Site Search

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Century Foundation

Supported by Rockefeller, New Report Shows Resilient Cities Require Resilient Food Systems

Release Date:

02/09/2017

... Require Resilient Food Systems Urban resilience planning for natural disasters must include efforts to protect and secure food systems for food-insecure populations, a report from the Initiative ... Inner City...

Find More By

News type

The Rockefeller Foundation

Funding Area

Food Systems

Related Organizations

Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research

Release Date:

03/21/2017

Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research The University of Edinburgh has ... development associated with autism. The Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain will be based at...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Simons Foundation

Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Featured in Study on Limited Life Foundations

Release Date:

03/22/2017

... opportunity to achieve greater impact is the key driver for the decision to spend down, a report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds. Based on interviews with leaders of eleven...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

Related Organizations

'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke's Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia

Release Date:

04/12/2017

... program is a project of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art (DDFIA) , a subsidiary of the bigger ... $1.7 million to 11 organizations, with a focus on museum- based projects... 'Inside Philanthropy...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Arts

Related Organizations

Doris Duke Foundation

Commonwealth Fund’s Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds People with Medicaid Have Better Access to Health Care Than the Uninsured and Fewer Medical Bill Problems

Release Date:

04/27/2017

... states and the District of Columbia expanded eligibility for the program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ... finds that the large majority of people who have Medicaid for the full year are able to get...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Commonwealth Fund

Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach

Release Date:

05/01/2017

... of the Limited-life Approach Limited-life foundations are based on the premise that if a foundation’s grants generate ... or erosion of value over time, the premise holds true for three Atlantic Philanthropies...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting

Release Date:

06/05/2017

Ford Foundation Supports 'Groundtruth Project' For In-Depth International Reporting Foreign news bureaus ... and religious affairs. Co-founders of the Boston- based Project are Charles Sennott, who also...

Find More By

News type

International/Foreign Affairs

Funding Area

Related Organizations

Ford Foundation

Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies

Release Date:

07/06/2017

Tillerson in Focus as Exxon Climate Change Investigation Intensifies "Wayne Tracker" cannot be forced to testify under oath. He does not exist. But the man who used the "Tracker" alias, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, can be...

Find More By

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

Folger Receives $1.5M from Mellon Foundation for Collaborative Research Project on Early Modern Foodways & Cultures

Release Date:

07/27/2017

Folger Receives $1.5M from Mellon Foundation for Collaborative Research Project on Early Modern Foodways & ... Foodways and Cultures. The new Mellon initiative will be based in the Folger Institute, led by its...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Food Systems

Related Organizations

Mellon Foundation

Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... engineering and international affairs, and New York City- based Games for Change were awarded a $414,000 grant last month from the ... one of 11 selected, seeks to “employ virtual reality for...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Related Organizations

A Former Felon Leads The Way In Criminal Justice Reform

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... 1999, Deanna Hoskins was released from a community- based correctional facility after serving six months of a ... abuse problems. Today, she is a senior policy advisor for corrections and reentry at the U.S...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Commonwealth Fund: How the Affordable Care Act Has Helped Women Gain Insurance and Improved Their Ability to Get Health Care

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... Accessing health care became increasingly challenging for women in the decade prior to the passage of the ... market in most states, women could be charged more for a health plan, or denied coverage altogether...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Related Organizations

The Commonwealth Fund

Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... hardly alone. Decades ago, researchers found that weight- based bias, which is often accompanied by overt ... behavior. A new study by researchers at Duke University, for example, found that “implicit weight...

Find More By

News type

Children, Youth and Families

Funding Area

More Than 10 Million Children Live In Caribbean Countries Threatened By Hurricane Irma

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... to the damage from Hurricane Irma, UNICEF warned today. Based on the storm's current trajectory, children in the ... and Barbuda," said Patrick Knight, Head of Communication for UNICEF in the Eastern...

Find More By

News type

International/Foreign Affairs

Funding Area

A Smarter Response: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Looks to Leverage Donor Dollars

Release Date:

09/11/2017

A Smarter Response: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Looks to Leverage Donor Dollars The ... A car and driver are at your fingertips. Want a date for next week? You can meet someone from the comfort of your...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... social responsibility (CSR) that can result in high praise for a chief executive—or get them fired—according to new ... in CSR, it changes the likelihood they will be fired based on the firm's financial...

Find More By

News type

Corporate Social Responsibility

Funding Area

Nina Stack Joins Champlain Foundation as Executive Director

Release Date:

04/17/2018

... the New Jersey Council of Grant Makers as its president for the past 13 years. Champlin Foundation Distribution ... across our state.” In her time with the New Jersey- based organization, Stack promoted “...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Announces 31 Winners of Fellowships for Important Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Release Date:

04/25/2018

... Fellows Program Announces 31 Winners of Fellowships for Important Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences ... kind. A distinguished panel of jurors selected the fellows based on the quality of their...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Related Organizations

Commonwealth Fund Releases Its 2018 Scorecard on State Health System Performance

Release Date:

05/29/2018

... efficiency in care delivery, health outcomes, and income- based health care disparities. The 2018 Scorecard reveals ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area