Simons Foundation Initiative Provides Support for Early Career Scientists
Release Date:
03/25/2015
... based on several factors, including the amount of external funding the scientist has at the time of the grant. The ...
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Sloan Foundation Awards $3 Million for Minority PhDs in STEM Fields
Release Date:
03/27/2015
The main goal of the initiative is to increase the diversity of graduate education in the sciences, mathematics and engineering.
Pershing Square Foundation Backs Initiative to Provide Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants
Release Date:
05/28/2015
The program will provide 1200 students with a $25,000 scholarship to attend college.
Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit
Release Date:
06/15/2015
It's the foundation's first Detroit board meeting in 67 years.
Ford and RBF Lead Charge to Publicize Diversity Data
Release Date:
07/01/2015
Six major foundations have called on their peers to share the racial and gender make-up of their boards and staff.
NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal
Release Date:
07/06/2015
... — a pay-for-performance vehicle that leverages private funding to finance public services — the Adolescent ...
Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison
Release Date:
07/29/2015
Move comes as criminal-justice policies place more emphasis on preparing inmates for life beyond bars.
Bank of America Provides Light to 500 Schools in the Developing World
Release Date:
08/13/2015
... States. The GivePower Foundation, established with funding that came entirely from SolarCity in 2014, will begin ...
The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard's Innovative Masters Program in Orchestral Performace Studies
Release Date:
08/14/2015
... curatorial studies, leading to a Master of Music degree. Funding from the Mellon grant will help to support student ...
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.
NoVo Foundation’s Peter Buffett Talks about ‘Philanthropic Colonialism
Release Date:
11/02/2015
Philanthropist Peter Buffett, co-president of the NoVo Foundation, says foundations sometimes try to solve the world's problems themselves rather than acting as facilitators of change.
Weinberg Foundation Hires New Program Director
Release Date:
12/11/2015
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, has hired a new program director to deal with Jewish and Israel issues.
HSBC Cuts Links With Big Muslim Aid Charity
Release Date:
01/04/2016
Global bank HSBC has halted services to international humanitarian agency Islamic Relief, allegedly over concerns that the nonprofit's funds could end up in the hands of terrorist groups, Economic Times writes, citing reporting by London's Sunday...
Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings
Release Date:
02/11/2016
... incubator created by the Filene Research Institute, with funding from Ford Foundation, generated $100 million in loans ...
Ford Foundation Taken Off Watch List by Indian Government
Release Date:
03/21/2016
Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S., the Home Ministry issued orders to remove the U.S.-based Ford Foundation from the “prior permission” category.
JPB Foundation Grant Helps Affordable Housing Providers Install Solar Power
Release Date:
04/13/2016
The technical assistance service, launched to coincide with the Housing California conference in Sacramento, is funded by a grant from The JPB Foundation and is intended to reduce barriers to entry and help affordable housing providers install solar...
Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network
Release Date:
04/13/2016
Success said that the gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 schools, from 34, within the next 10 years, as well as allow the network to share its curriculum and pedagogy with other educators.
People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg
Release Date:
04/14/2016
... distributed to nonprofits annually. Millions of that funding have gone to dozens of local institutions, including ...
Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’s Largest Study on Autism and Genes
Release Date:
04/21/2016
Scientists funded by the Simons Foundation Research Initiative on Thursday announced the launch of an online research initiative that aims to gather DNA and other information from 50,000 people with autism and their family members.
Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry
Release Date:
04/26/2016
... called the Center for Community Alternatives, with funding from the Open Society Foundations. The program is ...