NY State Health Foundation: Kids Could Start a Ceasefire in Health Care Wars
Release Date:
08/14/2017
... Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch leading the charge for its initial passage. Created by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, ...
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Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum
Release Date:
08/22/2017
Bloomberg announced featured speakers for the first-ever Global Business Forum, which will bring heads of state together with global CEOs to discuss opportunities for advancing trade and economic growth, and the related societal challenges - from...
Carnegie Corp.’s Academic Leadership Award Recognizes Seven University Presidents
Release Date:
09/12/2017
Carnegie Corporation of New York today named seven exceptional American college and university presidents as recipients of its Academic Leadership Award. The honor consists of $500,000 in support for each winner’s academic initiatives.
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.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards $26 Million in Grants
Release Date:
10/05/2017
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in Agoura Hills, California, has announced fourteen third-quarter grants totaling $26 millio n.
Russell Sage Foundation Supported Studies Explore How Affordable Health Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing
Release Date:
10/10/2017
How Affordable Health Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing
Open Society Foundations and Bloomberg Philanthropies Noted In Report Released By Foundation Center: Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys
Release Date:
11/01/2017
According to the 2017 edition of Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys (36 pages, PDF), the fluctuations in funding explicitly designated to benefit African-American men and boys might be due, in part, to large grants...
Ms. Foundation For Women and New York Women's Foundation Take A Stand With Prosperity Together
Release Date:
11/14/2017
Members of Prosperity Together, a nonpartisan coalition of 29 public women’s foundations dedicated to empowering low-income women and their families, are joining together for a #GivingTuesday campaign.
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Imagining the Future: Pursuing Excellence in Family Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP
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12:00pm to 1:30pm
We invite you to participate in an exciting new program. NCFP is using the opportunity of this anniversary to “Imagine the Future” of the field of family philanthropy.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The Selection Committee For 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge
Release Date:
11/29/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the selection committee for the 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge, a nationwide competition that encourages city leaders to think big, be bold, and uncover inventive ideas that confront the toughest problems U.S...
The Andy Warhol Foundation Partners With Calvin Klein
Release Date:
11/29/2017
Calvin Klein has entered into a new partnership with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which gives the American fashion brand unprecedented access to the late artist’s life work - much of which remains unpublished.
Markle Foundation President and CEO Zoë Baird Writes About Where Amazon Should Build Their New Headquarters
Release Date:
12/05/2017
As it eyes a home for HQ2, Amazon should focus less on tax incentives and instead choose a location where policymakers are committed to building a skills-based labor market that prepares workers for the digital economy.
Russell Sage Foundation Trustee Hiro Yoshikawa and Former Visiting Scholar J. Lawrence Aber Win MacArthur Foundation Grant
Release Date:
12/21/2017
The MacArthur Foundation has awarded a grant of $100 million to the Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee (IRC) to develop evidence-based, early education interventions for children displaced by conflict and persecution in the Middle...
Arcus Winter Grantees Work for LGBTQ Equality Across the Globe
Release Date:
01/05/2018
Advocating for the rights of LGBTQ persons across the globe and through a variety of channels is the goal of the grants in the winter Arcus Foundation portfolio. From working with transgender and intersex groups to faith leaders and regional...
Mayor De Blasio and The Rockefeller and Pinkerton Foundations Launch 'CareerLift'
Release Date:
01/17/2018
$1.5 million public-private partnership to help formerly out-of-work and out-of-school young adults improve job retention
Nina C. Robbins Chosen to Lead F.Y. Eye, Inc.
Release Date:
01/19/2018
Nina C. Robbins will lead F.Y. Eye, Inc., a NYC-based non-profit organization that offers strategic message distribution and effective, affordable content development to social service, health and civil organizations serving all New Yorkers.
Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues
Release Date:
01/24/2018
Mice with the genetic defect that causes Fragile X syndrome (FXS) learn and remember normally, but show an inability to learn new information that contradicts what they initially learned, a new study shows. FXS is the most common genetic cause of...
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway To Partner on U.S. Employee Healthcare
Release Date:
01/30/2018
... trio unveiled their new venture in a news release. "The initial focus of the new company will be on technology .....
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Maintains A World Class Art Collection In a Westchester Basement
Release Date:
02/05/2018
... to museums or scattered throughout the rest of the house. Initial plans for the basement included a bowling alley, but ...
The Foundation for Child Development Introduces The NYC Early Childhood Research Network
Release Date:
02/28/2018
Foundation for Child Development has released its latest report “New York City Early Childhood Research Network: A Model for Integrating Research, Policy, and Practice,” highlighting the New York City Early Childhood Research Network.