New York Foundation Releases New Video in the Ongoing Series "In Their Own Words"
Release Date:
03/29/2018
In this installment, New York Foundation sits down with Quardean Lewis-Allen, founder and CEO of Made in Brownsville
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Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy of Sciences
Release Date:
05/14/2018
The honor recognizes Tschinkel’s mathematical contributions, which focus on problems at the interface of algebraic geometry and number theory.
Carnegie Corporation's July Fourth Tribute Honors 38 Distinguished Immigrants
Release Date:
06/28/2018
Carnegie Corporation of New York released its annual list of Great Immigrants on June 28 comprised of 38 naturalized citizens who enrich the fabric of American culture and strengthen our democracy through their lives, their work, and their example.
Michael Bloomberg Announces 2nd Annual Global Business Forum and One Planet Summit
Release Date:
07/11/2018
Michael Bloomberg today announced the second Bloomberg Global Business Forum will be held in New York City on September 26 th at the Plaza Hotel during the 73 rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces Its 2018 Class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholar
Release Date:
07/10/2018
The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2018 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, recognizing seven young leaders in biomedical science whose research has the potential to lead to groundbreaking new discoveries and advance human health.
Atlantic Philanthropies Announces Full Cohort of Atlantic Fellows
Release Date:
07/24/2018
Hundreds of changemakers working to solve pressing inequality issues around the world.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $29.3 Million to Hellenic Fire Service
Release Date:
07/31/2018
In the wake of catastrophic forest fires that raged for days just east of Athens, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation has announced a €25 million ($29.3 million) grant to the Hellenic Fire Service.
Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation
Release Date:
11/20/2018
Leaders of 42 major philanthropic organizations across the United States joined together to publicly call for the protection of the independence of the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Publication on Operating for Limited Life
Release Date:
12/11/2018
In this Insights , Atlantic highlights the steps it took to address the challenges the foundation faced in navigating its path toward the end while seeking to accomplish ambitious programmatic goals: how limited life shaped investment, staffing,...
Laurie M. Tisch: Perfecting the Art of Philanthropy
Release Date:
12/13/2018
Laurie M. Tisch believes in leveling the playing field for all New Yorkers—and has granted more than $100M through her Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund to promote healthy food, arts, and mental health initiatives—offering an example of enlightened...
Centering Disability Justice
Release Date:
02/06/2019
Two years ago, the President of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker, penned a blog entitled, “Ignorance is the enemy within: On the power of our privilege, and the privilege of our power” committing the Ford Foundation to consider the voices and...
Commonwealth Fund Launches A New Tool for Comparing ‘Medicare for All’ Plans
Release Date:
03/15/2019
The Commonwealth Fund, a non-partisan health care foundation, introduced an interactive tool this week that allows users to compare congressional health care reform bills, including various Medicare for All proposals.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $3.9 Million to Oxford University
Release Date:
05/12/2019
The University of Oxford has announced a £3 million ($3.9 million) gift from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in support of the consolidation and expansion of its Late Antique and Byzantine studies program.
MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research
Release Date:
06/04/2019
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a four-year, $8 million grant from the Simons Foundation in support of the Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter.
Simons Foundation Invites Applications for Autism Research
Release Date:
06/06/2019
The foundation is inviting applications to its annual Bridge to Independence Award Program.
United Hospital Fund Report: NYS Faces Obstacles in Signing up Remaining 1.2 Million Uninsured; "Public Charge" Regulation Could Lead to Significant Disenrollment
Release Date:
08/20/2019
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Building Trust and Following the Field
Release Date:
02/11/2020
One of the primary ways the staff at the Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation would describe ourselves and how we work is that we “follow the field.”
New United Hospital Fund Framework Addresses Health and Housing Partnerships in New York City
Release Date:
06/25/2020
Framework seeks to foster community-wide partnerships between policymakers, health care, housing, and homeless services providers.
The Rockefeller Foundation Calls for Transformation of the U.S. Food System to Address the Hunger and Nutrition Crisis
Release Date:
07/28/2020
With levels of hunger and nutrition insecurity exploding during the pandemic and resulting economic downturn, The Rockefeller Foundation issued a call to action to transform the U.S. food system.
How the David Rockefeller Fund has Responded to the Crises of 2020
Release Date:
09/24/2020
The year 2020 has challenged the David Rockefeller Fund as it has most of our peer foundations.