Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code
Release Date:
09/01/2015
... Girls to Code Young girls were told that they could use code to change the world, to find their voices and to ...
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NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens
Release Date:
10/09/2015
... a local nonprofit, is considering developing a mixed- use complex with 100 affordable housing units, including 50 ...
Sloan Foundation Announces 2016 Research Fellowships
Release Date:
02/25/2016
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the selection of 126 scientists and researchers as recipients of this year's Sloan Research Fellowships.
Ford, Rockefeller and Others Supporting NFF Knowledge-Dissemination Effort on Impact Investing
Release Date:
04/14/2016
Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is partnering with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on a collaborative effort to examine how results-based funding could revolutionize America's approach to entrenched social issues.
Mellon Foundation Contributes to 'THATcamp' on Humanities and Technology
Release Date:
04/21/2016
... promoting digital humanities – broadly defined as the use of technology in the research and teaching of humanities. ...
Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News
Release Date:
05/03/2016
After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what it is that former Deputy Water Management Commissioner Aaron Koch would be doing in the newly created job.
Simons Foundation Expanding Its Space
Release Date:
05/09/2016
... for the foundation declined to discuss how it plans to use the building and which programs will be housed there. ...
How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s
Release Date:
06/03/2016
In 1970, the Vice Lords were actually given $275,000 by the Rockefeller Foundation for their organizing work, and the Ford Foundation granted them $130,000.
Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged
Release Date:
06/28/2016
Non-citizen Latino immigrants may not be able to vote, but they could still help decide the outcome of the upcoming presidential election.
Latin American Director at Open Society Foundations Comments on Rio Olympics Human Rights Abuses
Release Date:
07/19/2016
Pedro Abramovay, who worked for the Brazilian government until 2011, said legal and constitutional procedures were swept aside repeatedly.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names 17 Recipients of 2016 Clinical Scientist Development Awards
Release Date:
07/22/2016
... a broad range of areas, from HIV studies in Africa to the use of brain imaging as a tool in understanding psychiatric ...
Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction
Release Date:
07/25/2016
... especially those in their first year. Wilson plans to use the funding to establish the Wilson Writing Academy, a ...
Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights
Release Date:
08/12/2016
... How Birds Soar to Great Heights Migratory birds often use warm, rising atmospheric currents to gain height with ...
Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity
Release Date:
09/02/2016
The data was derived from 2,644 families among 12 research sites across the United States.
Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits
Release Date:
09/21/2016
A digital assessment platform designed to look and feel like a video game may successfully flag children with attention disorders, according to the results of a study published Sept. 20, 2016, in Translational Psychiatry.
Sloan Supports New Study on What Happens When The Brain Is Artificially Stimulated
Release Date:
09/26/2016
The research marks a step forward in the quest to develop personalized brain stimulation as a treatment for disease.
Bloomberg Philanthropies 'What Works Cities Initiative' Issues Data Management Platform Request for Info
Release Date:
11/22/2016
... a hundred-plus mid-sized American cities enhance their use of data and evidence. The initiative is administered ...
Salk Institute Awarded $25 Million Grant From Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
11/22/2016
The grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust extends the historic $42 million Helmsley gift made to the Salk Institute in 2013.
January 11 Is Deadline to Submit a Letter of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants
Release Date:
12/14/2016
... identifies, builds, and tests strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. The ...
JPMorgan Chase CEO Talks With Bloomberg About $100M Investment in Detroit
Release Date:
01/03/2017
The conversation features JPMorgan Chase’s $100 million investment in Detroit’s recovery and why business must play a leading role in creating inclusive economic growth.