Sharon B. King, Noted Philanthropic Leader, Dies at 68
Release Date:
10/27/2014
... the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, served as president of the Edward B. Hazen Foundation, and worked as a ...
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Four Freedoms Fund Names New Director
Release Date:
11/14/2014
... and philanthropic advisor, has been named the new Director of Four Freedoms Fund (FFF). The announcement was made this ... U.S. and international career at the intersection of immigrant rights, criminal...
Cuomo Assures Fracking Report will be Released by End of the Year
Release Date:
12/08/2014
Cuomo Assures Fracking Report will be Released by End of the Year With just weeks remaining in 2014, the state Department of Health reiterated Friday that it anticipates finishing up ... been in the works since...
Seven Million Fewer Uninsured Under Obamacare, Commonwealth Fund Finds
Release Date:
01/15/2015
... Under Obamacare, Commonwealth Fund Finds The number of uninsured, working -age Americans has decreased by 7 million since full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
OSF Featured in Enterprise for Utilizing Storytelling in the Grantmaking Process
Release Date:
04/13/2015
... for philanthropic organizations. Brett Davidson, director of the Health Media Initiative at the Open Society ...
Ford Foundation Hires Michelle Obama’s Aide
Release Date:
04/17/2015
... on a newly created position at the Ford Foundation: chief of staff for Darren Walker, the grant maker’s president. She begins on May 4. Ms. Jarvis began working with the Obamas in 2005, when she joined the...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Data Initiatives for Cities
Release Date:
04/21/2015
The $42 million program will help 100 mid-sized cities better use data and evidence.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Earmarks Support for ArtPlace America
Release Date:
05/21/2015
... in a new window in its national work in the field of creative placemaking. The grant, distributed over two ... supports creative placemaking projects in communities of all sizes across the U.S.... Stavros...
The PIMCO Foundation Sends Employees to Peru to Build Sustainable Small Businesses with Coffee Farmers
Release Date:
08/26/2015
... Coffee Farmers The PIMCO Foundation, the charitable arm of global investment management firm PIMCO, has again ... build sustainable small businesses. The project is part of PMCO's Emerging Enterprise...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $5.6M to Enable Residencies for Playwrights
Release Date:
04/11/2016
... which operates alongside ArtsEmerson in the Office of the Arts at Emerson College, will administer nearly $5.6 ...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Spark Prize Application is Now Open
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... support to organizations with a strong track record of addressing critical challenges and opportunities in ... their field, as well as a strong vision for the future of their organization, in Brooklyn and...
Video: Time Warner Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility Discusses Women of Color in Leadership
Release Date:
05/17/2016
Video: Time Warner Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility Discusses Women of Color in Leadership View the entire dialogue ... Barnes, NYU Vice Provost and former Director of White House...
Ford Foundation's Elizabeth Alexander Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board
Release Date:
06/02/2016
... Foundation, where she began work last year as the Director of Creativity and Free Expression, Alexander shapes and ...
Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship
Release Date:
07/08/2016
... $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a new ... Fellowship program. The grant builds on the recent success of the Mellon Foundation-funded...
Rubin Foundation Announces Participants in 2016 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Social Practice
Release Date:
07/14/2016
... Mentoring Program: Social Practice Through the support of The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, the New York ... program for immigrant and 1st-generation artists working in all forms of...
Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining
Release Date:
08/01/2016
... to spot an irregular heartbeat in the peaks and valleys of an electrocardiogram. The same goes for identifying an ... to churn through ECG tracings, high-resolution scans of fossils, paintings and other...
Partially Funded by Mertz Gilmore, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Announces 'World of Dance' Series
Release Date:
08/05/2016
... Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Announces World of Dance' Series Since its inception in 1966, this series ... Aires tango company Estampas Porteñas, a celebration of the Chinese Year of...
Supported by Simons Foundation, Super-Resolution Microscope Builds 3-D Images By Mapping Negative Space
Release Date:
09/06/2016
... By Mapping Negative Space Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated a method for making three-dimensional images of structures in biological material under natural conditions ... one...
Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
Release Date:
09/07/2016
... and Blood Disorders Center report today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The work sets the stage for ...
Derek Coy Named New York State Health Foundation’s Veterans' Health Officer
Release Date:
09/21/2016
... Coy previously worked for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the fastest-growing veterans organization in the ... experience, and connections to take our work in the area of veterans’ health to the next...