Sixteen Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities Initiative
Release Date:
10/24/2016
... bringing the number of members to 55 across 33 states ... Sixteen Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' What .....
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Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports ALA Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
Release Date:
10/26/2016
... written for adult readers and published in the United States . The two medal winners will be announced at the ...
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic
Release Date:
10/26/2016
NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced an open call for original poetry about the impacts of drug addiction.
Coalition Rallies against Cuomo’s Proposed Nuclear Plant Subsidies
Release Date:
10/28/2016
A coalition of more than 100 government watchdog, environmental and consumer groups staged pop-up rallies across the state Thursday to criticize Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s plan to subsidize three upstate nuclear plants with $7.7 billion from electric...
Community Garden at Doris Duke’s Former NJ Estate Donates Tons of Organic Produce
Release Date:
11/21/2016
Duke Farms, the 2,700-acre former estate of globe-trotting philanthropist Doris Duke, is one of the largest preserved properties in the state of New Jersey.
A Look at Open Society’s Ongoing Commitment to Human Rights in the Post-Election Environment
Release Date:
11/28/2016
... efforts to counter intolerance both in the United States and abroad, giving billions for work to strengthen ...
Introducing the Open Society Foundations’ New Communities Against Hate Initiative
Release Date:
12/05/2016
... open to the participation of all people. In the United States , the foundations’ work seeks to promote full ...
UJA-Federation of New York Supports $50 Million Arts Campus in Jerusalem
Release Date:
12/21/2016
Jerusalem is scheduled to have a new 2.5-acre, $50 million campus for the arts by January 2020, with the multifaceted space featuring four of Israel’s leading performing arts schools as well as performance venues and an outdoor plaza, the project’s...
Carnegie Teams Up With City, Other Local Foundations to Help New Yorkers
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... more than $60 billion given to grantees across the United States in 2014, according to the Foundation Center... ...
NYSHealth Publishes New Report for Improving Access to Primary Care for Adults with Physical Disabilities
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... in 2013 approximately one in five adults in the United States —or more than 53 million people—were living with a ...
New York Community Trust Supports Fellowship to Build Diversity in Arts Management
Release Date:
01/31/2017
"We are tremendously grateful to New York City's Theater Subdistrict Council, the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust and the New York State Council on the Arts' Regional Economic Development Council Program (REDC) for...
United Hospital Fund President James Tallon Steps Down from NY Board of Regents
Release Date:
02/02/2017
Regent James Tallon will not seek another term on New York state’s education policymaking body, opening up an empty spot on the board and continuing the transformation of the 17-member group.
GCIR Seeks Foundation Signatories for Statement on Immigration
Release Date:
02/03/2017
More than 30 local, state, regional, and national foundations from across the country have signed onto a statement in support of immigrants and refugees, and more signatories are expected to join in the coming days.
Rita Allen Foundation Supports Digital Democracy Platform
Release Date:
02/07/2017
The Digital Democracy platform, funded by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and the Rita Allen Foundation, is a collaboration between man and machine.
Simons Foundation Releases Statement on Executive Order on Visas and Immigration
Release Date:
02/14/2017
... order on visas and immigration to the United States from seven Middle Eastern countries. The world, and ...
William T. Grant and Sloan Foundations Support Study That Finds Good Sleep Promotes Postive Experiences, Less Conflict
Release Date:
02/17/2017
Researchers in the Department of Biobehavioral Health (BBH) at Penn State found that sleep quality and quantity at night is affected by that day's stressors, and sleep hours and quality affect daily stressors the next day.
Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Study Shows Zika Virus Can Cause Blindness
Release Date:
02/27/2017
Scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology at the Kresge Eye Institute are the first to show that the Zika virus (ZIKV) can replicate in the eye's retinal cells, causing severe tissue damage and even...
NY Community Trust Offers Four Fellowships for Full-Time Graduate Students
Release Date:
03/22/2017
... the largest and oldest community foundations in the United States with about $2.5 billion in assets. It has three ...
Three MIT Alumni Win 2017 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Release Date:
04/21/2017
... immigrants and children of immigrants in the United States . Selected from 1,775 applicants, the 2017 fellows were ...
Tiffany, Morgan Stanley Join Others in Urging President to Remain in Paris Agreement
Release Date:
05/09/2017
... the economy are urging President Trump to keep the United States in the Paris Agreement on climate change for the good ...