Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Releases Report Preparing RNs for Enhanced Roles in Primary Care
Release Date:
09/30/2016
... issued a series of recommendations for leaders of nursing schools , primary care practices, and health systems on ...
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Wallace Foundation Has Been Betting Big on Principals. What's It Learning?
Release Date:
11/01/2016
The funder recently launched a $47 million initiative to help universities improve their programs for developing principals. Before that was the funder's $85 million Principal Pipeline Initiative, which began in 2011.
The Bronfman Fellowship Announces 31st Application Season
Release Date:
11/03/2016
The Bronfman Fellowship selects 26 outstanding North American teenagers for a rigorous academic year of seminars including a free, five-week trip to Israel in the summer between the fellows’ junior and senior years of high school.
Rita Allen Supports Research That Identifies Source of Opioids’ Side Effects
Release Date:
02/02/2017
A commercially available drug may help drastically reduce two side effects of opioid painkillers — a growing tolerance to them and a paradoxically increased sensitivity to pain — without affecting the drugs’ ability to reduce pain, according to a...
Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Study Shows Zika Virus Can Cause Blindness
Release Date:
02/27/2017
Scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology at the Kresge Eye Institute are the first to show that the Zika virus (ZIKV) can replicate in the eye's retinal cells, causing severe tissue damage and even...
When a Successful Program Can’t Expand, It’s Time to Grow a Network
Release Date:
11/23/2015
... And what kind of funding would be necessary to get these new programs off the ground? With a grant from Pinkerton, the ... a series of planning meetings with colleagues at New York research...
Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income Equality
Release Date:
11/18/2014
... in the United States has become a hot topic in the public conversation, but public opinion polls show that it’s not an urgent issue for ... Foundation sought to create a message that would build public...
Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness
Release Date:
04/05/2017
... Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness Under a program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness, some student loan borrowers ... years of both on-time payments and eligible work in the public sector. Meaning, a...
Philanthropy's Social Compact In A Changing World
Release Date:
10/09/2019
... is eroding. Widening inequality is contributing to public fears and anxiety about the roles various types of institutions play in public life—be they philanthropy, government, business, or ... individual and...
Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies
Release Date:
03/28/2016
Art Peck, Gap Inc. CEO & John B. King, U.S. Secretary of Education, write about the benefit of hiring young folks and the value of work experience.
Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation
Release Date:
04/01/2016
Philanthropy News Digest interviews Pamela Shifman of the NoVo Foundation, a private foundation created in 2006 by Jennifer and Peter Buffett that has long worked in the U.S. and Global South. Last week, it announced a $90 million commitment to...
PhilTV This Week Dec 1 Features Ford, Rockefeller, Pershing Square, Bloomberg, Open Society Foundations and More
Release Date:
12/01/2016
... Philanthropy Forward Take Another Look at the Ways Schools Police Gender Norms PhilTV This Week Dec 1 Features ...
Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Humanitarian assistance relies on a charity model of providing immediate relief in emergency situations. But once the emergency has passed, other approaches might better deliver services in a market-driven, customer-centric way.
Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change
Release Date:
07/06/2017
... colleagues who helped them solve problems that arose. Any new way of working will naturally disrupt these informal ... logic but overlook emotional motivators. This is why any new set of “rules” has to be...
Stephanie Bencivenga Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Release Date:
01/01/2013
... College, where she studied Finance. She holds a Master of Public Administration degree with a Public Policy concentration from Baruch College, where she ...
Fidelity Charitable Reports Record Results in First Three Quarters in 2013
Release Date:
10/26/2013
PND reported that Fidelity Charitable has announced record results through the first three quarters of 2013.
Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids
Release Date:
03/30/2015
... may be poised to break out and help fuel changes in public policy. Putnam is one of many researchers now ...
Hess Named to 2015 Best Corporate Citizens List
Release Date:
04/22/2015
... 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2015. The list recognizes public companies across the United States that demonstrated ...
Kress Foundation Invites Applications for Scholarly European Art Projects
Release Date:
05/09/2016
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation is accepting applications for its History of Art grant program, which supports scholarly projects that enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture, from antiquity to the dawn of the...
Rajiv Shah on Rockefeller Foundation Priorities, Multilateralism and Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/20/2017
... philanthropic foundations must prioritize winning public confidence, including by partnering together and taking risks, said Rajiv Shah in some of his first public remarks since taking the helm of the...