The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot
Release Date:
06/03/2016
... The money will be paid out in increments as benchmarks are reached and the process for selecting the winner will ...
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Alfred P. Sloan, Time Warner 'Fast Track Grant' Goes To Film That Explores Science and Technology
Release Date:
06/07/2016
... engineers and mathematicians in engaging and innovative ways ... Alfred P. Sloan, Time Warner 'Fast Track Grant' .....
Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building
Release Date:
07/05/2016
... Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building Over the past five years, ... of the grant): All of us in the nonprofit ecosystem are party to a charade with terrible...
Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships
Release Date:
07/08/2016
... headline in the New York Times’s opinion section read, " Are Not a Privilege." The op-ed was by Darren Walker of the .....
CEO Writes Op-Ed on Why JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is Giving Employees a Raise
Release Date:
07/12/2016
... off than the last. And it is true that too many people are not getting a fair opportunity to get ahead. We must find ways to help them move up the economic ladder, and everyone ...
Commonwealth Fund, Peterson Center on Healthcare, and John A. Hartford Foundations Combine Forces to Improve Health Care, Reduce Costs
Release Date:
07/29/2016
... ill patients and their needs; identify effective ways to deliver higher-quality, integrated care at a lower ...
Casey Family Programs Contributes to Initiative in Three Cities to Beat Youth Homelessness This Year
Release Date:
08/11/2016
100-day challenges will start on Sept. 7 in Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Austin.
Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps
Release Date:
10/19/2016
... and charter schools across the country increasingly are pursuing socioeconomic integration, with data on those ... report found that when socioeconomic diversity policies are implemented effectively, they...
Century Foundation Report Cited in Washington Post Article on Syria Policy for Trump’s America
Release Date:
12/12/2016
The United States should continue to fight Islamic State, but not so single-mindedly and recklessly that it endangers other key U.S. interests.
Russell Sage Publishes Study on the Problems of Parents Funding College Education
Release Date:
12/14/2016
... of Parents Funding College Education More parents today are financially supporting — and paying more — for their ...
Episcopal Health Foundation Tells Angel’s Story on Healthy Homes to Treat Asthma
Release Date:
01/31/2017
Angel's Story looks at the early success of a home-visit program at Northwest Assistance Ministries children's clinic in Houston funded by the Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF).
Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... will be in the future, and to offer recommendations for ways to meet those needs. "This report arrives at an ... meet the nation's needs in a shrinking world. And parents are beginning to understand...
Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research
Release Date:
03/21/2017
The University of Edinburgh has announced a £20 million ($24.5 million) grant from the Simons Foundation in support of pioneering studies into the biological mechanisms that underpin changes in brain development associated with autism.
Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller
Release Date:
03/21/2017
... He said often, ‘Love is the most important thing.’ We are grateful for his vision of the David Rockefeller Fund as ...
JPB Foundation Supports Study of New Approach That Makes Cells Resistant to HIV
Release Date:
04/19/2017
Their experiments under lab conditions show that these resistant cells can quickly replace diseased cells, potentially curing the disease in a person with HIV.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art
Release Date:
04/20/2017
... counter with resistance and imagination, seeking new ways of seeing, thinking and re-imagining the relationship of ...
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
... students exposure to strategies, skills and programs that are being successfully implemented in settings they are likely to encounter in the field. With the CiA ... best practices that will address workforce...
Rockefeller-Backed FarmerLink Helps Philippine Planters Milk the Coconut Boom
Release Date:
05/10/2017
... pests, and how to better manage her finances. The messages are part of FarmerLink, a pilot project set up by a ...
With Support from Carnegie, New Science Standards Deliver Students from Textbooks to ‘Real-World' Applications
Release Date:
05/19/2017
... Education in 2014, the Next Generation Science Standards are state mandated for K-12, and according to the New Jersey ... during their school years and beyond and the standards are a way to break down those...
Bloomberg Writes on His Philanthropy's Public Health Projects
Release Date:
06/01/2017
... fascinating occurred, a reminder that for all the ways in which we seem to be sliding backward, we’re ...