John A. Hartford Foundation Forges Public-Private Partnership With CMMI to Spread "Hospital at Home" Model of Care
Release Date:
11/14/2014
Initiative offers hospital-level care for older adults with certain chronic conditions in their own homes.
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John A. Hartford Foundation Supporting Advanced Social Work Training
Release Date:
12/19/2014
The grant will help the National Association of Social Workers train supervisory staff.
Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide
Release Date:
01/04/2016
With tens of millions of dollars to spend thanks to backers like Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, gun control groups have secured a number of surprising recent successes in Connecticut, Delaware and elsewhere.
New Biomarker Identifies Uveal Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
03/07/2016
New study published in Clinical Cancer Research details the discovery of a biomarker that puts patients at a higher risk for metastasis of uveal melanoma.
IU Joins Center For Integration Of Research, Teaching And Learning (Sloan Foundation)
Release Date:
03/11/2016
Indiana University has joined a national consortium, the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, to improve the teaching skills of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and to increase the diversity of future university...
Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results
Release Date:
03/28/2016
A program to increase the vocabulary of poor children in Rhode Island, using technology to count every word spoken, is not achieving results expected. But whether the pioneering program is a national model or just an interesting concept hasn't been...
Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.
Release Date:
04/25/2016
... The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivered a ... global warming. World leaders gathered at the United Nations on Friday for the two-day...
NYS Health Foundation President Calls For Proper Veteran Care
Release Date:
05/09/2016
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is again under fire for the dangerously long waiting lists for appointments at the nation’s VA health care facilities, and for calculating those wait times in a way that masks the true extent of the problem.
New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers
Release Date:
05/16/2016
The New York Community Trust (NYCT) has renewed a grant through the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) to educate and train more social workers.
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Backs Promising News Collaborative
Release Date:
08/25/2016
The foundation will support the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University's launch of local/national news partnership project that will show community sites in Jersey how, for example, they can produce the same eye-catching data...
Ms. Foundation Releases New Report on Forging a More Robust and Equitable Childcare System in America
Release Date:
09/15/2016
The Ms. Foundation for Women’s latest report, Raising Our Nation, highlights the true cost of the impact that a lack of access child care has on working mothers, especially low-income women of color.
09
Mar
2017
Equity, Inclusion, and Connecting with Community in Family Philanthropy - Webinar
Thursday, March 9, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
What does inclusivity mean for family philanthropy? How can we promote diversity, community engagement, and openness while retaining the family focus of our giving practices?
13
Apr
2017
Spending Up: A Discussion on Perpetuity - Webinar
Thursday, April 13, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
In the 2015 Trends Study, NCFP found that nearly three-quarters of all family foundations are still considering whether they want to limit their philanthropic lifespans.
10
Aug
2017
Good Governance: How to Use Board Committees Effectively - Webinar
Thursday, August 10, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
There is more than one approach to effective governance in family philanthropy, and the use of committees is one of the most important tools you can use.
An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools
Release Date:
12/22/2016
Many funders want to ensure college access for disadvantaged and first-generation college students, but fewer focus on ensuring such access to the nation’s top institutions of higher education.
NYSHealth Foundation Hosts A Conversation With Sean Cavanaugh on the Future of Medicare
Release Date:
03/31/2017
On March 28, 2017, NYSHealth hosted a conversation with Sean Cavanaugh, one of the nation's leading experts on Medicare, to discuss what is in store for Medicare in this rapidly changing health care landscape.
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards Scholarship Grant to the Schwartz Center and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for Compassion Scholars Program
Release Date:
04/27/2017
The program is designed to give select nursing and medical students exposure to strategies, skills and programs that are being successfully implemented in settings they are likely to encounter in the field.
Commonwealth Fund Report Finds that the GOP Health Care Act Would Reverse Gains Made by Community Hospitals
Release Date:
05/05/2017
As House Republicans savor their major victory Thursday in narrowly passing their highly controversial and little-understood plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, it’s instructive to consider some of the highly positive fiscal...
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children
Release Date:
07/25/2017
The Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program, which provides services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second birthday, positively impacts children up through the age of 12 but affects male and female children differently, according...
At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.
Release Date:
08/28/2017
As president of Google.org, Jacquelline Fuller runs one of the nation’s biggest and most unusual corporate-philanthropy operations. The charitable grant-making arm of the internet search-engine giant gives about $100 million to charity each year; in...