United Hospital Fund Supports Family Caregiver Centers
Release Date:
01/18/2017
Hospitals are showing a greater interest in family caregivers in part because of new penalties for hospital readmissions.
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The Commonwealth Fund Outlines 10 Recommendations for Policymakers Designing a High-Performing Health Care System for Patients with Complex Needs
Release Date:
01/20/2017
In 2014, the New York–based Commonwealth Fund established the International Experts Working Group on Patients with Complex Needs through a grant to the London School of Economics and Political Science. The group’s purpose was to outline the...
Supported by Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Visual Arts of NJ Explores New Jersey Parks
Release Date:
02/24/2017
More than two years in the making, Park Wonder: Rediscovering Four New Jersey Landscapes will open at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey on April 20, 2017.
Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact
Release Date:
03/24/2017
In 1917, businessman John Andrus decided to give away half his self-made fortune, built in part on developing the peptonoid elixir that was the precursor to Pepto-Bismol.
Mellon Foundation Gives $1.02 Million to New Critical Theory Initiative
Release Date:
03/30/2017
Using a $1.02 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Northwestern will collaborate with worldwide professionals to develop a curriculum on critical theory, a stream of philosophy that critiques the ways culture is formed and discussed.
Supported by Mellon Foundation, Hybrid Publishing Platform Launches In Beta Form
Release Date:
04/07/2017
With the launch, the press is moving to gather feedback and refine the platform as it enters the third and final year of a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Supports Employment Opportunities for Adults with Disabilities
Release Date:
04/18/2017
Thanks to a $250,000 challenge grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, the nonprofit Penn-Mar Human Services, an Employment First provider, will be able to expand its Community Employment (CE) program over the next two years.
Aetna Foundation Leverages Philanthropic Investment to Build Healthier Communities
Release Date:
04/20/2017
... and counties to start grassroots initiatives, to providing grants , guidance and technology information to help small ...
NYSHealth to Provide Funding For Free Health And Wellness Programming at Randall’s Island Park
Release Date:
04/21/2017
Randall’s Island Park Alliance announced that it has been awarded a 175,000 dollar grant from the New York State Health Foundation to provide funding for free health and wellness programming at Randall’s Island Park, with a focus on increasing...
Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California
Release Date:
05/11/2017
... young women and girls of color, one of its first big grants will go to help young women and girls of color ...
Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research
Release Date:
05/12/2017
... Initiative on Immigration and Immigrant Integration. Grants of up to $150,000 over one or two years will be ...
Impact of Silicon Valley Community Foundation on Education around the Country Noted
Release Date:
06/07/2017
... is giving middle school principals $100,000 “innovation grants ” and encouraging them to behave more like start-up ...
Rockefeller Foundation Backs Nonprofit ETF Startup
Release Date:
08/01/2017
The Rockefeller Foundation is helping to finance a startup hoping to build exchange-traded funds for nonprofit organizations and direct the profits back to their causes.
New Mellon Fellowship Program Explores Cultural Preservation through Long-Term Conservation of Navajo Textiles
Release Date:
08/04/2017
The Heard Museum has been awarded a $300,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch a fellowship program centered on care and long-term preservation of Navajo textiles while potentially gaining new insights into conservation techniques.
Helmsley Funds Research Collaborative around Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date:
08/18/2017
Scientists at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope have received over $300,000 from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support scientific collaborations to fight type 1 diabetes.
'Dreamer’ Plan That Aided 800,000 Immigrants Is Threatened
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Key players in the Trump administration have advised Mr. Trump to wind down the DACA program, and his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, has informed him he considers it unconstitutional and cannot defend it in court.
With Federal Funds Shrinking, Math and Science Funders Including Simons Foundation Step Up
Release Date:
08/28/2017
While STEM giving is one of the hottest funding areas in higher ed philanthropy, most of the gifts we profile are earmarked for tangible and conventional goals—a new science building, teacher training, diversifying the ranks of science majors, and...
Opinion: Vacant Lots And Properties Could House New York City’s Homeless
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Not since the Great Depression has New York City faced such a critical shortage in affordable housing. The city’s population of unsheltered homeless people has risen a staggering 40 percent since last year, according to the most recent annual count...
Cuomo, Schneiderman Say They'll Sue to Protect "Dreamers"
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... it is planning to end the Obama-era program DACA, which grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in ...
Trump's DACA Decision Could Strip Thousands In New York Of Medicaid Coverage
Release Date:
09/06/2017
The Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program could strip thousands of New Yorkers of their health insurance, a consequence unique to New York that could focus the debate in Albany when the...