Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars
Release Date:
11/03/2014
... The once ultrasecretive foundation funded by Chuck Feeney, who made his fortune as a founder of the Duty Free Shoppers ...
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Research to Prevent Blindness Funds New Smartphone Application to Detect Vision Problems in Young Patients
Release Date:
11/05/2014
... app to image the back of the eye, or fundus, in patients who can be particularly challenging to examine: newborns and ...
Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission
Release Date:
11/24/2014
... Peter Peterson, the Blackstone Group LP co-founder who has championed the cause of U.S. debt reduction, is now ...
Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City Collects More than $15 Million from April 11 through September 30
Release Date:
11/25/2014
... later years of the Bloomberg administration. McCray, who was appointed to head the fund in February, raised the ...
Verizon Foundation to Support STEM Programs in 80 Schools
Release Date:
12/05/2014
... public schools, those with large numbers of students who receive free or reduced lunch. The grants, totaling $1.6 ...
Data is Needed to Address Worldwide Women's Issues
Release Date:
12/16/2014
... childbirth and other facets of their lives. Clinton, who presumably would be the favorite to become the Democrats' .....
Aetna Foundation Launches $4.5 Million Healthier World Innovation Challenge
Release Date:
01/07/2015
... serve as a powerful health equalizer in the lives of those who need it most. According to the Pew Research Center, 84% ...
New Report Offers Framework to Analyze Effects of Potential Changes to the US Food System
Release Date:
01/14/2015
... System To aid U.S. policymakers and other stakeholders who make decisions about the nation's food system, a new .....
Ford Foundation Bets on Slow Food Movement to Help Global Poor
Release Date:
01/23/2015
... to think of a more affluent crowd of foodies and hipsters who have the luxury to think in highly intentional ways about ...
How Philanthropists Can Play Politics
Release Date:
09/24/2012
... portfolio can extend beyond the individual candidate who calls to your home asking for your support. Who will best make use of your support? An organization or a candidate? For example, a candidate who...
TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building
Release Date:
02/03/2015
... identifying clearly what capacities need to be built and who needs to build them.... TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach ...
Goldman Sachs Contributes $2 Million to LaGuardia Community College
Release Date:
03/16/2015
... Lloyd C. Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, who surprised her with the news that the bank was giving the ...
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Backs Program to Address Patient Safety
Release Date:
03/23/2015
... grant aims to ensure that all health care professionals who are UNE graduates are equipped with the necessary ...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields
Release Date:
03/23/2015
... to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields Women who enter science and engineering fields often leave ...
NYCT-Funded Initiative Has Taken on 424 Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids
Release Date:
03/24/2015
... Council following the flood of minors from Central America who made their way to the city during the height of the surge ...
Simons Foundation Initiative Provides Support for Early Career Scientists
Release Date:
03/25/2015
... up to 70 grants every 2.5 years to promising scientists who have great potential to make unique contributions to ...
Ford Foundation Funded Study Examines Priorities for Latino Millennials
Release Date:
03/27/2015
... abortion was a critical issue compared to 55 percent who said access to health care is more important.... Ford ...
Open Society Justice Initiative Examines Repercussions of of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen
Release Date:
04/15/2015
... nor the Yemeni government has systematically disclosed who was killed and why, or whether civilians were among those ...
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Program Announces 2015 Fellows
Release Date:
04/15/2015
... accomplishments and work ethic," said Daisy M. Soros, who co-founded the Fellowship program in 1997 with her late .....
Inside the Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date:
04/15/2015
... with research grants going to scholars across the country who 've looked at today's inequality and its consequences from .....