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 ...
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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 ...
De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs
Release Date:
05/20/2014
... positions and minimum-wage jobs, costing city taxpayers more than $500 million for all the training and placement ...
Searching for the Next Breakthrough in Health Care
Release Date:
05/05/2014
... not getting what we pay for. Clearly, it’s going to take more than minor tweaks or adjustments to change our course. ...
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 ...
Century Foundation Intern Discussion Series Kicks Off With Look At Regulating Marijuana Sales
Release Date:
06/11/2014
... what's ahead for the volatile country and region. For more information or to register, click the link below... .....
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 ...
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 ...
Do Health Care Costs Fuel Economic Inequality in the United States?
Release Date:
09/09/2014
... but not definitive. From the perspective of the more than 150 million Americans who receive health insurance ...
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 have .....
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 ...
Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC?
Release Date:
11/12/2014
... such as mental health counseling and food programs to more traditional approaches like extended school days and ...
The Commonwealth Fund Recaps Health Care in 2014
Release Date:
12/23/2014
... drops in Times Square. Don’t expect 2015 to be any more tranquil than 2014. For health care reformers, the old ...
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 ...
Ford Foundation Bets on Slow Food Movement to Help Global Poor
Release Date:
01/23/2015
... Mention "slow food" and it's hard not to think of a more affluent crowd of foodies and hipsters who have the .....
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 ...