Sloan Foundation Awards Honor 7 NYC Teachers for their Creativity in Science, Math Instruction
Release Date:
12/02/2015
... The seven winners also created boot camps and teams, and helped their students tackle complex problems such as high ...
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Citi Foundation and Americas Promise Alliance Announce the Launch of the 2016 Youth Opportunity Fund
Release Date:
04/06/2016
Local nonprofits working innovatively to catalyze career opportunities for low-income youth are encouraged to submit program ideas through May 2, 2016.
Report: NY Has The Second Highest Foreclosure Rate
Release Date:
04/19/2016
Report: NY Has The Second Highest Foreclosure Rate A report from Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released Monday found New York has the highest foreclosure rate in the country — a major issue for municipal governments squeezed for...
City Officials Want New Program to Connect Troubled Students with Legal Support
Release Date:
05/06/2016
Confronted with public high school students in a jam with the law, the city wants to connect these students with legal support and help them stay out of trouble in the first place.
Backed By Long Island Community Foundation, Town Hall Meetings Identify Issues Facing Trans Community
Release Date:
06/07/2016
Advocates for transgender, gender non-conforming and LGBTQ community stop in Plattsburgh.
With Support from NY State Health Foundation, Plattsburgh Retrofits Old Tennis Courts
Release Date:
08/18/2016
... Ball is becoming popular in Plattsburgh! A new grant has helped create 13 permanent pickle ball courts available to ...
MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch 'Dream, Save, Do' to Support Financial Empowerment
Release Date:
09/14/2016
The program will be implemented through Japan’s local school network and is intended to help children, and the adults in their lives, acquire healthy financial skills and behaviors.
Supported by JPB Foundation, Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social Memory
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Cells in the hippocampus store memories of acquaintances, a new study reports.
NY Life Foundation Supports Social- Emotional Learning In Middle Schools
Release Date:
10/05/2016
ExpandED Schools, a New York City nonprofit dedicated to closing the learning gap, has received a $1 million, three-year grant from the New York Life Foundation.
Jerome Foundation Supports 32nd Annual Health and Humanitarian Awards in Genesee County
Release Date:
10/05/2016
... volunteer men and women of Genesee County who have helped promote emotional, physical and spiritual well-being ...
Johnson & Johnson Solicits Snaps For Students
Release Date:
10/20/2016
Hometown health-care products company Johnson & Johnson is looking for a number of philanthropically-minded shutterbugs. A large number, to be specific.
Wallace Foundation Has Been Betting Big on Principals. What's It Learning?
Release Date:
11/01/2016
The funder recently launched a $47 million initiative to help universities improve their programs for developing principals. Before that was the funder's $85 million Principal Pipeline Initiative, which began in 2011.
State’s Delay on Final Sea-Level Rise Projections Chided
Release Date:
11/11/2016
Sea-level rise projections meant to help state agencies and planners develop resilient structures in the future are delayed and will likely not be in place until the end of March, despite a January 2016 deadline.
Community Garden at Doris Duke’s Former NJ Estate Donates Tons of Organic Produce
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Duke Farms, the 2,700-acre former estate of globe-trotting philanthropist Doris Duke, is one of the largest preserved properties in the state of New Jersey.
Rockefeller Foundation Choses Lincoln Center to Manage its NYC Cultural Innovation Fund
Release Date:
12/02/2016
Lincoln Center announced today that they have been chosen by the Rockefeller Foundation to manage the foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund (NYC CIF).
New York Community Trust Supports Fellowship to Build Diversity in Arts Management
Release Date:
01/31/2017
"We are tremendously grateful to New York City's Theater Subdistrict Council, the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust and the New York State Council on the Arts' Regional Economic Development Council Program (REDC) for...
Rita Allen Supports Research That Identifies Source of Opioids’ Side Effects
Release Date:
02/02/2017
A commercially available drug may help drastically reduce two side effects of opioid painkillers — a growing tolerance to them and a paradoxically increased sensitivity to pain — without affecting the drugs’ ability to reduce pain, according to a...
Rockefeller Cited As Trendsetter in Focusing on Resilience Over Climate Change
Release Date:
03/06/2017
The Rockefeller Foundation has invested more than $500 million in resilience since 2005 and developed 100 Resilient Cities , an organization that helps cities around the world organize plans for climate change and other disasters.
Village Capital And Metlife Foundation Announce Partnership
Release Date:
03/17/2017
Village Capital, in partnership with MetLife Foundation, is launching a multi-year program to build the ecosystem for financial inclusion startups in Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, and the UAE, and support top financial technology startups in each region.
New App Connects Hungry Children With Restaurants
Release Date:
03/21/2017
An app that helps fellow students in need get an after-school meal is among the finalists in Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow Contest.