Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free
Release Date:
01/16/2015
... learned from operating some the world’s largest data centers ,” says Rob Bernard, Microsoft’s chief ...
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Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring
Release Date:
03/13/2015
... grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to enable the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct ...
Sloan Foundation Awards $3 Million for Minority PhDs in STEM Fields
Release Date:
03/27/2015
The main goal of the initiative is to increase the diversity of graduate education in the sciences, mathematics and engineering.
Inside the Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date:
04/15/2015
One of the foundation's main focuses is fighting economic inequality.
Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research
Release Date:
05/26/2015
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has announced a $10 million gift Gerstner to expand cancer research efforts focused on overcoming drug resistance in tumor cells.
Ford Shifts Grant Making to Focus Entirely on Inequality
Release Date:
06/12/2015
The Ford Foundation also aims to double the total amount it grants out for general operating support.
MetLife Foundation to Support Financial Education in Rural China
Release Date:
07/20/2015
... and services through banks, mobile vans, and rural service centers , the initiative aims to expand access to financial ...
Ford Foundation Supports "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film" Series
Release Date:
09/11/2015
The Film Society of Lincoln Center will recognize James Baldwin with a film series titled "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film," set for September 11-14.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO
Release Date:
10/16/2015
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund along with the Ford, Hewlett, Kresge, Packard, and Robert Wood Johnson foundations awarded surprise $1.1-million unsolicited grants to two organizations that help grantmakers -- the Center for Effective Philanthropy and...
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Publishes Report Calling for Improved Oversight of Colleges
Release Date:
04/13/2016
The report -- titled “Looking in All the Wrong Places” -- is based on an analysis of more than 6,000 pages of audit documents that were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
Bank of America Announces $300k to Boost Workforce Skills Among Local Youth, Veterans and People With Disabilities
Release Date:
06/20/2016
Bank of America announced $300,000 in grants to be distributed to 12 nonprofits in the Long Island community.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Gives $5.5M to Launch Mobile Simulation Initiative for Rural Emergencies
Release Date:
07/27/2016
The Simulation in Motion Nebraska grant includes the purchase of four, customized mobile simulation training trucks and 20 high-fidelity patient simulators.
Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension
Release Date:
10/17/2016
Forty-eight percent of all Americans aged 18 to 30 have zero in retirement savings and no access to a traditional pension.
Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation
Release Date:
02/22/2017
A recent $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will help Georgetown carry out its commitment to produce scholarship that helps the nation better understand and address its legacies of slavery, racism and discrimination.
Ford's Darren Walker Says Arts Are ‘The Soul Of The Country’ and Are Worth Fighting For
Release Date:
03/21/2017
The arts spark creativity and soothe divisiveness, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker told a packed house at The Kennedy Center on Monday night in a passionate address that defended art as essential to democracy.
Open Society Foundations and Other Funders Mobilizing to Counter Hate
Release Date:
03/29/2017
... incidents include a spate of threats to Jewish community centers and the toppling of tombstones in Jewish ...
A Q&A with Sampriti Ganguli, Arabella Advisors’ CEO
Release Date:
07/18/2017
We are on the cusp of philanthropy’s next big wave. The charitable sector is no longer limited to just giving grants to organizations and wishing them well.
Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project
Release Date:
09/25/2017
For Barry Diller, the turning point came at a Sept. 5 settlement meeting with the small band of opponents who had tied up his plans for a $250 million park and cultural center in the Hudson River for more than two years.
High-Paying Jobs Alone Won't Save Big Cities
Release Date:
09/28/2017
The specters of white worker angst and racial disparities that took center stage during the 2016 presidential election created conditions for a corporate hero to swoop in and make America great again.
Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... program, called StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, centers on reducing racial and socioeconomic disparities in ...