Open Society Foundations Funds the Mayor Exchange to Offer Help to Puerto Rico
Release Date:
03/02/2018
... backed by funding from the Open Society Foundations, the group includes mainland mayors with experience in disaster ...
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Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching
Release Date:
03/27/2018
... Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching A group of scientists developed a "sun shield" that they hope .....
Closing Space for Open Society
Release Date:
05/17/2018
The operating environment has gotten so ugly for Open Society, which gave $3.6 million to 46 different groups in Hungary in 2016, that the foundation announced this week they will relocate their office from Budapest, Soros’ birth city, to Berlin.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Gene Editing Research to Identify Gene that Controls Butterfly Wing Color
Release Date:
10/26/2018
... Color Heliconius butterflies are a diverse and colorful group of species that live throughout tropical regions of ...
Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Announces New President
Release Date:
07/01/2013
... to both the advancement of independent secondary education and basic neuroscience research. John was the ...
MetLife Foundation, Sesame Workshop Launch Financial Knowledge Program
Release Date:
11/22/2013
PND reported that the MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop have announced a five-year, $20 million partnership to improve financial knowledge and strategies among low- and moderate-income families around the world.
17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks
Release Date:
01/30/2014
The Educational Foundation of America and the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation are among the 17 foundations who have vowed to divest the fossil fuel stocks in their endowments and invest at least five percent of their assets in clean-energy companies,...
Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?
Release Date:
05/06/2014
... the same problems – poverty, disease, the environment, education reform, you name it – that have dogged our ...
Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU
Release Date:
11/07/2014
... has earmarked the gift for legislative action and public education , with a goal to halve the number of Americans ...
From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream
Release Date:
11/11/2014
Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker, shares his story in People Magazine.
Foundations Should Push for Disclosure of Corporate ‘Welfare’ Deals
Release Date:
12/18/2014
... company coffers, instead of helping the poor and providing education , health care, housing, and other local services.... ...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore
Release Date:
05/28/2015
... nonprofits focused on providing workforce development and education opportunities in Baltimore. These grants are part ...
Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research
Release Date:
06/02/2015
... to support its leading biology and genetics research and education programs. The uniquely structured grant reflects a ...
City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools
Release Date:
06/29/2015
... only 400,000 computer science students. It’s time our education system prioritizes the skills these jobs demand in ...
2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Awarded to Those Who Dedicate Private Wealth to the Public Good
Release Date:
08/25/2015
... has also influenced a wide range of issues, including education , the environment, cancer research, culture, the ...
Immigrants, Their Children Integrate Well into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds
Release Date:
09/24/2015
Carnegie Corporation and the Russell Sage Foundation backed the study, which was released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Success Metrics Questioned in School Program Funded by Goldman
Release Date:
11/05/2015
... had helped 109 “at-risk” kindergartners avoid special education . The investment also resulted in a $260,000 payout ...
New York Stem Cell Foundation Expands Offices in New York
Release Date:
12/01/2015
... nonprofit is one of the top stem-cell research and education outfits in the country. It currently occupies ...
Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College
Release Date:
02/26/2016
... specific recommendations for how the U.S. Department of Education could promote a renewed focus on learning at ...
Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network
Release Date:
04/13/2016
Success said that the gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 schools, from 34, within the next 10 years, as well as allow the network to share its curriculum and pedagogy with other educators.