Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... labs where they can serve a diverse population of school- age children, rural communities that otherwise wouldn’t ...
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Disabled Parents Sue New York City Over Child Removals
Release Date:
10/10/2017
A class-action lawsuit filed last week against New York City alleges the city is violating the rights of parents who have intellectual disabilities.
Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job
Release Date:
10/10/2017
The recovery from the crisis of 2008 has been one of the weakest on record, but never in postwar history has so little growth created so many jobs.
Opinion: The Community Health Center Fund: What’s At Risk?
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... 6 Medicaid/CHIP beneficiaries, and 1 in 10 children under age 18. . . Opinion: The Community Health Center Fund: ...
Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five. Published in Nature Communications, the study ...
Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement
Release Date:
10/27/2017
... amnesty program, JPB calls to light a problematic and age -old obstacle to public library engagement: library ...
New York State Health Foundation Releases Snapshot: Success in the Empire State: Health Insurance Coverage Trends
Release Date:
11/15/2017
... rates declined more than 40% for most racial groups, age groups, and income levels between 2013 and 2016. Urban ...
With Funding From The JPB Foundation, Cities Connecting Children to Nature, Engages Second Cohort of Cities in 2017-2020 Phase
Release Date:
12/18/2017
The Lates phase initiative from 2017-2020 will engage a second cohort of cities in 2.75 years of technical assistance to develop and implement strategies that equitably connect children to nature, with support of $75,000 in planning and...
Photojournalist Documents Moments From the San Quentin State Prison Marathon on Open Society Foundations' Weekly Instagram Takeover
Release Date:
01/22/2018
Open Society Foundations enlists photojournalist Jianca Lazarus to give us a look inside the 2017 11th Annual San Quentin Marathon.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers
Release Date:
02/02/2018
... year in the U.S. and is on the rise among younger adults age 20 to 50. The complementary findings were published ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria
Release Date:
02/16/2018
... kills more than 400,000 people each year, mostly children age 5 and under in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is spread by ...
How Salesforce is Innovating Corporate Philanthropy and Workplace Giving
Release Date:
03/09/2018
... many employee giving programs seem so lackluster. In the age of crowdfunding, social media, and, yes, Netflix, ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Community Art to Keep NYC on the Cultural Edge
Release Date:
03/27/2018
A $75 million donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies and $45 million more from Frank McCourt, Jr. to arts nonprofit The Shed puts to the test whether mega-donors see New York City or Los Angeles as the national art capital of the future.
Citi Foundation Launches RFP for $4.5MM Youth Workforce Fund
Release Date:
04/10/2018
The Citi Foundation invites leading youth-focused community organizations to submit their innovative ideas for connecting low-income young adults, ages 16-24, to workplace skills training and employment opportunities including full-time jobs,...
New Grant from Mellon Foundation Launches Boston Classical Music Initiative
Release Date:
09/27/2018
... fund the musical education of middle- and high-school- age classical musicians from historically underrepresented ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Report Names Traffic Injuries Leading Killer of Children and Young People
Release Date:
12/14/2018
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Report Names Traffic Injuries Leading Killer of Children and Young People Report says there are 1.35 million annual traffic deaths worldwide. A person dies every 24 seconds from a traffic-related...
William T. Grant Foundation Seeking Applications for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
Release Date:
06/18/2019
The research grants programs support high-quality field-initiated studies that are relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States.
Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 2)
Release Date:
06/24/2014
The NYC Department of Ed’s Digital Ready network of schools has been working with the Hive NYC Learning Network to give kids opportunities to explore their interests through the creative application of digital and technology, and recognize their...
Jonas Center Achieves Goal with 1,000 Doctorally Prepared Faculty, Clinical Leaders in All States
Release Date:
10/26/2015
... and 72 percent of full-time nursing faculty are over age 50.3 Further, a faculty vacancy rate of 6.9 percent4 ...
Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Launch US 2050
Release Date:
11/29/2017
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation and the Ford Foundation launched US 2050, an initiative that will engage leading scholars to examine and analyze the multiple demographic, socioeconomic, and fiscal trends that will shape the nation at mid-century.