Charities Seek to Attract More Boomers as They Mull Retirement Plans
Release Date:
10/20/2014
... introducing a new iPhone application at the end of 2012. Using the free app, donors can direct grants from their ...
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United Hospital Fund Produces User-Friendly Data Sets to Advance Population Health in New York
Release Date:
11/07/2014
The data sets offer insight on how New Yorkers are utilizing current Medicaid benefits.
F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding
Release Date:
02/03/2015
... financial capital, promising solutions) but are sometimes using outdated practices that are often more grounded in an ...
Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Overcome Cancer Drug Resistance
Release Date:
05/19/2015
... comprehensively identify the mechanism of drug resistance, using CRISPR genome-editing technology. This revolutionary ...
As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment
Release Date:
06/17/2016
In New York City, an unexpected fight has flared up between proponents of social service-filled “community schools” and the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the nation’s most outspoken champions of those schools.
Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations
Release Date:
09/09/2016
... Experiments on these questions dating back 80 years, using rats and mice, have repeatedly pointed to a tiny brain ...
Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth
Release Date:
08/25/2017
A counter-argument to common critques of the nonprofit sector's failure to hold executives accountable
BBH NY Launches EmojiMeals For No Kid Hungry
Release Date:
09/06/2017
No Kid Hungry, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger, and BBH NY have launched a social media campaign that uses emojis to combat the issue of hunger nationally. The initiative raises awareness that one out of every six kids...
Indian Women Speak Out About A Government Tax that Declares Certain Feminine Hygiene Products 'Nonessential'
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Last month, the Indian government rolled out a new tax plan — the Goods and Service Tax — labeling sanitary products "nonessential," making them eligible for a 12 percent tax. The increase in the cost of sanitary napkins will force many women...
Williamson Foundation’s Caroline Williamson Interviewed on Adaptive Leadership
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... New York University’s (NYU) Silver School of Social Work using the adaptive leadership approach. Those programs are ...
No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?
Release Date:
10/06/2017
When the Every Student Succeeds Act was enacted, speculation swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social and emotional competencies to determine whether their schools are successful.
William T. Grant Foundation President Discusses Inequality In English Language Education
Release Date:
10/26/2017
... described the Foundation’s goals and grant programs, using English language learning as a case study for the type ...
New York Women's Foundation Launches Fund to Support MeToo Movement
Release Date:
05/10/2018
Tarana Burke and her MeToo movement are getting a financial boost for their work fighting sexual violence.
Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Michigan Researchers Building System to Safeguard Confidential Data
Release Date:
06/07/2018
The Researcher Credentialing for Restricted Data Access project, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, aims to increase the willingness of other data research centers to share data and the ability of scientists to undertake new creative research...
New United Hospital Fund Report Identifies NYC Neighborhoods Where Medicaid Might Better Support Members’ Health by Addressing Housing Insecurity
Release Date:
07/26/2018
Neighborhoods where insecure housing overlaps with higher rates of emergency department use may be promising areas for interventions under Medicaid value-based payment.
Century Foundation Releases New Report: Finding Workers Where They Are
Release Date:
02/07/2019
... efforts, such as Fight for $15, have had success in using digital issue campaigns to achieve better wages,2 ...
Jessica Rothkuo Joins Redlich Horowitz Foundation to Lead Family First Implementation
Release Date:
04/24/2019
The Redlich Horwitz Foundation is pleased to announce the expansion of our team!
NYT Opinion: Darren Walker Reflects on Why Museums Need to Step Into the Future
Release Date:
07/26/2019
America’s museums are more than repositories of ancient Greek statues and Renaissance paintings. They are guardians of a fading social and demographic order. On Thursday, Warren Kanders resigned from the board of the Whitney Museum of Art, after...
Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime? - New Research & Policy Report from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases
Release Date:
01/20/2023
As jurisdictions throughout the U.S. consider reducing or eliminating the use of pretrial detention and cash bail, this report examines whether crime has increased in places that have implemented bail reforms since 2017.
New Multi-Foundation Matching Fund Recognizes Public Transit’s Importance to Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability
Release Date:
09/17/2020
... pressure from constituents. We will only obtain change through civic activism that causes government to change. That ...