Total Health Costs of Industrial Food Systems Are “Staggering,” Says New Report
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... the various ways industrial food and farming systems are making people sick. Ruth Richardson, the Executive Director ...
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NYC Will Miss a Deadline to Accommodate 5 New Charter Schools
Release Date:
10/13/2017
New York City’s Department of Education said on Thursday that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November.
The Rockefeller Foundation's Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To Protect Them From Next Sandy
Release Date:
10/30/2017
After Superstorm Sandy, Rebuild by Design — a design competition from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and The Rockefeller Foundation — launched a project for cities and towns affected by the storm and residents to come up with...
Research Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads To Passwords In Clothing
Release Date:
11/02/2017
UW scientists can weave digital passwords and IDs into the threads of your clothing.
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA
Release Date:
11/22/2017
American Diabetes Association Issues Consensus Report to Standardize Definitions and Outcome Measures Beyond HbA1C for Type 1 Diabetes in Special Diabetes Care Section
OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros
Release Date:
11/27/2017
... that Soros was controlling the European Union's decision- making process with respect to refugees and migrants. The .....
The Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico
Release Date:
11/30/2017
The “Resilient Puerto Rico Advisory Commission”—announced on November 16, 2017—will be an independent and inclusive body led by Puerto Ricans and designed to offer recommendations for how to use private, philanthropic, local government, and federal...
Report Funded by The Clark Foundation Urges de Blasio to Prioritize Boosting Community College Graduation Rates in Second Term
Release Date:
12/11/2017
The report, "Degrees of Difficulty: Boosting College Success in New York City," which was funded by The Clark Foundation, urges Mayor Bill de Blasio to make boosting community college graduation rates a key part of his second term agenda.
NYS Health Foundation Challenges Philanthropy to Do more to Fix our Flawed Health Care System
Release Date:
01/12/2018
NYSHealth outlines some ways in which philanthropy can best empower health care consumers: by treating patients a partners and pushing for information transparency.
JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth
Release Date:
01/23/2018
JPMorgan Chase today announced a $20 billion, five-year comprehensive investment to help its employees, and support job and local economic growth in the United States.
President of Markle Foundation, Zoë Baird, on Gender Imbalance at WEF
Release Date:
01/26/2018
Women make up just 21% of attendees at the World Economic Forum, an annual gathering of elite politicians, central bankers and financiers in Davos, Switzerland. Most of the panels at the summit are also dominated by men.
How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility
Release Date:
02/09/2018
Ms. Foundation for Women has outlined how to make children at work day a success, so we should use it and tailor it to our local economy.
Open Society Foundations Along with Collaboration of Funders Highlight Immigrants’ Vital Role in Ohio Communities
Release Date:
03/16/2018
... College of Urban Affairs and the report's author. 'By making investments in supportive services here in Ohio, .....
Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners
Release Date:
03/23/2018
... on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the ...
New York Foundation Releases New Video in the Ongoing Series "In Their Own Words"
Release Date:
03/29/2018
In this installment, New York Foundation sits down with Quardean Lewis-Allen, founder and CEO of Made in Brownsville
The Aetna Foundation Launches Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge to Empower Local Group Efforts
Release Date:
04/06/2018
The Aetna Foundation, together with the American Public Health Association and the National Association of Counties, has launched the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge – an ambitious nationwide effort that empowers local groups to tackle...
JPMorgan Chase Releases 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report
Release Date:
04/26/2018
The Report is a great representation of the firm’s work to support communities around the world.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds 20 Years of Sky Observations
Release Date:
05/11/2018
One-quarter of the funding for SDSS comes from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Rockefeller Foundation, FAO Supporting Africa to Halve Food Loss
Release Date:
06/21/2018
Food that ‘disappears' from the food chain after harvest owing to spoilage could feed an estimated 48 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. A project by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the African Union and The Rockefeller Foundation...
Rini Banerjee Welcomed as New President of The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Release Date:
12/10/2018
The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation is pleased to announce that Rini Banerjee will join the Foundation as its fourth president and first woman to lead the foundation. Banerjee’s appointment concludes an extensive nationwide search that began last...