Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.
Release Date:
04/15/2014
... since leaving office, plans to spend $50 million this year building a nationwide grass-roots network to motivate ...
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Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?
Release Date:
05/13/2014
Each year , some 10 million girls are compelled to marry before ...
Mellon Foundation Awards $1.3 Million to Chicago Art Institutions
Release Date:
06/03/2014
... Mellon Foundation Chicago Objects Study Initiative, a four- year , inter-institutional pilot program designed to provide ...
NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’
Release Date:
06/04/2014
... Walmart announced that it distributed $3 million last year to charities here, including $1 million to the New York ...
Why Do Banks Care About Youth Career Readiness in New York?
Release Date:
06/03/2014
... its biggest initiative ever: a $50 million, three- year effort to improve career readiness for 100,000 youth... ...
It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma
Release Date:
06/09/2014
Dr. David Blumenthal, president and CEO of the Commonwealth Fund, says that the United States needs "creative new solutions to protect the avalanche of boomers against a huge threat to the quality of their ever longer lives."
Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal
Release Date:
06/13/2014
An article in Inside Philanthropy singles out the Mertz Gilmore Foundation for championing climate change solutions, especially efforts to reduce the use of coal, the country’s biggest source of global warming pollution.
NYC Schools Chief Vows to Preserve Number of Gifted Programs and Their Exams
Release Date:
06/17/2014
... using a contentious gifted admissions exam for 4- and 5- year -olds that was put in place under former Mayor Michael R. ...
New York Botanical Garden Humanities Institute To Explore Social Impact of Gardens
Release Date:
06/19/2014
... outreach to local schools and at least one symposium a year .... New York Botanical Garden Humanities Institute To ...
NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project
Release Date:
06/23/2014
... lends New York residents portable Wi-Fi hotspots for a year . The library was among those who best responded to ...
Sloan Foundation Aims To Increase Native Americans In Advanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Studies
Release Date:
06/23/2014
... million from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in a three- year , collaboration to increase the number of indigenous ...
Laura Packer Named Executive Director of Howard Gilman Foundation
Release Date:
07/07/2014
Laura Packer has been named executive director of the Howard Gilman Foundation, effective July 22.
The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge
Release Date:
07/08/2014
The Giving Pledge may be vogue today for many wealthy Americans, but as Forbes notes, the idea was first advanced 125 years ago when Andrew Carnegie, whose money endowed Carnegie Corporation of New York, wrote an essay encouraging other...
Noyes Foundation's Zigbi Selected as Loeb Fellow
Release Date:
07/17/2014
... the world with their unique perspectives.” After the year in residence, Zigbi will join “a worldwide alumni ...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort
Release Date:
07/17/2014
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is giving $500,000 to the Shriver Corps, an initiative to train volunteers to help connect poor Americans with programs they may not know about but that could help lift them out of poverty.
American Households Lost More Than One-Third Of Value Over Past Decade
Release Date:
07/26/2014
The inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical American household has declined by more than a third over the past 10 years, according to a study underwritten by the Russell Sage Foundation.
Longtime Carnegie Associate Awarded Top Mathematics Medal
Release Date:
08/14/2014
Phillip A. Griffiths, Professor of Mathematics and former Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and a longtime associate of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, has received the Chern Medal, one of the world’s most prestigious...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues
Release Date:
08/20/2014
Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a new $45 million investment to boost the capacity of city halls to use innovation to tackle major challenges and improve urban life.
Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach
Release Date:
09/02/2014
Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, plans to refocus grant distribution to sectors the foundation is not currently funding, but has supported in the past.
Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Bloomberg L.P.
Release Date:
09/03/2014
Michael R. Bloomberg will return to Bloomberg L.P. at the end of the year and will run the company for the foreseeable future.