Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body
Release Date:
02/06/2018
... this feat by moving muscles in a two-step, kneejerk response that first widens the animal's center of gravity, .....
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Open Society Foundation Creates $10 Million Fund for Rohingya
Release Date:
04/03/2018
... to OSF, BRAC has mounted the largest civil society response in support of the Rohingya, including more than ...
Century Foundation Releases First-Ever Inventory on Charter School Diversity
Release Date:
05/15/2018
This report represents the first systematic effort to identify diverse-by-design charter schools and characterize the role of student diversity in school mission and design across the charter sector more generally.
Report from Commonwealth Fund Finds Patient Worry About Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs at All-Time High
Release Date:
05/17/2018
Few patients are confident they can afford an expensive medical bill, as high out-of-pocket healthcare costs continue to be a cause for patient concern, according to a report from the Commonwealth Fund.
ASPCA Assists in Removing More Than 600 Birds from Ohio Hoarding Case
Release Date:
08/15/2018
... Rushin, Senior Manager for ASPCA Field Investigations and Response . “The ASPCA is pleased to be able to provide ...
Wallace Foundation Names New Director of Arts, Bahia Ramos
Release Date:
08/16/2018
Bahia Ramos has been selected as The Wallace Foundation’s new Director of Arts, the foundation announced today. Ramos, who will oversee one of the foundation’s key grantmaking areas, will join Wallace on September 6, 2018. She succeeds Daniel...
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Official Sees Opportunity Zone Program Role
Release Date:
11/02/2018
The top investment official of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation says foundations could provide loans to make new funds attractive for investors.
Kaberi Banerjee Murthy joins Meyer as new Director of Program Strategy
Release Date:
11/19/2018
Kaberi, who most recently served as vice president of programs at the Brooklyn Community Foundation in New York, brings to Meyer more than 20 years of philanthropic experience in youth, immigration, social justice, education, arts, civic affairs,...
JPMorgan Chase Commits $6 Million to Prepare Greater Washington Area Students for Local, In-Demand Jobs
Release Date:
12/06/2018
JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced $6 million to expand access to economic opportunity for thousands of young people and help meet the growing demand for skilled workers in the Greater Washington region. As the regional economy grows, these...
09
Apr
2019
Service for Impact - Effective Strategies in Aligning Employee Engagement and Business Priorities
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 -
8:45am to 11:00am
The Service for Impact Working Group, rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service , provides an opportunity for both corporate grantmakers and corporate volunteer leaders to foster a peer network, share successes and challenges, brainstorm on...
Gerstner Philanthropies Makes New $15 Million Commitment to Create the Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics at the Broad Institute
Release Date:
02/20/2019
... a doctor to monitor a patient’s disease progression or response to treatment, they must either obtain a surgical ...
Staten Island, Conrad N. Hilton Foundations, New York Community Trust, and More Launch Campaign to Make NYC First in Nation to Offer Long-Term Support for Foster Youth
Release Date:
02/28/2019
Dozens of human services agencies and foundations in New York City are asking Mayor Bill de Blasio for a $50 million boost to the budget for foster care next year. The funding would go toward full-time life coaches and tutors for current and former...
Tonya Woodland Joins the Commonwealth Fund
Release Date:
03/06/2019
Tonya Woodland, M.H.R.M., M.S., joined the Commonwealth Fund in 2019 as Assistant Vice President, Administration. In this multifaceted position, she is responsible for providing overall direction for human resources and building management as well...
Rockefeller Foundation, Prudential Launch New OZ Initiative in Newark
Release Date:
05/28/2019
The Rockefeller Foundation and Prudential Financial announced last week the terms of a $5.5 million initiative that would help six U.S. cities, including Newark, reap the benefits from investments in federally-approved Opportunity Zones, Bloomberg...
Newly Established Phyllis Mailman Professorship Endowed by the Tow Foundation, Mailman Foundation, and Joshua Mailman Foundation
Release Date:
06/24/2019
... to lead in discovery, surveillance, diagnostics, and response to infectious diseases. This gift has the potential ...
Burgess Health Center Receives eCARE Emergency Funding From Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Rural Health Program
Release Date:
08/05/2019
... Trust Rural Health Program In a medical emergency, a quick response from board-certified emergency physicians and ...
Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds
Release Date:
08/02/2019
New insight about a broad spectrum antibiotic agent, obafluorin, made from a fluorescent strain of soil bacteria might offer a powerful antidote to antibiotic resistance, researchers say.
William H. Wright II Named Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Trustee Chair
Release Date:
10/29/2019
William H. Wright II Named Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Trustee Chair New York, October 29, 2019 – The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation today announced the election of William H. Wright II as the foundation’s...
American Express Chairman and CEO Steve Squeri Share COVID-19 Funding Memo
Release Date:
03/18/2020
... Foundation, Feeding America and the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization. In China, we ...
21
Apr
2020
Responding to COVID-19: Youth and Education Funders Bi-Monthly Webinar
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 -
10:00am to 11:00am
The NYC Youth and Education Funders Working Group will host a bi-monthly webinar to share philanthropic responses and organizing efforts around COVID-19.