Stonewall Community Foundation Is Key Funder of Trans and Queer Storytelling
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... portrayal of trans characters in media, the people creating and playing them remain predominantly cisgender. ...
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Sessions As Attorney General Means Criminal-Justice Reform Is Dead
Release Date:
12/15/2016
For manifold reasons of background and ideology (and maybe some score-settling for the scuttling of his nomination 30 years ago as a federal judge), Jeff Sessions as attorney general is a nightmare come to life for people who care about the...
Request for Letters of Inquiry – Liberty Fund at The New York Community Trust
Release Date:
01/03/2017
The Trust and the New York Foundation created this special funding opportunity to help City nonprofits address immediate issues affecting vulnerable New Yorkers in this moment of change.
Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness
Release Date:
01/10/2017
The project will, among other things, help establish a state-of-the-art pediatric ophthalmic diagnostic and imaging center at New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.
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...
The Wallace Foundation Supports Creative Ways to Expand the Taste for Classical Music in NYC Eateries
Release Date:
01/17/2017
Instead of diminishing the music, small-scale concerts offer the chance to bring it into our daily lives.
United Hospital Fund, NYSHealth Foundation Give $400K to Integrate Mental Health Care into Primary Care Practices
Release Date:
03/02/2017
Montefiore Health System and the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine have been awarded grants that they hope will lead to primary care physicians in small practices better support for treating common behavioral health...
Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis Writes About the Absence of Federal Arts Funding
Release Date:
03/17/2017
Since President Lyndon Johnson and a bipartisan Congress created the national arts and humanities endowments, no president has called for their elimination -- until now. We should pause and think about what our country would be like in their absence.
Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge to Benefit 14 Nonprofit Organizations in U.S. and UK
Release Date:
03/23/2017
Morgan Stanley on March 22 announced the launch of the ninth annual Strategy Challenge, the Firm’s signature skills-based pro bono volunteer program.
Aetna Foundation Supports 'Magnobrain' Educational Games for Kids
Release Date:
03/27/2017
The games where distributed through their “Inspire Me to Learn” initiative founded by a grant of $30,000 from the Aetna Foundation.
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation-A Leader in the Growth of Community Development Financial Institutions
Release Date:
04/04/2017
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s most recent gift is another $3.8 million in grant money to fund Local Initiatives Support Corporation's (LISC)- a community development financial institutions created by the Ford Foundation- Financial...
JPB Foundation Supports Study of New Approach That Makes Cells Resistant to HIV
Release Date:
04/19/2017
... a way to tether HIV-fighting antibodies to immune cells, creating a cell population resistant to the virus. Their ...
Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"
Release Date:
04/26/2017
Dr. John H. Jackson, President and CEO of The Schott Foundation for Public Education: "Let's move from a nation that applauds the few who manage to beat the odds to a nation that creates odds that children will succeed."
MetLife Foundation Innovation Competition Recognizes Indian Entrepreneur
Release Date:
05/03/2017
... and collected a grant of $100,000. The Swadhaar Group is creating its android-based illustrative money management tool ...
JPMorgan Chase’s Investment in Detroit to Reach $150 Million
Release Date:
05/11/2017
The pace of Detroit’s progress allowed the firm to accelerate initial $100 million investment and make valuable impact on the city’s recovery. Partnerships between civic, business, and nonprofit leaders as well as improving economic conditions in...
William T. Grant Publishes How Social Science Research Can Improve Youth Outcomes In The Real World
Release Date:
05/17/2017
Researchers who want their work to matter in policy and practice should begin by identifying the questions of greatest relevance and then bring the highest standards of theoretical and methodological rigor to those questions, William T. Grant...
Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online
Release Date:
05/22/2017
The Global Street Design Guide, a handbook for cities around the world to design safe, sustainable streets, is available to the public as for free online. The guide was funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, which has made road safety a top priority .
Wallace, Ford, and Mellon on Strategies that Boost Arts Engagement Across Diverse Communities
Release Date:
06/09/2017
The foundations weigh in on the challenges and strategies in reaching a diverse audiences and using art to build positive, relevant, and inspiring forces in the daily lives of diverse communities.
Commonwealth Fund: In the Healthcare Aftermath
Release Date:
08/02/2017
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has always needed fixing. Now that the Congress has tried and failed to repeal and replace it, the time for repair seems at hand.
Rockefeller Foundation’s Focus on Food Waste Includes Food Summit and Pop-up at Blue Hill Restaurant Featuring Chef Dan Barber’s WastED Initiative
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... “waste” that occurs at every link in the food chain by creating something delicious out of the ignored or un-coveted ...