Open Society Justice Initiative Examines Repercussions of of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen
Release Date:
04/15/2015
OSF has released a report outlining the civilian harm that occurred as a result of U.S. counterterrorism measures.
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Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $75 Million for Smart Power India Project
Release Date:
04/16/2015
... pledged $75 million as part of its new initiative to use renewable energy based mini-grids not just to light up ...
Gerstner Family Foundation Awards $10M to Broad Institute for Cancer Research
Release Date:
05/26/2015
... cancer drug resistance: Broad Institute researchers will use genome-editing technology to identify the mechanisms that ...
JPB Foundation Champions Bike Share Access for Underserved Communities
Release Date:
06/02/2015
... is funded by the JPB Foundation to increase access to and use of bike share in underserved communities. This round ...
Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban
Release Date:
07/14/2015
Energy company wants to drill natural-gas well using waterless method.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids
Release Date:
08/21/2015
One in every five American children and adolescents are affected by psychiatric and learning disorders.
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, Atlantic Philanthropies Bring U.C.L.A. Center on Police-Community Ties to John Jay College
Release Date:
03/22/2016
... on law enforcement behavior, including stops and use of force. A $1.5 million gift from the Ford Foundation ...
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. ...
JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S.
Release Date:
04/26/2016
Most critiques highlight data showing that low-income people and people of color are underrepresented in bike-share annual membership and thus conclude that funding bike-share is inequitable and inherently questionable.
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...