Ford Foundation Funded Study Examines Priorities for Latino Millennials
Release Date:
03/27/2015
... but similar to them, have little moral dilemma about using contraception and believe it should be widely ...
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Open Society Justice Initiative Examines Repercussions of of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen
Release Date:
04/15/2015
... For more than a decade now, the United States has been using armed drones to secretly kill suspected terrorists in ...
Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $75 Million for Smart Power India Project
Release Date:
04/16/2015
The foundation will light up 1,000 villages and create new jobs by providing electricity for commercial purposes.
Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research
Release Date:
05/26/2015
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has announced a $10 million gift Gerstner to expand cancer research efforts focused on overcoming drug resistance in tumor cells.
Pershing Square Foundation Backs Initiative to Provide Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants
Release Date:
05/28/2015
The program will provide 1200 students with a $25,000 scholarship to attend college.
JPB Foundation Champions Bike Share Access for Underserved Communities
Release Date:
06/02/2015
“These grants allow cities, systems, and non-profit partners to test interventions and help us develop best practices for encouraging more people to use bike share."
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Works to Build a Better South Bronx
Release Date:
07/10/2015
The foundation is partnering with the New York Restoration Project on community development and health initiatives to improve the quality of life for Bronx residents.
Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code
Release Date:
09/01/2015
At Verizon, 60 percent of the new hires are within IT or engineering—but only a quarter of them are women.
Sloan Foundation Announces 2016 Research Fellowships
Release Date:
02/25/2016
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the selection of 126 scientists and researchers as recipients of this year's Sloan Research Fellowships.
Ford, Atlantic Philanthropies Bring U.C.L.A. Center on Police-Community Ties to John Jay College
Release Date:
03/22/2016
A national research center focused on interactions between the police and the communities they serve will open this summer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, with the college’s first endowed professor as its director.
Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work
Release Date:
03/30/2016
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have prepared a $25-million "gift basket" to welcome foreign officials who will begin streaming into Washington for high-level nuclear-security talks.
Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing
Release Date:
04/14/2016
... and financial-sector leaders who have direct experience using outcomes-focused funding to address critical issues ...
Mellon Foundation Contributes to 'THATcamp' on Humanities and Technology
Release Date:
04/21/2016
THATCamp is a national series of events promoting digital humanities – broadly defined as the use of technology in the research and teaching of humanities.
JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S.
Release Date:
04/26/2016
... While the data is accurate, the conclusion is suspect. Using ridership as a measure of equity ignores the reality ...
Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News
Release Date:
05/03/2016
After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what it is that former Deputy Water Management Commissioner Aaron Koch would be doing in the newly created job.
Simons Foundation Expanding Its Space
Release Date:
05/09/2016
The Simons Foundation, founded by mathematician and hedge-fund billionaire James Simons and his wife, Marilyn, is expanding in the Flatiron District.
Latin American Director at Open Society Foundations Comments on Rio Olympics Human Rights Abuses
Release Date:
07/19/2016
Pedro Abramovay, who worked for the Brazilian government until 2011, said legal and constitutional procedures were swept aside repeatedly.
Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction
Release Date:
07/25/2016
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Wilson College a $100,000 grant to strengthen writing instruction for students, especially those in their first year.
Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights
Release Date:
08/12/2016
Migratory birds often use warm, rising atmospheric currents to gain height with little energy expenditure when flying over long distances.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data
Release Date:
08/15/2016
The Data for Health initiative, led by the public health team at Bloomberg Philanthropies, aims to support interested governments in creating data systems changes that will be lasting, affordable and impactful.