Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case
Release Date:
12/11/2015
... students from all high schools across the state with the use of race as one factor in a “holistic” approach to ...
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Rita Allen Foundation Announces More Than $1.1 Million in Grants to Promote Early-Stage Approaches in Government and Journalism
Release Date:
12/18/2015
... in Government and Journalism Thanks to the growing use of digital technologies, people everywhere now have ...
The Next Generation in Philanthropy: From The Rockefeller Foundation To The Zuckerberg Chan Initiative
Release Date:
01/05/2016
When $45 billion dollars is pledged to charity, it’s bound to start a lot of conversations. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan's announcement has received a lot of attention and has started discussion about the next...
Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
02/03/2016
New research findings may lead to the treatment of blinding eye diseases using a patient’s own corrected cells as replacement tissue.
Commonwealth Fund Brief Documents ACA’s Costs for Low- to Moderate-Income People
Release Date:
03/18/2016
The Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing reductions, available to low-to-moderate-income people in silver-tier marketplace plans, substantially lower deductibles, out-of-pocket spending limits, and copayments for a range of key health services, a new...
Public-Private Partnership With Ford, Surdna, Niarchos, Bloomberg, Mellon, and Rockefeller Award Placemaking Grants Totaling $11 Million
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... range from $100,000 to $500,000, will support efforts to use the arts and culture to strengthen the social, physical, ...
Ford's Darren Walker Writes, "Let America Be America Again"
Release Date:
01/06/2017
President of the Ford Foundation Darren reflects, "for as much progress as we have made, America has yet to fully live up to its promise and founding aspiration to be a nation of liberty, dignity, and justice for all. Yet this noble vision remains...
Seven Bridges Brings The Simons Foundation’s Genome Diversity Project Dataset to the Cloud
Release Date:
04/12/2017
Seven Bridges, the biomedical data analysis company, today announced that it has made the Simons Genome Diversity Project (SGDP) dataset available for analysis by researchers via the Seven Bridges Platform.
Mark Zezza Joins NYSHealth as Director of Policy and Research
Release Date:
04/18/2017
In this newly created position, Dr. Zezza will focus on developing the evidence base to support and advance the Foundation's role as a changemaker.
With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity
Release Date:
04/25/2017
... born with--are transitioning socially, which means they use pronouns, names, and clothing associated with their ...
Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy
Release Date:
06/30/2017
It’s one of the most loved ideas in American life. Perhaps, though, it should be one of the most resented.
JPMorgan Chase Releases New Data Platform, The Good Jobs Index
Release Date:
11/14/2017
The Good Jobs Index is a new data platform that provides a window into the shifting realities of employment opportunity in the US, including the finding that two-thirds of states have added good jobs for workers without a bachelor’s degree.
While Announcing Main Branch Renovations, NYPL Notes Mid-Manhattan Library to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Release Date:
11/16/2017
The New York Public Library revealed the $317 million master plan that will guide the renovation of the iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.
Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
11/26/2017
Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. health care system in decades. It was enacted with the goals...
Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
11/26/2017
Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. health care system in decades. It was enacted with the goals...
The Andy Warhol Foundation Partners With Calvin Klein
Release Date:
11/29/2017
Calvin Klein has entered into a new partnership with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which gives the American fashion brand unprecedented access to the late artist’s life work - much of which remains unpublished.
Ford Foundation Appoints Roy Swan to Lead Mission Investments Portfolio
Release Date:
12/05/2017
The Ford Foundation announced today the appointment of Roy Swan as director of its Mission Investments team based in New York. Swan will lead a dedicated team managing the portfolio announced in April, when Ford committed to invest $1 billion over...
Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States
Release Date:
12/14/2017
Forty-seven states saw their adult uninsured rate drop by five percentage points or more in the first three years following the Affordable Care Act’s major health coverage expansions, according to a new Commonwealth Fund scorecard assessing access...
Tax Bill Glitch Endangers Future of Newman’s Own Foundation
Release Date:
01/03/2018
The Westport-based Newman’s Own Foundation was on the verge of securing a provision in the federal tax overhaul that would have spared it from an unusual 200 percent tax hike it is facing, when the Senate parliamentarian forced lawmakers to strip it...
Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues
Release Date:
01/24/2018
... one of the keys to better understanding FXS, which impairs use of memory in multiple ways. To explore this, first the ...