Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $24 Million in Research Grants
Release Date:
02/28/2019
... with alpha-synuclein, a protein that lumps in the cells of people with Parkinson's. In addition, the foundation awarded .....
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Chris Ransom Joins Arcus’ Great Apes and Gibbons Program as Program Officer
Release Date:
03/06/2019
The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today the appointment of Chris Ransom as Program Officer for Arcus’ Great Apes and Gibbons Program.
Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Award 16 Jewish Camps With Grants to Increase Accessibility
Release Date:
04/01/2019
... of individuals with autism spectrum disorder, as well as people with intellectual, developmental, physical and sensory ...
Rockefeller Foundation Launches #Solvable
Release Date:
06/12/2019
... challenges that limit the lives or prospects of vulnerable people are solvable — and solvable in our lifetime. Without ...
William T. Grant Foundation Seeking Applications for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
Release Date:
06/18/2019
... to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States. Research proposals ...
NYT Opinion: Darren Walker Reflects on Why Museums Need to Step Into the Future
Release Date:
07/26/2019
... value of their personal collections. On the other side are people whom the system excludes and exploits. An increasingly ...
Championing Colombia’s LGBTI Movement: Latest Report from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Release Date:
02/18/2021
... and have set a global precedent for including LGBTI people as a key sector of the population. Although the ...
20
Mar
2024
2024 Financial Series: Looking at the 990
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
The Program This session will focus on the IRS Form 990, which is used by funders as a tool to track and scrutinize the finances, governance, and accomplishments of grant applicants and recipients. The form creates a level playing field for an...
Former Brazilian Secretary of Justice Pedro Abramovay to Join Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
08/22/2013
... Foundations. “He has a long track record of rallying people together to tackle the most entrenched issues facing ... grown up with democracy instead of tyranny. These young people are open to strengthening...
10
Jan
2013
A Place at The Table - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series
Thursday, January 10, 2013 -
4:30pm to 8:30pm
... to follow. A Place at the Table Trailer 49 million people in the U.S.—one in four children—don’t know ... Silverbush examine this issue through the lens of three people who are struggling with food insecurity...
20
Oct
2011
"Fixing vs. Preparing"...The Role of Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice
Thursday, October 20, 2011 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
"Positive Youth Development" is a process all young people go through as they move from less mature ways of ... as those involved in the juvenile justice system. Young people in the juvenile justice...
Sam Goldman Named 2014 Winner of Charles Bronfman Prize
Release Date:
06/03/2014
... founded in 2006, says its work has reached 33 million people in 62 countries. The Charles Bronfman Prize, in its ... dangerous environment for some of the most impoverished people in the world,” former U.S...
16
Mar
2016
New York Foster Youth Funders Group - Spring Meeting
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... strategic development around girls of color. Since young people in the foster care system are disproportionately represented by people of color, we thought it would be important to learn ...
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Breaks New Ground in a Critical Health Niche
Release Date:
06/28/2017
... socialite who once expressed the belief that wealthy people shouldn’t have to pay taxes (“That’s for little people ,” she opined). After her conviction for tax evasion ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies: National Three-Year Evaluation of Municipal Financial Counseling Model Shows Financial Counseling Works as Public Program
Release Date:
08/07/2017
... An Evaluation of Financial Empowerment Centers: Building People 's Financial Stability As a Public Service, a ... And like any other serious and complex need, when people are in financial trouble, they don...
01
Mar
2018
Exploring Career Pathways in STEM - Brown Bag Lunch
Thursday, March 1, 2018 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
... internships at informal science institutions where young people can build critical job skills and develop a science ... science education programs have on young people The essential components of a program...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP)
Release Date:
03/07/2018
... is pushing to find new users, particularly among young people ," said Michael R. Bloomberg, WHO Global Ambassador ... the industry misleads the public in an effort to get more people hooked on its products...
29
Mar
2018
Emergency Briefing on Adding Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Thursday, March 29, 2018 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
... on the subject, and he interviewed more than two dozen people . That included a letter from roughly 120 foundations ... gather currently unavailable data on the population of people who are actually eligible to...
Democracy Funders Collaborative Census Subgroup Pushes Census Turnout
Release Date:
05/09/2018
... that for the first time since 1950, the census will ask people if they are U.S. citizens. "It was challenging before ... market will make it harder for the Census Bureau to hire people to go door-to-door...
Open Society Foundations to End Operations in Turkey
Release Date:
11/27/2018
... fellow at the Brookings Institution , was among thirteen people detained for allegedly supporting Turkish human rights ... The famous Hungarian Jew Soros. This is a man who assigns people to divide nations and...