The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems
Release Date:
05/17/2017
... (where JDR 3rd and Winthrop chaired the board) , a national park in the Virgin Islands (where Laurence developed ...
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The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced
Release Date:
06/05/2017
... including the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the National Medal of Science, the Wolf Prize in Medicine, the ...
Bloomberg Announces $200M American Cities Initiative to Help U.S. Cities Innovate, Solve Problems, & Work Together
Release Date:
06/26/2017
... that the voices of urban leaders are elevated at the national level." The 2017 Mayors Challenge: An Innovation ... of Mayors to ensure the voices of mayors are part of national conversations about the...
Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
06/28/2017
Political hot buttons aren't the Rockefeller Foundation’s usual fare; however, when its core values—diversity, pluralism and respect for all—are threatened it will respond.
Ford Foundation Suggests that It’s Time to Reboot Grantmaking
Release Date:
06/29/2017
... growth, but no strategy for sustaining operations at the national office.” It took a wrenching reexamination of ...
NY Community Trust, Mellon, Ford Among Supports of New York Live Arts 2017-2018 Season
Release Date:
07/03/2017
... the artistic leadership of MacArthur Genius Award and National Medal of Arts awardee Artistic Director Bill T. ...
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2017
The Pence-Kobach Commission's Potential Impact on Voting Rights - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, September 11, 2017 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
... already marginalized communities and weaken the National Voter Registration Act. While not new, these claims ...
IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Today, the IBM Foundation announced the availability of Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0, software that uses Watson artificial intelligence technology– trained by some of the nation’s leading math experts, with feedback from more than 1,000 teachers...
Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... company plans to distribute more than 1,000 units and go national . “The vision here is much bigger than the box ...
Iceberg That Broke Off Antarctica Was 4 Times the Size of Manhattan
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... of Manhattan broke off Antarctica on Saturday, the U.S. National Ice Center confirmed to CBS News. The iceberg break, ...
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2017
Census 2020 - Time to Act - A Webinar Hosted by United Philanthropy Forum
Monday, October 30, 2017 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... census Points of entry and engagement at local and national levels Specific options for how an organization can ...
Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Humanitarian assistance relies on a charity model of providing immediate relief in emergency situations. But once the emergency has passed, other approaches might better deliver services in a market-driven, customer-centric way.
NYSHealth Selects Seven Hospitals to Receive Grant Funds to Implement OpenNotes
Release Date:
10/12/2017
... spread OpenNotes and spur patient engagement. OpenNotes is national movement that gives patients and their caregivers ...
George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
10/18/2017
... people in the United States from what it described as “a national wave of hate incidents” after the 2016 election. ...
Russell Sage Foundation Author James Rosenbaum, Writes About Alternatives To Four-Year College Degrees
Release Date:
10/23/2017
American society is obsessed with a single route to success. We tell our children they must get high SAT scores, attend selective colleges, get bachelor’s degrees and get high paying jobs to have a successful life.
Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants
Release Date:
11/01/2017
... a Harvard College team in a debate two years ago put a national spotlight on the prisoners’ ambitious college ...
Arcus Funds LGBTQ Capacity Building Grants In An Under-Resourced Region
Release Date:
11/02/2017
... them. Instead of relying on a trickle of support from national funders, Out in the South envisions a strong, ...
JPMorgan Chase Releases New Data Platform, The Good Jobs Index
Release Date:
11/14/2017
The Good Jobs Index is a new data platform that provides a window into the shifting realities of employment opportunity in the US, including the finding that two-thirds of states have added good jobs for workers without a bachelor’s degree.
The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... Smart Power India also discusses policy with local and national government to align public and private interests. ...
While Announcing Main Branch Renovations, NYPL Notes Mid-Manhattan Library to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Release Date:
11/16/2017
The New York Public Library revealed the $317 million master plan that will guide the renovation of the iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.