Peter G. Peterson Foundation-Sponsored Team Wins Competition
Release Date:
04/12/2016
... by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative University and Net Impact, aims to empower ...
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Mellon Grant Aims to Leverage Linked Data for Enhanced Information Access
Release Date:
04/28/2016
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Stanford a $1.5 million grant to support library initiatives that develop and advance the use of linked open data.
Rockefeller Assists Global Resilience Partnership With New Ideas In Flood Risk Management
Release Date:
05/24/2016
... with the Global Resilience Partnership, a public-private initiative spearheaded by the Rockefeller Foundation, ...
Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees
Release Date:
06/13/2016
... first grantees in its $1.2 million, two-pronged research initiative to address urgent needs in understanding and ...
Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Release Date:
07/11/2016
... and launched President Barack Obama’s Global Health Initiative at the Department of State, serving as executive ...
Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction
Release Date:
07/25/2016
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Wilson College a $100,000 grant to strengthen writing instruction for students, especially those in their first year.
Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population
Release Date:
08/04/2016
Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population The American Civil Liberties Union is retooling an ambitious, donor-funded effort to reduce incarceration across the country,...
With Funding from Mellon Foundation, Documentary Celebrates Career of Filmmaker
Release Date:
08/09/2016
... the Time-Based Media Project is a multifaceted initiative focused on stewarding the museum’s film, video, ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data
Release Date:
08/15/2016
... on data use to global public health. The Data for Health initiative , led by the public health team at Bloomberg ...
Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row
Release Date:
08/16/2016
... and founded an organization that became the Equal Justice Initiative . It guarantees legal representation to every ...
Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity
Release Date:
09/02/2016
... repository funded by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative . The data was derived from 2,644 families among 12 ...
Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers
Release Date:
09/26/2016
... and buyers. This MIT Competition falls under the ‘ Initiative on the Digital Economy’ (IDE), which explores ...
2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease
Release Date:
10/05/2016
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi, 71, won the 2016 Nobel Prize on Monday for his research on autophagy ― a metabolic recycling process in which cells eat parts of themselves to survive and stay healthy.
NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep
Release Date:
10/06/2016
... Shawn Morehead joins us to talk about this more recent initiative along with the Trust's long-standing work with .....
Atlantic Philanthropies Steps Into Political Arena With $50 Million Fund
Release Date:
10/21/2016
"It is increasingly difficult to avoid partisan politics if you want to bring about significant changes in public policy," the Civic Participation Action Fund's Stephen McConnell said.
Century Foundation Releases Report on Finding Common Ground on International Tax Reform
Release Date:
11/17/2016
... from TCF's Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative . The report is being launched today at TCF and .....
Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Writes Time Magazine Editorial on Eliminating Waste to Feed The Hungry
Release Date:
12/05/2016
... to supermarkets—to halve food waste globally, through an initiative we call YieldWise. Rockefeller's Judith Rodin .....
Westchester Community Foundation Supports Westchester Green Business Program in New York State
Release Date:
12/19/2016
... awarded funding through The Cleaner, Greener Communities initiative (CGC), a statewide program, to incorporate ...
Three PNY Members Join GCIR Board
Release Date:
01/30/2017
Luna Yasui of the Ford Foundation, Shawn Morehead of The New York Community Trust and Evan Bacalao of Open Society Foundations have joined the board of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees.
Why Salesforce Has A Chief Philanthropy Officer
Release Date:
02/23/2017
... was already giving back as a member of Pledge 1% , an initiative for companies to donate at least 1% of their time, ...