The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... for poor, rural communities. Globally, 1.2 billion people – including 237 million people in India – have limited or no access to ...
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Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States
Release Date:
12/14/2017
... repeals the ACA’s individual mandate, premiums for people buying health insurance on their own could become ... see the biggest average dollar increases in premiums for people who buy coverage without...
Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database
Release Date:
01/09/2018
... from multiple universities, the website will allow people to search millions of pieces of slave data to identify ... charts and graphics. The project, called 'Enslaved: The People of the Historic Slave...
UJA-Federation To Launch Largest Anti-Poverty Push In Its History
Release Date:
01/31/2018
... food pantries as “a different approach to lifting people out of poverty,” beyond “maintenance.” He framed ... dignity of recipients and serving as an entry point for people who may need other services... UJA-...
Supported By The Taft Foundation, Rising Tide U Launches New Online Program, The Autism Advantage
Release Date:
01/31/2018
... is the key to independence, purpose, and fulfillment for people on the autism spectrum," said Thomas D'Eri, primary ... pioneering social enterprise that helps young people with autism build a career...
Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity
Release Date:
02/01/2018
... than 7,600 charities have received grants, and millions of people around the world have been helped. "When Paul started Newman's Own 35 years ago, some people wondered if the company could survive if...
F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In' with 100 percent Impact Investments
Release Date:
02/26/2018
... had to reevaluate our strategy. Our mission is to help people help themselves out of poverty and we'd traditionally done that by helping people to get access to bank credit or home ownership. But .....
Schott Foundation President on How to Keep our Schools Safe
Release Date:
03/09/2018
... cared to show up.” We need no clearer evidence that hurt people are more likely to hurt people . For educators, that carries an important message: You ...
With Support From Tiffany & Co., Virtual Reality Project, "My Africa," To Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival
Release Date:
03/12/2018
... a community is reknitting the bonds that have long enabled people and wildlife to coexist. "My Africa" will be released ... Kenya. But "My Africa" is ultimately a story about people . A...
Bloomberg's Latest Move to Fight Big Tobacco Around the World
Release Date:
03/14/2018
... year—and is on track to kill an estimated eight million people annually by the 2030s, mostly in developing ... control is remarkably thin—given that smoking kills more people annually than HIV/AIDS, malaria,...
Salesforce.org Join Other Techies to Help Aid Groups Tackle the Global Refugee Crisis
Release Date:
03/16/2018
... they operate. “At the moment, there are about 65 million people displaced as result of conflict, and typically, they ... universal transcript would both democratize and legitimize people ’s qualifications......
New Study From The Commonwealth Fund Examines State Regulation Coverage Options Outside the Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
03/29/2018
... costs. But they often cover fewer services and expose people to high out-of-pocket costs when they get sick. Some ... resulting in higher premiums and fewer plan options for people remaining in the individual...
Hilton Foundation's Quest to Bring Safe Water to All
Release Date:
04/05/2018
... the life-and-death challenges facing millions of people worldwide in the area of water, sanitation and hygiene ... answer, and on Hilton’s Ghana effort, since 783 million people around the globe lack access to...
Rachel Pardoe of The New York Community Trust is one of New York Non-Profit Media's 40 Under 40
Release Date:
04/12/2018
... Rachel D. Pardoe started her nonprofit career helping people with developmental disabilities get jobs. Now she ... The New York Community Trust’s grants program for people with special needs. She is a fierce...
Tisch Fund Gives $10 Million to Initiative for Arts and Mental Health
Release Date:
04/24/2018
... disease, fight stigma around mental illnesses and help people overcome trauma. The nonprofit Arts & Minds , for example, takes people with Alzheimer’s disease into museums for tours and ...
Morgan Stanley Foundation Announces Additional Support to Local Food Banks Across the United States
Release Date:
05/17/2018
... major issue facing millions of Americans today. 41 million people face hunger in the United States, including 13 million children. With one out of every seven people turning to the Feeding America network each...
App Developed at UVA Improving HIV Care, Finds Study Supported By The MAC AIDS Fund
Release Date:
06/12/2018
... AIDS Fund A smartphone app designed to improve care for people living with HIV has increased users’ consistency in ... visits at both six and 12 months, and the percentage of people with “undetectable HIV...
Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments
Release Date:
06/18/2018
... United States, as well as in most of the developed world, people reportedly spend about 90% of their time indoors. In ... homes, workplaces, schools and every indoor environment, people are impacted by the air...
In Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund Awards Nearly $10 Million in Second Round of Grants
Release Date:
07/02/2018
... to end cash-bail practices that discriminate against people from low-income communities, provide resources to ... close youth prisons, expand higher education programs for people who are incarcerated, create...
Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Research for Eye Implant
Release Date:
07/09/2018
... cause of blindness after cataracts, affecting 65 million people worldwide. Patients at risk for glaucoma are required ...