Earthquake Rocks Nepal
Release Date:
04/28/2015
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy reports on the response to the earthquake in Nepal.
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Citi Releases 2014 Global Citizenship Report
Release Date:
06/11/2015
... and catalyze sustainable growth. The report, Progress: Responding to Global Challenges, examines how Citi lends, ...
To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures
Release Date:
08/10/2015
For many, tooth lost is a symptom of poverty. Statistics from the Commonwealth Fund report that nearly one in five working age adults in some Southern and Appalachian states have lost at least one tooth.
State Actions to Promote and Restrain Commercial Accountable Care Organizations: Milbank Memorial Fund Support
Release Date:
10/19/2015
A new report written by researchers at the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, draws on evidence from the literature and four case studies to outline...
Verizon Foundation Supports National Survey of Americans’ Health App Use
Release Date:
11/04/2015
... researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center, 58 percent of 1 ,604 adult smartphone users had downloaded one of the ...
Carnegie President Says Humanitarians Can Have Impact on Refugee Crisis
Release Date:
04/26/2016
A six-country survey commissioned by the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity finds widespread misperceptions of the scale of the global refugee crisis.
Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations
Release Date:
09/09/2016
... which cells and circuits are dedicated to detecting and responding to warmth... Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ ...
Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... proportion—just 13 percent—of the 167 foundation CEOs responding to a survey we fielded believe that foundations ...
Fund for the City of New York Supports Conceptualization of Underground Maps and Models
Release Date:
02/15/2017
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is requesting information from interested parties to inform a Concept Development Study (CDS) that will assess the current state and future direction of information standards for modelling, mapping, and managing...
NYSHealth Foundation Releases New Survey Results for How People Find and Use Health Care Price Information
Release Date:
04/07/2017
These reports summarizes survey results on how people view, seek, understand, value, and respond to health care price information, both nationally and state-specific, including New York State.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art
Release Date:
04/20/2017
The primary focus of The Andy Warhol Foundation’s grant-making activity is to support the creation, presentation and documentation of contemporary visual art, particularly work that is experimental, under-recognized or challenging in nature.
Bloomberg Philanthropies: Six Things Cities Need to Know About the Future of Autonomous Vehicles
Release Date:
05/08/2017
For cities and urban planners the issues surrounding how much autonomous vehicles could change the way we live and the shape of our communities in the coming decades is very significant.
Rockefeller Foundation-Backed Executive Survey Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top
Release Date:
06/08/2017
... Executive Survey Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top A just-released ... policies are likely to become more employee-friendly" ( 1 percent) and "Women leaders are...
Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short
Release Date:
07/17/2017
The United States spends far more on health care than other high-income countries, with spending levels that rose continuously over the past three decades, according to analysis by the Commonwealth Fund. Yet, the U.S. population has poorer health...
The Blaustein Foundation Focuses on Mental Health Diversion
Release Date:
07/28/2017
The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation funds $150,000 pilot to pair Baltimore police officers with social workers on calls that involve people in the throes of a mental health crisis in an effort to calm situations that can easily move from...
Growing Number of Companies Opt for Locally Driven Hurricane Relief Efforts, Reports GlobalGiving
Release Date:
09/08/2017
In response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, a growing number of companies are choosing to support locally driven relief and recovery efforts.
Aging Out of Foster Care Makes Eating Right a Challenge
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Tony Turner knew he had to improve his eating habits to reverse a recent diagnosis of prediabetes, but, after several years in the foster care system, he did not know where to start.
Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender
Release Date:
09/25/2017
Attacks on women and gender identity have been central to the policies coming out of the Trump White House. To respond effectively, the philanthropic sector, too, must make gender justice, in addition to economic and racial justice, a core principle.
Assemblyman Peter Lopez Picked as New EPA Regional Administrator
Release Date:
09/29/2017
State Assemblyman Peter Lopez will take over this weekend as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top official in a region that reaches from the Adirondacks to the storm-wracked Caribbean.
OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros
Release Date:
11/27/2017
Hungarian-American financier and philanthropist George Soros has denounced a Hungarian government campaign against him as "distortions and lies" designed "to create an outside enemy to distract citizens."