Bloomberg Philanthropies Anti-Coal Campaign Reaches Milestone
Release Date:
05/04/2016
... announced shutdown plans since 2010. The Sierra Club’ s Beyond Coal campaign, which launched in 2010 with the goal ...
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What Big (and not-so-big) Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style
Release Date:
05/23/2016
... Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style If you have been in the nonprofit sector long enough, you may have noticed that as the Baby Boomer generation ages, the ... donor that flies completely under...
Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50
Release Date:
08/01/2016
... sustainability and change is why these 50 executives have been selected for the 2016 NPT Power & Influence Top 50. ...
Simons Foundation Researchers Flag Hundreds of New Genes That Could Contribute to Autism
Release Date:
08/10/2016
... eager to uncover the genetic basis of autism could now have hundreds of promising new leads thanks to a study by ... autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The results of the program' s analyses -- a rogue...
New Developments in Kidney Stem Cell Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
08/26/2016
... The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, have discovered the holy grail of endless youthfulness–at ... a new mixture of supporting molecules, Salk researchers have successfully suspended the cells...
Research to Prevent Blindness- Backed Study Uncovers Major Cause of Vision Loss
Release Date:
09/29/2016
... Backed Study Uncovers Major Cause of Vision Loss The eye’ s retina works like film in a camera. The retina’ s rods sense dim light, while cone cells detect colors, ... at Washington University School of...
Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966
Release Date:
10/06/2016
Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum' s Examination of American Art Circa 1966 When the Zimmerli' s curators first devised two complementary exhibitions of ... addition to spotlighting...
Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension
Release Date:
10/17/2016
... pack. Forty-eight percent of all Americans aged 18 to 30 have zero in retirement savings and no access to a ... their late 20s. More than 4 in 10 of those aged 25 to 30 have nothing for retirement... Survey...
Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns
Release Date:
01/04/2017
... rock stars. But the largely positive wave of attention may have missed much of the downside participants have experienced. The Rockefeller Foundation paid for PR and ...
Commonwealth Fund President Writes About Keeping Perspective During Turbulent Times
Release Date:
02/07/2017
... Turbulent Times At times of dramatic change in a nation’ s history, fear and anxiety can become pervasive and ... true for younger members of our attentive public, who have not lived through, and emerged...
Supported by Sloan Foundation, Study Finds New Quantum Liquid Crystals May Play Role in Future of Computers
Release Date:
04/21/2017
... Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech have discovered the first three-dimensional quantum liquid ... spin-orbit coupled metal Cd2Re2O7," was funded by the U. S . Department of Energy, the...
Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees
Release Date:
05/09/2017
... Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees Elmo and Big Bird have lots of experience teaching children everything from the ... organizations, trauma experts, academics and others who have worked with refugees. They...
Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving
Release Date:
06/15/2017
... After decades of decline and political indifference, the U. S . manufacturing is getting fresh attention. “American ... and supported bold new investments in the nation’ s manufacturing capacity.2 President...
Staten Island Foundation Supports Worker-Owned Co-Op Businesses Starting Up on Staten Island
Release Date:
06/20/2017
... “Exciting because we're going to be our own bosses we have our own business and we're going to run it the way we've decided.” Edith Lopez is one of 6 women who have been working for months to...
Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries
Release Date:
08/18/2017
... the Sing Sing Prison Museum, which is being developed, have announced a series of public programs called ... 1825. Visitors will be invited to experience what it must have been like to be imprisoned there...
Editorial: States Dare to Think Big on Climate Change
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... news about climate change, and the Trump administration’ s resistance to doing anything about it, is the determination ... states that form the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative have done much the same, in a...
Syria’s War Created Millions Of Refugees. Some Might Be Forced To Return Home.
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Syria’ s War Created Millions Of Refugees. Some Might Be Forced To ... the pace of returns. At least 5.1 million people have left Syria during the six-year conflict, with most ... refugees from settling...
After 16 Futile Years, Congress Will Try Again to Legalize ‘Dreamers’
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... young immigrants brought here illegally by their parents have tried to pass legislation to shield them from ... starts would already be daunting, but President Trump may have made the odds even longer after he...
One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... on Tuesday took the news of the Trump administration' s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ... a mixture of resignation and resolve. "In some ways there' s a lot of...
College Activists March on the Cafeteria: What Do We Want? Hydroponic Cilantro!
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... to the University of Texas at Austin this fall will have twice as much help wrestling with some of the big ... serves and to recommend healthier lifestyle choices. “I have had a little pushback from some very...