Philanthropy as Backer of Brains
Release Date:
05/02/2013
... fields, from public health, molecular biology, area studies , and public administration. We even had a role in ...
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Inaugural Bellagio/PopTech Fellows Announced
Release Date:
08/07/2013
The Rockefeller Foundation and PopTech have announced the inaugural recipients of the Bellagio/PopTech Fellows program, a collaborative incubator that works to foster ideas for improving the lives of poor and vulnerable populations.
Target, General Mills, McKnight foundations top list of Minnesota grantmakers
Release Date:
10/30/2013
The Target Foundation and Corporation topped the Minnesota Council on Foundations' Top 50 Minnesota Grantmakers report for 2012, reported the Star Tribune.
Ford Foundation Launches 'Art of Change' Fellowship Program
Release Date:
04/10/2015
The initiative is designed to explore the roles art and culture play in illuminating and addressing urgent issues of equity, opportunity, and justice.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Helps Expand Cornell's Prison Education Program
Release Date:
10/06/2015
The $1 million grant will establish the program at two additional correctional facilities by 2017.
With Support from Atlantic and Hartford, Researchers Develop Novel 3-D Imaging Tool
Release Date:
04/06/2016
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine NAFLD Research Center find MRE imaging provides highly accurate, less invasive method to detect disease.
Megan Holmes to Give Annual Italian Art Society/Kress Lecture
Release Date:
04/15/2016
... the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies , on June 1, 2016... Megan Holmes to Give Annual ...
Wallace, Mellon Foundations Embrace Identity and Race
Release Date:
04/21/2016
The Wallace Foundation aims to spend $52 million on a study identifying ways arts organizations can expand audience engagement while the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation helped implement a program in real-time. Both initiatives address identity and race...
Mellon Foundation Gives $500K to UC Merced for Humanities Undergrad Research
Release Date:
07/19/2016
... and support for their transitions into graduate studies and scholarly careers, thanks to a new program that ...
Supported by JPB Foundation, Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social Memory
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Cells in the hippocampus store memories of acquaintances, a new study reports.
Johnson & Johnson Solicits Snaps For Students
Release Date:
10/20/2016
Hometown health-care products company Johnson & Johnson is looking for a number of philanthropically-minded shutterbugs. A large number, to be specific.
Kress Foundation Accepting Proposals for Conservation Grants
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... scholarly publications, and technical and scientific studies ... Kress Foundation Accepting Proposals for ...
Rita Allen Supports Research That Identifies Source of Opioids’ Side Effects
Release Date:
02/02/2017
A commercially available drug may help drastically reduce two side effects of opioid painkillers — a growing tolerance to them and a paradoxically increased sensitivity to pain — without affecting the drugs’ ability to reduce pain, according to a...
Three MIT Alumni Win 2017 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Release Date:
04/21/2017
... to $90,000 in funding to support their graduate school studies ... Three MIT Alumni Win 2017 Paul and Daisy Soros ...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards $1.725 Million for Hopkins & Community College of Baltimore County Partnership on Humanities
Release Date:
05/19/2017
The money will be used to expand opportunities for community college students to research on the Hopkins campus and study with Hopkins professors and graduate students.
Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis and Physics First Annual Meeting
Release Date:
07/31/2017
The Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis, and Physics will hold its first Annual Meeting at the Simons Foundation on September 14 & 15, 2017. Spaces with special holonomy are of intrinsic interest in both mathematics...
Employment Is Up in New York State, but Gains Are Uneven
Release Date:
09/05/2017
More people have jobs, though labor force shrinks in large swaths of the state.
Why Podcasting Might Be of Interest to Your Nonprofit
Release Date:
09/15/2017
The podcast medium has been growing steadily over the last few years. There are currently 67 million monthly podcast listeners in the U.S., up 21 percent from last year’s 57 million.
The 10 Companies with the Best CSR Reputations in 2017
Release Date:
09/15/2017
A recent analysis of 170,000 company ratings from respondents in 15 countries sheds light on which are perceived by consumers as the most socially responsible.
New York State Health Foundation: Online Patient Reviews Are Good Predictors of Hospital Quality
Release Date:
04/30/2018
A study, funded by the New York State Health Foundation, looked at data on potentially preventable readmission rates at hospitals in New York state and found that high Yelp ratings were correlated with better-quality hospitals.