Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative
Release Date:
08/26/2016
... on-demand programming for participating cities, fund new research on innovations in city government, and launch an ...
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Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children
Release Date:
09/07/2016
... have time or money for camps or enrichment activities. Now new research suggests that school districts can stave off the ...
Ford and MacArthur-Backed Survey Finds That Young Voters From Newer Immigrant Families Lean More Liberal
Release Date:
09/09/2016
... with families who have been in United States longer, a new GenForward poll shows. Eighty-seven percent of those age ... 72 percent of those whose families have been in the U. S . longer agree. Eighty-five...
Ms. Foundation for Women Will Join SheKnows Media for the Sept. 26 Panel on Next-Generation #Femvertising
Release Date:
09/21/2016
... #Femvertising SheKnows Media, a leading women' s media company with 81 million unique visitors a month* and ... fans and followers, today announced that it will reveal new , proprietary research on #...
Morgan Stanley Renews Commitment of $8 Million to Feeding America
Release Date:
09/23/2016
... its renewed commitment to hunger relief through a new $8 million, four-year pledge to Feeding America to support children’ s hunger and produce programs. This grant will build on the Firm’ s...
Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers
Release Date:
10/07/2016
Atlantic' s Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers A new ranking by Forbes puts Warren Buffett at the top the list of the fifty U. S . philanthropists who gave the...
Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... to make a significant difference in society. That’ s the good (and perhaps hardly surprising) news in a new report from our organization, the Center for Effective ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities
Release Date:
12/13/2016
... to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities A new effort to enroll low- and moderate-income undergraduates ... is being coordinated by the nonprofit Aspen Institute’ s College Excellence Program and...
Russell Sage Publishes Study on the Problems of Parents Funding College Education
Release Date:
12/14/2016
... supporting — and paying more — for their children’ s college education, but that development also might be exacerbating economic inequality, according to a new study by a University of Kansas professor. “Young...
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SmartCEO Honors Weinberg Foundation President, Rachel Garbow Monroe, as CEO of the Year
Release Date:
12/16/2016
... Awards, held on Tuesday, November 15, at Baltimore’ s B&O Railroad Museum. She becomes the 14th SmartCEO of the ... recipient in Baltimore. Each year, SmartCEO magazine’ s editorial staff names a CEO of...
Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality
Release Date:
12/20/2016
... Disconnected from Worker Reality Media coverage of America' s independent workers leans more positively than the ... conversation that actual workers have on social media, a new media analysis by Cision...
Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs
Release Date:
01/06/2017
... has another reason not to roll back Obamacare too quickly: New research suggests that repealing two major provisions of ... by the Commonwealth Fund and George Washington University' s Milken Institute...
Five More Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles
Release Date:
01/31/2017
... Join Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute’ s Global Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles Bloomberg ... world can use to chart their own paths forward with the new technology... Five More Cities Join...
Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies
Release Date:
02/15/2017
... ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies A new study finds that nearly one in four people who seek ...
Announcing the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows
Release Date:
02/21/2017
... Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U. S . and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2017 ... are transforming their fields and opening up entirely new research horizons. We are proud...
Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U. S . to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive The ... effort established to examine the current state of U. S . language education, to...
Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research
Release Date:
03/21/2017
... for the Developing Brain will be based at the university' s Patrick Wild Centre for Research into Autism, Fragile X ... to researchers at the center, the investment could lead to new treatments for people...
Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller
Release Date:
03/21/2017
... of age. For 28 years, Mr. Rockefeller served as the Fund’ s generous inspiration, mentor and the loving head of his ... His generosity and wisdom have made possible a new generation of family members committed...
Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste
Release Date:
03/24/2017
... — are increasingly researched and understood. Now, a new pilot project initiated by the World Wildlife Fund ... of any human activity, yet one-third of the world’ s available food either spoils or gets thrown...