Milbank Memorial Fund Issues Report on State Population Health Strategies
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... key population health outcome measures. Their findings show how Georgia and Florida reduced infant mortality rates ...
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Measuring Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums
Release Date:
06/26/2018
... Westermann realized that first we needed hard data to show the extent of the problem. In 2015, the Mellon ...
Howard Gilman Foundation and the American Express Foundation Fund "The Gospel at Colonus"
Release Date:
08/03/2018
Conceived, adapted, and directed by MacArthur Genius Grant winner Lee Breuer, "The Gospel at Colonus", is an ancient Greek tragedy turned into religious parable within the framework of the Pentecostal church, that unites cultures and époques, and it...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Gene Editing Research to Identify Gene that Controls Butterfly Wing Color
Release Date:
10/26/2018
Many Heliconius butterflies have wing patterns and colors that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators, and new research by scientists from the University of Chicago, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, shows that in one...
How Salesforce.org Strives to Connect Companies and Nonprofits (Podcast)
Release Date:
01/15/2019
Salesforce.org CEO Rob Acker says that in a hyperconnected world, people hear about tragedies and crises as they’re happening, and they want to do something about them.
Supported By the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Barcelona FC Offers Free Football Training to Child Refugees in Lesvos
Release Date:
04/02/2019
... “We know we can influence them and help them dream, to show them the future,” Jordi Cardoner, vice president of ...
Westchester Teens Represent UJA-Federation of New York at Tree of Life Commemoration
Release Date:
11/01/2019
J-Teen Leadership, and Center for Youth Philanthropy and Leadership represented UJA-Federation of New York as a teen delegation to Pittsburgh on Sunday, October 27, 2019, the one-year anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue tragedy.
How Foundations Can Grapple With the Reality That Their Wealth Was Accumulated Unjustly
Release Date:
12/05/2019
Recent critiques of philanthropy strike at a fundamental question: How can an institution built on the unjust accumulation of wealth serve as a vehicle for justice?
Open Society Foundations Award $5 Million Challenge Grant To Strengthen Innocence Project
Release Date:
07/09/2014
... Project to demonstrate the need for reform and to show the way the forward,” said Chris Stone, president of ...
Carnegie, Helmsley, Wallace and Gates Support Newsgathering Partnership of EdWeek and PBS NewsHour
Release Date:
10/15/2015
... contributing story segments to the nightly news show on public television. The announcement came after the ...
PhilTV This Week: Feb. 24, 2017
Release Date:
02/24/2017
Foundations Featured: Mellon, William T. Grant, Sloan, Bloomberg Philanthropies and new series showing Muslim New Yorkers.
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Among Funders Backing Environmental Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds
Release Date:
11/30/2017
Philanthropy and environmentalism are generally very white spaces, and efforts to diversify the movement have been characterized by one influential report as “lackluster.” But there is a set of foundations and nonprofits aware of just how important...
Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid
Release Date:
01/09/2018
For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and collaborators solved the crystal structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like compound...
Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues
Release Date:
01/24/2018
... Fragile X syndrome (FXS) learn and remember normally, but show an inability to learn new information that contradicts ...
Hilton Foundation's Quest to Bring Safe Water to All
Release Date:
04/05/2018
... on advancing WASH solutions and models that are proven and show promise, strengthening in-country water governance ...
The Rockefeller Foundation sends 20,000 NYC Public School Students to See Hamilton
Release Date:
06/13/2018
This educational partnership, made possible through a $1.46 million grant by The Rockefeller Foundation, is not only providing 20,000 NYC public school students with the opportunity to see HAMILTON on Broadway, but provides educational material by...
Latest Installation of OSF’s Annual Moving Walls Series Depicts Migrants ‘As They’d Rather Be Seen’
Release Date:
10/09/2018
... burdens on society or victims of oppression. A new photo show , Another Way Home, offers a different narrative. ... social justice, and this year, the topic is migration. The show opened on September 26 at the...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Funded Research Solves Genetic ‘Whodunnit’ for Cancer Gene
Release Date:
11/09/2018
The lab of Salk Professor Reuben Shaw showed that late-stage cancers can trigger AMPK’s cellular recycling signal to cannibalize pieces of the cell, supplying large lung tumors with the nutrients they need to grow.
Ford Foundation to Open Gallery for Socially Engaged Art in New York
Release Date:
02/13/2019
... art, and our goal is to provide a global perspective and show how art is a vital component to pushing forward social ... Ford Foundation Gallery is “Perilous Bodies,” a group show curated by artists Jaishri...
New Report Funded by the Long Island Community Foundation Reveals the Economic Impact of Long Island's Opiod Crisis
Release Date:
09/04/2019
Today the Fiscal Policy Institute’s new report “The Staggering Cost of Long Island’s Opioid Crisis” revealed the economic impact of this health crisis and how the financial burden is borne by all of us.