F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding
Release Date:
02/03/2015
The Stanford Social Innovation Review blasts restricted funding as limiting and ineffective.
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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces New Grantmaking Areas
Release Date:
02/20/2015
... results directly from human activity. This anthropogenic effect can have a negative impact on oceans, climate, and ...
Citi is Giving Women the Tools to Shatter the Entrepreneurship Gender Gap
Release Date:
03/20/2015
... from 2002 to 2014. “There’s a tremendous ripple effect that you can set off if you invest in women,” says ...
Rockefeller's Rodin Discusses City Resiliency on Innovation Hub
Release Date:
05/04/2015
Rockefeller Foundation President, Judith Rodin, stresses the importance of preparedness during times of natural disasters.
NY Juvenile Justice Funders Urge State Officials to 'Raise the Age'
Release Date:
06/18/2015
Philanthropic support includes Tow Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, Andrus Family Fund, Long Island Community Foundation, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation, David Rockefeller Foundation and New York Foundation.
NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents
Release Date:
07/10/2015
The foundation looks to address the silence surrounding at-risk girls.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Issues RFP for Innovative Approaches to Peacekeeping
Release Date:
09/15/2015
The joint Public-Private Partnership on Peacebuilding will provide grants of up to $1 million to one to three consortia to conduct projects involving a U.S., a Norwegian, and at least one Southern/emerging power partner.
Rockefeller Helps Develop a Cohesive Strategy for Family Philanthropy
Release Date:
09/16/2015
By developing a cohesive strategy, older generations can be sure that the younger generation will become increasingly involved in the future.
Rebuild By Design Joins Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities Initiative
Release Date:
10/01/2015
The partnership will bring resilience, best practices and solutions to cities around the world.
Come Help Me Be Less Racist
Release Date:
10/21/2015
While the vast majority of those working in philanthropy are committed to ameliorating the effects of our unjust history, we are nonetheless subject to implicit bias in our lives and in our work. But even though implicit bias operates at a...
Verizon Foundation Supports National Survey of Americans’ Health App Use
Release Date:
11/04/2015
Are fitness apps the magic bullet to health? While fitness and other health-related smartphone apps are acquired in large numbers by Americans, many are left unused by those who download them.
"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says
Release Date:
12/10/2015
A "resilience bond", a variation on a catastrophe bond, could help cities deal more effectively with climate change-related disasters, according to a report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Rockefeller Supported, ‘Futures of Work” Report Examines Global Disruptions
Release Date:
01/19/2016
The Futures of Work, a groundbreaking new report from Foresight Alliance, a Washington DC-based foresight consultancy, says workers everywhere will be impacted by accelerating distruptions to the world of work.
Patients with Macular Degeneration Show Improvement with High-dose Statin Treatment (Research to Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
02/08/2016
Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School and the University of Crete published research on the efficacy of statins (cholesterol-lowering medications) for the treatment of patients with the dry form of age-related macular...
UJA-Federation of New York Seeks $40M From Bankrupt FEGS
Release Date:
02/09/2016
The biggest unsecured creditors in the bankruptcy case of the massive social service charity FEGS Health & Human Services are seeking tens of millions of dollars for a joint retirement plan serving thousands who work for New York Jewish...
Century Foundation: A Post-Paris Agenda for Climate Security at the UN
Release Date:
02/11/2016
... greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation) and ameliorating the effect of climate change currently ongoing (adaptation). To ...
Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation
Release Date:
03/16/2016
Strong principals are critical components of successful schools, and Wallace Foundation will be investing millions of dollars in research into what makes a principal effective.
Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance
Release Date:
03/17/2016
... child allowance would more than triple the anti-poverty effect of the current CTC. A child allowance of $2,500 for ...
Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping
Release Date:
03/29/2016
A new study from Sandia National Laboratories assesses how much the city of Norfolk, its region and the nation would suffer in damages to national assets and lost economic activity if it does nothing to address rising sea levels.
Sage Foundation Research Indicates Americans May Not Be Ready for Tax Increase on Wealthy
Release Date:
05/11/2016
Economic inequality is high and rising. At the same time, many governments are struggling to balance budgets while maintaining spending for popular programs.