JPMorgan Expands ‘The Fellowship Initiative’ To Help Disadvantaged High Schoolers Get Into Top Colleges
Release Date:
06/21/2014
... to top colleges. In all, they received scholarships and grants totaling $8.4 million... JPMorgan Expands ‘The ...
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Advocacy Group Supporting NYC Pre-K Expansion Raised $1.76 Million
Release Date:
07/15/2014
An advocacy group that helped NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's push for expanded pre-kindergarten received its largest donations from unions, a political action committee and the Rockefeller Family Fund.
"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs
Release Date:
07/28/2014
America needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other societal needs suffer, write David Blumenthal, M.D., president, and David Squires, senior researcher to the president, The...
United Way of New York City Partners With Bank of America for Volunteer Day of Action
Release Date:
05/13/2015
One hundred volunteers assembled 2000 "Basics for Babies" kits.
Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings
Release Date:
12/09/2015
Rockefeller backs start-up that uses big data, electronic communication and insights from behavioral finance to nudge folks to make smarter choices.
NoVo Foundation Leaders Talk About Aversion to Measurement
Release Date:
12/10/2015
... be, simply: love. By emphasizing strategy and viewing grants as “investments,” donors prize head over heart and ...
Verizon Supported Study Finds Smartphone App Can Improve Self-management for Some with Spina Bifida
Release Date:
12/10/2015
... the researchers wrote. . . The study was funded by grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent ...
Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
02/03/2016
... Reports . . . The study was funded in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Doris Duke ...
Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors
Release Date:
02/03/2016
Geropsychologist Lauren N. DeCaporale-Ryan, PhD, works at the University of Rochester Medical Center, but her focus isn't on patients. She works with those staff in the psychiatry, medicine and surgery departments.
Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)
Release Date:
02/18/2016
... College London. . . The work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the European ...
Pershing Square Foundation-Supported Study: 5% Weight Loss Can Make A Difference for Obese People
Release Date:
02/23/2016
... study was supported by National Institutes of Health and grants from the Pershing Square Foundation and the Longer ...
Arabella Advisors Study Finds Global Funds For Fossil Fuels Are On The Decline
Release Date:
02/02/2017
As the Trump administration threatens to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement and double up on efforts to revive a slowing fossil fuels industry, the rest of the world is pulling out of coal projects and redirecting investment towards renewables...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data
Release Date:
04/26/2017
Mobile data collection is helping Mobile, Alabama and Los Angeles clean up city streets
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems
Release Date:
05/17/2017
RBF made headlines a few years ago by announcing plans to divest from fossil fuels. What's the update on the fund’s divestment process and RBF’s mission-aligned investing?
The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced
Release Date:
06/05/2017
... advance human health. The selected Scholars will receive grants of up to $110,000 annually for a maximum of five years ...
Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published
Release Date:
07/26/2017
Current scientific research demonstrates that the first three years of a child’s life are the most important in terms of brain development. If we want children to start school prepared to learn, and to succeed, then we must support young children...
How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings From The Wallace Foundation
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... has over $1.5 billion in assets and concentrates its grants on support for education, youth development, and the ...
Mertz Gilmore and Howard Gilman Foundations Among Funders Backing The Springboard Project's 2018 Residencies
Release Date:
10/24/2017
Following the success of its pilot program launched in the spring of 2017, the Springboard Project announced it was accepting letters of inquiry for its 2018 residencies.
Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison
Release Date:
10/30/2017
... which allows prisoners to fund their education with Pell Grants . Who is providing the philanthropic support? That ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Cities of Service Announces Engaged Cities Award
Release Date:
11/06/2017
With the Engaged Cities Award, Cities of Service, a Bloomberg Philanthropies Grantee, looks to recognize the impact of creative citizens and mayors—and to inspire more engagement.