My Brother’s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... the young man of color who was unjustly shot and killed in 2012 . As he attended his final MBK event as president, he ...
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New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... due to organic farming methods was inconclusive, while a 2012 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Opinion: Irma, Harvey and Sandy - We Need a Marshall Plan for Future Disasters Like These
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... When superstorm Sandy struck my home state of New York in 2012 , it dealt a severe blow to communities that were ...
New Partnership To Support Pain And Palliative Care For Veterans
Release Date:
06/09/2014
... Healthcare Program (JVHP), established in 2008 and 2012 , respectively. These programs address the shortage of ... brings to this collaboration specific strengths and resources that, together, can result in a...
A Commitment to Playwrights: The Tow Foundation’s 2014 Residency Program
Release Date:
12/09/2014
... and help facilitate their New York debuts. In mid- 2012 , following the opening of the Claire Tow Theater at ... a targeted fund—using a relatively small portion of its resources —to have a big impact on the...
Urban Farms and Gardens are Critical for a Healthy and Sustainable Food System
Release Date:
03/31/2015
... the value of parks and community gardens as public resources and not merely as vacant land when assembling sites ... experienced a gap of 250 million missing meals in 2012 ,” as stated in a recent report by the...
Jonas Center Announces New Focus on Environmental Health
Release Date:
05/20/2016
... hazards.” Toxins are a public health crisis: Since 2012 , nearly 2,000 water systems across all 50 states have ... DNP project will be incorporated into an existing Health Resources and Services Administration’...
Hilton Foundation Awards $25.5M in Grants in Q2 '17, Approves New Foster Youth Strategy
Release Date:
07/19/2017
... Hilton Foundation’s Foster Youth Strategic Initiative ( 2012 -2017), the Foundation invested $53.5 million. With these ... Free America was awarded $750,000 to equip parents with resources to address youth...
The Wallace Foundation Announces Promotions of Five Staff Members to Senior Program Officer
Release Date:
12/18/2017
... Claudia DeMegret Claudia joined Wallace in September 2012 , bringing to our work her deep field experience and ... to develop strongnonprofits.org, where the tools and resources are among the Top 10 downloads...
Two Emblematic Markers of Policy Progress
Release Date:
10/24/2018
... over the past years have included: In the wake of 2012 ’s Hurricane Sandy, focusing attention on the need for ... collaboration. Patience, judiciously deployed resources and multi-sector relationship-building...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Public Arts Challenge Winners
Release Date:
06/29/2015
Through its Public Art Challenge, Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced two-year grants of up to $1 million each to six cities for temporary public art projects.
Jonas Center Supports Visionary Project Bringing New Light to End-of-Life Issues
Release Date:
11/03/2015
‘Dying in America,’ by photographer/filmmaker Carolyn Jones, launches website with resources for patients, families ahead of feature film.
Stavros Niarchos, Charles H. Revson Foundation Initiative Recognizes Queens Branches with 'Oscars of Libraries'
Release Date:
06/07/2016
The NYC Neighborhood Library Awards are an initiative of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Charles H. Revson Foundation.
Mellon Foundation Supports Festival That Will Show Sneak Preview of PBS "Hamilton" Documentary
Release Date:
09/06/2016
The documentary will go behind the scenes of Miranda's creative process in transforming Alexander Hamilton's biographical history into a critically-acclaimed theatrical masterpiece.
JPMorgan Chase Announces $20M for New Skills for Youth Initiative
Release Date:
01/11/2017
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced $20 million in grants to 10 U.S. states to dramatically increase the number of students who graduate from high school prepared for careers.
Rajiv Shah on Rockefeller Foundation Priorities, Multilateralism and Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/20/2017
Amid a mood of global distrust toward institutions, philanthropic foundations must prioritize winning public confidence, including by partnering together and taking risks, said Rajiv Shah in some of his first public remarks since taking the helm of...
Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving
Release Date:
06/15/2017
Is the renewed focus on the manufacturing sector sound economic policy, or as pundits from across the political spectrum have complained, is it just a nostalgic bid for middle-class jobs that are gone for good?
NYS Health’s Event Recap: Reporting in the ‘Fake News’ Era: A Conversation With Health Reporter Charles Ornstein
Release Date:
09/13/2017
NYS Health hosted Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Ornstein, senior reporter covering health care at ProPublica, for a wide-ranging conversation about the evolution of journalism and health care.
The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners
Release Date:
11/17/2017
Early this year, The J.M. Kaplan Fund put out a call to anyone in the United States with a promising solution to a social problem. The J.M. Kaplan Fund sought to identify and celebrate innovation in the fields of heritage conservation, social...
Toshiba America Foundation Awards High School Students Grant to Support Yeast Experiment
Release Date:
02/16/2018
A science experiment by Stamford High School students is getting ready to launch into space.