Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President
Release Date:
01/19/2018
... strengthen the broader field of philanthropy. During this time , she helped launch the foundation's BUILD initiative, a .....
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New Menino Survey of Mayors, Supported By Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation Reveals Top Issues for Mayors
Release Date:
01/23/2018
... a strong role in mitigating its negative effects. And at a time when cutbacks in federal and state funding threaten to ...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Maintains A World Class Art Collection In a Westchester Basement
Release Date:
02/05/2018
... thus precipitating a love of art to him. By the time he lived in the house, however, his parents’ ...
Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body
Release Date:
02/06/2018
The study in mice found that a brain region called the lateral vestibular nucleus, or LVN, accomplishes this feat by moving muscles in a two-step, kneejerk response that first widens the animal's center of gravity, and then strengthens and...
New Report Funded by JPB Foundation says u.S. Cities Can save Billions with Green, Resilient Design
Release Date:
02/08/2018
... issues exacerbated by climate change. For the first time , researchers assembled an integrated cost-benefit ...
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
... up to and including the present day. Nelson is a three- time Emmy award-winning producer-director, MacArthur Fellow, ...
Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser
Release Date:
02/21/2018
... at the University of Washington have for the first time developed a method to safely charge a smartphone ...
New York State Health Foundation Funded Study Finds Most NY Health Providers Are Not Ready to Care for Veterans
Release Date:
03/01/2018
Only about 2 percent of the physicians and other health care providers in New York State are equipped to provide timely and quality care to veterans in the community, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
OSF Report Finds That Women Are Vastly Outnumbered at Europe’s Top Policy Events
Release Date:
03/08/2018
... European policy conferences to quantify, for the first time , the exact extent to which men dominate the stage. Among ...
With Support From Tiffany & Co., Virtual Reality Project, "My Africa," To Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival
Release Date:
03/12/2018
... elephant orphaned by a poacher's gun. Directed by four- time Emmy winner David Allen, the project was captured with .....
What Philanthropy Can Do to Stabilize Homeless Families and Break the Cycle of Homelessness
Release Date:
03/13/2018
... and ensuring they’re domiciled when they end their time with us. We must work to break the cycle of homelessness ... percent of the mothers that come to Win are working at the time they enter shelter...
Research Co-Sponsored by The JPB Foundation Examines Quality of Abortion Care
Release Date:
03/16/2018
The quality of abortion care depends on where a woman lives, says one of most comprehensive reviews of research on safety and quality of abortion care in the U.S.
Peter Peterson, Billionaire and Philanthropist, Dies at 91
Release Date:
03/20/2018
... one of the largest manufacturers of movie cameras at the time . He left Bell and Howell to work for the Nixon ...
New York State Health Foundation Report Finds NY State Premiums Are Among the Highest in the Country
Release Date:
04/02/2018
As Albany lawmakers consider imposing costly new taxes and mandates on health insurance, a report from the New York State Health Foundation offers a timely reminder: The state’s premiums are already among the highest in the country, and rising fast.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Publishes Results of Largest Survey of American Mayors
Release Date:
04/05/2018
... the purview of federal or state governments. At the same time , more mayors say that their relationship with the new ...
Hilton Foundation's Quest to Bring Safe Water to All
Release Date:
04/05/2018
... and promote water-service delivery that can withstand time and regional political infighting and bureaucracy, which ...
William T. Grant Foundation Awards Three Year Grant to Cornell University to Study Opioid Use in Rural Upstate New York
Release Date:
04/11/2018
... also provide faculty and our community partners with the time , funds and skills necessary to engage in this type of ...
National Security Expert Sally Donnelly Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
04/12/2018
... Ms. Donnelly started her career as a journalist with TIME , where she worked for more than 20 years. She reported ...
William T. Grant Foundation Announces Two New Grants to Better Relate Research to Action
Release Date:
04/13/2018
... and improving conditions for young people.” For a long time , Gamoran said, the rough consensus about why ...
Rauch Foundation & Newsday Media Group Announce New Research Entity at Newsday
Release Date:
04/13/2018
... to measure conditions on Long Island and show trends over time , compare Long Island’s situation with those in similar ...