William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes New Board Member
Release Date:
03/01/2012
... for Young Children. In addition, Dr. Burchinal has helped to advance the fields of both statistics and ...
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Former Brazilian Secretary of Justice Pedro Abramovay to Join Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
08/22/2013
... of Law in Rio de Janeiro. Under President Lula, Abramovay helped draft significant pieces of legislation and led a ...
Michael Berkowitz to Join The Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
08/22/2013
Dr. Judith Rodin, President of The Rockefeller Foundation, announced that Michael Berkowitz has been appointed to the role of Managing Director for the Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge, a multi-year effort to build urban...
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2012
Doing the Right Thing: “Smart Microfinance” and the Donor’s Role
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 -
8:15am to 10:30am
Microfinance has revolutionized international economic development and emerged as one of the most promising tools for providing access to credit and other financial services for the poor. Aggressive commercialization and rapid growth, however, have...
Ford Foundation Appoints Lourdes Lopez to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
03/12/2014
... director of The George Balanchine Foundation, where she helped educate the public about dance, and she also ...
Weinberg Foundation Names Jonathan D. Hook Their First Chief Investment Officer
Release Date:
04/17/2014
... University's investment office in 2001. He subsequently helped to found the Ohio State University Investment Office .....
Robertson Foundation Executive Director Phoebe Boyer To Become CEO Of Children's Aid Society
Release Date:
07/15/2014
The Children's Aid Society has named Phoebe Boyer president and chief executive officer, and the first woman to serve in these roles.
Iris Chen Named Executive Director of The Fund for Public Schools
Release Date:
08/05/2014
Iris Chen has been named executive director of The Fund for Public Schools.
Musicians Foundation Celebrates Centennial Anniversary
Release Date:
12/18/2014
... in distress. In doing so, these socially engaged artists helped pioneer the course of charitable giving in this ...
Westchester Community Foundation Names New Chief
Release Date:
06/01/2015
The foundation has tapped Laura Rossi to be its next executive director.
JPMogan Chase Announces New Initiatives to Create Affordable Housing in the South Bronx
Release Date:
10/07/2015
The investments will help support the construction of 200 affordable housing units in the South Bronx.
Gates Foundation Names Robert Hughes as New K-12 Strategy Director
Release Date:
02/18/2016
... York State's educational finance system. His leadership helped secure $5 billion in operating funds and $13.5 billion .....
MetLife Foundation and Verb Announce Global Competition to Improve Financial Services for the Underserved
Release Date:
03/31/2016
MetLife Foundation and Verb launched “Inclusion Plus,” a global competition for entrepreneurs, non-profits and companies focused on addressing the financial health needs of low to moderate income households.
NYS Health Foundation Offers Insights on Health Designs for Housing
Release Date:
01/30/2017
A substantial body of evidence links the design of the built environment with physical, social, and mental health outcomes.
Jonas Center Advisory Board Welcomes New Members
Release Date:
05/10/2017
The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare announced updates to its national Advisory Board, including three new members.
Julia Weede Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York
Release Date:
07/10/2017
... companies including Pearson and Follett. In addition, she helped develop online platforms for student learning and for ...
Stavros Niarchos & Leon Levy Foundations Supported Research Finds Common Cerebral White Matter Abnormalities in Children with Autistic Traits
Release Date:
09/06/2017
Researchers in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine found structural abnormalities in the brain's white matter match up consistently with the severity of autistic symptoms not only in children with autism...
American Liver Foundation Elects Nicholas DeRoma as Chairman to its Board
Release Date:
10/13/2017
The American Liver Foundation (ALF) announced today the appointment of Nicholas DeRoma as the new chairman of the ALF’s National Board of Directors.
Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages
Release Date:
03/13/2018
The researchers found that workers displaced in Washington during the Great Recession suffered earnings losses similar to those in Pennsylvania during the 1980s, in Connecticut during 2000-2001, and in the United States nationally between 1980 and...
Michael Bloomberg Takes on the Coal Industry
Release Date:
04/12/2018
On Monday afternoon, Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman and former three-term mayor of New York City, escaped to a deserted ballroom at the Grand Hyatt, in midtown Manhattan, to talk about climate change. Moments earlier, he had...