Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Release Date:
11/29/2017
... order to teach effectively, she said. A Wallace Foundation report released in October, “Raising the Barre and ...
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New Research Supported By Simons Foundation Points to Cellular Roots of Autism
Release Date:
12/05/2017
Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new genetic model of autism, using neurons created in the lab from patients’ own skin cells. Their experiments suggest that abnormalities in the electrical firing of neurons may lead to behavioral and...
With Support from Gerstner and Heckscher Foundations, SUNY Announces Emergency Aid to Support Degree Completion Among Students
Release Date:
12/19/2017
... threaten to derail them. "Across the nation, studies report as many as 65 percent of students surveyed who drop .....
A New Map, Funded By The New York Community Trust Lets You Search Every NYC Landmark
Release Date:
12/19/2017
... information, including PDFs of each item’s designation report . “The launch of the enhanced web map will not only ...
01
Feb
2018
Supporting Local Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Foundations - Webinar
Thursday, February 1, 2018 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... with brief reflections on the recently-released report Supporting Local Organizations: Challenges and ...
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway To Partner on U.S. Employee Healthcare
Release Date:
01/30/2018
The new company will be "free from profit-making incentives and constraints" as it tries to find ways to cut costs and boost satisfaction with the health care plan for employees of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase.
A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect
Release Date:
02/07/2018
A new study led by vision researchers at UB’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the VA Western New York Healthcare System has demonstrated that the addition of widely available antioxidants to the current standard-of-care...
NoVo Foundation Announces Three Winners of the Pathways to Freedom Challenge
Release Date:
02/15/2018
... and less likely to seek help from law enforcement, report their trafficker, or access services... NoVo ...
Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser
Release Date:
02/21/2018
Although mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones let us communicate, work and access information wirelessly, their batteries must still be charged by plugging them into an outlet. But engineers at the University of Washington have for the...
The Foundation for Child Development Introduces The NYC Early Childhood Research Network
Release Date:
02/28/2018
... Child Development (the Foundation) has released its latest report “New York City Early Childhood Research Network: A ...
02
May
2018
New York City Schools: Is Integration Necessary?
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Please join Philanthropy New York’s Committee on Equitable and Inclusive Philanthropy (CEIP) for a brown bag lunch session to discuss school segregation.
National Security Expert Sally Donnelly Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
04/12/2018
This spring, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund will welcome Sally Donnelly as a non-resident senior fellow. Ms. Donnelly will bring extensive experience in U.S. national security affairs to support the Fund’s work by monitoring and...
Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant Provides New Insight Into Neurological Disorders
Release Date:
04/17/2018
... of the brain. Scientists from the Salk Institute report a new approach that can develop more sophisticated ...
OSF May Exit Hungary as Orban Purges Civil Groups
Release Date:
04/20/2018
The foundation will move about 100 employees to Berlin, Austrian newspaper Die Presse reported on Thursday, without citing anyone.
Century Foundation and the 74 Present Case Studies on Diversity-Driven Classrooms
Release Date:
05/29/2018
From California to Rhode Island, Four Case Studies of Schools That Have Baked Diversity Into Their School Design.
With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies The 9/11 Memorial is Evolving to Honor Those Sickened
Release Date:
05/31/2018
Wednesday’s announcement of the design concept coincides with the 16th anniversary of the formal end of recovery operations at the World Trade Center site.
New York State Health Foundation Publishes Study on Doctor-Drugmaker Relationship
Release Date:
06/13/2018
... fees, gifts, grants and educational materials. The report compared two groups of physicians in New York, both ...
Patrina Foundation Supports Adaptive Sports Foundation’s 2018 Warriors in Motion Program
Release Date:
06/15/2018
The Adaptive Sports Foundation (ASF) in Windham announces the businesses and foundations that will join the family of companies and donors providing support for Warriors in Motion® summer 2018 programming.
Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments
Release Date:
06/18/2018
A new field study called HOMEChem (House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry), funded by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in its Chemistry of Indoor Environments program, will analyze these chemical interactions with the...
Atlantic Philanthropies Shares Its Top Ten Lessons Learned in Hindsight
Release Date:
06/19/2018
“You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.”