Ms. Foundation for Women President Attends White House’s First South by South Lawn
Release Date:
10/05/2016
I was with a group of amazing women from both coasts, including Teresa Younger from the New York-based Ms. Foundation for Women.
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NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep
Release Date:
10/06/2016
... grants to several Muslim American and South Asian advocacy groups to help counter stereotypes about Islam. NYCT Program ...
Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension
Release Date:
10/17/2016
Forty-eight percent of all Americans aged 18 to 30 have zero in retirement savings and no access to a traditional pension.
Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project
Release Date:
10/18/2016
Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ latest project, Silent Voices, harnesses the power of young people to be instruments of change, giving voice to those who have been silenced or marginalized by social, cultural or religious circumstances.
NYS Health's Derek Coy Explores the Role of Private-Public Partnerships in Serving Veterans
Release Date:
11/11/2016
In a new post on the GrantWatch section of Health Affairs Blog, NYSHealth Veterans' Health Officer Derek Coy discusses one of the biggest hurdles that veterans face: finding resources that both they and their families can use.
Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy
Release Date:
11/30/2016
Who’s going big to change the world? Here are the ten most promising big bets.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Largest Funder of Tobacco-Control Efforts in the Developing World
Release Date:
12/05/2016
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York has long been a champion of anti-smoking efforts in the United States. He signed into law an act banning smoking in bars and restaurants and increased the tax on cigarettes.
John A. Hartford Foundation Supports Report on Disconnect Between Docs and Patients On Advance Planning
Release Date:
12/08/2016
While clinicians said talking with patients about end-of-life decisions early was important, patients stated that healthcare providers generally failed to do so effectively, according to a new report from a trio of healthcare foundations.
MetLife Foundation Supports Activities for Veterans and Military Families through Blue Star Theatres Grant
Release Date:
12/16/2016
Theatre Communications Group has announced the third round of recipients in the Blue Star Theatres Grant Program. With support from MetLife Foundation, the program will fund efforts that deepen the relationships between participating Blue Star...
Mellon Foundation Supports Humanities through Open Access, Open Source and Not-for-Profit
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... share work with one another, to participate in discussion groups , and to create a range of formal and informal ...
Ford, Blaustein, Levy and Overbrook Join Push to Protect Journalists
Release Date:
01/18/2017
Months before actress Meryl Streep's plug at the Golden Globes for the Committee to Protect Journalists, Donald Trump was on the group's radar for his contempt for reporters and their bosses.
Doris Duke Launches Land Trust Climate Initiative
Release Date:
01/24/2017
... when it’s fled from its changing habitat? Large green groups and funders are lumbering beasts themselves, though, ...
Bank of America Grant and Volunteers Support Partnership with Eva’s Village
Release Date:
01/25/2017
... organization, partners with local businesses and community groups to raise funds for its 20 integrated anti-poverty ...
Doris Duke Supports Research That Discovered New T-Cell Subtype
Release Date:
02/07/2017
A distinguished subset of T cells that combine with other defence cells to expostulate inflammation in marginal tissues has been found in dungeon samples taken from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Co-Hosts 'A Populist Revolt? The Transformation of the World Order in the Trump Era'
Release Date:
02/08/2017
Carnegie Corporation of New York and TIME hosted a Live event on the transformation of the world order in the Trump era. Panelists Ian Bremmer of Eurasia Group, Roger Cohen of The New York Times, and Pippa Norris from Harvard University share their...
Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan
Release Date:
03/20/2017
... legislation. But some health-care advocacy groups say the current debate on Capitol Hill lacks an ...
New Leader, New Era: Rockefeller Foundation Plots Its Course
Release Date:
04/27/2017
... Under his leadership, USAID invested more in development groups and used loan guarantees to attract financing from ...
Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research
Release Date:
05/12/2017
... and the native-born of different racial and ethnic groups and generations. The initiative falls under RSF's .....
Sloan Foundation-Supported Poll Finds Blacks Less Likely to Have Enough for Retirement
Release Date:
05/18/2017
... retirement savings gap between white and other minority groups extends beyond pensions, 401(k)s or other retirement ...
Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center
Release Date:
05/24/2017
Inspiring creativity, strengthening community and driving economic growth are the three aims of the ambitious new arts center known as the Shed, rising in Hudson Yards. Michael R. Bloomberg donated $75 million to the innovative arts project.