Ford Foundation's Elizabeth Alexander Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board
Release Date:
06/02/2016
Elizabeth Alexander, an acclaimed poet, author and professor, has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Columbia University announced today.
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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship
Release Date:
07/08/2016
The grant builds on the recent success of the Mellon Foundation-funded Arts@TheCore initiative from 2012.
Rubin Foundation Announces Participants in 2016 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Social Practice
Release Date:
07/14/2016
... program for immigrant and 1st-generation artists working in all forms of socially engaged art (including, but ...
Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining
Release Date:
08/01/2016
Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining It takes a well-trained eye to spot an irregular heartbeat in the peaks and valleys of an electrocardiogram. The same goes for identifying an extinct ape from a...
Supported by Simons Foundation, Super-Resolution Microscope Builds 3-D Images By Mapping Negative Space
Release Date:
09/06/2016
... one another and provide important insights for engineers working to develop artificial organs such as skin or heart ...
Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
Release Date:
09/07/2016
A precision-engineered gene therapy virus, inserted into blood stem cells that are then transplanted, markedly reduced sickle-induced red-cell damage in mice with sickle cell disease.
Derek Coy Named New York State Health Foundation’s Veterans' Health Officer
Release Date:
09/21/2016
A United States Marine veteran who served in Iraq, Sgt. Coy previously worked for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the fastest-growing veterans organization in the U.S. He also worked for the American Civil Liberties Union and The Doe Fund.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Report on Why Cities and Businesses Should Partner to Achieve Climate Goals
Release Date:
10/04/2016
... Climate Goals Cities and corporations are increasingly working together to address climate change — and finding ...
Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal
Release Date:
10/04/2016
In celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Jacobs' birth and the impact of her ideas on cities around the world, the award was open this year for the first time to international nominees.
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Funds British Artist's MoMA Exhibition
Release Date:
10/24/2016
MoMA PS1 will present the first comprehensive U.S. survey of the pioneering British artist Mark Leckey and the largest exhibition of his work to date.
On Time.com, Carnegie’s Gregorian: Voters Responsible for Protecting Democracy
Release Date:
11/04/2016
Carnegie President, Vartan Gregorian, writes about how only committed citizenship can preserve our individual freedoms.
Individuals Addressing Open Society Challenges Invited to Apply for Fellowship
Release Date:
11/07/2016
A program of the Open Society Foundations, the Open Society Fellowship was founded in 2008 to support individuals around the world pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges.
Patrick Gaspard Appointed VP of the Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
12/05/2016
The Open Society Foundations announced today that Patrick H. Gaspard, the U.S. ambassador to South Africa and former senior advisor to President Obama, will join the philanthropy as vice president of programs starting January 9, 2017.
Airbnb Touts A 'Pivot,' But Its Fate In New York City Remains Uncertain
Release Date:
12/08/2016
In some cities, Airbnb is making a dramatic about-face in a belated effort to work with regulators rather than against them and, presumably, bolster its $30 billion valuation.
Kress Foundation Accepting Proposals for Conservation Grants
Release Date:
12/21/2016
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation supports projects that illuminate European works of art and architecture from antiquity to the early 19th century.
Putting Racism on the Table
Release Date:
02/07/2017
The Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers' Putting Racism on the Table series is a learning series for philanthropy.
William T. Grant and Sloan Foundations Support Study That Finds Good Sleep Promotes Postive Experiences, Less Conflict
Release Date:
02/17/2017
Researchers in the Department of Biobehavioral Health (BBH) at Penn State found that sleep quality and quantity at night is affected by that day's stressors, and sleep hours and quality affect daily stressors the next day.
Casey Family Programs Addresses Links Between Food Insecurity And Child Welfare
Release Date:
02/27/2017
At a special joint session of the National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting including governors and their spouses, Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and NGA Vice Chair Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval co-moderated a session on ending...
Ford, Warhol and Shelly & Donald Rubin Foundation Support Exhibition of Black Women Artists at Brooklyn Museum
Release Date:
03/02/2017
Focusing on the work of black women artists, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 examines the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic priorities of women of color during the emergence of second-wave feminism.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz Announces Increase of 2017 Program Grants Budget
Release Date:
03/15/2017
Recognizing the challenges to many of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s program priorities presented by the current political climate, the board of trustees has approved an increase in the Fund’s grants budget by nearly 12 percent for 2017, Fund...