The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... policy with local and national government to align public and private interests. Fortunately, Prime Minister ...
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JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35
Release Date:
11/30/2017
... according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study also found that excess weight in ... of having obesity as adults. The findings were based on a rigorous simulation model that...
Commonwealth Fund Report Shows That Medicaid, Medicare Accounted for 59% of Health Care Revenue for Largest Insurers
Release Date:
12/07/2017
... study supported by the Commonwealth Fund. Revenue from public coverage has more than doubled since passage of the ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Top 35 Innovative Urban Ideas as Finalists in 2018 Mayors Challenge
Release Date:
02/21/2018
... begin a six-month testing phase where they will conduct public prototypes of their ideas with grant funding of up to ... and feedback from the other cities in the competition on ways to strengthen their ideas...
William T. Grant Foundation Announces Two New Grants to Better Relate Research to Action
Release Date:
04/13/2018
... Grant Foundation announced two new grant programs focused on getting social research out of the ivory tower and into ... Grant Foundation announced two new grant programs drawing on its conclusions from that “...
United Hospital Fund and The New York State Health Foundation Release Report on Integrating Behavioral Care Into Primary Care
Release Date:
05/30/2018
... and The New York State Health Foundation Release Report on Integrating Behavioral Care Into Primary Care Small ... such as depression and anxiety, which have a direct impact on physical health. However, some...
United Hospital Fund Releases Report Finding Wide Variation in Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing for NYS Medicaid Patients
Release Date:
06/22/2018
... found wide variations in prescribing rates based on patient age, gender, race/ethnicity, county of residence, ...
United Hospital Fund Offers New Tool Kit to Curb Antibiotic Overprescribing
Release Date:
11/12/2018
... more appropriately prescribe antibiotics amid the growing public health crisis of antibiotic resistance. "Our focus at ... with the Greater New York Hospital Association on inpatient stewardship, Guzik...
Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Cited in NY Times on Disputed Timeline for When Whites Will Assume Minority Status in US Population
Release Date:
11/29/2018
Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Cited in NY Times on Disputed Timeline for When Whites Will Assume Minority ... about this,’” said Dr. Prewitt, now a professor of public affairs at Columbia University. He added...
Support From JPMorgan Chase and Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Aids Launch of Hudson County Workforce Leadership Academy
Release Date:
04/19/2019
... network of workforce development leaders to collaborate on solutions to common challenges. The Academy will be run in ... by the HCCC Board of Trustees at its regular meeting on Tuesday evening, April 16. The...
Open Society Foundation Partners with Charles Koch Foundation to Launch Foreign Policy Think Tank
Release Date:
07/04/2019
... Koch — have teamed up to launch a think tank focused on shifting U.S. foreign policy away from "forever war," the ... [lays] the foundation for a new foreign policy centered on diplomatic engagement...
Four Foundations, Including Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Buy Historic Archives of 'Ebony' Magazine
Release Date:
07/25/2019
... filed late Wednesday and the sale is scheduled to close on Friday, pending court approval, reports the Chicago ... they deserve and make them readily available to the public .” According to the New York Times...
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards Second Round of Grants Through Sickle Cell Disease/Advancing Cures Program
Release Date:
09/10/2019
... Sickle Cell Awareness Month, which began in 1983 to foster public awareness about the genetic disease that researchers ...
Simons Foundation is Accepting Application for Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians
Release Date:
10/23/2019
... travel and visitors. Basis for Awards Awards will be based on the quality and significance of the applicant’s previous research and on the likely impact the collaboration grant will have on...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Release "Impact Investing Handbook: An Implementation Guide for Practitioners."
Release Date:
07/22/2020
Two years in the making, this practical publication features case studies and detailed guidance for individuals, families, foundations, and corporations.
Impact Investing Handbook from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Publication date:
08/2020
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors published the “Impact Investing Handbook: An Implementation Guide for Practitioners” –180 pages of helping asset owners turn interest into action. Two years in the making, this practical publication features case studies and detailed guidance for individuals, families, foundations, and corporations. Written by Steven Godeke of Godeke Consulting and Patrick Briaud of RPA, it features input from over fifty experts and practitioners. The Handbook comes at a pivotal moment. In the midst of urgent social, economic and environmental challenges including COVID-19, a...
JPMorgan Chase Launches Annual AdvancingCities Challenge
Release Date:
06/02/2021
... by leveraging meaningful collaboration among private, public , and nonprofit leaders. This year, JPMorgan Chase is ...
New York Health Foundation Modifies Organization Name - A Letter from David Sandman
Release Date:
05/17/2022
... is a private, independent philanthropy rather than a public agency. What’s NOT changing is our commitment to ... overlap and we can combine efforts for greater impact. On a practical level: our website can now...
‘Excuse After Excuse’: Black and Latino Developers Face Barriers to Success - Report Funded by the Siegel Family Endowment
Release Date:
03/03/2023
... the stark representation crisis. Their report focuses on Black and Latino developers, because the theme of these ... because that’s where developers can have the most impact on communities and drive the most...
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