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 ...
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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.
The Source Codes of Foundation Culture
Publication date:
10/2015
... organization. While culture can be understood in various ways and is hard to pin down, it has a persistent influence ...
Carnegie: How America’s Immigrant Source has Changed
Release Date:
10/22/2015
... States. But today’s volume of immigrants is in some ways a return to America’s past. Read more and explore the ...
Jonas Center Supports Visionary Project Bringing New Light to End-of-Life Issues
Release Date:
11/03/2015
‘Dying in America,’ by photographer/filmmaker Carolyn Jones, launches website with resources for patients, families ahead of feature film.
Grant Foundation Shifts Research Focus, Invites Studies that Improve Use of Research
Release Date:
12/17/2015
... The stakes of omitting or misusing research evidence are high, but too often research is absent from deliberations ... studies of how to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. To that...
Rockefeller Family Fund Divests from Fossil Fuels and Exxon
Release Date:
03/24/2016
In a letter posted on its website, the Rockefeller Family Fund announced that it would divest from fossil fuels “as quickly as possible,” eliminating its holdings in ExxonMobil Corp., which it called “morally reprehensible.”
Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
05/05/2016
Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation Surdna has an idea: Give more ownership of companies to workers. It’s not a new idea — worker cooperatives have been around since the 19th century — but it’s an idea that...
What Big (and not-so-big) Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style
Release Date:
05/23/2016
... donors and their philanthropic gifts. Spoiler alert—they are more connected than ever. While it still does happen (we ...
Century Foundation Researcher Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases
Release Date:
06/07/2016
... Researcher Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases There are several ways schools could work to lower suspension rates, according .....
Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees
Release Date:
06/13/2016
... vision. Separate awards will fund researchers working on ways to improve the brain’s ability to take information ...
Stonewall Foundation's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly #ExpressLove
Release Date:
06/21/2016
For the past six years, Jarrett Lucas has been making his way, as he says, "up the non-profit stepping stool," working at Stonewall Foundation for the past six years.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App
Release Date:
06/29/2016
... last few years the Brooklyn Museum has been prototyping ways to reach visitors on a more personal level. Their final ... visitors interact with the collection, and as a result, are providing more information...
Co-Sponsored by Simmons Foundation, New Report Examines Immigrants, Refugees and the Future of Texas
Release Date:
07/11/2016
... state home. One in three children in Texas—most of whom are U.S. citizens—has a foreign-born parent, and the ... than that of U.S.-born. Whether immigrants and refugees are able to reach their full potential...
Guttman Foundation Leads Funder Collaborative All About Child Care in New York City
Release Date:
07/25/2016
... back from economic stability. Although child care funders are few and far between, they do exist. Alongside the W.K. ...