With Help from Helmsley, Caltech Researchers May Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease
Release Date:
05/09/2016
... this disorder in some patients—information that may lead to advances in probiotic therapies and personalized medicine. ...
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Rausch and Long Island Community Foundations Partner to Expand Tourism in Riverhead
Release Date:
07/15/2016
Rausch and Long Island Community Foundations Partner to Expand Tourism in Riverhead In recent years, a ... the town as a destination for shoppers and vacationers. To reach that goal, community members have...
Simons Foundation Researchers Flag Hundreds of New Genes That Could Contribute to Autism
Release Date:
08/10/2016
... Flag Hundreds of New Genes That Could Contribute to Autism Investigators eager to uncover the genetic basis of autism could now have hundreds of promising new leads thanks to a study by...
Simons-Backed Study Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika
Release Date:
08/19/2016
... Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika Zika infection kills off neural stem cells in adult mice bred to be vulnerable to the virus, researchers at the Rockefeller...
Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity
Release Date:
09/02/2016
... Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity The researchers used data from the Simons ... and behavioral sciences. “Where does this disorder develop from? How do kids get autism? And...
Open Society Foundations Founder George Soros Writes in WSJ About $500 Million Investment in Migrants
Release Date:
09/20/2016
... for themselves and their families. Our collective failure to develop and implement effective policies to handle the increased flow has contributed greatly to human ...
Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits
Release Date:
09/21/2016
... Attention Deficits A digital assessment platform designed to look and feel like a video game may successfully flag children with attention disorders, according to the results of a study published Sept. 20,...
Bloomberg Awards $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa
Release Date:
09/23/2016
... Philanthropies has announced a $10 million grant to the Relationship Coffee Institute to expand its women's economic development program in Rwanda ... the grant will enable an additional twenty thousand...
Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative
Release Date:
10/13/2016
Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative The Wallace Foundation has ... seven universities and their state and district partners to participate in a new $47-million initiative ...
Westchester Community Foundation Supports Westchester Green Business Program in New York State
Release Date:
12/19/2016
... Greener Communities initiative (CGC), a statewide program, to incorporate sustainability goals and principles into local decision-making, and leading to a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the...
Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President
Release Date:
01/05/2017
... Rockefeller Foundation , was asked about six months ago to join the committee that would select the foundation’s ... for International Development, ultimately said he wanted to be considered for the post. He...
Supported by Doris Duke, The New England Foundation for the Arts Announces Program Design Changes
Release Date:
01/09/2017
... for the Arts announced a series of program design changes to the National Dance Project. These design changes are ... (NDP) will increase the number of Production Grants to choreographers and dance companies;...
Can Theology Move the Needle on Environmental Issues? Henry Luce Foundation Thinks So
Release Date:
01/18/2017
... topic. Lo and behold, the foundation just gave $425,000 to the Methodist Theological School in Ohio for a seminary ... as a moral imperative, and the goal of the initiative is to establish best practices and...
Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact
Release Date:
03/24/2017
Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact In 1917, businessman John Andrus decided to give away half his self-made fortune, built in part on developing the peptonoid elixir that was the...
PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem
Release Date:
04/18/2017
PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem One of the PIMCO Foundation’s ... United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 to “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and ... our approach...
Supported by Bloomberg, New York Stem Cell Foundation Opens New Research Institute and Headquarters in Manhattan
Release Date:
04/20/2017
... the largest laboratories in the world devoted exclusively to stem cell research. The new facility, which also contains ... an independent, non-profit organization founded in 2005 to support cutting-edge stem...
Rockefeller Supports Food Waste Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival
Release Date:
04/20/2017
... and Nari Kye began developing the documentary, they wanted to reach as wide of an audience as possible, they said. A ... Zero Point Zero and The Rockefeller Foundation, we wanted to reach as many of people as...
Atlantic Philanthropies Publishes “The History of the Giving While Living Ethic"
Release Date:
05/31/2017
... Ethic" When Chuck Feeney decided over three decades ago to transfer virtually all his personal fortune to what would become The Atlantic Philanthropies, he said he ... that individuals of great means...
IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy
Release Date:
06/08/2017
IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy IBM is channeling ... with postdoctoral academic fellows and nonprofits to take on societal issues through data. With...
Casey Family Programs Publishes Report on How Positive Factors Change Child Trauma
Release Date:
06/09/2017
... Trauma Casey Family Programs partners with think tanks to understand health outcomes that children and families ... life have become well established and the focus of efforts to change policy and practice. In...