Vivian Tseng Promoted to Senior Vice President, Program of The William T. Grant Foundation
Release Date:
03/29/2017
... She was previously on the faculty in Psychology and Asian American studies at California State University-Northridge. ...
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NY Community Trust to Assist More New Yorkers on the Path to Citizenship
Release Date:
05/22/2017
NaturalizeNY, administered by the NYS Office for New Americans in partnership with the Robin Hood Foundation, New York Community Trust, universities and media organizations, launched a second round of its private-public partnership to encourage...
Seeking Just & Sustainable Communities: Surdna Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $14 Million
Release Date:
07/26/2017
... Other grants include $200,000 over two years to the Asian American Writers' Workshop in New York City for three projects focused on artists of Asian- American , immigrant, and Muslim descent as well as...
Open Society Foundations and Bloomberg Philanthropies Noted In Report Released By Foundation Center: Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys
Release Date:
11/01/2017
... working to improve the life outcomes of African- American males totaled $45.6 million in 2013 — down from ... in funding explicitly designated to benefit African- American men and boys might be due, in part,...
The Andy Warhol Foundation Partners With Calvin Klein
Release Date:
11/29/2017
... Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which gives the American fashion brand unprecedented access to the late ... its longstanding commitment to the celebration of American artists and their prolific work,”...
Markle Foundation President and CEO Zoë Baird Writes About Where Amazon Should Build Their New Headquarters
Release Date:
12/05/2017
As it eyes a home for HQ2, Amazon should focus less on tax incentives and instead choose a location where policymakers are committed to building a skills-based labor market that prepares workers for the digital economy.
Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors
Release Date:
12/12/2017
... campaign, Harris was a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where she authored Women of Color: A Growing Force in the American Electorate, documenting the increasing prominence of ...
John A. Hartford Foundation Named One of Nation’s Top Funders Addressing Aging America
Release Date:
12/15/2017
Recent grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation are one of the few bright spots in philanthropic support for seniors, which remains small, even as the U.S. elderly population grows rapidly.
David Blumenthal, President of The Commonwealth Fund On How the New U.S. Tax Plan Will Affect Health Care
Release Date:
12/21/2017
The new Republican tax bill, which the House passed and the Senate approved, is complex, but what it will mean for health in the United States is simple: less.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2018 Award in Pain Scholars
Release Date:
03/07/2018
... of chronic pain. The Scholars, nominated by the American Pain Society , will receive grants of $50,000 ... nervous system. In 2018 the Rita Allen Foundation and the American Pain Society are celebrating the...
Century Foundation Report Reveals NY’s For-Profit Colleges Leave Students with Debt and Little Impact on Earning Potential
Release Date:
03/26/2018
... The report further notes that 72 percent of African- American students at for-profit colleges default versus a ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Arts Innovation and Management Program
Release Date:
05/11/2018
... Program The program, a part of Mike Bloomberg’s American Cities Initiative, has already helped more than 500 ... The AIM program is part of Michael R. Bloomberg’s American Cities Initiative, an effort to help...
Backed in Part By The Ford Foundation, Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Named a National Treasure by National Trust
Release Date:
06/19/2018
... campaign is backed through the National Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, an initiative with ... Phylicia Rashad to “uplift stories of African American achievement, activism, and...
Report Funded by Helmsley Charitable Trust Looks at Human Well-Being in NYC
Release Date:
07/03/2018
... Science Research Council (SSRC). The report presents the American Human Development Index, which combines health, ...
Inside Philanthropy Looks at The Helmsley Charitable Trust Work to Improve Stroke Outcomes in Rural America
Release Date:
09/11/2018
... million grant out of its Rural Healthcare Program to the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association for the Mission: Lifeline Stroke ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group Announce Joint Project to Increase Economic Mobility in Local Communities
Release Date:
11/15/2018
... that will help communities analyze economic mobility in American cities and develop interventions that can increase ... to increase opportunity and improve residents' lives." Ten American cities will...
$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards
Release Date:
01/15/2019
... last museum-board leadership survey conducted by the American Alliance of Museums uncovered a staggering statistic: About 46 percent of American museums have all-white boards of directors. But the ...
Research Funded by Leon Levy Foundation Finds Climate Change Is Leading to Unpredictable Ecosystem Disruption for Migratory Birds
Release Date:
03/06/2019
... for Migratory Birds Ithaca, NY–Using data on 77 North American migratory bird species from the eBird ... the late summer on their breeding grounds in the North American temperate zone (above the nation’s...
Pursuit Bonds, Funded by Inherent Foundation, Helps Provide Workforce Training for Disadvantaged New Yorkers
Release Date:
03/15/2019
Jukay Hsu is an enthusiastic Amazon backer. He wanted the company to build a big new campus in New York and participated in wooing it. He met with Amazon executives and appeared in a video pitch, and his tech-training program for disadvantaged New...
Four Foundations, Including Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Buy Historic Archives of 'Ebony' Magazine
Release Date:
07/25/2019
... considered an irreplaceable record of 20th-century African American life and culture. The foundations, which came ... hands, plan to donate it to the National Museum of African American History of Culture in...