Site Search

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Commonwealth Fund

NY Stem Cell Foundation: New Type of Stem Cell Found that Will Accelerate Discovery

Release Date:

03/21/2016

... Dr. Dieter Egli created human stem cells, cells that can mature into any type of cell in the body, with only one ... cells mark the first time scientists created cells that can grow and divide infinitely with...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The New York Stem Cell Foundation

Science

Related Organizations

Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects

Release Date:

05/03/2016

... expand and evaluate promising practices and programs that can transform the academic trajectory of students. These teacher-led projects and programs can impact the quality of teaching in the classroom, in ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Related Organizations

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children

Release Date:

09/07/2016

... Now new research suggests that school districts can stave off the summer slide by offering free, voluntary ... leaders and others to consider whether summer programs can help them achieve their broader goals,...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Wallace Foundation

Century Foundation Fellow: Will Trump’s ACA Order Reduce Burden or Shift It to Patients?

Release Date:

01/25/2017

... directs subsequent policy actions), and no executive order can repeal a law. The executive action cannot, for example, ... the health industry; such changes require legislation. It can , however, shift the...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Century Foundation

Commonwealth Fund: In the Healthcare Aftermath

Release Date:

08/02/2017

... — perhaps after a period of rest and reflection — can return to consider a modest set of fixes that will ... under the ACA, and lay the groundwork for progress. If we can create the political and mental space...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Commonwealth Fund

What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... Needs Through Technology Delivering humanitarian aid can be enormously complex. It requires far-flung logistical ... humanitarian aid supply chain has many moving parts and can easily break down. To keep the...

Find More By

News type

Sector News

Funding Area

Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards

Release Date:

11/17/2017

... any city with a population of at least 30,000 residents can pursue — essentially a stamp of approval for well-run ... cities reinforce a culture of data-based practices that can sustain those efforts across...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Civic Engagement

Community Development

Related Organizations

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Weinberg Foundation Partners with Major Donors in Groundbreaking $25M National Initiative to Increase Mobility from Poverty

Release Date:

02/04/2019

... invest in effective models developed in New York City that can be exported and replicated in other communities. In ... identify innovative new models from other communities that can be replicated in New York...

Find More By

News type

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Funding Area

Community Development

Economic Security

Related Organizations

Kiki Louya, "Top Chef" Contestant, Announced as First-Ever Executive Director of the Restaurant Worker's Community Foundation

Release Date:

05/18/2021

... of its work and commitment to building restaurant worker power and higher-functioning workplaces, I knew I had found a ... experience, industry leadership, and nonprofit fundraising power , RWCF will seize this...

Find More By

News type

Appointments & Transitions

Related Organizations

Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation

09 Jan 2014

Generation Next - Young Donors Inspiring a New Generation of Philanthropists

Thursday, January 9, 2014 -

11:00am to 1:30pm

... philanthropists. The webinar will include a discussion of how involvement in their family’s philanthropy led them to ... their organizations are doing to encourage new donors, and how they envision the future...

Improving Education May Come Down to Changing Principals

Release Date:

09/08/2014

... of the principal has, traditionally, been overlooked. How about a new education reform push, one that focuses less ... managerial jobs and oversee instruction, too — what and how students are learning. The...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Wallace Foundation

MetLife Foundation Will Appear on 'Be the Change,' A Lifetime TV Network Program

Release Date:

09/18/2015

... Act® will feature a “Be the Change” segment on how corporate America is empowering people to build better ... “Providing quality, affordable financial tools and know- how for those in need” is the objective...

Find More By

News type

Corporate Social Responsibility

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Community Development

Related Organizations

MetLife

Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping

Release Date:

03/29/2016

... A new study from Sandia National Laboratories assesses how much the city, its region and the nation would suffer in ... conversation in Norfolk regarding flooding and demonstrate how the long-term benefits of...

Find More By

News type

Environment and Climate Change

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Rockefeller Foundation

Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations

Release Date:

09/09/2016

... challenges the most influential textbook explanation of how the mammalian brain detects when the body is becoming too warm, and how it then orchestrates the myriad responses that animals, ...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

The New York Stem Cell Foundation

Science

Related Organizations

Rita Allen Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Klingenstein Philanthropies

Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice

Release Date:

01/24/2017

... you hang around philanthropy, the more you'll realize how deeply family background influences people's giving. Read ... philanthropic families we've also often been struck by how closely the...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Gender Justice

Related Organizations

Arcus Foundation

With Support from Carnegie, New Science Standards Deliver Students from Textbooks to ‘Real-World' Applications

Release Date:

05/19/2017

... Heinz, the standards shift a student's thought process to " how things happen, why things happen and how the world works." Without a doubt, students will use .....

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Science

Related Organizations

Open Society Foundations, Ford and the Rockefeller Foundation Pledge Initial $5M For Battered Puerto Rico

Release Date:

11/16/2017

... 55 people across the U.S. territory. "We have to reimagine how we're going to rebuild," said Miguel Soto-Class, founder ... who will submit a report by early next year on where and how federal...

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

Release Date:

12/20/2017

... underlies the foundation’s initiatives and describes how a focus on continuous improvement fits into this. ... to find workable solutions to complex problems, such as how to effectively train and support...

Find More By

News type

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Related Organizations

The Wallace Foundation

The Aetna Foundation Launches Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge to Empower Local Group Efforts

Release Date:

04/06/2018

... genetic code. Where you live impacts what foods you eat, how you exercise, how healthy your environment is, and what care you have ready ...

Find More By

Funding Area