Ford Foundation Appoints Roy Swan to Lead Mission Investments Portfolio
Release Date:
12/05/2017
... team, which has committed over $13 billion in community development investments since 2010. Swan also served as the ...
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New Research Supported By Simons Foundation Points to Cellular Roots of Autism
Release Date:
12/05/2017
Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new genetic model of autism, using neurons created in the lab from patients’ own skin cells. Their experiments suggest that abnormalities in the electrical firing of neurons may lead to behavioral and...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Invests $2.5M in Youth Initiatives for 2017
Release Date:
12/14/2017
New Grants Support 67 Local Nonprofit Programs that Develop Leadership, Divert Youth from the Criminal Justice System, Promote School Discipline Reform, and Protect Immigrant Youth
Open Society Foundations Seek Clarification on Pakistan NGO Ruling
Release Date:
12/14/2017
... they contributed some $285 million in funding for development and emergency relief in 2016, and employ over ...
Barbara Raab and Farai Chideya of the Ford Foundation Noted As Women Who Shall Lead In The News Industry
Release Date:
12/18/2017
Women in news philanthropy will help reimagine news in local communities. In cities like Detroit, Jennifer Preston and Katy Locker of the Knight Foundation, Barbara Raab and Farai Chideya of the Ford Foundation, and Mariam Noland and Katie Brisson...
Arcus Winter Grantees Work for LGBTQ Equality Across the Globe
Release Date:
01/05/2018
... efforts regionally, as well as assisting with the capacity development of smaller grassroots LGBT rights groups in ...
Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database
Release Date:
01/09/2018
Michigan State University, supported by nearly $1.5 million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will create a unique online data hub that will change the way scholars and the public understand African slavery.
Nina C. Robbins Chosen to Lead F.Y. Eye, Inc.
Release Date:
01/19/2018
Nina C. Robbins will lead F.Y. Eye, Inc., a NYC-based non-profit organization that offers strategic message distribution and effective, affordable content development to social service, health and civil organizations serving all New Yorkers.
New Menino Survey of Mayors, Supported By Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation Reveals Top Issues for Mayors
Release Date:
01/23/2018
... on Cities. The annual survey, supported by Citi Community Development and The Rockefeller Foundation, details the most ...
Ms. Foundation for Women Announced Roz Lee As The New Vice President of Strategy and Programs To Its Staff
Release Date:
01/24/2018
Roz Lee to Bring Expertise in Racial, Gender, Economic, and LGBTQ Justice to Nation’s Oldest Women’s Foundation
Supported By The Taft Foundation, Rising Tide U Launches New Online Program, The Autism Advantage
Release Date:
01/31/2018
Rising Tide U (RTU), providing a road map for families who believe starting a business is their only way to help loved ones with autism build a future, along with University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism & Related...
A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect
Release Date:
02/07/2018
A new study led by vision researchers at UB’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the VA Western New York Healthcare System has demonstrated that the addition of widely available antioxidants to the current standard-of-care...
New Commonwealth Fund Survey Sheds Light on Seniors' Opinions of Their Health Care System
Release Date:
02/08/2018
How Canada Compares: Results From The Commonwealth Fund's 2017 International Health Policy Survey of Seniors, released today by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), shows that only 2 out of 3 Canadian seniors (67%) were satisfied...
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awarded $1.3 Billion to Nonprofit Organizations in 2017
Release Date:
02/12/2018
... consistent with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — with corporate-advised funds ...
Data Capacity as a Step Toward Nonprofit Sustainability
Release Date:
02/14/2018
... low-income neighborhoods and to help the community development sector to evolve a sustainable business model for ... hoped that our grantees – among the strongest community development organizations in New...
Annie E. Casey, Conrad N. Hilton, Ford and JPB Foundations Join FHO to Pledge $4.9 Million in New Affordable Housing Initiative
Release Date:
02/20/2018
... in major cities,” said Don Chen, director of equitable development for the Ford Foundation, one of the participating ...
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...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Selects Top 35 Innovative Urban Ideas as Finalists in 2018 Mayors Challenge
Release Date:
02/21/2018
As Part of the Bloomberg American Cities Initiative, Challenge Will Invest $17.5 Million in Grants and Technical Assistance to Discover Innovative Solutions to Urgent Local Issues
Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors
Release Date:
02/22/2018
... defense against foreign invaders to beat back tumor development with limited side effects,” said senior author ...
Online Data Journalism Hub Funded by OSF Is Set To Launch
Release Date:
03/12/2018
... To Launch Data journalism is a critical part of newsroom development and media innovation — but oftentimes, people ...