Impact Investing's Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation)
Release Date:
02/19/2016
... for development. She noted that there was a $200 trillion funding gap in dealing with the problems in the developing ...
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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)
Release Date:
02/23/2016
Mexico has become the most obese country in the world. In a purported effort to combat the problem, the country implemented a one-peso-per-liter excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in January 2014.
Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB Foundation)
Release Date:
02/26/2016
... in the brain.” . . . This work is supported by funding from The JPB Foundation. . . Study: Metabolism ...
Laurie M. Tisch Honored by United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council
Release Date:
03/21/2016
The United Way of New York City’s Women’s Leadership Council’s held it’s 10th annual Power of Women to Make a Difference Award Luncheon honoring several female leaders who have had positive impacts on their communities and made a difference in the...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers
Release Date:
04/20/2016
Up to $600,000 will be awarded to organizations representing excellence and impact of Brooklyn’s nonprofit sector.
Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.
Release Date:
04/25/2016
The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivered a global agreement to limit future global warming to under 2° C above pre-industrial levels. The
Bloomberg Philanthropies Celebrates Latin Filmmakers at Tribeca Film Festival
Release Date:
04/26/2016
Bloomberg Philanthropies hosted Key Ingredients which paired innovative chefs and Tribeca Film Festival Institute Latin America fund grantee films for delectable interpretations.
Housing News Coverage Supported by Revson and New York Community Trust Wins Honors
Release Date:
05/11/2016
The New York Press Club recognizes City Limits housing coverage over the past year, supported by the New York Community Trust, the Charles H. Revson Foundation and the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
Arcus Foundation Report Reveals Trans Discrimination Not Limited to Bathrooms
Release Date:
05/13/2016
A new report reveals transgender women and all women of color frequently face discrimination when using retail changing rooms, compared to other women.
NY Women’s Foundation President and City Council Speaker Announce $20M More for Young Women’s Initiative
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... million in the Young Women’s Initiative over two years, funding programs and services that support young women and ...
Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services
Release Date:
05/24/2016
... a total of five initiatives across the country receive funding and expertise to create opportunities for vulnerable ...
Capital One Foundation Sees Departure at the Top, Appoints New President
Release Date:
06/09/2016
... community affairs, overseeing Capital One’s U.S. grant funding , volunteerism and community relations. In 2007, she ...
With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence
Release Date:
06/17/2016
The three-year program fosters tomorrow’s American operatic masterpieces through personalized creative development and intensive, hands-on composition opportunities for today’s most promising opera composers.
Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building
Release Date:
07/05/2016
... do not include the actual costs of the projects we’re funding ….At Ford, we have been willing participants in this ...
Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/06/2016
As the globe continues to spin toward a future with higher temperatures, crop yields will likely decrease if farmers do not adapt to new management or technology practices.
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Opens Applications for its 2017 Prize
Release Date:
09/07/2016
... pursue groundbreaking research at a stage when traditional funding is lacking. As part of the program created around ...
Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings
Release Date:
09/29/2016
The aim is to help "change the landscape" of American racial discourse by openly acknowledging a painful past, much as Germany has Holocaust memorials and South Africa a museum on its past state-sanctioned segregation - apartheid.
Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Joins Conversation on Innovative Finance, New Investment Tools and Climate Change
Release Date:
12/08/2016
For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, investment in renewable energy worldwide surpassed that of fossil fuels last year. That economic transformation leaves John Morton feeling optimistic about the worldwide response to climate change.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities
Release Date:
12/13/2016
A group of 30 top colleges and universities wants to enroll more low-income students, but critics question whether the focus should be elsewhere.
Atlantic Philanthropies Final Grant Supports Cornell Tradition
Release Date:
01/10/2017
The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation established by entrepreneur Charles F. Feeney '56, has made a $7 million grant to The Cornell Tradition, a fellowship program offering distinctive service, work and scholarship opportunities to some of the...