The Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities Reaches 95 Participants With New Additions
Release Date:
11/01/2017
... will supply digital expertise to start data analytics projects designed to improve city services and guide leaders ...
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Hillman Foundation Announces 2017 Innovation Grants
Release Date:
11/17/2017
... it will award more than $1.6 million in funding to seven projects to improve the health of vulnerable populations. The ...
The Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico
Release Date:
11/30/2017
... future challenges. The commission will identify concrete projects and initiatives and develop recommendations after ...
As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy
Release Date:
12/11/2017
... "Our youth grantmakers direct support for youth-led projects and inform our overall strategy. They hold us .....
NYS Health Foundation Challenges Philanthropy to Do more to Fix our Flawed Health Care System
Release Date:
01/12/2018
NYSHealth outlines some ways in which philanthropy can best empower health care consumers: by treating patients a partners and pushing for information transparency.
Open Society Foundations Along with Collaboration of Funders Highlight Immigrants’ Vital Role in Ohio Communities
Release Date:
03/16/2018
Open Society Foundations, in partnership with a group of other philanthropy organizations, funded a Cleveland State University report, Our Pathway to a Brighter Future: Ohio's New Americans, which highlights the crucial role immigrants play in Ohio'...
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Funds New Medical School Curriculum
Release Date:
05/01/2018
As the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine at Cleveland prepares to launch a groundbreaking experiment in training the primary care physician of the future, endorsement of the project has come in the form of a major grant to...
The Covenant Foundation Announces the 2018 Recipients of The Covenant Award
Release Date:
06/06/2018
Naomi Ackerman, Founder and Executive Director of The Advot Project, Los Angeles, CA; Deborah Newbrun, Senior Jewish Educator and Director Emeritus at Camp Tawonga, San Francisco, CA; and Dr. Susie Tanchel, Head of School at JCDS, Boston’s Jewish...
Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/06/2018
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced on June 5, 2018, that Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School, has been elected to its Board of Trustees.
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...
Rockefeller Foundation, FAO Supporting Africa to Halve Food Loss
Release Date:
06/21/2018
Food that ‘disappears' from the food chain after harvest owing to spoilage could feed an estimated 48 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. A project by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the African Union and The Rockefeller Foundation...
Tiffany & Co. Foundation Continues Commitment to Great Barrier Reef Conservation Efforts
Release Date:
07/17/2018
Tiffany & Co. Foundation announced today that it has committed approximately $1.4 million AUD ($1 million USD) to help protect and restore Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
Aetna Foundation Supports Bike Sharing Initiative
Release Date:
10/12/2018
The North Wilkesboro-based Health Foundation Inc. has been awarded a $71,000 grant from the Aetna Foundation for a “North Wilkesboro on Wheels” bike-share program to improve local access to bicycles.
Arcus Grantee, Dr. Kristina Olson, Receives Prestigious Honor
Release Date:
10/23/2018
Dr. Kristina Olson of the Trans Youth Project, an Arcus grantee who was recently announced as a 2018 MacArthur Fellow. Dr. Olson is one of 25 leaders to receive the fellowship for her work to advance scientific understanding of gender and to shed...
Warhol Foundation Condemns CAH Grant Requirement As a Flagrant Attack on Free Speech
Release Date:
11/08/2018
Joel Wachs, President of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, today condemned a recent DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities (CAH) grant requirement as a flagrant attack on free speech.
Rahima Nasa, Named First FRONTLINE Fellow of Tow Foundation Journalism Program
Release Date:
02/06/2019
... and producers on documentaries, podcasts, and multimedia projects combining text, visual, and data elements. “We are ...
Surdna Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, Among Foundations Leading the Way in Impact Investing and Racial Equity
Release Date:
02/26/2019
It has been inspiring to be part of the rapidly growing impact investing movement over the last several years, as foundations and their partners have committed more of their assets to social and environmental change. In the midst of this growth,...
Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $24 Million in Research Grants
Release Date:
02/28/2019
... with GBA, the grants included support for sixteen projects focused on investigating the biology, biomarkers, ...
Chris Ransom Joins Arcus’ Great Apes and Gibbons Program as Program Officer
Release Date:
03/06/2019
... with ZSL, Ransom spent several years working both on field projects and primate sanctuaries in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, ...
Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Award 16 Jewish Camps With Grants to Increase Accessibility
Release Date:
04/01/2019
Sixteen Jewish camps in North America have been awarded grants to increase accessibility for campers and staff with disabilities. The grants are part of the $12 million Yashar Initiative, a program of the Foundation for Jewish Camp funded by The...