Jonas Family Fund Strives to Eliminate Children’s Blindness
Release Date:
01/10/2017
... The project will, among other things, help establish a state -of-the-art pediatric ophthalmic diagnostic and imaging ...
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Century Foundation Fellow: Will Trump’s ACA Order Reduce Burden or Shift It to Patients?
Release Date:
01/25/2017
In an executive order signed on his first day in office, President Trump stated his support for a “prompt repeal” of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Funded by Soros and Mastercard, New Human Ventures Project Seeks to Help Refugees
Release Date:
02/01/2017
With the United States moving to ban refugees from around the world, efforts to help these people where they are will now become even more important. No philanthropist is doing more on this front than George Soros.
Fund for the City of New York Supports Conceptualization of Underground Maps and Models
Release Date:
02/15/2017
... Development Study (CDS) that will assess the current state and future direction of information standards for ...
Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... a national effort established to examine the current state of U.S. language education, to project what the ...
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness
Release Date:
03/03/2017
If ever there were a problem that might seem tailor-made for philanthropy, it's fighting blindness. Losing sight is a horrifying fate for anyone to contemplate, and it's not surprising that blindness has motivated some deep-pocketed donors for at...
Weinberg Foundation Announces New Chief Financial Officer
Release Date:
03/20/2017
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has named Craig Mellendick as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Foundation.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Promotes 'Changing Faces of Immigration' Video Series
Release Date:
03/24/2017
The face of immigration is changing rapidly. Asians outpaced Hispanic immigrants in 2009, becoming the largest and fastest-growing wave of newcomers to the United States.
Century Foundation Fellow Comments on the Fate of Student Debt Forgiveness
Release Date:
04/05/2017
... sector. Meaning, a qualifying nonprofit, federal, local, state , or tribal government. The program started in 2007, so ...
Complete This Survey on Foundation Openness and Shared Insights
Release Date:
04/19/2017
... New York. The survey seeks to understand the current state of the field around openness, learning from failure, ...
Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually A penny-per-ounce state tax on sugar-sweetened beverages could raise $561 ...
Commonwealth Fund’s Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds People with Medicaid Have Better Access to Health Care Than the Uninsured and Fewer Medical Bill Problems
Release Date:
04/27/2017
Having Medicaid is not only substantially better than being uninsured, but it provides enrollees with health insurance that on most measures is as good as or, in some cases, better than private coverage, according to new a Commonwealth Fund report.
Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access
Release Date:
05/08/2017
The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) coverage provisions have extended health insurance coverage to millions of Americans. While the effects of the Medicaid expansion and marketplace establishments on coverage have been well studied, the resulting...
Open Call For Collaborative Reporting Projects
Release Date:
05/10/2017
... the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University to launch an open call for collaborative ...
With Support from Carnegie, New Science Standards Deliver Students from Textbooks to ‘Real-World' Applications
Release Date:
05/19/2017
... in 2014, the Next Generation Science Standards are state mandated for K-12, and according to the New Jersey ...
The Army Infantry’s First Women
Release Date:
05/26/2017
The Army has sought to play down the significance of the mixed-gender milestone. But female grunts see it as monumental and revolutionary.
Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School
Release Date:
06/01/2017
... billionaire accused Orban of building a “mafia state ” in Hungary. In doing so, he reached for a term that ...
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces New Board Chair
Release Date:
06/02/2017
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, today announced that Mr. Robert T. Kelly, Jr., who has served as a trustee of the Weinberg Foundation since 2006, has been elected as chair of...
New United Hospital Fund Report Finds AHCA Ill-Suited and Destructive for New York
Release Date:
06/08/2017
... today by United Hospital Fund (UHF). Rewind: New York State Faces Familiar Issues and New Challenges in the ...
Commonwealth Fund and GWU Release New Findings on House GOP Healthcare Bill Resulting in Loss of 1M Jobs in 10 Years
Release Date:
06/19/2017
... effects. By 2026, 924,000 jobs would be lost, gross state products would be $93 billion lower, and business ...