Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)
Release Date:
01/11/2016
... been practically no improvement in treatment outcome for years ," said Inder Verma, professor in the Salk Institute's .....
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Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities
Release Date:
02/01/2016
Atlantic Philanthropies, in its last year of grantmaking, announced a number of major investments to improve access to quality health care for people in both Southeast Asia and the United States.
Ford Foundation, Cannes Film Market Launch Documentary Film Push Against Inequality
Release Date:
02/02/2016
The Ford Foundation’s and Cannes Film Market’s networking mini-mart Doc Corner announced a two year-partnership to raise global awareness on social justice, working against inequality.
DNAinfo Highlights Senior Profiles Supported by New York Community Trust
Release Date:
02/04/2016
The lives of New York senior citizens are the subject of a year-long project called Exceeding Expectations, which is run by the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and led by journalist...
Rauschenberg Foundation Eases Copyright Restrictions on Art
Release Date:
03/07/2016
... Rauschenberg Foundation, begun by Mr. Rauschenberg 18 years before his death in 2008, has been a part of this ...
Wallace Foundation to Invest $47 Million In Redesigning Principal Preparation
Release Date:
03/16/2016
... The Wallace Foundation has been seeking to change that for years , investing millions of dollars in research into what ... it will spend another $47 million during the next five years on an effort to improve...
Housing News Coverage Supported by Revson and New York Community Trust Wins Honors
Release Date:
05/11/2016
The New York Press Club recognizes City Limits housing coverage over the past year, supported by the New York Community Trust, the Charles H. Revson Foundation and the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot
Release Date:
06/03/2016
... NPQ has covered a lot of contest philanthropy over the years —and not always in a way that is wholly complimentary. ...
Jeffrey Schoenfeld and Robert Kapito Appointed President and Chair of the Board of UJA-Federation of New York
Release Date:
06/28/2016
As UJA’s chief voluntary officers, they will both serve three-year terms slated to begin July 1.
New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists
Release Date:
07/15/2016
... expansion of the Universe. “We have spent five years collecting measurements of 1.2 million galaxies over ... of the Universe over a volume of 650 cubic billion light years ,” says Jeremy Tinker of New York...
Warren Buffet Pledges$2.9 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Others
Release Date:
07/15/2016
... official filing Thursday. He's now made a huge donation 11 years in a row. This year, Buffett is giving 19.6 million .....
Stonewall Community Foundation Issues RFP for LGBTQ Safe Spaces
Release Date:
07/29/2016
This fall, a one-year general operating support grant of $12,500 will be awarded to an organization or project focused on the safety of marginalized LGBTQ communities.
Weinberg Foundation Makes New Commitment to Military Members and Their Families
Release Date:
11/16/2016
The Mission Continues reintegrates veterans who are adjusting to life outside the military by engaging them in the work of strengthening communities from within.
Stonewall Community Foundation Is Key Funder of Trans and Queer Storytelling
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... it featured actress Laverne Cox on its cover. In the two years following that proclamation, mainstream media and pop ...
COO Sharon Ullman Named Acting Executive Director of Rauschenberg Foundation
Release Date:
01/10/2017
... hired and she has served us brilliantly for more than six years , most recently as Chief Operating Officer," said ... his best wishes to MacLear and thanked her for her years of service... COO Sharon...
Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program
Release Date:
01/17/2017
... receive grants of up to $500,000 a year for up to three years in support of a range of efforts, from tackling ...
With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... rich area of Kashmir in northern India for six years . Although paleontologists have scoured this region for ... sahnii and said that it existed 11 to 14 million years ago. It is a member of the ancient...
'Marjorie Prime' Wins Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at Sundance for Focus on Science and Technology
Release Date:
03/29/2017
FilmRise has acquired U.S. rights to Sundance winner “Marjorie Prime” and is planning a mid-summer release and a fall awards push for star Lois Smith, the distributor announced Tuesday.
Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative
Release Date:
04/04/2017
SPARK is proud to announce it has expanded the research collaborative this year to include four new sites: the Geisinger Clinic of Pennsylvania, Maine Medical Center, Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of Iowa.
Mellon Foundation Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program
Release Date:
04/11/2017
The New England Foundation for the Arts has announced a three-year, $3.77 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue the work of the National Theater Project.