Funded by Research to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050
Release Date:
05/19/2016
... Eye Institute in JAMA Ophthalmology found that the U. S . prevalence in visual impairment (VI) and blindness is ...
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Ford Foundation Appoints John Irons as Director of Inclusive Economies
Release Date:
05/19/2016
... 'Impact Investing.' As director, he will advance Ford' s work in addressing inequality to pave the way for economic ... Markets. An economist by training, Irons led work on U. S . employment,...
F.B. Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the 21st Century
Release Date:
06/08/2016
F.B. Heron Foundation' s Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the ... fifty years, the global economy (and that includes the U. S . economy) has felt the effects of three related long-term .....
Capital One Foundation Sees Departure at the Top, Appoints New President
Release Date:
06/09/2016
... president of community affairs, overseeing Capital One’ s U. S . grant funding, volunteerism and community relations. In ...
F.B. Heron's Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact
Release Date:
06/10/2016
F.B. Heron' s Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact When we set out on Heron’ s current journey, we did so with the idea of building ... incentives into our own...
In Effort Lead by Arcus Foundation, LGBTQ Groups Call for Unity in Wake of Orlando Shooting
Release Date:
06/14/2016
... than 2000 lives over the last 9 years. Bias crimes against US immigrant populations, which include significant numbers ... as anti-immigrant rhetoric has escalated. For those of us who carry multiple...
Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building
Release Date:
07/05/2016
Ford’ s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are ... gone so far as to issue this brave statement about Ford’ s historical practice of only allowing 10% of their project ... service program that was...
New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists
Release Date:
07/15/2016
... team carrying out this effort. “This map has allowed us to make the best measurements yet of the effects of dark ...
Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice
Release Date:
07/15/2016
Ford Foundation’ s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice In ... a black person home to dinner. This complacency among us white Americans has been a historical constant. Even in ... has always been...
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Sep
2016
New York Grantmakers in the Arts - Fall Meeting
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... our subsequent discussions for the next 12 months. Join us for an opportunity to share important updates, network ...
Casey Family Programs Contributes to Initiative in Three Cities to Beat Youth Homelessness This Year
Release Date:
08/11/2016
... on Family Homelessness, one in every 30 children in the U. S . does not have a home to sleep in regularly or is living in a temporary shelter such as a car or a motel. That’ s why A Way Home America, an...
Century Foundation Fellow Comments on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status
Release Date:
08/12/2016
... on For-Profit Colleges Applying for Nonprofit Status The U. S . Department of Education on Thursday denied a request by a ... a crackdown on for-profit colleges), said the department’ s decision on the...
Torres: Federal Section 8 initiative would cripple thousands of New York City families
Release Date:
08/22/2016
... rhyme of history can be heard in the federal government' s proposal for Small Area Fair Market Rents (FMRs), which, if ... New Yorkers in the poorest ZIP codes. The Big Apple' s bitter experience...
Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/06/2016
... The work was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the US National Science Foundation, the NERC/DFID Future Climate ...
Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations
Release Date:
09/09/2016
... are vital to health, as the metabolic processes that keep us alive have evolved to operate within a narrow temperature ... hypothalamus (POA) as the site that detects the body’ s warmth. But because this...
Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices
Publication date:
09/2016
... senior evaluation or program staff at foundations in the U. S . and Canada giving at least $10 million annually, or ...
Andrus Family Fund's Peguro Praised in NCRP's Reflections on Resilience and Community Building
Release Date:
09/28/2016
Andrus Family Fund' s Peguro Praised in NCRP' s Reflections on Resilience and Community Building ... the topic of “community resilience” panelists reminded us that there’ s...
Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings
Release Date:
09/29/2016
Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South' s Troubled History of Lynchings Southern states have long ... blacks its research shows were killed by lynching in the U. S . from 1877 to 1950. The nonprofit'...
Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers
Release Date:
10/07/2016
Atlantic' s Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers A ... puts Warren Buffett at the top the list of the fifty U. S . philanthropists who gave the most in 2015, while Chuck ... is...
Weinberg Foundation Makes New Commitment to Military Members and Their Families
Release Date:
11/16/2016
... Gathering. This program celebrates the Weinberg Foundation' s mission, partnerships, and accomplishments of the past ... assist those who have served our nation with honor. For us , this is also personal...