Newman's Own Foundation Reaches Milestone of $500 Million to Charity
Release Date:
02/01/2018
... employees embrace the same values he established long ago, using these core values as an anchor and inspiration to carry ...
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A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect
Release Date:
02/07/2018
... vision loss. In severe cases, it can be fatal. “ Using our combination therapy approach, we were able to ...
Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability
Release Date:
02/23/2018
Understanding that stable homes provide an important platform for individual success and thriving communities, nine of the nation’s largest private foundations have joined forces to create the Funders for Housing and Opportunity collaborative, with...
New York State Health Foundation Funded Study Finds Most NY Health Providers Are Not Ready to Care for Veterans
Release Date:
03/01/2018
Only about 2 percent of the physicians and other health care providers in New York State are equipped to provide timely and quality care to veterans in the community, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
NYCT's Patricia Swann and Kerry Mccarthy Write About the Power and Possibility of the ‘Black Panther’ Moment
Release Date:
03/06/2018
"Black Panther” is being hailed as a watershed moment in cultural history for African Americans, and it’s easy to see why. It’s more than just a movie; it’s a celebration of black excellence.
OSF Report Finds That Women Are Vastly Outnumbered at Europe’s Top Policy Events
Release Date:
03/08/2018
Europe’s top 23 policy events feature an average of three male speakers to every woman, according to an Open Society Foundations report published on Thursday.
All Proceeds From the Auction of David and Peggy Rockefeller's Art Collection Will Go to Charity
Release Date:
03/15/2018
Christie's will auction off the collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller in May. All of the proceeds from the sale will go to charity.
New Online Tool Created With Support from OSF Helps Immigrants Make a Plan
Release Date:
04/04/2018
"Make a Plan," on immi.org provides basic information to help individuals and families prepare for potential detention or deportation.
A Look At The Building Bridges Program, Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Release Date:
04/10/2018
Building Bridges is one of the arms of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, which in turn is part of the larger, New York-based Doris Duke Charitable Foundation that also funds global wellness for children as well as environmental and medical...
MasterCard Foundation Commits 100 million to Projects Within Its Young Africa Works Strategy
Release Date:
04/16/2018
The move continues a trend of foundations, donors and social investors deepening their stakes in the continent’s future. Mastercard Foundation—an entity that's entirely separate from the credit card company and has some $9 billion in assets—is among...
New Study Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Identifies Nature's Strongholds
Release Date:
04/23/2018
A new study by The Nature Conservancy has identified landscapes across the American Midwest that are predicted to withstand the growing impacts of climate change and help ensure nature’s survival.
How the Rockefeller Auction is Leaving an Inspirational Legacy
Release Date:
05/08/2018
The auction is estimated to bring in a record-breaking $1 billion, specifically endowing a select number of charities.
OSF Leaving Hungary Under Government Pressure
Release Date:
05/15/2018
... repressed civil society for the sake of political gain, using tactics unprecedented in the history of the European ...
Century Foundation and the 74 Present Case Studies on Diversity-Driven Classrooms
Release Date:
05/29/2018
... schools and charter networks across the country are using the flexibility of the charter model to incorporate ...
Newman's Own Foundation Announces New Class of Fellows
Release Date:
06/06/2018
Newman's Own Foundation welcomes a new class of Fellows, as it enters the fourth year of its Fellowship Program. There will be 14 new Fellows starting the program, as 17 Fellows graduate today.
Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments
Release Date:
06/18/2018
A new field study called HOMEChem (House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry), funded by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in its Chemistry of Indoor Environments program, will analyze these chemical interactions with the...
With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MIT To Conduct an Environmental Scan of Open Source Publishing
Release Date:
06/25/2018
With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MIT To Conduct an Environmental Scan of Open Source Publishing The MIT Press has announced the award of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to conduct a landscape analysis...
Salesforce Staff Ask CEO to Revisit Ties With Border Agency
Release Date:
06/28/2018
... The letter said staff recently learned that the CBP is using three Salesforce products to recruit and "manage border .....
Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps
Release Date:
06/28/2018
Emmett Carson, who in recent years raised billions of charitable dollars from some of the world’s most powerful technology entrepreneurs, has left his job as chief executive of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and Social Justice Impact Investing
Release Date:
07/05/2018
For many institutions, especially those with social justice missions, there are big questions about how exactly to execute a hugely varying set of tactics that get lumped under the same rubric of impact investing. One of those institutions is the...