Ford Foundation Provides $500 Thousand for Relief Efforts in Nepal
Release Date:
04/30/2015
... in Nepal The Ford Foundation today announced it was making $500,000 in grants to support disaster relief and ...
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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Facilitates Clinical Research with $8.7 Million in Grants
Release Date:
07/14/2015
The foundation has awarded $8.7 million to 18 physician-scientists to reserve 75 percent of their time for independent research.
What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond
Release Date:
08/10/2015
Goldman Sachs lent $7.2 million to New York City and Bloomberg Philanthropies guaranteed $6 million.
PIMCO Foundation Director Explores Impact of Corporate Giving
Release Date:
08/31/2015
Leaders of the PIMCO Foundation pooled funds with 10 other collaborators to provide technical assistance and training to local agencies working with the homeless.
Tiffany & Co.’s Costa on Huffington Post: Oceans Face Dire Threats
Release Date:
10/16/2015
Anisa Kamadoli Costa, of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, writes about the need to protect the oceans. The foundation has invested more than $10 million in organizations like Mission Blue, the Pew Environment Group's Global Ocean Legacy, and the...
Carnegie: How America’s Immigrant Source has Changed
Release Date:
10/22/2015
... immigrants have arrived in the United States since 1965, making this nation the world’s top destination for people ...
Success Metrics Questioned in School Program Funded by Goldman
Release Date:
11/05/2015
... preschool for underprivileged children in Utah while also making money for investors. Goldman Sachs announced last ...
NYTimes Examines Hartford Foundation Work on Geriatrics
Release Date:
01/29/2016
Terry Fulmer, president of the Hartford Foundation, observed, in the New York Times article noting the foundation's work, how support is needed for a high quality of life for the elderly.
What Big (and not-so-big) Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style
Release Date:
05/23/2016
... a millennial, it must seem more probable that someone is making it up as an urban legend to entertain the interns than ...
Dodge Foundation Provides Travel Stipends to Jersey Water Works Delegation
Release Date:
05/26/2016
The delegation, representative of many of the sectors that make up the core of Jersey Water Works’ committees, includes four members of the collaborative’s Steering Committee.
Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees
Release Date:
06/13/2016
Research initiative to address urgent needs in understanding and treating low vision.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App
Release Date:
06/29/2016
... a result, are providing more information in some places or making changes to displays in other locations... Bloomberg ...
Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights
Release Date:
08/12/2016
... known as thermal soaring that requires complex decision- making within the turbulent environment of a rising column of ...
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 Supports Festival That Will Show Sneak Preview of PBS "Hamilton" Documentary
Release Date:
09/06/2016
... that delves into the life of Alexander Hamilton and the making of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Pulitzer Prize and Tony .....
Simons, Gates Foundations, HHMI Announce Faculty Scholars
Release Date:
09/26/2016
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Simons Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced the selection of eighty-four faculty scholars, early-career scientists at forty-three institutions who have great potential to...
Shatterproof Awarded $600,000 Grant by Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
01/31/2017
... by this disease. The Helmsley Charitable Trust began making active grants in 2008 to support a wide range of ...
Rockefeller Supports Food Waste Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival
Release Date:
04/20/2017
When directors Anna Chai and Nari Kye began developing the documentary, they wanted to reach as wide of an audience as possible, they said. A partnership between Zero Point Zero and The Rockefeller Foundation helped make that a reality.
Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees
Release Date:
05/09/2017
... and others who have worked with refugees. They'll also be making research visits to refugee camps in Jordan. According .....
Edna McConnell Clark’s PropelNext Initiative Shows Promising Results
Release Date:
06/12/2017
... that current PropelNext California 2018 grantees are making in the same areas. . . Edna McConnell Clark’s ...