Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit
Release Date:
06/15/2015
... 20-year commitment from foundations, private companies and state taxpayers to shore up Detroit's pensions funds and .....
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Ms. Foundation for Women Report Calls for Reform in Light of Abuse of Girls in Juvenile System
Release Date:
07/10/2015
31 percent of girls in the juvenile justice system have been sexually abused, compared to seven percent of boys in the system.
Aetna Foundation Encourages Using Data to Help Tackle Healthcare Disparities
Release Date:
08/11/2015
If population-level healthcare disparities were eliminated, up to 80,000 early deaths in the United States would be prevented each year.
Ms. Foundation Releases New Data on Women's Equality
Release Date:
08/27/2015
... for women released the results of a new poll on the state of women’s equality, new findings on adopting the ...
Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse
Release Date:
10/09/2015
When compared to 12 other industrialized nations, Americans shelled out the most cash on health care services, but they fared worst in terms of life expectancy, according to the Commonwealth Fund findings.
Rockefeller Foundation Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace
Release Date:
10/13/2015
Research into what issues women face in the workplace finds equal pay, harassment, career opportunities,children, and work-life balance remain as concerns.
Philanthropy Must Move Fast on Climate Change, Robertson and MacArthur Leaders Say in Chronicle
Release Date:
12/02/2015
Julian Robertson, chairman of the Robertson Foundation, and Julia Stasch, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation write about what philanthropies must do to impact climate change.
Weinberg Foundation Hires New Program Director
Release Date:
12/11/2015
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has hired a new program director to deal with Jewish and Israel issues.
Sloan Foundation Announces 2016 Research Fellowships
Release Date:
02/25/2016
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the selection of 126 scientists and researchers as recipients of this year's Sloan Research Fellowships.
Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court
Release Date:
03/23/2016
... to Florida Supreme Court A foundation is asking the state Supreme Court to take up a dispute about $24.6 million ...
Commission: US Lacks Strategies to Lower Child Abuse Deaths (Casey Family Programs)
Release Date:
03/18/2016
The United States lacks coherent, effective strategies for reducing the stubbornly high number of children who die each year from abuse and neglect, a commission created by Congress reported. The commission was chaired by David Sanders, of Casey...
Ford, Rockefeller, OSF and NY Women’s Foundation Leaders Appointed to Commission on NYC Justice Reform
Release Date:
03/18/2016
... the possibility of closing Rikers Island during her State of the City speech last month. The independent ...
NYS Health Foundation Report: Hospital Mergers Lead to Higher Prices in NY
Release Date:
03/25/2016
... new Manhattan Institute report, sponsored by the New York State Health Foundation. In the report, authors cite a ...
Century Foundation Report: Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance
Release Date:
03/30/2016
According to Speeding the Recovery of Unemployment Insurance, a new report by TCF senior fellow Andrew Stettner, our current unemployment insurance system is facing a funding crisis that has made the safety net weaker than any time in its history.
Hartford Foundation-Supported Survey Finds Most Doctors Ill-Equipped to Give End-of-Life Care
Release Date:
04/15/2016
Terry Fulmer, president of the John A. Hartford Foundation, one of three foundations that commissioned the survey, said advanced care planning “is not just an extra . . . it’s just as important in its own way as chemotherapy or surgery.”
Bangladeshi Law Student Receives Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Release Date:
04/19/2016
Akbar Hossain is one of 30 recipients of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, which pays up to $90,000 for the graduate educations of immigrants or children of immigrants.
NYS Health Foundation Leads to Financially Sustainable Care Model For Resettled Refugees
Release Date:
05/05/2016
... Currently, 97 percent of refugees resettling in New York State are located upstate, particularly the greater Buffalo, ...
Dodge Foundation Provides Travel Stipends to Jersey Water Works Delegation
Release Date:
05/26/2016
... to the problem of water infrastructure in the Garden State ... Dodge Foundation Provides Travel Stipends to ...
NY Women’s Foundation Announces Seven More Regional Young Women’s Initiatives
Release Date:
06/15/2016
... elevating the voices and needs of young women of color, state by state . It is an honor for me to announce that SEVEN more ...
Clark Foundation Brothers Feuded, But Also Made Two Towns Arts Destinations
Release Date:
06/20/2016
... and lasting imprint on two towns split by 87 miles, one state line and a 1923 fistfight between two brothers. The ...