Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights
Release Date:
08/12/2016
Migratory birds often use warm, rising atmospheric currents to gain height with little energy expenditure when flying over long distances.
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Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row
Release Date:
08/16/2016
Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row ... sentences or life in prison... Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row ...
Mellon Foundation Supports Festival That Will Show Sneak Preview of PBS "Hamilton" Documentary
Release Date:
09/06/2016
The documentary will go behind the scenes of Miranda's creative process in transforming Alexander Hamilton's biographical history into a critically-acclaimed theatrical masterpiece.
Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits
Release Date:
09/21/2016
A digital assessment platform designed to look and feel like a video game may successfully flag children with attention disorders, according to the results of a study published Sept. 20, 2016, in Translational Psychiatry.
Peter G. Peterson Foundation Founder Writes About Ignoring the Debt Problem
Release Date:
10/24/2016
The deficit has grown sharply this year, and will keep the national debt at about 75 percent of the gross domestic product, a ratio not seen since 1950.
Jarrett Lucas of Stonewall Community Foundation on Donor- Advised Funds and Philanthropy
Release Date:
10/28/2016
For the first time in a quarter of a century, The Chronicle of Philanthropy ’s annual ranking of the nation’s top-grossing charities places a financial-sector “donor-advised fund” at the top of the list.
Most Foundations Neglect Rural America. Helmsley Charitable Trust Doesn't
Release Date:
11/02/2016
Most Foundations Neglect Rural America. Helmsley Charitable Trust ... and real estate barons, Harry and Leona Helmsley... Most Foundations Neglect Rural America. Helmsley Charitable Trust ...
Novo Foundation Supports Transformation of Former NYC Prison Into 'Women's Building'
Release Date:
11/16/2016
Finding affordable real estate in New York City can take forever. Just ask Gloria Steinem and other feminist activists who searched for decades before finding a building to house women's groups.
Dodge Foundation’s Daggett in NYTimes: Auction of Airwaves Could Transform Media
Release Date:
11/28/2016
With the demand for wireless broadband growing, the Federal Communications Commission is auctioning off a big chunk of the public airwaves.
Open Society Foundations and Other Funders Mobilizing to Counter Hate
Release Date:
03/29/2017
Open Society Foundations and Other Funders Mobilizing to Counter Hate One ... support those targeted by hateful rhetoric... Open Society Foundations and Other Funders Mobilizing to Counter Hate ...
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Female Playwrights at Centenary Stage Company
Release Date:
04/06/2017
The popular Women Playwrights Series is back at Centenary Stage, with new plays from writers from all over the country.
Century Foundation's Richard Kahlenberg Writes About School Integration in The Atlantic
Release Date:
04/06/2017
The Department of Education killed a federal program supporting diversity efforts, but the fight to desegregate the nation’s classroom is far from over.
Ford Foundation Supports GenForward Survey on Young Americans' Perceptions of Trump
Release Date:
04/21/2017
That Trump is undeniably the nation’s 45th president doesn’t sit easily with young Americans like Anderson who are the nation’s increasingly diverse electorate of the future, according to a new poll.
The Century Foundation Says Not All Ideas on Lowering Health Insurance Premiums Are Equal
Release Date:
05/04/2017
In the midst of a partisan divide on health policy, legislators agree widely on one goal: lowering health insurance premiums, particularly for those who purchase health insurance on their own in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Health Insurance...
Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees
Release Date:
05/09/2017
In partnership with the International Rescue Committee, Sesame Street characters will be bringing smiles — and education — to millions of refugee children forced from their homes in Syria, Iraq and other war-torn countries.
Impact of Silicon Valley Community Foundation on Education around the Country Noted
Release Date:
06/07/2017
In San Francisco’s public schools, Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, is giving middle school principals $100,000 “innovation grants” and encouraging them to behave more like start-up founders and less like bureaucrats.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces New Grants for Immigrant Families Facing Deportation
Release Date:
06/21/2017
Brooklyn Community Foundation is announcing $72,500 in new grants through its Immigrant Rights Fund, a special initiative created by Foundation donors in the weeks after the 2016 presidential election to build a boroughwide response to unjust...
MetLife Foundation Noted Among Funders of Arts and Justice Initiative
Release Date:
07/19/2017
Carnegie Hall recently announced that its Weill Music Institute and the Los Angeles-based Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network have partnered to launch a national initiative focused on the "intersection of arts and youth justice."
New Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations
Release Date:
02/21/2018
... From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations There’s a lot of work being done to help people ... From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations ...
New York Foundation Interns Talk About The Role of Youth in Organizing
Release Date:
09/05/2018
This short film produced by New York Foundation features the stories of four interns placed at grantee organizations this summer