Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement
Release Date:
10/27/2017
... York City-based JPB Foundation. By funding the library system 's surprisingly costly amnesty program, JPB calls to .....
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Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund
Release Date:
10/27/2017
The JDRF T1D Fund, a venture philanthropy fund focused on developing life-changing approaches to the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D), has announced a $5 million commitment from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
The Rockefeller Foundation's Rebuild By Design Project Reveals Proposals From Cities To Protect Them From Next Sandy
Release Date:
10/30/2017
... $1 billion Big U proposal calls for a 10-mile protective system around the low-lying Manhattan, from west 57th Street ...
Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards
Release Date:
11/17/2017
What Works Cities, a Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded program begun in April 2015, was named a 2017 Navigator Award recipient for demonstrable results in performance management, transparency, access to data and the adoption of best practices and data...
The Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Ford Foundation Working With Rebuild by Design In Puerto Rico
Release Date:
11/30/2017
The “Resilient Puerto Rico Advisory Commission”—announced on November 16, 2017—will be an independent and inclusive body led by Puerto Ricans and designed to offer recommendations for how to use private, philanthropic, local government, and federal...
NYS Health Foundation and The Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Release New Reports on Strengthening Nutrition Education for New Yorkers
Release Date:
01/17/2018
The reports provide a roadmap to improve the systems that help New Yorkers eat well throughout their lives.
JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth
Release Date:
01/23/2018
... performance, recent changes to the U.S. corporate tax system and a more constructive regulatory and business ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria
Release Date:
02/16/2018
In separate studies, researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that boosts mosquito immune systems
Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed
Release Date:
03/01/2018
The Schott Foundation for Public Education released the Loving Cities Index , a multi-state report that aims to reverse historical local policies and practices rooted in racism and bias and replace them with policies that create local loving systems...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Access to Economic Opportunity for Delaware Students
Release Date:
05/03/2018
... Pathways, a partnership between the K-12 education system and various public and private partners, offers high ...
Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Release Date:
06/06/2018
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced on June 5, 2018, that Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School, has been elected to its Board of Trustees.
The Rockefeller Foundation Announces the Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees
Release Date:
12/05/2018
Today, we are thrilled to share the names of the 10 organizations that will each receive a $1 million grant as part of the Communities Thrive Challenge, a joint funding opportunity from The Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Each...
Joel Wallman Named Director of Research at Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Release Date:
02/20/2019
... in Mexico, changes in California’s forensic hospital system to reduce the incidence of violence, and citizen ...
Tow Foundation and Chronicle of Social Change Announce 2019 Raise the Age Reporting Fellowships Recipients
Release Date:
02/26/2019
... raised the age ceiling of New York's juvenile justice system to 17 this year and to 18 by October of 2019. It also .....
MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research
Release Date:
06/04/2019
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a four-year, $8 million grant from the Simons Foundation in support of the Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter.
Mertz Gilmore Foundation Request for Proposal: SmartSimple GM360 Implementation and Refinement Consultant
Release Date:
01/23/2020
The Mertz Gilmore Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution that supports and promotes vibrant communities, the performing arts, a sustainable environment and a people-centered democracy. We are a small staff of nine with the...
Collaborative Funding Opportunity with the NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund
Release Date:
11/18/2020
The NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund has launched a collaborative effort to fund nonprofit coalitions/collaborative efforts from across the parks/open spaces, health, arts, and environmental justice sectors.
Rauch Foundation Catalyzes Local Investment with Cross-Sector Collaboration
Release Date:
04/28/2021
The Foundation describes how family foundations can play a unique role as a neutral hub to forge relationships across local business, government, and media.
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases a Research and Policy In Brief, Mass Shootings: Causes and Prevention
Release Date:
04/21/2021
In the week this research synthesis was released by HFG, CNN reported that 45 mass shootings had occurred in the U.S. in the previous month.
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Announces New Program Officer for Democracy, Hannah Furstenberg-Beckman
Release Date:
08/31/2022
... solutions to improve outcomes in the criminal legal system . Hannah holds a BA from Wesleyan University and ...