Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row
Release Date:
08/16/2016
... cases, and has spared 125 offenders from execution. In recent years, Stevenson has also argued the appeals of ...
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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to University of Michigan to Endow Postdoctoral Humanities Positions
Release Date:
09/12/2016
... the future of the fellows, providing the opportunity for recent Ph.D.'s with the time and financial support to prepare .....
Mellon's Bengochea: Latino Student Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth
Release Date:
09/23/2016
... into the professoriate is not keeping pace, according to a recent Excelencia in Education analysis of federal data. In ...
Tiffany & Co. Supports Ocean Conservation
Release Date:
09/26/2016
... Packard, Moore and Walton that were in the mix at the most recent Our Ocean Conference, in which billions of dollars ...
Supported by Verizon Foundation, Three High School Students Graduate from 'Girls Who Code' Program at NJIT
Release Date:
09/27/2016
The intensive summer program, which meets Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., combines more than 300 hours of instruction in web development and design, robotics and mobile development with mentorship and exposure, led by top female engineers...
NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep
Release Date:
10/06/2016
... Director Shawn Morehead joins us to talk about this more recent initiative along with the Trust's long-standing work .....
The Latest Nutrition Grantmaking From Newman's Own
Release Date:
11/28/2016
... the food and nutrition issues that have become so hot in recent years among funders. It's given $11.5 million to .....
UJA-Federation of New York Screens Holocaust Film Premiere in Long Island
Release Date:
01/03/2017
More than 300 people recently gathered at the Gold Coast Cinema at LIU-Post for UJA-Federation of New York’s Long Island screening of Debbie Goodstein’s Holocaust sequel film, "Echoes from the Attic."
Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President
Release Date:
01/05/2017
On Thursday, the Rockefeller Foundation, one of the country’s largest and most influential philanthropies, will name Mr. Shah to succeed Judith Rodin, who has been president for 12 years.
Mellon Foundation Supports Broken Box Mime Theater
Release Date:
02/21/2017
Chosen as part of A.R.T./New York's inaugural season, Broken Box Mime Theater presents a crop of new, short plays devised by its resident ensemble of innovative art-makers.
Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation
Release Date:
02/22/2017
... Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation A recent $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon ...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Representatives Tour Renovated Labs at University of Miami
Release Date:
03/31/2017
In the hopes of making a difference for critically ill, premature babies and their families, the local leadership of the Bank of America recently toured the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Division of Neonatology, where unit...
Ford to Dedicate $1B of Endowment to Mission Related Investments
Release Date:
04/05/2017
Ford Foundation announces that its Board of Trustees has authorized the allocation of up to $1 billion of its endowment, phased in over ten years, for mission-related investments (MRIs).
Tiffany & Co. Foundation Funds Study on Corals; Some Corals Are Adapting To Warming Climate
Release Date:
05/03/2017
... ocean waters - potentially good news in the face of recent reports of global coral die offs due to extreme warm ...
Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time
Release Date:
07/13/2017
... prison and jail population has dropped only slightly in recent years. Well over two million people remain behind ...
Five Questions for Laurie Tisch, Founder/President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Release Date:
07/24/2017
... employee of the foundation, spoke with Tisch about her recent donation to a new fund, her investment philosophy, and ...
Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications
Release Date:
08/03/2017
Richard Vevers worked in ad agencies for 10 years, then left to become an underwater photographer and ended up founding a not-for-profit organization called The Ocean Agency. His films of coral reefs are spreading the word about climate change...
Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries
Release Date:
08/18/2017
The Westchester Community Foundation (WCF) is funding a series, which will focus on the 200-year history of Sing Sing and its impact on prison reform, as well as current issues of incarceration, reform, rehabilitation and return to prison.
Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... lesson at Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx one recent Tuesday morning, Kiara García, now 8, hardly seemed ...
With Federal Funds Shrinking, Math and Science Funders Including Simons Foundation Step Up
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... diversifying the ranks of science majors, and so on. Two recent gifts from opposite corners of the continent, on the ...