The Next Big Idea for the Next Decade: The Resilience Dividend
Release Date:
08/21/2014
... and businesses. For example, hot weather kills more Americans than all other natural disasters combined, and ...
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When the Biomedical Industry Can’t Prioritize Diseases, Private Money Can Save Lives
Release Date:
09/19/2014
... (Type 2 diabetes, by contrast, affects at least 25 million Americans .) Given the expense of research, development, and ...
Rauch Foundation Strives to Restore Long Island's Water
Release Date:
10/08/2014
Rauch Foundation is funding an awareness campaign to clean up the contamination in Long Island's groundwater.
Rockefeller Foundation Addresses Youth Unemployment by Connecting Employers with Untapped Talent Pool
Release Date:
10/24/2014
... of around 12 percent, while the share of young African Americans who can't find jobs is double that. Foundations .....
Howard Gilman Foundation Appoints Anna Campbell to Program Officer
Release Date:
01/06/2015
The Howard Gilman Foundation has named Anna Campbell as their new Program Officer.
Eighteen Cultural Institutions Receive Support from Carnegie Corporation of New York
Release Date:
05/07/2015
Carnegie Corporation announced $3.6 million in grants for education and enrichment programs in New York City.
Philanthropy's Difficult Dance With Inequality
Release Date:
07/08/2015
Foundation Center President, Brad Smith, examines how funders like Nathan Cummings, F.B Heron , Ford and Carnegie use the term "inequality."
Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant
Release Date:
07/16/2015
... year. “The days of coal-fired power plants putting Americans at risk are coming to an end,” said Michael ...
Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals
Release Date:
08/04/2015
... As part of a vigorous new effort to help jobless Americans upgrade their reading and math skills to better ...
Aetna Foundation President Writes on Turning the Clock Forward on Health Disparities, City Block by City Block
Release Date:
10/20/2015
Dr. Garth Graham, president, Aetna Foundation and former deputy assistant secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, writes about the gap between health of citizens, depending on where they live.
Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and Others Support New Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good at Boston College
Release Date:
10/21/2015
Ford, Carnegie, Bronfman and others join in new initiative to examine public policy issues in charitable giving at Boston College Law School.
Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed
Release Date:
10/22/2015
... he plans to travel the country to “highlight some of the Americans who are doing their part to fix our criminal ...
Simons Foundation Creates Center for Computational Astrophysics, Appoints David Spergel Director
Release Date:
11/16/2015
The Simons Foundation announced the creation of the Center for Computational Astrophysics and the appointment of David Spergel as its director.
Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit
Release Date:
12/09/2015
The Summit will focus on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the work of the academy, and the potential for art museums and libraries to engage more fully with faculty, students, and each other.
Rippel Foundation: What We Discovered at “The Frontiers” about Financing and Leading Improvements in Health
Release Date:
12/18/2015
Laura Landy, founder & chair of ReThink Health and president & CEO of the Rippel Foundation, writes about understanding the frontiers of health policy and practice, while boldly pursuing a vision: a United States in which all the sectors...
Century Foundation Quoted in Article on School Desegregation Lawsuit
Release Date:
01/27/2016
Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and a longtime researcher of school integration noted there was a difference between imposed and voluntary segregation.
Peterson Foundation Says Obama Budget Doesn’t Address Unsustainable Debt
Release Date:
02/09/2016
... a perfect opportunity for a national conversation between Americans and their candidates about solutions to our ...
Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes
Release Date:
03/16/2016
An international committee deliberating on who would receive a new humanitarian award, created in memory of the Armenian genocide, has selected four relatively obscure humanitarians as finalists for the annual prize.
New York Life Donates $100,000 to Flood Relief Efforts in Louisiana
Release Date:
08/25/2016
New York Life announced today that it will donate $100,000 to aid flood relief efforts in Louisiana with a $50,000 donation to the American Red Cross, a $25,000 donation to Baton Rouge Area Foundation Flood Relief Fund and $25,000 to the Greater...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Releases New Book on the Value of Diversity
Release Date:
10/25/2016
In new collection of essays, scholars make the case for diversity as essential to higher education and society generally.