Mellon Grant Aims to Leverage Linked Data for Enhanced Information Access
Release Date:
04/28/2016
... Foundation has awarded Stanford a $1.5 million grant to support library initiatives that develop and advance the use ...
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Ford Foundation Program Helped Advance Social Justice, Study Finds
Release Date:
04/28/2016
A $420 million Ford Foundation program that funded the advanced education of social justice leaders from marginalized groups led to significant positive change in communities and organizations around the world, a report from the Institute of...
Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective
Release Date:
05/03/2016
In a study of nearly 500,000 individuals in 22 countries, researchers could not find any evidence that these programs had an impact on changing individual behavior.
Pershing Square, New York Community Trust Awards Funding to Seven NYC-Based Cancer Research Scientists
Release Date:
05/05/2016
... The New York Community Trust (“The Trust”), which will support a seventh prize winner... Pershing Square, New ...
Twenty Cities Advance in Bloomberg Philanthropies' Latin American and Caribbean Mayors Challenge
Release Date:
06/20/2016
... million awards, as well as extensive implementation support . The ideas reflect creative new approaches to some of ...
Stonewall Foundation's Jarrett Lucas Loves Seeing LGBTQ Youth Publicly #ExpressLove
Release Date:
06/21/2016
... city's most visible nonprofits, responsible for helping support and promote many LGBTQ organizations and issues in .....
Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin
Release Date:
06/23/2016
Critics have suggested Rockefeller is more interested in cultivating ties with corporations than nonprofits.
Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments
Release Date:
07/15/2016
The grant maker's plans includes helping finance efforts to develop renewable-energy technogies, deliver clean electricity to rural India, and create insurance products for extreme-weather events in Africa.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names 17 Recipients of 2016 Clinical Scientist Development Awards
Release Date:
07/22/2016
... one to five years into their first faculty appointment to support their transitions to independent research careers. ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Gives $5.5M to Launch Mobile Simulation Initiative for Rural Emergencies
Release Date:
07/27/2016
... for training on advanced trauma and cardiac life support . Helmsley Charitable Trust Gives $5.5M to Launch ...
Carnegie Corporation Names Robert Rosenthal Director of Information Technology
Release Date:
08/01/2016
... infrastructure enhancements; digital asset management; support of the design and implementation of a new website and ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data
Release Date:
08/15/2016
... team at Bloomberg Philanthropies, for example, aims to support interested governments in creating data systems ...
Commonwealth Fund Exec Comments on Obamacare Marketplace Pressures
Release Date:
08/22/2016
Sara Collins, vice president for healthcare coverage and access at The Commonwealth Fund, said she believes the Obamacare markets are maturing rather than dying.
Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions
Release Date:
09/12/2016
... opportunity for recent Ph.D.'s with the time and financial support to prepare the major publication usually required to .....
Citi Named Finalist for U.S. Chamber Foundation 2016 Corporate Citizenship Awards
Release Date:
09/14/2016
Citi is included as a finalist in the Best Corporate Steward – Large Business category.
City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
09/21/2016
... Philanthropies and The Open Society Foundation and ongoing support from New York City tax dollars (up to $67.5 million ...
Simons, Gates Foundations, HHMI Announce Faculty Scholars
Release Date:
09/26/2016
... will award approximately $83 million over five years in support of the first cohort of scientists. Awards ranging ...
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Now Accepting Applications for the 2017 Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research
Release Date:
10/03/2016
The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance (PSSCRA) today announced the opening of applications for its Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research.
Ms. Foundation President Writes in 'The Hill' About Protecting Water in Flint, Standing Rock
Release Date:
12/08/2016
This week, Congress is poised to leave Washington, D.C. until the new year and has not yet approved funding to address the water crisis in Flint, Mich. - despite their promise to do so.
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Shares New Report on Data-Driven Strategies to Improve Outcomes For Youth
Release Date:
12/16/2016
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Lessons From the Field is a compilation of initial research into the foundation’s Propel Next initiative along with the observations of staff and consultants who worked with the grantees.