Foundations Join Together to Create New Philanthropy Feedback Opportunities
Release Date:
09/04/2014
The Fund for Shared Insight will work to seek new ways for nonprofits to receive feedback to improve their programs and services.
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Carnegie Corporation Awards $5 Million to Universities for Innovative Programs Linking Academia and Policy
Release Date:
09/23/2014
Carnegie Corporation New York will distribute $5 million to five universities over the next two years to merge policy studies with higher education.
Increasing Public Understanding of Muslim Societies Drives Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges Program
Release Date:
03/16/2015
... support their projects to engage communities through arts experiences that more accurately represent the vast diversity ...
NY Juvenile Justice Funders Urge State Officials to 'Raise the Age'
Release Date:
06/18/2015
Philanthropic support includes Tow Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, Andrus Family Fund, Long Island Community Foundation, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation, David Rockefeller Foundation and New York Foundation.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.1 Million to 41 Theater Programs
Release Date:
07/06/2015
Each grant ranged between $10,000 and $160,000 and will be used toward operating support over the next two years.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking Program in Crown Heights
Release Date:
08/03/2015
The foundation seeks to invest $100,000 in Crown Heights—and local residents are deciding where the funds will go.
Cecilia Stancell Promoted to Director of Programs at Dyson Foundation
Release Date:
08/17/2015
Stancell was most previously a program officer for the foundation.
Tiffany & Co. Foundation Woodland Gardens Exhibit Unlocks the Magic of Aquatic Life
Release Date:
08/20/2015
The new attraction features 30 different sea creatures and is step towards revitalizing the Battery.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Metropolitan Museum's Launch of Kid-Targeted Web Initiative
Release Date:
09/11/2015
The Metropolitan Museum announced the launch of #MetKids, a new online feature made for, with, and by kids. The feature on the Met's website launches on September 10, followed by a public launch event at the Museum on Sunday, September 20.
Citi Director and NYC Commissioner Jointly Advocate for Helping Immigrants Become Citizens
Release Date:
01/14/2016
Naturalization may lead to an average increase in individual earnings of 8.9%, or $3,200, in the first year after becoming a U.S. citizen, according to new research. If all eligible immigrants were to naturalize, employment and homeownership rates...
Rockefeller Supported, ‘Futures of Work” Report Examines Global Disruptions
Release Date:
01/19/2016
The Futures of Work, a groundbreaking new report from Foresight Alliance, a Washington DC-based foresight consultancy, says workers everywhere will be impacted by accelerating distruptions to the world of work.
Dodge Foundation Suports NJ Schools Grants for Field Trips in Pilot Program
Release Date:
03/14/2016
The Community Foundation of New Jersey and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation are announcing today that their pilot program, Field Trip New Jersey, has awarded more than $45,000 in grants to schools supporting educational field trips.
Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Loren Harris as Vice President of Programs
Release Date:
04/19/2016
The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that Loren S. Harris, a philanthropic leader with more than 20 years experience challenging structural barriers to equality and creating economic opportunity and social inclusion, will join the Foundation as...
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Opens Applications for its 2017 Prize
Release Date:
09/07/2016
At least five New York based scientists will each be awarded $200,000/year – for up to three years – to enable them to pursue groundbreaking research at a stage when traditional funding is lacking.
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
Results challenge standard model of how animals and humans cool off.
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School Discipline, Pushout and Gender Norms
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3:00pm to 5:00pm
... pushout narrative has largely been based on boys’ experiences , as they make up the majority of students ... has called attention to the need to focus on the unique experiences of girls, and of teen mothers,...
COO Sharon Ullman Named Acting Executive Director of Rauschenberg Foundation
Release Date:
01/10/2017
Sharon Ullman has been named Acting Executive Director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation following the announcement last week that Christy MacLear, who has led the Foundation staff since 2010, will be taking a position at Sotheby's.
Aetna Foundation Supports 'Magnobrain' Educational Games for Kids
Release Date:
03/27/2017
The games where distributed through their “Inspire Me to Learn” initiative founded by a grant of $30,000 from the Aetna Foundation.
JPB Foundation Supports Study of New Approach That Makes Cells Resistant to HIV
Release Date:
04/19/2017
Their experiments under lab conditions show that these resistant cells can quickly replace diseased cells, potentially curing the disease in a person with HIV.
Lisa Green Hall Joins Nathan Cummings Foundation's Investment Committee
Release Date:
04/24/2017
Lisa joins John Levy (Chair), Myra Drucker and William Goetzmann, who currently serve as independent advisory members on the Investment Committee.