Sloan Supports New Study on What Happens When The Brain Is Artificially Stimulated
Release Date:
09/26/2016
The research marks a step forward in the quest to develop personalized brain stimulation as a treatment for disease.
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Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents
Release Date:
10/06/2016
More young blacks and Hispanics feel that they can't depend on family to help them with financial needs, from big-ticket items like college tuition to smaller expenses, than do whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll.
Supported by Ford Foundation, GenForward Poll Shows Clinton’s Edge With Young People Crosses Racial Lines
Release Date:
10/25/2016
Young Americans across races and ethnicities are now more likely to support Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump for president, and to say the former secretary of state will help people like them, a new GenForward poll shows.
Century Foundation Releases Report on Finding Common Ground on International Tax Reform
Release Date:
11/17/2016
Democrats and Republicans alike agree: the United States' international tax system is broken.
Former Capital One Foundation President Forms Consulting Practice to Strengthen Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships
Release Date:
12/02/2016
When Capital One Foundation President Carolyn Berkowitz stepped down earlier this year to pursue other opportunities, one question remained: Just what were those opportunities?
A NYS Health-Funded Report in 'Consumer Reports' Offers National and Local Ratings of Health Cost Estimator Tools
Release Date:
12/02/2016
This NYSHealth-funded report in Consumer Reports offers ratings of health cost estimator tools, both nationally and New York State-specific, that help consumers make better-informed decisions about their health care.
Commonwealth Fund Publishes Report on Making Health Care Better for the High-Need Patient
Release Date:
12/07/2016
High-need, high-cost "personas" distill key factors that affect patients' goals, motivations, & barriers to health.
Former Obama Chief of Staff Denis McDonough Joins Markle Foundation
Release Date:
02/15/2017
McDonough is coming to Markle as a senior principal, where he will help broaden the partnership between the foundation and other organizations, including governments and public institutions, aiming to “transform America’s outdated labor market to...
Giving Parents a Prominent Voice in Schools
Release Date:
03/08/2017
... in Washington state’s Federal Way school district, helps parents navigate the system and ensures their voices ...
Rockefeller Supports Food Waste Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival
Release Date:
04/20/2017
When directors Anna Chai and Nari Kye began developing the documentary, they wanted to reach as wide of an audience as possible, they said. A partnership between Zero Point Zero and The Rockefeller Foundation helped make that a reality.
Bloomberg Urges World Leaders Not to Follow President Donald Trump’s Lead On Climate Change
Release Date:
04/24/2017
New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg urged world leaders not to follow President Donald Trump’s lead on climate change and declared his intention to help save an international agreement to reduce carbon emissions.
Gay Rights Group Turns Down Bank of America’s Money Over HB2 Compromise
Release Date:
05/09/2017
The nation’s largest gay rights group plans to reject $325,000 in Bank of America sponsorships to protest the role bank executives played in brokering a replacement for North Carolina’s House Bill 2 - known as "the bathroom bill."
Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California
Release Date:
05/11/2017
One of the Novo Foundation's first big grants will go to help young women and girls of color involved in the juvenile justice system.
Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research
Release Date:
05/12/2017
Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research
Simons-Funded Research Finds Brain Differences Between People with Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia, Autism
Release Date:
05/25/2017
A UCLA study characterizes, for the first time, brain differences between people with a specific genetic risk for schizophrenia and those at risk for autism, and the findings could help explain the biological underpinnings of these neuropsychiatric...
With Support from the Simons Foundation, Researchers Uncover Clues About How HIV Virus Mutates
Release Date:
06/02/2017
A new study published in Cell Host Microbe led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center completely maps all mutations that help the HIV virus evolve away from a single broadly neutralizing antibody, known as PGT151. Broadly...
Casey Family Programs Publishes Report on How Positive Factors Change Child Trauma
Release Date:
06/09/2017
Casey Family Programs partners with think tanks to understand health outcomes that children and families experience in midst of trauma.
Rockefeller Foundation Supports A “Carbon Yield” Methodology to Compare Environmental Impact of Investments in Renewable Energy
Release Date:
06/23/2017
The tool, which is publicly available online, relies on estimating how much carbon-dioxide pollution is avoided as buyers want to know real environmental benefits of investments.
Pinkerton Supports Internships for Young Adults in Foster Care
Release Date:
07/18/2017
The Pinkerton Foundation will make grants of nearly $1 million to help eight of the city’s leading foster care agencies sponsor in-house mentored internships for the young adults they serve.
Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications
Release Date:
08/03/2017
Richard Vevers worked in ad agencies for 10 years, then left to become an underwater photographer and ended up founding a not-for-profit organization called The Ocean Agency. His films of coral reefs are spreading the word about climate change...