Tisch, NY State Health Foundations Support Creating Oases in New York City’s ‘Food Deserts’
Release Date:
12/03/2015
Farms are being built at public housing sites to grow produce for communities with limited access to healthy food.
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MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab
Release Date:
12/08/2015
With support from MetLife Foundation, Duke University is launching the CommonCents Lab, an initiative that will apply behavioral economics to identify new ways to help millions of Americans improve their saving and spending habits.
Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for Climate Change
Release Date:
12/09/2015
The Nathan Cummings Foundation lauded as embracing a broader, more pragmatic portfolio of approaches to climate change.
Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)
Release Date:
01/11/2016
... "This is a disease for which there has been practically no improvement in treatment outcome for years," said Inder .....
JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy
Release Date:
01/19/2016
Young people need pathways to high-quality training and skills to compete for jobs and JP Morgan Chase is starting an initiative to help youth be successful.
Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities
Release Date:
02/01/2016
Atlantic Philanthropies, in its last year of grantmaking, announced a number of major investments to improve access to quality health care for people in both Southeast Asia and the United States.
Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps
Release Date:
02/22/2016
Fewer than half of the more than 1,000 healthcare related-apps reviewed by researchers appeared to be useful for their potential for patient engagement, The Commonwealth Fund reports.
Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Protein Structure That Shows How Viruses Take Over Cells
Release Date:
02/29/2016
The Salk Institute and Harvard Medical School researchers have determined the structure of a protein complex that lets viruses similar to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) establish permanent infections within their hosts, in new research...
Commonwealth Fund Finds Hospitals in Accountable Care Organizations Are Larger and in Urban Areas
Release Date:
03/09/2016
A new study comparing accountable care organizations (ACOs) that include hospitals in their networks to those that do not finds hospitals that are in urban areas, are nonprofit, or have a relatively small share of Medicare patients are more likely...
IU Joins Center For Integration Of Research, Teaching And Learning (Sloan Foundation)
Release Date:
03/11/2016
Indiana University has joined a national consortium, the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, to improve the teaching skills of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and to increase the diversity of future university...
Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation
Release Date:
03/16/2016
Strong principals are critical components of successful schools, and Wallace Foundation will be investing millions of dollars in research into what makes a principal effective.
NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements
Release Date:
03/17/2016
Does philanthropy really have a useful role to play in transformative social movements?
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...
Carnegie: Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough
Release Date:
03/24/2016
How can we defeat complacency in protecting nuclear materials? First, we must have a culture committed to continuous improvement, says Carnegie in a series of articles about issues related to the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., on...
Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results
Release Date:
03/28/2016
A program to increase the vocabulary of poor children in Rhode Island, using technology to count every word spoken, is not achieving results expected. But whether the pioneering program is a national model or just an interesting concept hasn't been...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Launches Initiative to Protect Refugee Children in Greece
Release Date:
03/29/2016
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, in partnership with the European Programme for Integration and Migration, is launching a grant initiative to support nongovernmental organizations working to protect refugee children arriving in Greece.
Carnegie Backs New Learning Pilot Targeting Interstate Passport Initiative
Release Date:
06/10/2016
Six institutions to use Aqua by Taskstream to assess student learning and proficiency as part of a new framework to aid student transfer and improve graduation rates.
Ms. Foundation Releases New Report on Forging a More Robust and Equitable Childcare System in America
Release Date:
09/15/2016
The Ms. Foundation for Women’s latest report, Raising Our Nation, highlights the true cost of the impact that a lack of access child care has on working mothers, especially low-income women of color.
Newman's Own Names Walter Harrison to Advisory Board
Release Date:
11/02/2016
Harrison is currently President of the University of Hartford in West Hartford, CT, where he has served since 1998, marking nearly a third of the University's history.
Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program
Release Date:
01/17/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced grants to seven cities to help them boost their capacity to tackle major challenges through innovation and improve quality of life for their residents.