Tow-Playwright-in-Residence Featured in New York Times
Release Date:
11/02/2017
... the African Mean Girls Play,” begins performances Nov. 1 at MCC Theater. Ms. Bioh, 34, grew up in the Washington ...
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The Story Of Bloomberg LP's Rebuilding Team In The U.S. Virgin Islands
Release Date:
12/06/2017
One of the most dramatic examples of this new model of “all-in philanthropy” is unfolding in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where a well-resourced team from Bloomberg LP.
Courtney Bryan Joins JPMorgan Chase as Executive Director with Global Philanthropy and Head of the East Region
Release Date:
12/12/2017
Courtney Bryan Joins JPMorgan Chase as Executive Director with Global Philanthropy and Head of the East Region Global Philanthropy invests $250 million annually to promote inclusive economic growth across the globe. Before joining...
Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors
Release Date:
12/12/2017
... her career to the fields of law and philanthropy, working to expand opportunity, strengthen democracy, and ...
Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid
Release Date:
01/09/2018
For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and collaborators solved the crystal structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like compound...
Senators Fight To Save Tax Break For Newman's Own Foundation
Release Date:
01/19/2018
U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) have written to Senate leaders for help for the nonprofit.
Trinity Joins Brief Filed in Support of Dreamers
Release Date:
01/29/2018
Trinity joined 86 other religious organizations that recently filed an amicus curiae brief supporting an injunction against overturning DACA “on the basis of faith and morality, that these children and young adults must be protected.”
Carnegie Corporation of New York Donates $1.5 Million for Disaster Relief
Release Date:
01/30/2018
Carnegie Corporation of New York Donates $ 1 .5 Million for Disaster Relief Months after a series of ... foundations in providing relief funding and will donate $ 1 .5 million to help communities affected by the...
Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity
Release Date:
02/01/2018
The company is celebrating its 35 th anniversary, and achieving this milestone during a special anniversary year helps punctuate the impact of Paul Newman's legacy.
Newman’s Own Saved from Major Tax Hit
Release Date:
02/12/2018
Newman’s Own Foundation was saved last week from a 200 percent tax increase by a late minute amendment to the federal budget enacted by Congress.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2018 Sloan Research Fellows
Release Date:
02/15/2018
... mark them as among the very best scientific minds working today. A full list of the 2018 Fellows is available ...
Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser
Release Date:
02/21/2018
Although mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones let us communicate, work and access information wirelessly, their batteries must still be charged by plugging them into an outlet. But engineers at the University of Washington have for the...
New York State Health Foundation Funded Study Finds Most NY Health Providers Are Not Ready to Care for Veterans
Release Date:
03/01/2018
Only about 2 percent of the physicians and other health care providers in New York State are equipped to provide timely and quality care to veterans in the community, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
NYCT's Patricia Swann and Kerry Mccarthy Write About the Power and Possibility of the ‘Black Panther’ Moment
Release Date:
03/06/2018
"Black Panther” is being hailed as a watershed moment in cultural history for African Americans, and it’s easy to see why. It’s more than just a movie; it’s a celebration of black excellence.
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...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing
Release Date:
03/13/2018
... said NCF President Sharon Alpert. “The problems we are working on – like the climate crisis and growing inequality ...
Bloomberg's Latest Move to Fight Big Tobacco Around the World
Release Date:
03/14/2018
... Michael Bloomberg and his foundation have invested nearly $ 1 billion to fight a global public health problem that claims ... fact, as we've pointed out, the field of philanthropists working on tobacco...
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
The former Veterans Affairs secretary, David J. Shulkin, lays out a number of compelling reasons it’s a bad idea to privatize medical services for veterans. One more obvious reason is that veterans themselves don’t want it.
Elizabeth Good Christopherson of the Rita Allen Foundation and Adam Falk of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Join the Alliance Board of Directors
Release Date:
04/06/2018
Elizabeth Good Christopherson of the Rita Allen Foundation and Adam Falk of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Join the Alliance Board of Directors The Science Philanthropy Alliance announced that two of its associate members, the Rita...