Open Society Foundations Appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as Director of the Women’s Rights Program
Release Date:
08/16/2018
... of the Open Society Foundations. “We are thrilled to have a visionary leader like Kavita N. Ramdas join our team ...
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ASPCA, NYPD Unveil New Mobile Command Post for Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad
Release Date:
09/04/2018
... animals. According to the ASPCA, the NYPD and ASPCA have been working side-by-side since January 2014, and have treated more than 3,000 animal victims citywide. The ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Names More Organizations to Join Cohort of 200 Participating in $43 Million Arts Innovation and Management Training Program
Release Date:
09/05/2018
... organizations in Baltimore and 35 organizations in Denver have been selected to participate in the Arts Innovation and ... than 200 cultural organizations across these seven cities have been selected to...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Prairie View A&M University $500,000 to Support African-American Studies Initiative
Release Date:
09/14/2018
... that, given the University's cultural legacy, it did not have a formal program in African-American Studies.... The .....
Salesforce.org Announces $18 Million in Grants Towards Bay Area Education, Homelessness and Cleanliness at Dreamforce 2018
Release Date:
09/25/2018
... investment will help ensure San Franciscans continue to have safe places to play by supporting the renovation of 13 ... city. In addition to grant funding, Salesforce employees have committed to 100,000...
Inside Philanthropy Covers Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s Big Investment in City Parks
Release Date:
10/30/2018
... parks on the waterfronts of Buffalo and Detroit and their surrounding regions, and to advance regional trail ... and economic benefits to these cities, both of which have struggled with post-industrial decline...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Supported Art Exhibition "Programmed" On View at the Whitney
Release Date:
10/31/2018
... and code, but they also address the use of programming in their creation. The exhibition links two strands of artistic ... and shows how the ideas addressed in those earlier works have evolved in contemporary...
Supported in Part by the Rita Allen Foundation, Researchers Discover New Protein Factor That Contributes to Cancer Cell Migration
Release Date:
11/01/2018
... That Contributes to Cancer Cell Migration UCLA researchers have discovered a new protein factor that contributes to a ... the wound and heal it. Previous studies with microarrays have shown that proliferation...
NoVo Foundation Announce Support for Grassroots Organizations to Address Key Gaps in Local Communities' Responses to Human Trafficking
Release Date:
11/05/2018
... la Lucha (Center for Workers United in Struggle). "Cities have a critical role to play in addressing human trafficking ... by leaders and organizations that can reach deep within their communities and...
United Hospital Fund and New York State Health Foundation Release New Report: Difficult Decisions About Post-Acute Care and Why They Matter
Release Date:
11/19/2018
... rehabilitation centers, in nursing homes, at home, or in their communities. Yet too often, patients and their families do not have the critical information and support they need to ... who...
Scientists Develop a New Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Release Date:
12/06/2018
... at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new tool described as a “flight data ... in great detail — but the pathways cells take to reach their destinations have...
Ford Foundation Contributes to Preservation of Hemingway's Works with New Restoration Center in Cuba
Release Date:
03/31/2019
... even as bilateral ties between the old Cold War foes have chilled again . Hemingway , who won the Nobel prize for ... a ribbon-cutting ceremony.McGovern said the project would have been much easier were it not...
Pfizer Invites Proposals for Psoriatic Arthritis Educational Projects
Release Date:
05/15/2019
... /organizations/associations, all institutions must have a relevant role and the requesting organization must have a key role in the project. See the Pfizer website for ...
Morgan Stanley Foundation to Fund Houston Food Bank School Pantry Program
Release Date:
05/31/2019
... source of healthy and nutritious food for children and their families in convenient and familiar locations such as a ... and we are grateful for the support its employees have shown by donating their...
Emil Kang Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Program Director for Arts and Cultural Heritage
Release Date:
07/09/2019
... honored to join the Mellon Foundation, an institution I have long admired for its willingness to invest in bold and ... innovative artistic endeavors. At UNC, these endeavors have always been grounded in the...
The Wallace Foundation Names Bronwyn Bevan as New Director of Research
Release Date:
07/31/2019
... policy and development. “We are delighted to have Bronwyn Bevan joining our team at The Wallace ... her to lead our research efforts.” “I am honored to have the opportunity to join an organization with such a...
Mosquito 'spit glands' Hold Key to Curbing Malaria, Study Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Shows
Release Date:
08/12/2019
... can harbor thousands of malaria-causing parasites in their bodies, yet while slurping blood from a victim, they ... bottleneck, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have discovered that the parasites are...
Lukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer, Research Supported by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award
Release Date:
09/20/2019
... nilotinib — specifically targets cancer cells that have an abnormal activation of a cell communication system, ... glioblastoma and one third of medulloblastoma cases have an impairment in the Hedgehog...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches New Voting Rights Report, Philanthropy’s Role in Protecting and Strengthening American Democracy
Release Date:
11/01/2019
... and people with disabilities. American philanthropies now have an opportunity to protect and strengthen U.S. democracy ... efforts, organizations working on voting rights have faced unprecedented pressure...
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