Seven Bridges Brings The Simons Foundation’s Genome Diversity Project Dataset to the Cloud
Release Date:
04/12/2017
... genomes from 300 individuals representing 142 diverse populations across the globe. The SGDP dataset is now ...
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Open Society Foundations and Bloomberg Philanthropies Noted In Report Released By Foundation Center: Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys
Release Date:
11/01/2017
According to the 2017 edition of Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys (36 pages, PDF), the fluctuations in funding explicitly designated to benefit African-American men and boys might be due, in part, to large grants...
The Rockefeller Foundation Joins Leading Philanthropists to Announce Co-Impact, A Global Collaborative for Systems Change
Release Date:
11/16/2017
... economic opportunity—to improve the lives of underserved populations across the developing world. Co-Impact Is ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies' Partnership for Healthy Cities Helping Cities Grow More Powerful
Release Date:
11/22/2017
The world is becoming more and more city (as opposed to any other word that may rhyme with the word "city"). And that could be good for your health, if the impact of the Bloomberg Philanthropies' Partnership for Healthy Cities continues to grow.
Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning
Release Date:
12/05/2017
... some of those funding sources: Title I: Schools with large populations of low-income students can select interventions ...
Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database
Release Date:
01/09/2018
... a central source. Users can also run analyses of enslaved populations and create maps, charts and graphics. The ...
Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Scholarship Program at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines
Release Date:
01/18/2018
Funded by a $1 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University Center of Exemplary Mentoring program will award 10 scholarships of $40,000 over five years to students who pursue paths in biology, chemistry, civil...
Tell Them We Are Rising: A Documentary Film Breaks New Ground, Andrew W. Mellon Program Associate Emma Taati Interviews Director Stanley Nelson
Release Date:
02/13/2018
In his new film, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities , director Stanley Nelson presents the first and only multi-platform feature documentary project that explores the historical, current, and future place of HBCUs...
Pfizer Foundation Continues Support of Local Organizations through 2018 Global Health Innovation Grants
Release Date:
04/12/2018
... innovative healthcare models that target underserved populations . Seventeen organizations in this year’s cohort ...
MasterCard Foundation Commits 100 million to Projects Within Its Young Africa Works Strategy
Release Date:
04/16/2018
The move continues a trend of foundations, donors and social investors deepening their stakes in the continent’s future. Mastercard Foundation—an entity that's entirely separate from the credit card company and has some $9 billion in assets—is among...
Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant Provides New Insight Into Neurological Disorders
Release Date:
04/17/2018
... ; and even pave the way for someday transplanting healthy populations of human cells into people’s brains to replace ...
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.
Report Funded by Helmsley Charitable Trust Looks at Human Well-Being in NYC
Release Date:
07/03/2018
New Yorkers on average are faring better than Americans as a whole on key barometers of human well-being, yet deep and persistent disparities divide the city’s diverse population.
Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Announce Grants for US 2050 Initiative
Release Date:
08/21/2018
Today, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and the Ford Foundation launched US 2050, an initiative that will engage leading scholars to examine and analyze the multiple demographic, socioeconomic, and fiscal trends that will shape the nation at mid-...
Carnegie Corporation Supported Report Finds America's $23 Billion School Funding Gap
Release Date:
02/26/2019
... each year than those with predominantly white student populations — even though they educate roughly the same ...
Arabella Advisors Report Calls on Philanthropy to Catalyze Inclusive Investment
Release Date:
03/04/2019
Philanthropy is not doing enough to advance inclusive investment practices that ensure equitable access to capital for people of color and women, a report from Arabella Advisors and the New Venture Fund argues. According to the report, An Economy...
Leaving Rikers: What the New York Women's Foundation Is Doing for Women in New York City's Worst Jail
Release Date:
04/09/2019
The New York Women’s Foundation (NYWF) created a Justice Fund in 2018 to address mass incarceration and its effects on women, girls and transgender and gender nonconforming communities in New York City.
Newly Established Phyllis Mailman Professorship Endowed by the Tow Foundation, Mailman Foundation, and Joshua Mailman Foundation
Release Date:
06/24/2019
... whose important research impacts the health of entire populations ,” said Jody Wolfe, President of The Mailman ...
Hyde and Watson Foundation Supports Vision Loss Alliance of NJ's Technology Learning Lab
Release Date:
08/31/2019
Thanks to grants from two foundations, Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey is on track to open its Technology Learning Lab in early 2020 and enhance both the personal and professional lives of people with vision loss.
The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard Announce Grants to Streamline Access to Benefits for 5 Million People Living in Poverty
Release Date:
10/21/2019
... Growth to ensure these essential benefits reach eligible populations on a much larger scale and put families on a path ...