New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction
Release Date:
02/27/2014
... letter and its recent grants - including a $10 million initiative to prevent child drowning deaths in Bangladesh - ...
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Science Studies Get a Big Boost
Release Date:
03/10/2014
The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted several foundation efforts to support education in science, technology, engineering and math, including initiatives from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable...
Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens
Release Date:
03/13/2014
... Foundation is seeking feedback on their Change AGEnts Initiative . When I was first hired at the John A. Hartford ...
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Meet the New Health Commissioner: Dr. Mary T. Bassett is One of Our Own
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Philanthropy New York’s Health Policy Working Group is pleased to welcome Dr. Mary T. Bassett, the newly appointed Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Most recently, she has been a program director for African...
Opportunity International and The MasterCard Foundation Plan To Help 7M Out of Poverty With $22.7M Partnership
Release Date:
03/25/2014
... expansion in funding, The Africa Growth and Innovations Initiative …. Opportunity International and The MasterCard ...
MacArthur and Master Card Foundations Invest $24 Million in Secondary Education
Release Date:
05/06/2014
... several other partners have joined to support the initiative – Intel, Human Dignity Foundation, Comic Relief ...
Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?
Release Date:
05/13/2014
... Youth Sexuality, Reproductive Health and Rights initiative , this report by Margaret E. Greene aims to provoke ...
11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color
Release Date:
05/30/2014
... working together on a complementary private-sector initiative issued a joint statement. In addition to the Open ...
New York is building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records
Release Date:
06/01/2014
New York is quietly building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records, a system that when finished will allow patients and doctors alike to see complete health histories in one place and promises to save millions in costs by...
Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions
Release Date:
06/03/2014
... fund the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Chicago Objects Study Initiative , a four-year, inter-institutional pilot program ...
Sloan Foundation Aims To Increase Native Americans In Advanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Studies
Release Date:
06/23/2014
Four universities will share $2.4 million from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in a three-year, collaboration to increase the number of indigenous Americans obtaining advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort
Release Date:
07/17/2014
... Foundation is giving $500,000 to the Shriver Corps, an initiative to train volunteers to help poor Americans connect ...
American Households Lost More Than One-Third Of Value Over Past Decade
Release Date:
07/26/2014
... conducted as part of the foundation's Great Recession Initiative , found that between 2003 and 2013, .....
Financing the Social Sector
Release Date:
09/15/2014
The American Express Corporate social Responsibility Blog explores the top 10 things foundations and corporations should do when considering whether to support nonprofit organizations.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
09/22/2014
... in New York City, is part of a broader and accelerating initiative .... Rockefeller Brothers Fund Will Divest ...
Rockefeller Foundation to Announce Second Batch of Resilient Cities
Release Date:
12/02/2014
... with the ambitions of this Rockefeller Foundation-funded initiative , “demonstrated a dedicated commitment to ...
Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Stem Cell Research
Release Date:
12/18/2014
Stem cells could be key to treating vision problems related to a scarred cornea.
Bill de Blasio’s Mayor’s Fund Raises $120K for Two Murdered NYPD Officers
Release Date:
12/29/2014
The Mayor's Fund received pledges from JPMorgan Chase, Rudin Family Foundation and Verizon, among others.
Aetna Foundation Launches $4.5 Million Healthier World Innovation Challenge
Release Date:
01/07/2015
... Healthier World Innovation Challenge, a new $4.5 million initiative designed to use digital health innovations to ...
Ford Foundation Bets on Slow Food Movement to Help Global Poor
Release Date:
01/23/2015
... the development space, including the Ford Foundation. The initiative ’s primary focus is on funding innovative ways to ...