Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces 14 Finalists In The Running For Its 2018 Public Art Challenge
Release Date:
07/18/2018
... in provoking conversation, supporting collaboration, and building strong communities, and we’re looking forward to ...
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Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) RFP for Round 13 of the Partners for Places Grant Program
Release Date:
07/19/2018
... program that improves U.S. and Canadian communities by building partnerships between local government sustainability ...
Open Society Foundations Appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as Director of the Women’s Rights Program
Release Date:
08/16/2018
... had success expanding health, economic inclusion, and building transformative movements around the world.” Ramdas ...
Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam
Release Date:
08/23/2018
Using technology similar to what is found in many eye doctors' offices, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have detected evidence suggesting Alzheimer's in older patients who had no symptoms of the disease.
Inside Philanthropy Looks at The Helmsley Charitable Trust Work to Improve Stroke Outcomes in Rural America
Release Date:
09/11/2018
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust is one foundation that keeps the healthcare needs of rural communities in mind, particularly in the upper Midwest. A recent example is the three-year, $6.5 million grant out of its Rural Healthcare...
With Support From UJA-Federation Of New York, The Mayor’s Office For People With Disabilities Launches The First Cyber Security Training For People With Disabilities
Release Date:
10/23/2018
This program uses a train-to-place model that will prepare individuals with disabilities to secure employment in the cyber security industry. It delivers an industry-recognized Cisco certification program through a curriculum adapted to suit various...
Bank of America, Water.org Expand Partnership to Bring Safe Water to India and Brazil
Release Date:
11/02/2018
Water.org received a $3 million grant over three years from Bank of America to empower more than 250,000 people in southern India and Brazil with safe water and sanitation, accelerating positive change in their homes and communities.
Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group Announce Joint Project to Increase Economic Mobility in Local Communities
Release Date:
11/15/2018
Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group announced today a new $12 million project that will help communities analyze economic mobility in American cities and develop interventions that can increase...
Bloomberg Commits $1.8 Billion to Johns Hopkins for Financial Aid
Release Date:
11/19/2018
... who qualify for federal Pell Grants, with the goal of building a more socioeconomically diverse student body... ...
JPMorgan Chase Commits $6 Million to Prepare Greater Washington Area Students for Local, In-Demand Jobs
Release Date:
12/06/2018
JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced $6 million to expand access to economic opportunity for thousands of young people and help meet the growing demand for skilled workers in the Greater Washington region. As the regional economy grows, these...
Ford Foundation to Open Gallery for Socially Engaged Art in New York
Release Date:
02/13/2019
... and creative expression have played an indelible role in building social justice movements. We’re thrilled to open ...
Gerstner Philanthropies Makes New $15 Million Commitment to Create the Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics at the Broad Institute
Release Date:
02/20/2019
New endeavor will advance blood-based biopsies and other technologies to speed cancer diagnosis and track patients’ response to therapies
Connecticut Seventh-Grader Wins SIFMA Foundation’s National InvestWrite ® Essay Competition
Release Date:
04/26/2019
The Fall 2018 InvestWrite competition required students to select an entrepreneur they admire, research their company and explain how they would advise the entrepreneur to invest the company’s assets.
Michael Bloomberg Announces Midwestern Collegiate Climate Summit
Release Date:
05/16/2019
Today, Michael R. Bloomberg announced the largest expected convening of Midwest universities focused on mitigating the effects of climate change and moving to a 100% clean-energy economy.
Rockefeller Foundation, Prudential Launch New OZ Initiative in Newark
Release Date:
05/28/2019
The Rockefeller Foundation and Prudential Financial announced last week the terms of a $5.5 million initiative that would help six U.S. cities, including Newark, reap the benefits from investments in federally-approved Opportunity Zones, Bloomberg...
Lack of Diversity Hurts Science: Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program Is Changing That
Release Date:
06/10/2019
... uses that as the entry point for a conversation about the building blocks of life. Lack of diversity hurts science. ...
Newly Established Phyllis Mailman Professorship Endowed by the Tow Foundation, Mailman Foundation, and Joshua Mailman Foundation
Release Date:
06/24/2019
... made it possible for the School to move to its current building on the Columbia University Irving Medical Center ...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to Stanford University Press Digital Publishing Initiative
Release Date:
07/08/2019
The three-year grant will help accelerate growth and ensure ongoing success of the digital publishing program.
Rockefeller Foundation Designates Atlanta As Newest City in Opportunity Zones Initiative
Release Date:
07/31/2019
... Foundation's Opportunity Zone Community Capacity Building Initiative. The initiative, which launched in May .....
Tanuja Dehne Named New Dodge Foundation President and Ceo
Release Date:
08/07/2019
... change to inform and shape the next phase of the work – building collaboration among its arts, education, ...