Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... a $240 million commitment from the company to support collaborative artificial intelligence research over the next ...
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Macquarie Group and Its Employees Donate $100,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
Release Date:
09/19/2017
Macquarie Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Macquarie Group, announced a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross to aid in immediate relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey.
Even as political battles persist, more district and charter schools join partnership program
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Recently, Dawn Brooks DeCosta, the principal of a traditional elementary school in Harlem, was looking for a way to boost her students’ social and emotional skills. Her search led her to an unlikely event: a charter school assembly.
JPMorgan Chase Releases New Data Platform, The Good Jobs Index
Release Date:
11/14/2017
The Good Jobs Index is a new data platform that provides a window into the shifting realities of employment opportunity in the US, including the finding that two-thirds of states have added good jobs for workers without a bachelor’s degree.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky
Release Date:
11/20/2017
The next generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V), directed by Juna Kollmeier of the Carnegie Institution for Science, will move forward with mapping the entire sky following a $16 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2018 Award in Pain Scholars
Release Date:
03/07/2018
The Rita Allen Foundation has named Helen Lai of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Candice Paulsen of Yale University as 2018 Award in Pain Scholars, recognizing emerging leaders in basic pain research whose work holds high...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards Critical Path Institute a Grant to Focus on Crohn's disease
Release Date:
04/16/2018
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded Critical Path Institute (C-Path) a grant to support a Crohn's disease biomarker pre-consortium. The pre-consortium will identify unmet needs for the use of biomarkers in developing new...
Arcus Foundation Funds a New Partnership to Reduce Poverty and to Protect the Endangered Bonobo Population In the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Release Date:
05/21/2018
Village Enterprise and the African Wildlife Foundation announced a new partnership funded by the Arcus Foundation to reduce poverty and to protect the endangered Bonobo population in the biodiverse Lomako region of the Democratic Republic of the...
Dodge Foundation Awards $3.8 Million to New Jersey Nonprofits
Release Date:
08/13/2018
The foundation awarded forty-five grants totaling nearly $1.6 million through its Arts focus area, including a grant of $230,000 to Creative New Jersey , which works to foster creativity, cross-sector collaboration, and inclusion as a way to build...
Andy Warhol Foundation Board Names Julián Zugazagoitia Chair, Adds Three Members
Release Date:
10/23/2018
... has grown 43%. Known for his high-energy leadership and collaborative spirit, Zugazagoitia previously served as ...
Support From JPMorgan Chase and Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Aids Launch of Hudson County Workforce Leadership Academy
Release Date:
04/19/2019
Hudson County Community College (HCCC) announced today that it will be sponsoring a Workforce Leadership Academy, a program designed to develop a local network of workforce development leaders to collaborate on solutions to common challenges.
Research Funded by Simons Foundation Finds New Causes of Autism Found in 'Junk' DNA
Release Date:
05/27/2019
The neurodevelopmental condition can result from mutations in the noncoding regions of the human genome, new research demonstrates for the first time.
09
Sep
2019
Election Series: Navigating Effective Nonpartisan Election-Year Grantmaking - A First Monday Discussion Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, September 9, 2019 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Properly understood, IRS rules allow foundations —both private and public— to legally support almost every type of advocacy. Foundations have a great deal of flexibility in election-year grantmaking but it is important to know what is legal,...
Using Data to Save Lives: The Rockefeller Foundation and Partners Launch $100 Million Precision Public Health Initiative
Release Date:
09/25/2019
Initiative Aims to Prevent 6 Million Deaths by 2030. Brings Data Science and Machine Learning to Community Health Systems and Frontline Workers.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
Release Date:
02/14/2020
... W. Mellon Foundation . The four-year grant will support collaborative work between centers of race and ethnicity at ...
Redlich Horwitz Foundation Announces COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund to Support Virtual Family-Driven Care in New York State
Release Date:
04/07/2020
The Redlich Horwitz Foundation will provide grants of up to $40,000 to governmental and non-governmental organizations who serve children in foster care, in New York State, outside of New York City.
Westchester Community Foundation Awards Grants for Workforce Development
Release Date:
05/28/2020
... Community Foundation. The Westchester Workforce Funders Collaborative is a pooled fund at the Foundation that works ...
Grantmakers in Aging Announces Lindsay A. Goldman as New CEO
Release Date:
10/19/2020
At the 2020 GIA Annual Conference, Board Chair Rani Snyder announced that Lindsay A. Goldman will become the next Chief Executive Officer of GIA, effective January 1, 2021.
Weinberg Foundation Announces Additional $5 Million to Expand and Strengthen Baltimore Library Project
Release Date:
12/10/2020
... 2023. The Baltimore Library Project is a multi-year collaborative effort among the Weinberg Foundation, the State ...
03
Mar
2021
DACA—Seizing the Moment - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 -
9:00am to 10:00am
Join GCIR and United We Dream for a discussion on what it will take to ensure there is a national service and organizing infrastructure in place to respond to new and expanded DACA opportunities.