Ai Weiwei's Citywide Public Art Project Elicits Protest From Village Neighborhood Group
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... Ai’s largest projects to date, with pieces going up in major locations like the Unisphere in Queens, Doris C. ...
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Carnegie Corp.’s Academic Leadership Award Recognizes Seven University Presidents
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... the liberal arts, equal opportunity, the development of major interdisciplinary programs, international engagement, ...
Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... country’s 4.4 million is now a refugee. The result is a major humanitarian catastrophe, now in its seventh year. The ...
George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
10/18/2017
... George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager and a major Democratic donor, has given $18 billion to his Open ...
Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science
Release Date:
12/01/2017
... CZI, have much broader goals. But one attribute unites the major players on the philanthropic science-funding scene: ...
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Supporting Local Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Foundations - Webinar
Thursday, February 1, 2018 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Join PSFG and the Human Rights Funders Network for a funders-only discussion on the challenges to “locally-led” grantmaking and recommendations for how to overcome them.
New York Times Op-Ed "Good Leaders Make Good Schools" Cites Important Wallace-Commissioned Research Report
Release Date:
03/13/2018
... students were improving faster than students in any other major school district in the country. Chicago schools are ...
Research Co-Sponsored by The JPB Foundation Examines Quality of Abortion Care
Release Date:
03/16/2018
The quality of abortion care depends on where a woman lives, says one of most comprehensive reviews of research on safety and quality of abortion care in the U.S.
Peter Peterson, Billionaire and Philanthropist, Dies at 91
Release Date:
03/20/2018
... Nebraska, to Greek immigrants, Peterson was CEO of two major U.S. companies and co-founded one of the world's .....
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough
Release Date:
04/03/2018
The ability to create clean, safe drinking water using only natural levels of sunlight and inexpensive gel technology could be at hand, thanks to an innovation in water purification.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Publishes Results of Largest Survey of American Mayors
Release Date:
04/05/2018
... mayors increasingly feel on the hook for addressing major policy and funding issues – from infrastructure to ...
Morgan Stanley Foundation Announces Additional Support to Local Food Banks Across the United States
Release Date:
05/17/2018
... become a reality.” Food insecurity continues to be a major issue facing millions of Americans today. 41 million ...
UJA-Federation of New York Raises Record-breaking $249 Million in 2017-2018 Campaign Year
Release Date:
07/27/2018
... mark its centennial year, UJA successfully launched three major capital initiatives focused on fighting poverty, ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $1.3 Million to Support Recovery and Resilience for Puerto Rico's Underserved Healthcare Centers
Release Date:
08/02/2018
... Saves Lives (SSL) initiative, which has partnered with major humanitarian relief organizations to install solar and ...
Ford Foundation Joins Funders To Launch The Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund
Release Date:
08/13/2018
... one of the few top foundations to make countering racism a major part of its grantmaking. It's been working on racial .....
Mellon Foundation Renews Support for Open Graduate Education at Brown
Release Date:
09/17/2018
Launched in 2011 with prior support from the Mellon Foundation, the program enables doctoral students to simultaneously complete a master’s degree in a different field of study.
Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality Appoints Diahann Billings-Burford as New CEO
Release Date:
10/30/2018
... sports and athletes across professional leagues are making major contributions in social activism. That means there’s ...
Supported in Part by the Rita Allen Foundation, Researchers Discover New Protein Factor That Contributes to Cancer Cell Migration
Release Date:
11/01/2018
... that proliferation and quiescence are associated with a major reprogramming of gene expression patterns. These gene ...
United Hospital Fund Offers New Tool Kit to Curb Antibiotic Overprescribing
Release Date:
11/12/2018
The United Hospital Fund has released a free set of tools and guidelines to help outpatient medical practices more appropriately prescribe antibiotics amid the growing public health crisis of antibiotic resistance.
United Hospital Fund and New York State Health Foundation Release New Report: Difficult Decisions About Post-Acute Care and Why They Matter
Release Date:
11/19/2018
... a common part of recovery for many patients who undergo major surgery or experience serious illness. Each year, ...