Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2013 Jane Jacobs Medal
Release Date:
10/14/2013
The Medal is awarded annually to individuals whose work creates new ways of seeing and understanding New York City.
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NY begins first statewide school-to-job project
Release Date:
11/03/2013
... and visits to participating companies. That program will mesh with two-year college degrees tailored to ...
Bloomberg Donates $1-Million Genesis Prize for Fellowship
Release Date:
05/23/2014
... of his philanthropy and public service and said he would use the $1-million award to launch a competition for young ...
Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million
Release Date:
09/12/2014
Simons Foundation donates $25 million to Stony Brook University for research and programming in geometry and physics.
NYCT Gives $7.6 Million in Largest Round of 2014 Grants
Release Date:
10/07/2014
... legal aid to unaccompanied minors facing deportation; use the arts to help schools meet Common Core standards; ...
Conservative Publications Accuse OSF of 'Bankrolling' Ferguson Protests
Release Date:
03/30/2015
The foundation donated $33 million to social justice organizations that arranged protests and rallies in Ferguson.
Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/13/2015
... people. Imagine if Andrew Carnegie had not decided to use his considerable wealth to establish a system of more ...
Helmsley Type 1 Diabetes Program Announces $5 Million Request for Proposals
Release Date:
06/03/2015
... of the Diabetes Data Innovation Initiative through which it will provide up to $5 million in funding over the next two ... funding will go to innovative solutions that enable the use...
NYCT Awards Grants Totaling $9.1 Million
Release Date:
06/15/2015
... for Neighborhood and Housing Development, which will receive $65,000 to advocate for preserving industrial ... which was awarded $75,000 to help middle school students use technology to improve math skills in...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $5.6M to Enable Residencies for Playwrights
Release Date:
04/11/2016
... ArtsEmerson in the Office of the Arts at Emerson College, will administer nearly $5.6 million in grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will enable residencies for playwrights at 18 theaters across...
Arabella Advisors Founder Comments on Innovations to Reduce Food Waste
Release Date:
07/21/2016
... scale to get this product off the farm and either direct it to consumers or producers,” Eric Kessler, founder of ...
Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
Release Date:
09/07/2016
A precision-engineered gene therapy virus, inserted into blood stem cells that are then transplanted, markedly reduced sickle-induced red-cell damage in mice with sickle cell disease.
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.
Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal
Release Date:
10/04/2016
In celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Jacobs' birth and the impact of her ideas on cities around the world, the award was open this year for the first time to international nominees.
Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors
Release Date:
10/05/2016
... $35,000 five-year grants began September 1, 2016, and will end August 31, 2021 with the primary goal to stimulate ... and the basic sciences, and the funds of these awards will be used by the recipients to...
Century Foundation Fellow Comments on Trump Policy for Student Loan Forgiveness
Release Date:
12/14/2016
Education Department officials say they will work through Jan. 20 to review claims of defrauded students, but borrowers and advocates call for more urgency.
Carnegie Corporation Seeking Research on Emerging Technology Threats to Nuclear Stability
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... of military advantage, from cyber to automation, are dual use and only partially controlled by governments,” the ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports GallopNYC Acquisition of Horse Stables in Queens
Release Date:
01/09/2017
... as Lynne's Riding School, in Forest Hills, N.Y. The stable will be known as GallopNYC (Forest Hills). GallopNYC plans to use the stable primarily for full time therapeutic riding programming, but ...
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Continues to Support Nurturing Young Artists
Release Date:
01/20/2017
... expression, confidence building and fun, young thespians will learn acting games and demonstrate improvisations ...
Rita Allen Foundation Supports Digital Democracy Platform
Release Date:
02/07/2017
... every official utterance at the state house and use face recognition software to keep track of who’s ... effort launched in California back in 2015, and today, it ’s expanding to New York... Rita Allen...