Simons Foundation Expanding Its Space
Release Date:
05/09/2016
The Simons Foundation, founded by mathematician and hedge-fund billionaire James Simons and his wife, Marilyn, is expanding in the Flatiron District.
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JPMorgan, Ford and MetLife Support Aspen Institute Initiative on Family Financial Security
Release Date:
05/16/2016
The Aspen Institute today launched an ambitious, first-of-its-kind project to shine light on economic forces that severely impact the financial security of American families.
Helmsley Charitable Trust $8.4M Gift Began the Process to Improve Care For Heart Attacks
Release Date:
06/09/2016
The American Heart Association has recognized three South Dakota hospitals and one ambulance service with quality achievement awards for heart and stroke care.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names 17 Recipients of 2016 Clinical Scientist Development Awards
Release Date:
07/22/2016
The program provides funding to physician-scientists who are one to five years into their first faculty appointment to support their transitions to independent research careers.
City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
09/21/2016
On Wednesday, about five years after the launch of the Young Men’s Initiative, the City Council will hold an oversight hearing to examine the status of YMI and its effectiveness nearly three years into the de Blasio administration.
Carnegie Corporation Seeks Ideas to Reduce Nuclear Risks
Release Date:
09/23/2016
Through the program, Carnegie will support projects aimed at generating innovative, solutions-oriented approaches that can be taken up by government and industry.
Century Foundation Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies
Release Date:
09/29/2016
A new report from the Century Foundation criticizes student loan guaranty agencies, arguing that they largely have abandoned their public missions.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Self-Driving Cars Initiative Launches in Nashville and Five Other Cities
Release Date:
10/25/2016
Nashville is among five global cities chosen for an autonomous vehicles initiative launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies in New York and the Washington, D.C.-based Aspen Institute.
Ms. Foundation for Women Founder Gloria Steinem Wraps Up Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Release Date:
11/03/2016
... in Schwab Auditorium. Steinem spoke as part of the Student Programming Association's Distinguished Speaker Series to a .....
NPCC Announces Winners of 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Release Date:
11/08/2016
The three winners are Jewish Board for Family and Children's Services, Neighbors Link and Per Scholas.
For Noyes Foundation, Fixing Food Means Racial and Economic Justice
Release Date:
11/09/2016
For the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, a better food system is about equity as much as it is sustainability. It's working to help marginalized communities lead the way to a better system.
John A. Hartford Foundation Supports Report on Disconnect Between Docs and Patients On Advance Planning
Release Date:
12/08/2016
While clinicians said talking with patients about end-of-life decisions early was important, patients stated that healthcare providers generally failed to do so effectively, according to a new report from a trio of healthcare foundations.
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Mar
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New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Adult Education and Workforce Development: WIOA Opportunities to Work Together
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was signed into law by President Obama on July 22, 2014.
Charles H. Revson and Stavros Niarchos Foundations Announce Launch of NYC Neighborhood Library Awards
Release Date:
02/09/2017
The Awards celebrate the essential role of New York City's 207 public libraries in communities across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.
Amsterdam News Profiles Harlem Native George Suttles of the John A. Hartford Foundation
Release Date:
02/16/2017
A little over a month ago, Harlem native George Suttles joined The John A. Hartford Foundation as a new program office. The foundation is a private, nonpartisan philanthropy dedicated to improving the care of older adults.
De Blasio Derided by Sergeants Union for Deportation Stance
Release Date:
02/28/2017
Sergeants Benevolent Association president Ed Mullins, during an interview on “The Cats Roundtable” radio program on 970 AM, said the city’s top brass have a “moral obligation” to cooperate with federal immigration agents, and accused de Blasio, a...
NY Community Trust Is Raising $1M to Combat President Trump’s Policies Of ‘Fear’
Release Date:
03/06/2017
From legal assistance to racial justice training, the benefactors behind the new Liberty Fund are taking a front-line position in the battle to preserve civil rights and basic freedoms.
Citi Foundation and Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund to Increase Summer Job Opportunities in 2017
Release Date:
03/07/2017
The Citi Foundation has invested over $13 million to provide nearly 6,200 summer jobs to young people since 2014.
The Uphill Battle Of United Way NYC’s First Female President
Release Date:
04/19/2017
... presides over a staff of 98 employees and oversees programming and revenues in excess of $57 million . But ...
Supported by Sloan Foundation, Study Finds New Quantum Liquid Crystals May Play Role in Future of Computers
Release Date:
04/21/2017
The Science study, titled "A parity-breaking electronic nematic phase transition in the spin-orbit coupled metal Cd2Re2O7," was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Army Research Office's Defense University Research Instrumentation...