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences division invites applications for Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians to stimulate collaboration in the field primarily through the funding of travel and related expenditures.
J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces Open Call for Applications to 2019 Innovation Prize
Release Date:
02/06/2019
... applications to the J.M.K. Innovation Prize, which will award up to ten prizes of $175,000 each to catalytic social ... or just keeping the lights on. In 2019, the Fund will award up to ten Prizes, each...
Toward a New Gospel of Wealth
Release Date:
10/01/2015
Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker, remarks on his first two years at the foundation and the impetus behind the organization's new direction.
UJA-Federation of New York Launches Centennial With Largest Volunteer Initiative in its History
Release Date:
01/12/2017
Commemorating 100 years of service as a community safety net and champion of Jewish life for more than 4.5 million people in New York, Israel, and around the world, UJA-Federation of New York is launching Time for Good, the largest volunteer effort...