U.S. Education Secretary Addresses Century Foundation Forum
Release Date:
04/19/2016
... concentrations of poverty. This has happened despite research showing that students do better academically in ...
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Mellon Foundation Gives $1.5M To Conserve African Art Collection
Release Date:
07/07/2016
... art scholars and global experts for focused collaborative research ... Mellon Foundation Gives $1.5M To Conserve ...
Leaders From Clark and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Help Create Hands-on Philanthropy Course
Release Date:
07/12/2016
Columbia Business School adjunct professors Melissa Berman and Doug Bauer put students in the driver’s seat to make an impact on local neighborhoods.
Cricket Island Foundation Welcomes New Deputy Director Seema Shah
Release Date:
07/27/2016
... she has worked for the past 7 years as the Director of Research . She has more than fifteen years of experience in ... projects on a variety of topics including international research , new forms of philanthropy...
According to Forbes, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Sets Example for Philanthropists
Release Date:
08/17/2016
... donors want to change the world—and recent Bridgespan research shows that 80% of the most generous philanthropists ...
NYSHealth Foundation Supports Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals
Release Date:
10/17/2016
... inclusion in “combo meal” packages. According to new research from the NYU Langone Medical Center, kids who ate ...
Mellon Foundation Awards St. Lawrence University $800,000 to Support Sophomore-Year Experience
Release Date:
10/21/2016
... including internships, community outreach and summer research fellowships.... Mellon Foundation Awards St. ...
How Funders Can Use the Power of Art to Heal in Post-Conflict Settings
Release Date:
11/02/2016
... Funders also wanted to know: What about metrics and research ? From an M&E perspective, it would be helpful for ... that these projects are making, like the following: As for research needed in this new and...
Jonas Center Announces Partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs
Release Date:
11/15/2016
The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to establish a national network of nurse researchers, clinical experts and educators working to improve...
The Commonwealth Fund Analyzes Trump and Clinton on Health Care
Release Date:
11/04/2016
... a private foundation that supports independent health care research , concludes it would boost the number of people with ...
Supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Forest Restoration Gets a Tiny Fraction of the Money it Needs
Release Date:
11/09/2016
... Restoration Gets a Tiny Fraction of the Money it Needs Research shows that only 13 percent to 17 percent of the ...
Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved
Release Date:
11/17/2016
... sports clubs, mentoring in science projects and college research , reaching about 160,000 young New Yorkers... ...
Simons Foundation Supports Study That Finds Bacteria Can Survive In Oxygen-Free Marine Environments
Release Date:
12/19/2016
... Can Survive In Oxygen-Free Marine Environments New research shows a certain oxygen breathing limit for certain ...
Apply Now to Join TCF Institute's Summer 2017 Class
Release Date:
01/03/2017
Each year, The Century Foundation (TCF) typically invites six interns to join our office in New York City to spend the summer building new relationships and researching the issues they care about most.
New York State Health Foundation Supports Campaign to Urge Nutritious Food Donations
Release Date:
01/17/2017
... overlooked by such efforts — area food shelves. “ Research shows that the food that is at the food pantry is of ...
Simons Foundation Supports Brain Scans That Identify If Baby Sibling Also Has Autism
Release Date:
02/16/2017
By using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains of infants who have older siblings with autism, scientists were able to correctly identify 80 percent of the babies who would be subsequently diagnosed with autism at 2 years of age.
William T. Grant and Sloan Foundations Support Study That Finds Good Sleep Promotes Postive Experiences, Less Conflict
Release Date:
02/17/2017
Researchers in the Department of Biobehavioral Health (BBH) at Penn State found that sleep quality and quantity at night is affected by that day's stressors, and sleep hours and quality affect daily stressors the next day.
Century Foundation Report Finds Out Why High-Risk Insurance Pools Still Won't Work
Release Date:
03/01/2017
Recently, leaked documents from House Republicans show plans to create high-risk pools as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) guaranteed access to health insurance for people with pre-existing conditions.
CUNY Publishes Paper on the Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001
Release Date:
03/07/2017
... for almost 50 years. US-funded think tanks and research centers articulated various iterations of a ...
Helmsley Trust Helps Retraction Watch Chart Its Future With New $130,000 Grant
Release Date:
04/06/2017
... Grant The generous funding from the Trust’s Biomedical Research Infrastructure Program will allow Retraction ...