MasterCard Foundation Funding $15.5 Million Program to Assist Small Farmers in Africa
Release Date:
11/07/2014
The program will help improve productivity for 730,000 farmers in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania.
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Ford Foundation to Fund City Study of Diversity in Cultural Institutions
Release Date:
03/04/2015
The study will be implemented by the Department of Cultural Affairs.
Mellon Foundation Partners with NFF to Build Financial Health of Arts Organizations
Release Date:
03/12/2015
Nonprofit Finance Fund has received a $485,000 planning grant for the first year of the project, focused on the development of a multi-phased, comprehensive initiative to help small-to-midsize arts organizations navigate, adapt and thrive amid ever-...
New York State Health Foundation Breaks Down Diabetes Prevention
Release Date:
03/26/2015
President and CEO, James Knickman, and Learning Officer Kelly Hunt, outline recent diabetes developments.
Ford Foundation Funded Study Examines Priorities for Latino Millennials
Release Date:
03/27/2015
The respondents were 18-35, and the interviews were conducted in English and Spanish.
Wallace Foundation President Will Miller Tackles Education Reform in NYTimes Editorial
Release Date:
04/17/2015
Miller cautions against ignoring principals as an important component in improving student achievement.
William T. Grant Foundation-Funded Study Examines the Consequences of Childhood Bullying
Release Date:
05/01/2015
The study explores the impact bullying on mental health in adulthood.
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.
Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System
Release Date:
06/03/2015
In a recent editorial, Zoe Baird, expounded on the need to improve education to help better prepare students for the workforce.
Century Foundation Releases Report Detailing Virtual Labor Organizing
Release Date:
06/10/2015
The study examines the use of technology to reduce income inequality.
The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard's Innovative Masters Program in Orchestral Performace Studies
Release Date:
08/14/2015
Bard College has been awarded a $2 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the launch of an innovative Master of Music Degree Program.
The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times
Release Date:
10/13/2015
For-profit colleges that have been accused of fraud are still receiving U.S. funds.
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... Grantmaking April 13 – Self-Dealing (Family Foundations & Family Offices) June 8 – Fiscal ... interest and related party transaction rules for private foundations are among the most complex and important...
Century Foundation Report Examines The Real Value of What Students Do in College
Release Date:
02/26/2016
As part of its College Completion report series, Robert Shireman, senior fellow at The Century Foundation, writes about the state of college education, including improved focus on learning as opposed to drop out rates, and what can be done to remedy...
With Help from Mellon Foundation, the National Gallery Celebrates 75 Years
Release Date:
04/08/2016
The National Gallery of Art is such a fixture in Washington that it’s hard to remember that it didn’t open until 1941, thanks to the vision of Andrew Mellon.
Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network
Release Date:
04/13/2016
Success said that the gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 schools, from 34, within the next 10 years, as well as allow the network to share its curriculum and pedagogy with other educators.
Peterson Foundation President Has OpEd in Time Magazine on Millenials and National Debt
Release Date:
04/29/2016
America’s national debt is at its highest level since 1950 and is on a path to grow rapidly in the coming decades. While there are many dangerous consequences of America’s fiscal outlook, absent a solution, no one will feel more pain than the next...
NYS Health Foundation Leads to Financially Sustainable Care Model For Resettled Refugees
Release Date:
05/05/2016
The influx of newly resettled people in upstate New York has forced several nonprofit health care clinics to either shut their doors to new refugees or close down altogether because of the financial burden of treating these patients.
Dodge Foundation Provides Travel Stipends to Jersey Water Works Delegation
Release Date:
05/26/2016
The delegation, representative of many of the sectors that make up the core of Jersey Water Works’ committees, includes four members of the collaborative’s Steering Committee.
Clark Foundation Brothers Feuded, But Also Made Two Towns Arts Destinations
Release Date:
06/20/2016
As tourists alight on Cooperstown and Williamstown, they'll be tracing footprints left by members of same influential family: the Clarks.