Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings
Release Date:
09/29/2016
... A memorial to black lynching victims. The nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative has announced it is building a memorial in ...
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How Cuomo's Special Prosecutor Order Is Playing Out, 19 Months Later
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... conflict of interest faced by district attorneys who are assigned to investigate and, when warranted, prosecute ... impetus, Cuomo said, was to restore faith in the criminal justice system... How Cuomo's...
Novo Foundation's Jesenia Santana Discusses the Dismissal of Domestic Violence and Its Effects in the Criminal Court System
Release Date:
03/09/2017
... abuser’s actions. The adversarial nature of the criminal justice system often doesn’t allow prosecutors to explore ...
The Blaustein Foundation Focuses on Mental Health Diversion
Release Date:
07/28/2017
... but a report last summer from the U.S. Department of Justice found that not all Baltimore officers have learned to ...
Witness Warrants Were Misused in Queens and Elsewhere, Court Papers Say
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... Unlike normal subpoenas, many, if not most, of which are issued to those directly involved in criminal proceedings, material witness warrants are typically handed out to people who are not...
Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... on the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform, and the persistence of its ... which houses primarily low-income people of color who are unable to pay bail as they...
The Leon Levy Foundation and Charles H. Revson Foundation Fund New Nonprofit Local News Entity in New York City
Release Date:
09/28/2018
... change, healthcare, immigrant New Yorkers and criminal justice . Though New York still has its fair share of local news outlets, those are threatened by corporate takeovers — a trend crossing ...
Open Society Foundations Commits $5 Million for Accountable Governance
Release Date:
06/02/2019
... in the areas of government corruption, access to justice , public services, gender and inclusion, and civic ...
Philanthropy New York Members Featured Among The 50 Most Influential Philanthropists in New York
Release Date:
02/11/2020
... dollars into shaping the state’s approach to criminal justice , health care, education, poverty and many other ... social influence. These questions of power and influence are of particular importance to New...
Salk Institute Receives $42 Million From Helmsley Charitable Trust to Create Research Center for Genomic Medicine
Release Date:
01/24/2013
The Helmsley Center for Genomic Medicine will enable scientists in a range of fields to explore how certain cellular pathways serve as lynchpins for chronic diseases, which could lead to new therapy targets.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Participants of 'Untraditional' Artist Residency Program
Release Date:
04/17/2013
... artists and organizations collaborating in inventive ways to create and pilot methods for reaching the public and ...
Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science
Release Date:
03/15/2014
... for scientific research…. Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science ...
Pennsylvania College Consortium Created With $800,000 From Mellon Foundation
Release Date:
07/03/2014
... of the Pennsylvania Consortium for the Liberal Arts are Bryn Mawr, Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Gettysburg, ... The consortium also plans to contribute in important ways to national discussions about...
Open Society Foundations Examines Worldwide Access to Digital Media
Release Date:
09/24/2014
... past ten years. A good portion of the report examined the ways in which the changing media landscape affects ...
Foundation to Move Funds to Detroit Pensions
Release Date:
11/12/2014
Six foundations (including the Ford Foundation) have committed over $330 million in support.
Simons-Funded Study Finds Connection Between Genes That Contribute to Autism
Release Date:
03/11/2015
... in this gene, which inactivates the corresponding protein, are very likely to have an autism diagnosis. CHD8 is ...
NYCT-Funded Initiative Has Taken on 424 Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids
Release Date:
03/24/2015
New York Community Trust is partnering with the City Council and The Robin Hood Foundation.
Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Research Makes Breakthrough in Regenerative Medicine
Release Date:
05/07/2015
... stem cells traditionally used in scientific study, which are characterized by their time-related stage of development. ...
City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools
Release Date:
06/29/2015
... Schools At a time when the public and private sectors are struggling to create jobs, the technology sector is ... fill innumerable open positions. Jobs in computing fields are among the highest paying and...
North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking
Release Date:
08/14/2015
North Star Fund Executive Director Hugh Hogan questions de Blasio's claims of grassroots governance.