John A. Hartford Foundation Named One of Nation’s Top Funders Addressing Aging America
Release Date:
12/15/2017
... of Nation’s Top Funders Addressing Aging America Recent grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation are one of the ...
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With Support from Gerstner and Heckscher Foundations, SUNY Announces Emergency Aid to Support Degree Completion Among Students
Release Date:
12/19/2017
Starting next year, University at Albany students who are at risk of dropping out due to sudden financial hardship or some other emergency situation could be eligible to apply for emergency aid.
Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Scholarship Program at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines
Release Date:
01/18/2018
Funded by a $1 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University Center of Exemplary Mentoring program will award 10 scholarships of $40,000 over five years to students who pursue paths in biology, chemistry, civil...
"Risk Is a Fact of Life." A Conversation with Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Release Date:
02/16/2018
Stephen Heintz has led the Rockefeller Brothers Fund since 2001. He is among the nearly 50 social sector leaders that Vivien Hoexter and Linda C. Hartley interviewed for their new book, Big Impact: Insights & Stories from America’s Non-Profit...
Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability
Release Date:
02/23/2018
Understanding that stable homes provide an important platform for individual success and thriving communities, nine of the nation’s largest private foundations have joined forces to create the Funders for Housing and Opportunity collaborative, with...
Century Foundation Report Reveals NY’s For-Profit Colleges Leave Students with Debt and Little Impact on Earning Potential
Release Date:
03/26/2018
... to students at community colleges, many of who had Pell Grants and did not take loans... Century Foundation Report ...
Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Launch a Writing Fellowship Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund
Release Date:
04/06/2018
Last November, the Art for Justice Fund, launched by collector Agnes Gund with the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to address issues related to mass incarceration, announced its first round of grant recipients.
A Look At The Building Bridges Program, Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Release Date:
04/10/2018
Building Bridges is one of the arms of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, which in turn is part of the larger, New York-based Doris Duke Charitable Foundation that also funds global wellness for children as well as environmental and medical...
Rachel Pardoe of The New York Community Trust is one of New York Non-Profit Media's 40 Under 40
Release Date:
04/12/2018
... jobs. Now she oversees The New York Community Trust’s grants program for people with special needs. She is a fierce ...
Crain's New York Profiles Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah
Release Date:
05/15/2018
In his 14 months as president, Dr. Rajiv Shah has rededicated the Rockefeller Foundation to eliminating worldwide poverty while also focusing more energy on its U.S. efforts
New York State Health Foundation Publishes Study on Doctor-Drugmaker Relationship
Release Date:
06/13/2018
... and beverages, travel and lodging, consulting fees, gifts, grants and educational materials. The report compared two ...
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...
Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments
Release Date:
06/18/2018
A new field study called HOMEChem (House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry), funded by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in its Chemistry of Indoor Environments program, will analyze these chemical interactions with the...
Weinberg Foundation Announces Darius Graham as New Program Director
Release Date:
06/20/2018
... said Aaron Merki, Managing Director, Programs and Grants and Program Director, Older Adult Services for the ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust And The AHA Announce $6.5M Commitment To Expand And Enhance Stroke Care In Nebraska
Release Date:
08/21/2018
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has announced a statewide commitment of $6.5 million for its Mission: Lifeline Stroke initiative to expand and enhance stroke care in Nebraska. The foundation of this new initiative is a...
ASPCA, NYPD Unveil New Mobile Command Post for Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad
Release Date:
09/04/2018
The police and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals unveiled a new $5,000 mobile command post Monday that will be used by the NYPD’s Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad to stop abuse and protect New York’s most vulnerable...
Inside Philanthropy Looks at The Helmsley Charitable Trust Work to Improve Stroke Outcomes in Rural America
Release Date:
09/11/2018
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust is one foundation that keeps the healthcare needs of rural communities in mind, particularly in the upper Midwest. A recent example is the three-year, $6.5 million grant out of its Rural Healthcare...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Prairie View A&M University $500,000 to Support African-American Studies Initiative
Release Date:
09/14/2018
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) a grant of $500,000 to support its effort to establish an African-American Studies Initiative which will be housed in its Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford...
New Study Funded in Part by Simons Foundation Study Hopes to Predict Autism Behaviors
Release Date:
11/26/2018
Siegel, who is also a MBH vice president, is directing a three-year study on whether biosensors can alert of impending “challenging behaviors” in children and adolescents with autism.
Warhol Foundation Board Lifts 8-Year Funding Ban on the Smithsonian
Release Date:
01/15/2019
... a major Oscar Howe retrospective as part of its Fall 2018 Grants , which will be announced next week. The Oscar Howe ...