Former Bessemer Trust Board Chairman Dinny Phipps Remembered
Release Date:
04/11/2016
Dinny Phipps, great-grandson of Henry Phipps, the partner of the steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, was chairman of the board at Bessemer from 1976-94.
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Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Launches Research on Genes That Cause Autism
Release Date:
04/25/2016
... the goal of getting DNA from 50,000 individuals and their families , generating an enormous amount of data for ...
Weinberg Foundation Names New Trustee
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... Names New Trustee Fay Hartog-Levin, the former U. S . ambassador to the Netherlands, has joined the board of the ... services to low-income and vulnerable individuals and families ... Weinberg Foundation Names...
U.S. States, Rockefellers Clash With U.S. House Panel on Exxon Climate Probes
Release Date:
06/27/2016
U. S . States, Rockefellers Clash With U. S . House Panel on Exxon Climate Probes With a number of U. S . states proceeding with investigations of Exxon Mobil ...
Leaders From Clark and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Help Create Hands-on Philanthropy Course
Release Date:
07/12/2016
... In Effective Philanthropy in Urban Communities, students are broken into five different teams. Each team is charged ... the total $125,000 of funding is provided by Gundlach’ s family’ s...
MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch 'Dream, Save, Do' to Support Financial Empowerment
Release Date:
09/14/2016
... Japan called “Dream, Save, Do: Financial Empowerment for Families ”. The program will be implemented through Japan’ s local school network and is intended to help children, and ...
NY Life Foundation Supports Social- Emotional Learning In Middle Schools
Release Date:
10/05/2016
... awareness and growth mindset, to name a few, and they are necessary for success throughout life—be it in the ...
Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved
Release Date:
11/17/2016
... quietly given more than 300 million dollars to children’ s organizations in the city, the New York Times reports. In ...
Community Garden at Doris Duke’s Former NJ Estate Donates Tons of Organic Produce
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Community Garden at Doris Duke’ s Former NJ Estate Donates Tons of Organic Produce Duke ... plots in order to grow organic produce. The gardeners also are expected to give back. A portion of the crops are...
Simons Foundation Supports Brain Scans That Identify If Baby Sibling Also Has Autism
Release Date:
02/16/2017
By using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains of infants who have older siblings with autism, scientists were able to correctly identify 80 percent of the babies who would be subsequently diagnosed with autism at 2 years of age.
MetLife Foundation and Special Olympics Announce International Partnership
Release Date:
04/28/2017
... such as running, kicking and throwing. It also offers families , teachers, caregivers and people from the community ...
Simons Foundation Building Research Database of People With Autism
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... people strong. A network that connects researchers to the families they’re trying to help. The Simons Foundation has ...
Mark-Viverito Arrested During DACA Protest At Trump Tower
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... Tower Tuesday in defense of undocumented immigrants whose families brought them to the United States as young children. ... — an act of civil disobedience against President Trump’ s recent move to expunge...
Simons Foundation Genomic Database Tool Used in Breakthrough Autism Study
Release Date:
10/13/2017
In the new study, researchers used a huge genomic database created by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative to compare the genomes of 516 individuals who had simplex autism with the genomes of their parents and one sibling who was not...
2018 Richard Rockefeller Fellows Bring Chinese Philanthropy Insights to the U.S
Release Date:
03/28/2018
... Fellows Bring Chinese Philanthropy Insights to the U. S This month, the Fund welcomed Oma Lee and Danxi Shen ... in trainings. The 2018 Fellows’ full biographies are available on RBF.org . Launched in 2016 as...
Obituary: Rachel Cowan, Former Nathan Cummings Foundation Official
Release Date:
09/07/2018
Rabbi Rachel Cowan, a Mayflower descendant who converted to Judaism and became a prominent innovator in three nontraditional movements in that faith, died on Friday at her home in Manhattan.
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and Amgen Co-Found Fund to Help Conejo Valley Shooting Victims
Release Date:
11/09/2018
... that 100 percent of the funds will go to help victims’ families . The Foundation is calling for additional ...
Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities
Release Date:
09/29/2014
Bloomberg Funds Road Safety in World Cities The World Health Organization estimates that traffic incidents will be ... in 10 countries that represent half of the globe' s annual traffic deaths. Now, with its...
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College
Release Date:
01/29/2015
... overview of food policy, social justice, environment, health , science and business. It aims to prepare them for ... the Hunts Point food markets, and elsewhere. Hostos’ s program is intended to train a new...
Mortality Rates for Middle-Aged Whites Not Just About Drugs, Suicide, Says Commonwealth Fund
Release Date:
02/01/2016
... middle-aged whites reported worsening self-reported health status, greater levels of pain, increased difficulty ... with activities of daily living, and more mental health problems. In January 2016, the New...