Brooklyn Community Foundation Spark Prize Application is Now Open
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... to spark lasting social change by supporting organizations working toward greater equity and justice, with a critical ...
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Video: Time Warner Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility Discusses Women of Color in Leadership
Release Date:
05/17/2016
View the entire dialogue featuring Melody Barnes, NYU Vice Provost and former Director of White House Domestic Policy, and Diahann Billings-Burford, Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner Inc.
Ford Foundation's Elizabeth Alexander Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board
Release Date:
06/02/2016
Elizabeth Alexander, an acclaimed poet, author and professor, has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Columbia University announced today.
Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship
Release Date:
07/08/2016
The grant builds on the recent success of the Mellon Foundation-funded Arts@TheCore initiative from 2012.
Rubin Foundation Announces Participants in 2016 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Social Practice
Release Date:
07/14/2016
... program for immigrant and 1st-generation artists working in all forms of socially engaged art (including, but ...
Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining
Release Date:
08/01/2016
Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining It takes a well-trained eye to spot an irregular heartbeat in the peaks and valleys of an electrocardiogram. The same goes for identifying an extinct ape from a...
Partially Funded by Mertz Gilmore, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Announces 'World of Dance' Series
Release Date:
08/05/2016
Since its inception in 1966, this series has showcased new works by more than 175 regional, national, and international companies.
Supported by Simons Foundation, Super-Resolution Microscope Builds 3-D Images By Mapping Negative Space
Release Date:
09/06/2016
... one another and provide important insights for engineers working to develop artificial organs such as skin or heart ...
Derek Coy Named New York State Health Foundation’s Veterans' Health Officer
Release Date:
09/21/2016
A United States Marine veteran who served in Iraq, Sgt. Coy previously worked for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the fastest-growing veterans organization in the U.S. He also worked for the American Civil Liberties Union and The Doe Fund.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Report on Why Cities and Businesses Should Partner to Achieve Climate Goals
Release Date:
10/04/2016
... Climate Goals Cities and corporations are increasingly working together to address climate change — and finding ...
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Funds British Artist's MoMA Exhibition
Release Date:
10/24/2016
MoMA PS1 will present the first comprehensive U.S. survey of the pioneering British artist Mark Leckey and the largest exhibition of his work to date.
Individuals Addressing Open Society Challenges Invited to Apply for Fellowship
Release Date:
11/07/2016
A program of the Open Society Foundations, the Open Society Fellowship was founded in 2008 to support individuals around the world pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges.
Patrick Gaspard Appointed VP of the Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
12/05/2016
The Open Society Foundations announced today that Patrick H. Gaspard, the U.S. ambassador to South Africa and former senior advisor to President Obama, will join the philanthropy as vice president of programs starting January 9, 2017.
Kress Foundation Accepting Proposals for Conservation Grants
Release Date:
12/21/2016
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation supports projects that illuminate European works of art and architecture from antiquity to the early 19th century.
William T. Grant and Sloan Foundations Support Study That Finds Good Sleep Promotes Postive Experiences, Less Conflict
Release Date:
02/17/2017
Researchers in the Department of Biobehavioral Health (BBH) at Penn State found that sleep quality and quantity at night is affected by that day's stressors, and sleep hours and quality affect daily stressors the next day.
Casey Family Programs Addresses Links Between Food Insecurity And Child Welfare
Release Date:
02/27/2017
At a special joint session of the National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting including governors and their spouses, Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and NGA Vice Chair Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval co-moderated a session on ending...
Ford, Warhol and Shelly & Donald Rubin Foundation Support Exhibition of Black Women Artists at Brooklyn Museum
Release Date:
03/02/2017
Focusing on the work of black women artists, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 examines the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic priorities of women of color during the emergence of second-wave feminism.
Rockefeller Cited As Trendsetter in Focusing on Resilience Over Climate Change
Release Date:
03/06/2017
The Rockefeller Foundation has invested more than $500 million in resilience since 2005 and developed 100 Resilient Cities , an organization that helps cities around the world organize plans for climate change and other disasters.
Rita Allen Teams Up With Knight Foundation to Combat Misinformation
Release Date:
03/13/2017
... Teams Up With Knight Foundation to Combat Misinformation Working alongside Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen ...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz Announces Increase of 2017 Program Grants Budget
Release Date:
03/15/2017
Recognizing the challenges to many of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s program priorities presented by the current political climate, the board of trustees has approved an increase in the Fund’s grants budget by nearly 12 percent for 2017, Fund...