Open Society Foundations Announce 2018 Leadership in Government Fellows
Release Date:
03/05/2018
... on the next steps in their careers and share insights with advocates and others about how to make policy ...
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NYCT's Patricia Swann and Kerry Mccarthy Write About the Power and Possibility of the ‘Black Panther’ Moment
Release Date:
03/06/2018
... of the Black Panther moment, it can’t just come and go with the churn of the box office. We need to use this ...
Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2018 Award in Pain Scholars
Release Date:
03/07/2018
The Rita Allen Foundation has named Helen Lai of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Candice Paulsen of Yale University as 2018 Award in Pain Scholars, recognizing emerging leaders in basic pain research whose work holds high...
Online Data Journalism Hub Funded by OSF Is Set To Launch
Release Date:
03/12/2018
... and media innovation — but oftentimes, people working in the field find themselves spread across different locations, positions and industries. In a field with numerous specializations and rapidly changing...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing
Release Date:
03/13/2018
... 100 percent of their nearly half-billion dollar endowment with their mission. The Nathan Cummings Foundation is focused ... said NCF President Sharon Alpert. “The problems we are working on – like the climate...
Bloomberg's Latest Move to Fight Big Tobacco Around the World
Release Date:
03/14/2018
... Bloomberg Philanthropies has now stepped up that fight with the launch of Stopping Tobacco Organizations and ... has launched an initiative to directly do battle with Big Tobacco. A few years ago, Bloomberg...
Propel Capital’s Sarah Williams Honored by The Center for Court Innovation
Release Date:
03/19/2018
The Center for Court Innovation honors four leaders who have made New York a better place.
How to Improve Health Care for Veterans - Letter to the NYT Editor from New York State Health Foundation's David Sandman
Release Date:
04/04/2018
... accessible and high-quality V.A. that works in tandem with community-based private care. Veterans should not be ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards Critical Path Institute a Grant to Focus on Crohn's disease
Release Date:
04/16/2018
... use of biomarkers in developing new treatments for people with Crohn's disease. Currently, a lack of ... development and approval of treatments for those living with this disease. "At C-Path, we work...
Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America
Release Date:
04/17/2018
... beneath the stage lights. Harper Pitt, a Mormon housewife with a pill addiction, arrives in this fantasy to ... two-part play, from the devastating but beautiful angel with dark makeup and unruly hair to Pitt’...
New Study Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Identifies Nature's Strongholds
Release Date:
04/23/2018
A new study by The Nature Conservancy has identified landscapes across the American Midwest that are predicted to withstand the growing impacts of climate change and help ensure nature’s survival.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology
Release Date:
04/27/2018
... communication components eat a lot of power, especially with HD videos. As a result, a lightweight streaming camera ...
Open Society Foundations Announce Inaugural Soros Arts Fellows
Release Date:
05/09/2018
... socially engaged art project over the next 18 months. With a long history of supporting arts and culture to advance ... of collective imagination. “Whether in democracies with longstanding traditions of...
NoVo Foundation Announces Grantees of $34 Million Radical Hope Fund
Release Date:
06/13/2018
... NoVo launched the Radical Hope Fund in July 2017 with a global call for projects grounded in new partnerships, ... but also to dream of new possibilities, experiment with new collaborations, and guide us to...
Salesforce Staff Ask CEO to Revisit Ties With Border Agency
Release Date:
06/28/2018
Salesforce Staff Ask CEO to Revisit Ties With Border Agency Hundreds of Salesforce.com Inc. ... Officer Marc Benioff criticizing the company’s contracts with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, the .....
Markle Foundation Initiative, Skillful, Is Going Coast-to-Coast
Release Date:
07/03/2018
... reframe hiring practices so employers can identify workers with the skills, but not the degree or experience, to get the ...
UJA-Federation of New York Raises Record-breaking $249 Million in 2017-2018 Campaign Year
Release Date:
07/27/2018
UJA-Federation of New York raised a record-breaking $249.3 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, an increase of $11.2 million from the previous year. In addition to raising $156.1 million for its annual campaign, UJA raised $55.8 million...
With Support From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, MIT Mathematicians Solve Age-Old Spaghetti Mystery
Release Date:
08/15/2018
With Support From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, MIT ... two? The answer, according to a new MIT study, is yes — with a twist. In a paper published this week in ... and twisting the dry noodles. They carried out...
Inside Rockefeller Foundation’s $20 Million Plan to Improve Energy Access in India
Release Date:
09/05/2018
... Indians across six states in five years. That dovetails with India’s goals for renewable energy, universal energy ... energy systems — 30, 40 or 50-kW minigrid systems — with the capacity to power entire...
United Philanthropy #ForumCon18 Highlights
Release Date:
09/07/2018
... #ForumCon18 was the Forum’s largest-ever conference with more than 325 participants from 145 organizations—a ...