Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights
Release Date:
08/12/2016
... currents to gain height with little energy expenditure when flying over long distances. It’s a behavior known as ...
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New Developments in Kidney Stem Cell Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
08/26/2016
... the holy grail of endless youthfulness–at least when it comes to one type of human kidney precursor cell. ...
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School Discipline is Changing. For the Better?
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12:00pm to 2:00pm
... students face – especially young people of color – when schools enforce punitive disciplinary systems. On ... their conversation, both will reflect on how and when philanthropy can best serve as an agent for...
Century Foundation Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies
Release Date:
09/29/2016
... Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies When the federal government stopped guaranteeing new ...
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Now Accepting Applications for the 2017 Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research
Release Date:
10/03/2016
... explorative and high-risk/high-reward research at a stage when traditional funding is lacking. Now entering its fourth ...
Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966
Release Date:
10/06/2016
... Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966 When the Zimmerli's curators first devised two complementary .....
Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50M to Museum of Science
Release Date:
10/18/2016
... Bloomberg, 74, who attended classes there starting when he was about 10 and through his high school years... ...
Gap Inc. Connects Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent
Release Date:
11/04/2016
... Inc. understands both hiring math and competitive strategy when it comes to filling entry-level jobs in its 3,000-plus ...
Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students
Release Date:
11/23/2016
... and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students When you hear about philanthropy's role in K-12 education .....
Dodge Foundation’s Daggett in NYTimes: Auction of Airwaves Could Transform Media
Release Date:
11/28/2016
... of customers who rely on antenna reception at a time when most people use cable, satellite or streaming ...
The Latest Nutrition Grantmaking From Newman's Own
Release Date:
11/28/2016
... social enterprise businesses, Newman's Own was a novelty when it launched in the 1980s and started giving away its .....
Former Capital One Foundation President Forms Consulting Practice to Strengthen Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships
Release Date:
12/02/2016
... Practice to Strengthen Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships When Capital One Foundation President Carolyn ...
Doris Duke Launches Land Trust Climate Initiative
Release Date:
01/24/2017
... that’s drying up? How do you protect a dwindling species when it’s fled from its changing habitat? Large green ...
Princeton Project Funded by Two PNY Members Reveals Insight into Behavior-Change Campaigns
Release Date:
01/20/2017
... that behavior-change campaigns may be made more effective when they harness networks of influence to change societal ...
Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More Interesting
Release Date:
02/13/2017
... to give cities a boost, work that comes at a moment when more Americans are choosing urban life. Funders have ...
Mellon Foundation Features Harlem Studio Museum Director on How Art Helps Us Understand Diversity
Release Date:
02/23/2017
... on How Art Helps Us Understand Diversity At a time when society is swiftly being transformed, Our Compelling ...
Commonwealth Fund's Kathy Regan Makes City and State's Above & Beyond 2017 List
Release Date:
03/29/2017
... displayed the influence that women can wield, at least when political winds bring so many of them together... ...
Podcast: Mellon Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities
Release Date:
04/10/2017
... Mellon Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities When President Lyndon Johnson signed the 1965 law that ...
Carnegie Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges
Release Date:
04/14/2017
... by a group representing public colleges, comes at a time when a growing number of states are providing the opposite ...
The Uphill Battle Of United Way NYC’s First Female President
Release Date:
04/19/2017
... Uphill Battle Of United Way NYC’s First Female President When Sheena Wright stepped into the role of president of ...