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 ...
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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."
Bloomberg Philanthropies Sponsored Research Reveals How Cities Can Embrace Innovation Without Sacrificing Public Health and Safety
Release Date:
01/05/2018
The real work for city leaders today is to create not just new rules, but new ways of writing and adjusting regulations that better fit the dynamism and pace of change of cities themselves.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Finds Gut Bacteria Play Critical Role in Anti-Seizure Effects of Ketogenic Diet
Release Date:
05/25/2018
Research supported by funding from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and others has identified specific gut bacteria that play an essential role in the anti-seizure effects of the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet.
Michael R. Bloomberg Partners with Commissioner Arias Cañete to Support European Transition from Coal Power
Release Date:
09/18/2018
... with the aim of kick-starting the transition process and responding to environmental and social challenges. In the ...
Don’t Forget the Small Guys
Release Date:
07/09/2010
... science research to promote advocacy or filmmaking to help youth express their emotions. They take risks that large ...