The Rockefeller Foundation and USAID Launch $100 Million Partnership
Release Date:
08/04/2014
... communities to prepare for, withstand, and emerge stronger from shocks and stresses in a way that reduces chronic ...
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Prescription For Making Healthcare Enrollment More Customer-Friendly
Release Date:
08/01/2014
... nearly-identical product offerings. Get direct feedback from consumers.... Prescription For Making Healthcare ...
Atlantic Philanthropies Awards €14.7 Million For Dementia Care
Release Date:
08/14/2014
... be especially important for those, like people suffering from dementia, who are vulnerable and face particularly ...
Russell Sage Study Shows Average Americans Get Poorer as Per Capita Wealth Reaches New High
Release Date:
10/01/2014
... median American household saw its total assets fall by 36% from 2003. Over the same time period, the total wealth in the ...
OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States
Release Date:
10/03/2014
... one of the largest supporters of drug reforms ranging from medical marijuana use to the easing of sentencing for ... deals like when he shorted the British pound in 1992, into his Open Society Foundations. It’...
Arcus Awards Grant to Alliance of Baptists to Support Inclusion and Racial Justice
Release Date:
10/09/2014
... inclusion and racial justice among Baptists. The grant from the Arcus Foundation, a charity that supports ... members to serve as consultants to congregations entering into a “process of dialogue and...
At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Africa's Growing Cities
Release Date:
10/15/2014
... the world, countries have been challenged to recover from the 2007- 2008 global economic and financial crisis. ...
Bank of America Among Organizations Supporting Giving Tuesday
Release Date:
10/16/2014
... who struggle with hunger. For every dollar contributed from November 18 through January 10, Bank of America donated ...
How She Leads: Paula Luff, Hess Corporation
Release Date:
11/06/2014
... Paula Luff has seen the global company transform itself from an integrated oil-and-gas company to a pure exploration ...
MasterCard Commits $25 Million to Expand UN Capital Development Fund’s Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) Program
Release Date:
11/10/2014
... UNCDF had secured USD 5.6 million. The new commitment from The MasterCard Foundation is to donate USD 25 million ...
William T. Grant Foundation Announces Scholars Finalists
Release Date:
11/09/2014
... by their institutions and only one applicant can be named from any one major division (e.g., College of Arts and ...
Valerie S. Peltier Elected Chairman of The New York Community Trust
Release Date:
12/04/2014
... is a graduate of Harvard College, and received her J.D. from Columbia Law School. "As a lifelong New Yorker, I .....
NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning
Release Date:
01/12/2015
... focus on qualities like grit will distract policy makers from problems with schools. In a 2014 paper, the ...
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College
Release Date:
01/29/2015
... city’s poorest borough, faces a growing health crisis from diabetes and obesity-related illnesses, many residents ...
NYSHF Energizes Entire Communities with Healthy Neighborhoods Fund Initiative
Release Date:
02/02/2015
... The New York State Health Foundation awards grants from the Healthy Neighborhoods Fund initiative to help ...
F.B. Heron Foundation Funds Feasibility Study on Impact Investing in Western NY
Release Date:
02/11/2015
... and businesses have long invested their capital into growing the region. But is there enough opportunity ... in the region to generate interest and investments from organizations outside of the region? The...
Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding
Release Date:
03/17/2015
... aims to funnel a billion dollars of private donor money into basic scientific pursuits over the next five years, and ... is largely ignored by wealthy donors as it suffers from federal budget cutbacks. A...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing
Release Date:
03/19/2015
... The decision was not just about a family moving away from its legacy but a sign of a broader trend in ...
How Bloomberg is Still Changing the Way Cities Operate
Release Date:
03/30/2015
... about a quarter of its low-severity 911 calls away from emergency rooms and into a doctor’s office or urgent care center. The first ...
Korean American Community Foundation Support Addresses Plight of Older Korean Immigrants in the Bronx
Release Date:
04/02/2015
... The center raises $15,000 more a year in donations from individuals, businesses and churches, and $2,400 in ...