New York Community Trusts and Partners Fund Grants Bringing Digital Media Learning to More Youth
Release Date:
11/04/2015
... $900,000, to help young people across New York City to use digital media and technology to compose and record ...
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Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models
Release Date:
11/11/2015
... to back innovative school models "that reimagine the use of time, money, people, and technology, and through .....
Rauch Foundation and Others Publish Report that Quantifies Long Island’s Housing Needs
Release Date:
02/05/2016
Regional Plan Association, HR&A Advisors Inc., and the Rauch Foundation released new research this week highlighting the high demand for multifamily housing on Long Island and proposing solutions to meet the demand.
Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Protein Structure That Shows How Viruses Take Over Cells
Release Date:
02/29/2016
The Salk Institute and Harvard Medical School researchers have determined the structure of a protein complex that lets viruses similar to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) establish permanent infections within their hosts, in new research...
How Mobile Games Can Help You Identify Your Next Great Employee (Rockefeller Foundation)
Release Date:
03/28/2016
Using games to discover hidden potential and to match talent with jobs is quickly gaining traction in the workplace as a powerful tool to engage, identify, hire, develop, deploy, and retain the best business talent, wrtie Abigail Carlton, Associate...
Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast
Release Date:
05/09/2016
... Catering and Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen will then use these ingredients to prepare lunch for 5,000 event ...
Housing News Coverage Supported by Revson and New York Community Trust Wins Honors
Release Date:
05/11/2016
... coverage of housing issues and its investigation into the use of forced medication at a city hospital. A team ...
Carnegie Backs New Learning Pilot Targeting Interstate Passport Initiative
Release Date:
06/10/2016
... Proficiency Criteria – examples of assignments faculty use to determine that their students achieved the learning ...
Judith Rodin Steps Down as Head of Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
06/16/2016
Institution’s first female president ends 11-year tenure in which she stressed forging corporate partnerships to further philanthropic projects.
Marist College, Rockefeller Archive Center Partner on Open-Source Technologies for Digital Archival Processes
Release Date:
08/24/2016
Marist College and the Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) have partnered to develop and implement a sustainable and robust platform capable of supporting the complex archival management of digitized and born-digital records.
Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline
Release Date:
09/09/2016
Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor for Equality Initiatives and Human Capital Development at The Atlantic Philanthropies, co-edits a new book that addresses the profound and life-altering consequences students face—especially young people of...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Produces Short Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions
Release Date:
09/19/2016
A short documentary series created by Bloomberg Philanthropies provides a behind- the-scenes look at how four cities are using temporary public art projects.
NYTimes Examines the Legacy of Newman’s Own Foundation
Release Date:
11/03/2016
Mention the name Paul Newman and many movie buffs will describe the charismatic actor with the piercing blue eyes who starred in films like “Cool Hand Luke,” “The Sting” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”
Stonewall Community Foundation Is Key Funder of Trans and Queer Storytelling
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... There’s been increasing public outcry about the use of cisgender people to tell transgender stories. When cis ...
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Views the Arts as a "Community Anchor"
Release Date:
12/12/2016
“High-impact” and “visionary” are two terms the Bank of America Charitable Foundation uses to describe the organizations that earn its support. In the realm of arts and culture, that boils down to high-impact and visionary programs that contribute...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities
Release Date:
12/13/2016
A group of 30 top colleges and universities wants to enroll more low-income students, but critics question whether the focus should be elsewhere.
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.
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Honors Teens
Release Date:
02/08/2017
Dimple Belani has been named one of two students in New York State as the top teen in volunteering by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research
Release Date:
03/21/2017
... autism spectrum disorders. To that end, researchers will use advanced techniques to probe brain development in the ...
Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties
Release Date:
03/29/2017
The all-volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space and water harvesting cistern this summer, thanks to grants and material donations from Garnier®, TerraCycle®, and Target Corporation.