Michael Hirschhorn To Step Down From IHRFG
Release Date:
08/07/2014
... He was an Assistant to the Chancellor of the NYC Public Schools and a Visiting Non-Profit Executive at Yale’s ...
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Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Robert Garris Heads to Schwarzman Scholars
Release Date:
08/27/2014
Robert Garris, former managing director of the Rockefeller Foundation, is the new Global Director of Admissions at Schwarzman Scholars.
Mark Abrahams Joins FJC as Chief Financial and Investment Officer
Release Date:
08/19/2014
Mark Abrahams has been appointed Chief Financial and Investment Officer of FJC - A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds.
Rockefeller's Edwin Torres Joins the de Blasio Administration
Release Date:
09/16/2014
Edwin Torres departs the Rockefeller Foundation to join Mayor de Blasio's Administration as Deputy Commissioner of Cultural Affairs.
Cary A. Kravet Joins the Board of United Hospital Fund
Release Date:
02/23/2015
Cary A. Kravet, CEO of Kravet Inc, will join United Hospital Fund's board of directors.
Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals
Release Date:
08/04/2015
... The Annie E. Casey Foundation, John D. and Catherine T . MacArthur Foundation, U.S. Bank, and Capital One. Local ...
Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case
Release Date:
12/11/2015
... through some form of racial preference. “I don’ t think,” Mr. Scalia said, “it stands to reason that ... automatic admission of top-ranking students from all high schools across the state with the use of race...
New Board President Selected to Lead the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation
Release Date:
07/11/2016
Susan Butler Plum is the founding director of the Skadden Foundation, which awards two-year grants to 28 public interest attorneys per year.
Marlow Kee Named Chief Financial Officer at Simons Foundation
Release Date:
10/14/2016
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that Marlow Kee joined its leadership team in September as chief financial officer (CFO). As CFO, Kee will oversee the foundation’s finance, facilities and human resources departments and will help...
DeQuendre Neeley-Bertrand Joins the Schott Foundation as Communications Director
Release Date:
02/22/2017
In this role, DeQuendre will work to advance the foundation’s mission and raise its profile, working with a team of communications strategists to develop comprehensive messaging and media outreach plans.
New Study Supported by Simons Foundation Finds Math and Science are Kids' Favorite Subjects, But Parents Value Reading and Writing Skills More
Release Date:
04/18/2017
Nationwide survey finds emphasizing real-life applications of science in particular could change parent perceptions and help kids learn.
Russell Sage Foundation Author James Rosenbaum, Writes About Alternatives To Four-Year College Degrees
Release Date:
10/23/2017
... scores can hurt a school’s reputation and funding, high schools sometimes find ways to exclude low achieving students ...
JPMorgan Chase Releases New Data Platform, The Good Jobs Index
Release Date:
11/14/2017
... the country added “good jobs” that pay well and don’ t require a bachelor's degree. The report shows that while we .....
Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Release Date:
11/29/2017
... all had that experience, but we know it usually doesn’ t constitute a top-notch art program. Many after-school ... Greater Milwaukee. Some teaching artists “just weren’ t a good fit,” she said. Artists have to...
JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35
Release Date:
11/30/2017
... obesity at age 35, according to a new study from Harvard T .H. Chan School of Public Health. The study also found that ...
A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect
Release Date:
02/07/2018
A new study led by vision researchers at UB’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the VA Western New York Healthcare System has demonstrated that the addition of widely available antioxidants to the current standard-of-care...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds New Research on the Energy and Environmental Implications of the Digital Economy
Release Date:
04/18/2018
The project is designed to create a multidisciplinary body of research on the energy and environmental impacts of sharing platforms, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technologies.
Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use
Release Date:
06/22/2018
In the first 90 days of concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine use, the risk of opioid-related overdose increases five-fold compared to opioid-only use among Medicare recipients, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of...
Mellon Foundation Renews Support for Open Graduate Education at Brown
Release Date:
09/17/2018
Launched in 2011 with prior support from the Mellon Foundation, the program enables doctoral students to simultaneously complete a master’s degree in a different field of study.
Century Foundation Releases New Report: “14 Progressive Priorities for the New Congress”
Release Date:
11/07/2018
... and protect vulnerable students from predatory for-profit schools . They would help expand Medicaid and ensure every ...