Four Freedoms Fund Names New Director
Release Date:
11/14/2014
... systems for immigrants and their families. Prior to working at Vera, Khashu was a staff attorney with the Legal ...
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Cuomo Assures Fracking Report will be Released by End of the Year
Release Date:
12/08/2014
The report, initiated in 2012, will include in-depth analysis of the health impacts of hydraulic fracturing.
Seven Million Fewer Uninsured Under Obamacare, Commonwealth Fund Finds
Release Date:
01/15/2015
... Commonwealth Fund Finds The number of uninsured, working -age Americans has decreased by 7 million since full ...
OSF Featured in Enterprise for Utilizing Storytelling in the Grantmaking Process
Release Date:
04/13/2015
OSF Director, Brett Davidson, cautions against dishonest narratives.
Ford Foundation Hires Michelle Obama’s Aide
Release Date:
04/17/2015
... president. She begins on May 4. Ms. Jarvis began working with the Obamas in 2005, when she joined the office ...
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
The $1 million grant will support the foundation's work in the field of creative placemaking.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $5.6M to Enable Residencies for Playwrights
Release Date:
04/11/2016
What that means, in a profession that is notoriously short on financial remuneration, is that the designated playwrights will receive full-time salaries and benefits for three years, along with “artistic development funds’’ that they can use for...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Spark Prize Application is Now Open
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... to spark lasting social change by supporting organizations working toward greater equity and justice, with a critical ...
Video: Time Warner Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility Discusses Women of Color in Leadership
Release Date:
05/17/2016
View the entire dialogue featuring Melody Barnes, NYU Vice Provost and former Director of White House Domestic Policy, and Diahann Billings-Burford, Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner Inc.
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.
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...
Partially Funded by Mertz Gilmore, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Announces 'World of Dance' Series
Release Date:
08/05/2016
Since its inception in 1966, this series has showcased new works by more than 175 regional, national, and international companies.
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.
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.