North Star Fund Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform
Release Date:
03/24/2015
Campaign will call for the end of the "broken windows" method of policing.
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Simons Foundation Initiative Provides Support for Early Career Scientists
Release Date:
03/25/2015
The Faculty Scholars Program will award $148 million in research support over the next five years.
Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries
Release Date:
04/06/2015
Julie Sandorf takes de Blasio to task in a NY Daily News editorial for reducing library funding in his preliminary operating budget.
Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science
Release Date:
04/22/2015
This year’s 32 winners were chosen from a pool of more than 300 candidates.
Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Research Makes Breakthrough in Regenerative Medicine
Release Date:
05/07/2015
The study by the Salk institute examines stem-cell capabilities.
Research to Prevent Blindness-Backed Study Finds Ebola Virus Lives in Eye Long After Blood Clears
Release Date:
05/08/2015
A few months after being declared Ebola-free, Ian Crozier, MD, developed uveitis in his left eye, and the caused by a reservoir of Ebola virus in that eye.
Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research
Release Date:
05/26/2015
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has announced a $10 million gift Gerstner to expand cancer research efforts focused on overcoming drug resistance in tumor cells.
Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System
Release Date:
06/03/2015
In a recent editorial, Zoe Baird, expounded on the need to improve education to help better prepare students for the workforce.
Bloomberg and Rockefeller Leaders Featured on Crain's List of NYC's Top 50 Most Powerful Women
Release Date:
07/01/2015
Patricia Harris and Judith Rodin were listed at 32 and 46, respectively.
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.
Three Important Steps Philanthropies Are Taking to Curb Climate Change
Release Date:
07/29/2015
Bloomberg Philanthropies has contributed $80 Million to the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign.
Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison
Release Date:
07/29/2015
Move comes as criminal-justice policies place more emphasis on preparing inmates for life beyond bars.
Google Partners with Rockefeller Foundation to Streamline Nairobi Public Transport
Release Date:
08/27/2015
The service will map out all gazetted bus stops in Nairobi, amid efforts to streamline public transport in the city.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches Redesigned Carnegie.Org
Release Date:
09/22/2015
Each of the Corporation’s program areas—Democracy, Education, International Peace Security, and Higher Education and Research in Africa—is now showcased with its own subdomain or hub.
American Express Awards $2.5 Million to Five Innovative Principal Leadership Programs
Release Date:
10/05/2015
The winners were selected from over 70 applicants.
Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse
Release Date:
10/09/2015
When compared to 12 other industrialized nations, Americans shelled out the most cash on health care services, but they fared worst in terms of life expectancy, according to the Commonwealth Fund findings.
The Source Codes of Foundation Culture
Publication date:
10/2015
Over the last several years, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has been working to better understand what contributes to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy. One theme that has arisen time and again is the importance of creating and nurturing an organizational culture that enables grantmakers to be most effective.
Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S., Other Countries
Release Date:
10/27/2015
Faced with physician shortages, long wait times for patients, and high costs, health systems around the world are increasingly reassigning certain procedures normally performed by physicians to nurses with advanced training.
Stonewall Foundation’s Jarrett Lucas Among '40 Under 40' Nonprofit Rising Stars
Release Date:
11/05/2015
New York Nonprofit Media is recognizing 40 of New York’s rising stars in the nonprofit world under the age of 40.
Carnegie Corp. President: America’s Wealth & its Deep Decency - A Thanksgiving Reflection on Philanthropy
Release Date:
11/30/2015
... The importance of the subject, the author and the timing compel me to respond. This Thanksgiving comes the day ...