To Cut Food Waste, Expiration Labels Get an Update
Release Date:
02/17/2017
... smelly. Do you give it a chance or toss it in the trash? For a great number of consumers it’s the latter, but now ...
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NYPost Investigates Immigrant Support Projects of NYCT and Brooklyn Community Foundation
Release Date:
02/21/2017
New York’s well-heeled philanthropic groups are doling out big bucks to resist President Trump’s immigration policies and defend targeted social welfare and environmental programs.
Village Capital And Metlife Foundation Announce Partnership
Release Date:
03/17/2017
... , is launching a multi-year program to build the ecosystem for financial inclusion startups in Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, ... support organization in each location to showcase a group of local startups at a day-...
Rockefeller Foundation Helps Speed Up Development of Minigrids in Africa
Release Date:
03/28/2017
... Development partners such as the U.K.’s Department for International Development and Germany’s GIZ are ... hundreds of millions of dollars to explore the potential for minigrids and support their growth, and...
Alfred P. Sloan Study Finds Possible Solutions to Sleep Disorders and Depression
Release Date:
06/09/2017
... and Depression Alfred P. Sloan study identified a group of neurons that may have implications for treating sleep and neuropsychiatric disorders. ...
To Sell Themselves to Donors, Nonprofits Are Turning to the Pros
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... Are Turning to the Pros Not long ago, the website for the nonprofit Colon Cancer Alliance offered a treasure ... did not do was provide a concise explanation of what the group ’s aims were and, perhaps more...
In Canada, Climate Change Could Open New Farmland To The Plow
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... where climate change may create some opportunities for growing crops in northern latitudes," said Rod Bonnett, ... of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, a lobby group representing 200,000 farmers...
The Role of Philanthropy and Advocacy in Healthcare Reform Implementation
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02/21/2013
... University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service , and Duke University’s Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society recently held a ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Moving to Crown Heights this Summer
Release Date:
04/09/2014
... ft. headquarters within the just opened former Studebaker Service Station will house its day-to-day operations while serving as a convening hub and incubator for nonprofit and civic organizations from across...
Ruskay Reflects on 15 Years At Helm of UJA-Fed NY
Release Date:
06/11/2014
... to launching Connect To Care programs, an elaborate social service program launched in response to the recession—as ...
NYCT Announces the Retirement of Program Director Len McNally
Release Date:
02/10/2015
... years at The New York Community Trust as Program Director for Health and People with Special Needs. In his tenure at ...
The Commonwealth Fund Reports Annual Primary Care Visits Will Only Rise by 3.8% from ACA
Release Date:
02/25/2015
... through the Affordable Care Act will increase the demand for health care services—but only slightly. According to a ...
American Express Awards $5 Million to Boost Volunteering
Release Date:
03/18/2015
... U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. National Park Service to promote and increase voluntarism by building a ...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Selected as Fiscal Sponsor of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance
Release Date:
05/08/2015
... to eliminate the gaps in opportunity and achievement for boys and young men of color. MBK Alliance, a sponsored ...
New York City Takes Steps to Increase the Safety of Employees at Homeless Shelters
Release Date:
07/07/2015
... over Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn is the first stopover for many of New York City’s homeless men. Some call it ... services. As many as 350 men at a time are evaluated there for treatment programs and other...
Andrew W. Mellon Study Examines Demographic Composition of Museum Staff
Release Date:
08/05/2015
... Demographic Composition of Museum Staff Women account for a clear majority of art museum staffs in the United ... Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. But non-whites accounted for just 28% of positions. When broken...
ASPCA Grants Nearly $1 Million for Initiatives to Encourage Pet Adoptions
Release Date:
09/04/2015
ASPCA Grants Nearly $1 Million for Initiatives to Encourage Pet Adoptions An animal ... The funding, which was offered by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), will ... L.A. Animal...
Helmsley Trust Awards $9.4 Million for Rural Health Care in Montana
Release Date:
04/11/2016
Helmsley Trust Awards $9.4 Million for Rural Health Care in Montana The Leona M. and Harry B. ... to train rural healthcare providers and emergency medical service personnel... Helmsley Trust Awards $9.4 Million...
U.S. Trust Study Says the Rich Feel Strongly About Giving to Improve Society
Release Date:
05/23/2016
Most wealthy Americans say they want to contribute to society in a meaningful way, and many believe that institutions outside of the government have the best chance of solving tough social and environmental problems.
Simons Foundation Collaboration to Study the Physics of Glass
Release Date:
07/13/2016
... the most mundane phenomena embody the deepest mysteries. For example, glass is made by cooling a liquid rapidly until ... Sidney Nagel, the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor of Physics at the...