Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... “high-spending low-density state,” a last-minute change seemingly aimed at Alaska and its holdout Republican ...
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Open Society Research Looks at New Technology Predicting Recidivism Without Being Racist
Release Date:
09/25/2017
A tool to help predict whether someone who’s been arrested will reoffend does not factor in race. But it could consider convictions.
More Healthful Kids Meals? Panera CEO Dishes Out A Challenge
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Chicken nuggets. French fries. Pizza. Repeat. This repertoire of kids menu items may seem familiar to many families, but one fast-casual chain aims to put a lot more options in front of its young customers.
Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... many leave without the skills for calculating the correct change from a transaction, reading a doctor’s instructions, ...
Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... fewer taxpayers would itemize their tax returns. That change could reduce the value of the charitable deduction as ...
Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... of recent retirees believe Social Security needs to change . . . Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, ...
Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds
Release Date:
10/10/2017
Investing in product safety, employee diversity and carbon footprint reduction are all examples of corporate social responsibility (CSR) that can result in high praise for a chief executive—or get them fired—according to new research from the...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund
Release Date:
10/27/2017
The JDRF T1D Fund, a venture philanthropy fund focused on developing life-changing approaches to the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D), has announced a $5 million commitment from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards
Release Date:
11/17/2017
What Works Cities, a Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded program begun in April 2015, was named a 2017 Navigator Award recipient for demonstrable results in performance management, transparency, access to data and the adoption of best practices and data...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts
Release Date:
12/15/2017
... to build empathy in order to affect positive social change . MIA will launch the first-ever Center for Empathy ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Sponsored Research Reveals How Cities Can Embrace Innovation Without Sacrificing Public Health and Safety
Release Date:
01/05/2018
... regulations that better fit the dynamism and pace of change of cities themselves. Many city governments in the ...
Michael Bloomberg Announces 2nd Annual Global Business Forum and One Planet Summit
Release Date:
07/11/2018
... population growth, economic inequality and climate change threats – it has never been more important for the ...
Peter G. Peterson Foundation Funds Report Rethinking How Medicare Pays for Services
Release Date:
07/13/2018
For more than two decades, experts have warned that Medicare relies far too heavily on recommendations submitted by the American Medical Association’s Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) when setting payment amounts for different physicians...
Tiffany & Co. Foundation Continues Commitment to Great Barrier Reef Conservation Efforts
Release Date:
07/17/2018
... on Earth. However, various threats—such as climate change , poor water quality and impacts from human ...
The Leon Levy Foundation and Charles H. Revson Foundation Fund New Nonprofit Local News Entity in New York City
Release Date:
09/28/2018
... like transportation, housing and real estate, climate change , healthcare, immigrant New Yorkers and criminal ...
Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice Judges Panel to Be Chaired by Clark Foundation President Douglas Bauer
Release Date:
10/22/2018
... Russo, celebrates the power of the written word to create change in the name of justice for all. The list was chosen by ...
Thank You
Release Date:
11/14/2018
Right around now is the moment when activities start to ramp up and the frantic pace of the season begins to move in double time.
Rini Banerjee Welcomed as New President of The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Release Date:
12/10/2018
... a racial and gender lens makes her a powerful voice for change . Rini is the right person at the right time for Noyes ...
Joel Wallman Named Director of Research at Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Release Date:
02/20/2019
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG), a leader in understanding violence, has named Joel Wallman Director of Research. In this role, Dr. Wallman will guide the Foundation’s research agenda on the nature, consequences and responses to violence...
PNY Members Among Those Named Crain's 50 Most Powerful Women in New York
Release Date:
06/03/2019
... their voices and used their elbows to create undeniable change . Women have entered government at unprecedented ...