New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction
Release Date:
02/27/2014
... work of his Bloomberg Philanthropies now that he has “ more time to spend on national and global issues.”... New ...
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Science Studies Get a Big Boost
Release Date:
03/10/2014
... and charities are also stepping up efforts to bring more women and minorities into the study of the hard sciences ...
A Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for the National Priorities Project
Release Date:
02/28/2014
... accounts for 43 percent of the world's military spending, more than the next 16 countries combined…. A Nobel Peace .....
Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Opens in Berkeley
Release Date:
04/16/2014
... large groups of visiting scholars; there are currently more than 100 long-term visitors attending the Spring 2014 ...
Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making
Release Date:
05/22/2014
... River as part of a counter-intuitive plan to make the city more flood resistant. The idea, called Seaport City, was ...
Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens
Release Date:
06/01/2014
... have been poor, the pilot program aims to help more than three thousand children and their families build ...
Teagle Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Two New Higher Education Initiatives
Release Date:
05/24/2014
... Foundation in New York City has announced grants totaling more than $2.1 million through two new programs: the Hybrid ...
Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires
Release Date:
06/04/2014
... Not necessarily. Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector. ...
Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal
Release Date:
06/13/2014
... targeting a rural utility to start planning long term for more renewable and efforts to develop offshore wind off the ...
Report Outlines Internet and Broadband "Vision" for LGBT Community
Release Date:
06/26/2014
... aspects of life and according to a new report, they can do more . The LGBT Technology Partnership & Institute’s A ...
Gifts From Buffett Include $150 Million For NoVo Foundation
Release Date:
07/15/2014
... the biggest recipient of Buffet's latest gifts, received more than 21.7 million shares of class B stock, valued at .....
Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane, President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Dies at 91
Release Date:
08/27/2014
... to education and experiences that make for a richer, more forward-reaching life.... Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane, .....
Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site
Release Date:
09/01/2014
... that plans to launch Tuesday, with the aims to encourage a more “respectful” and fact-based national discussion ...
Open Society Foundations Examines Worldwide Access to Digital Media
Release Date:
09/24/2014
... Access to Digital Media By the end of this year, more than 3 billion of the world's 7.2 billion people will .....
NYCT, NoVo on Short List of Foundations who Activiely Fund Domestic Violence Prevention Programs
Release Date:
09/29/2014
... Act 20 years ago this month, Congress has distributed more than $5-billion in grants to combat domestic violence ...
Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality
Release Date:
10/07/2014
... and other changes to grow public support for LGBT rights more generally. They have spent hundreds of millions of ...
Bill de Blasio’s Mayor’s Fund Raises $120K for Two Murdered NYPD Officers
Release Date:
12/29/2014
... The fund, led by Mr. de Blasio’s wife, is also urging more New Yorkers to support initiatives that, in the words of ...
Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post
Release Date:
02/26/2015
... prepare them, support them, and to identify and cultivate more talent throughout the system. A significant piece of my ...
NY Stem Cell Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Explore Strategies to Advance Women in Science
Release Date:
03/06/2015
... or pharmaceutical executive committees tells the more complex story. Women in science can succeed, but they ...
National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory
Release Date:
03/13/2015
... providers, allowing the government to regulate them more strictly. National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role ...