28
Apr
2014
Meet Chancellor Carmen Fariña
Monday, April 28, 2014 -
8:45am to 11:00am
... schools, professional development — including around the Common Core — and engaging parents and families as welcome ...
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For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?
Publication date:
04/2014
... the work of other nonprofits providing services for the common good. A foundation is an entity that is established as ... religious, or other charitable activities serving the common welfare, primarily through grantmaking. U.S. private ... from the public; donor-advised funds are among the most common ways community foundations raise public funds. An ...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Ernest Tollerson Interim CEO
Release Date:
07/31/2014
... hub for research, ideas and action to promote the common good. Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Ernest ...
Philanthropy's Difficult Dance With Inequality
Release Date:
07/08/2015
... of most foundations means the rest of the world. More common are terms like "opportunity" and "poverty," which can .....
After Implementing New Strategic Approach, Andrus Announces First Round of Grants
Release Date:
07/17/2015
... York City, we are partnering with innovative voices like Common Justice, a Vera Institute of Justice demonstration ...
United Hospital Fund's Jim Tallon to Step Down in Second Half of 2017
Release Date:
06/23/2016
... we analyze public policy to inform decision-makers, find common ground among diverse stakeholders, and develop and ...
Gates Foundation Releases New Virtual Reality Game to Highlight Life-Saving Innovations
Release Date:
04/13/2017
... showing how incredible breakthroughs are becoming more common every day within the developing world. But the true ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Addressing 'Silent Killer' - Drowning Deaths
Release Date:
05/15/2017
... every year—and many of these deaths are preventable with common sense strategies that have long been used here in the ...
Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard, Says "Basebuilding is a Contact Sport"
Release Date:
06/22/2017
... the importance of one-on-one conversations to finding common struggles, building coalitions, and reviving ...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse
Release Date:
06/27/2017
One of Europe’s largest foundations, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation agreed to donate $150 million to a joint research, education and public policy program with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore that is intended to promote the ideal of...
Respected Anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford Steps Into New Role as President of Wenner-Gren Foundation
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... I’m looking forward to exploring ways we can find common ground by building on these key features of our ...
Goldman Givers: Seven Things To Know About Donors from Goldman Sachs
Release Date:
08/14/2017
... major donors these days. And we've been identifying the common threads and themes among these donors. In recent .....
Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops
Release Date:
08/15/2017
A new study conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, has now opened the way to numerous potential uses of betalains, the highly nutritious red-violet and yellow pigments...
Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum
Release Date:
08/22/2017
... trade, drive economic growth, and tackle our most pressing common challenges. World leaders from over 30 countries along ...
Mayor de Blasio Signs Sweeping Legislation to Curb Smoking, Tobacco Usage
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... (6) prohibiting smoking and the use of e-cigarettes in common areas in multiple dwellings with fewer than ten units; ...
Open Society Foundations and Bloomberg Philanthropies Noted In Report Released By Foundation Center: Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys
Release Date:
11/01/2017
... 23 percent). And while program development was the most common support strategy (59 percent of grant dollars), 41 ...
Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth
Release Date:
11/07/2017
Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla announced Monday that they may have found a compound essential to the formation of life on earth.
Edwin Gould Foundation Supporter Online Tool Quill Connect Helps Students Become Better Writers
Release Date:
11/29/2017
... is where machine learning comes in. The algorithm looks at common patterns and criteria for strong and weak sentences, ...
New Report Supported By The Carnegie Corporation of New York, Addresses The Future Of Undergraduate Education
Release Date:
12/01/2017
... loans that they struggle to repay. It’s an increasingly common scenario that the Commission on the Future of ...
Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues
Release Date:
01/24/2018
... initially learned, a new study shows . FXS is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability and autism. ...