Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... taking a closer look at the hardware and materials making these powerful algorithms work, and the potential of ...
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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Two Google veterans have developed a convenience concept called Bodega that they’ve been testing in 30 San Francisco-area locations and now want to roll out to other markets, according to Fast Company. Bodega is a five-foot-wide pantry box filled...
Opinion: Why Small, Local, Organic Farms Aren’t The Key To Fixing Our Food System
Release Date:
10/02/2017
The food movement has a problem: It’s right about what’s wrong with our system, but wrong about how to fix it.
Ford Foundation Awards 25 Fellowships to US Artists Driving Social Change
Release Date:
10/02/2017
The Ford Foundation today announced 25 new Art of Change fellowships that will support visionary artists and cultural leaders in creating powerful works of art that help advance freedom, justice, and inclusion, and strengthen our democracy.
New Video From TCC Group: The Missing Link for Maximizing Impact: Foundations Assessing Their Capacity
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Melinda Fine introduces the article, "The Missing Link for Maximizing Impact: Foundations Assessing Their Capacity" written with co-authors Jared Raynor, Jessica Mowles, and Deepti Sood from TCC Group.
Underwritten by JPB Foundation, New York City’s Libraries Will Forgive All Children’s Fines
Release Date:
10/19/2017
On Thursday, the city’s three library systems — the New York Public Library, which serves Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island; the Queens Library; and the Brooklyn Public Library — will forgive all fines for children 17 and under and unblock...
David Rockefeller’s Thoughtful Path to Philanthropy
Release Date:
11/08/2017
Mr. Rockefeller, who gave away $20 million to $30 million a year in the last 10 years of his long life, found another way to use philanthropy to make a difference — a big difference, if the sales at Christie’s bring in the $700 million that some...
Tow Foundation Funded CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Announces First-Ever Endowed Chair, Professor Jeff Jarvis
Release Date:
11/21/2017
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is excited to announce its first-ever endowed chair, in journalism innovation, and the first designee will be Professor Jeff Jarvis, a world-renowned thought leader on the future of the news business.
Surdna Foundation Celebrates Centennial Year with $4.5 Million Commitment to Equitable Community Development
Release Date:
12/06/2017
The Surdna Foundation announced a new, $4.5 million investment in equitable community development led by community members. Surdna's catalytic contribution to the Amplify Fund will seed a multimillion-dollar pooled fund to put neighborhood...
Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid
Release Date:
01/09/2018
For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and collaborators solved the crystal structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like compound...
New Menino Survey of Mayors, Supported By Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation Reveals Top Issues for Mayors
Release Date:
01/23/2018
Nationally Representative Survey of American Mayors Supported by Citi Community Development and The Rockefeller Foundation, Addresses Housing Affordability, Climate Change, Responses to Federal and State Funding Shifts & More
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway To Partner on U.S. Employee Healthcare
Release Date:
01/30/2018
... at a lower cost. The new company will be "free from profit- making incentives and constraints" as it tries to find ways .....
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2018 Sloan Research Fellows
Release Date:
02/15/2018
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships. The fellowships, awarded yearly since 1955, honor early-career scholars whose...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing
Release Date:
03/13/2018
The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that they will align 100 percent of their nearly half-billion dollar endowment with their mission.
New Documentary Supported by The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Highlights the Unseen Side of Silicon Valley
Release Date:
03/14/2018
The documentary examines how Silicon Valley has managed to stay on the cutting edge of innovation for so long and why its success has been so difficult to duplicate.
New York State Health Foundation Report Finds NY State Premiums Are Among the Highest in the Country
Release Date:
04/02/2018
As Albany lawmakers consider imposing costly new taxes and mandates on health insurance, a report from the New York State Health Foundation offers a timely reminder: The state’s premiums are already among the highest in the country, and rising fast.
Rauch Foundation & Newsday Media Group Announce New Research Entity at Newsday
Release Date:
04/13/2018
The Rauch Foundation and Newsday announced the launch of nextLI, a digital community and toolbox that will succeed the Long Island Index.
Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America
Release Date:
04/17/2018
How Angels in America comes to life on Broadway.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Statement on Allegations of Workplace Misconduct
Release Date:
04/19/2018
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a values-driven organization, built on the contributions and the selfless efforts of our entire network. Of the core values at SVCF, accountability and transparency have helped our organization grow to where it...
Michael Bloomberg Donates $4.5M to U.N.Climate Body After U.S. Cuts
Release Date:
04/23/2018
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to write a $4.5 million check to the United Nations body that oversees climate change negotiations to make up the shortfall in the agency's budget caused by U.S. funding cuts.