Staff at Open Society Foundations Just Voted to Join a Union. Is That a Good Thing?
Release Date:
07/22/2016
... at the Open Society Foundations over the past few years. When George Soros hired Chris Stone in 2012 to lead OSF, he ...
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Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50
Release Date:
08/01/2016
... Top 50. Benjamin Franklin is quoted as having said: “ When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” The ...
Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population
Release Date:
08/04/2016
... who was tapped to head the Campaign for Smart Justice when it was launched in November 2014 with a $50 million ...
Simons-Backed Study Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika
Release Date:
08/19/2016
... in the rodents. Most human adults don’t show symptoms when infected with Zika, aside from a fever or rash. ...
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 ...
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... ...
Most Foundations Neglect Rural America. Helmsley Charitable Trust Doesn't
Release Date:
11/02/2016
... uniquely isolated and vulnerable. That's especially true when it comes to healthcare, and the huge disparities in .....
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 ...
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 ...
John A. Hartford Foundation Supports Report on Disconnect Between Docs and Patients On Advance Planning
Release Date:
12/08/2016
... that advanced care planning conversations should begin when patients are "young, healthy, and cognizant" -- in their .....
Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Uninsured Rates Have Dropped in All States
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... 18 and older who reported forgoing a visit to the doctor when needed because of costs dropped by at least 2 percentage ...
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 ...
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 ...
Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan
Release Date:
03/20/2017
... an all-out push like the one progressive foundations made when the law was being created. Atlantic Philanthropies, a ...
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 ...
Rockefeller Supports Food Waste Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival
Release Date:
04/20/2017
... Food Waste Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival When directors Anna Chai and Nari Kye began developing the ...
W.T. Grant Funds Research on How Technology Use Affects At-Risk Youth
Release Date:
05/03/2017
... technology was linked to some positive outcomes: On days when adolescents spent more time using digital technologies ...