Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Overcome Cancer Drug Resistance
Release Date:
05/19/2015
... Broad Institute and allows researchers to use experimental models to rapidly test which genes are responsible for cancer ...
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Commonwealth Fund Offers Guidance on the Creation of a High-Performance Health System for the Sickest and Frailest
Release Date:
11/10/2015
... Ryan, and Sarah Klein, meanwhile, highlights promising models for treating high-need, high-cost patients. Read their ...
Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance
Release Date:
03/17/2016
... all that. The report, Doing More for Our Children , models ten policy scenarios, and reveals: A universal ...
Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results
Release Date:
03/28/2016
A program to increase the vocabulary of poor children in Rhode Island, using technology to count every word spoken, is not achieving results expected. But whether the pioneering program is a national model or just an interesting concept hasn't been...
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens
Release Date:
04/14/2017
The foundation is particularly interested in applicants with training in different fields who want to apply their experience to understanding the role of microorganisms in shaping ocean processes and vice versa, including applicants with experience...
A New MIT-Led Simons Foundation Collaboration Aims to Understand Basic Principles and Laws of Microbial Ecosystems
Release Date:
05/30/2017
Model microorganisms grown in pure cultures have been the basis of biological research for many decades — open a cell biology textbook and almost everything you will find has been discovered in yeast or E. coli lab cultures. While this speaks to the...
Rockefeller Foundation-Backed Executive Survey Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top
Release Date:
06/08/2017
... (1 percent) and "Women leaders are important role models for other employees" (1 percent)... Rockefeller .....
The New York Times Is Looking for Nonprofit Funding. Will It Succeed Where Others Have Failed?
Release Date:
09/05/2017
"Fractured Lands," a prodigious New York Times Magazine piece last year on the chaos in the Middle East, was an inadvertent window onto a fractured business model. It was thus relevant that Executive Editor Dean Baquet and Managing Editor Joseph...
The World's Soaring CO2 Levels Visualized as Skyscrapers
Release Date:
09/22/2017
This unusual animation gives an architectural twist to the history and possible dark future of climate change.
Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects
Release Date:
01/16/2018
... CA will use math and science to design and build models of tiny houses. The best design will be chosen and ...
How Salesforce is Innovating Corporate Philanthropy and Workplace Giving
Release Date:
03/09/2018
... leading Silicon Valley’s charge toward more integrated models of corporate philanthropy. This year, Salesforce is ...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Launch Plant Humanities Initiative
Release Date:
10/05/2018
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides support for digital tool and research and scholarly programming
Bloomberg Awards $10 Million to Address Opioid Crisis in Michigan
Release Date:
03/17/2019
Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $10 million commitment in support of efforts in Michigan to address the large number of opioid overdose deaths in the state. Michigan is the second state (after Pennsylvania) selected to participate in a...
Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities
Release Date:
12/16/2014
... City running smoothly-- everything from early childhood education , senior care, and case management, to after school ... lower-paid workers in our sector is not trivial. We are working with the City and the...
Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart
Release Date:
02/19/2015
... symptom after symptom of a poisoned root. It’s systemic: education , agriculture, politics, media—the planet and the ...
New Report from The Century Foundation: Child Care Cliff: 3.2 Million Children Likely to Lose Spots with End of Federal Funds
Release Date:
06/21/2023
In the first-ever economic analysis of the looming child care cliff, The Century Foundation has projected the impact of the cutoff for children, families, and state economies, including for all fifty states and the District of Columbia.
Recording: "Sing Sing": A Special Film Screening & Conversation on Art, Incarceration, and Systemic Change
"Sing Sing": A Special Film Screening & Conversation on Art, Incarceration, and Systemic Change The Legal Aid Society, The Tow Foundation, and Philanthropy New York invite you to a special screening of A24's acclaimed and re-released film " Sing...
Banks that Actually Serve Communities, What a Novel Idea
Release Date:
07/08/2014
... local small business loans, affordable mortgages for working class communities of color, and even municipal ...
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... new program officers and directors to their role as funders . This multiday intensive course helps philanthropy ... Trust Molly Schultz Hafid , Associate Director, TCC Group Roz Lee, Vice President of Strategy...
Funded by Heckscher Foundation for Children, Behavioral Science Meets College-Bound Student Success in Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions
Release Date:
05/08/2018
Behavioral science meets college-bound student success in Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions - the all-new, hands-on guide and hotline for educators helping students enter and successfully complete college. The open-source guide and free hotline...