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 ...
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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.
Commonwealth Fund’s Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds People with Medicaid Have Better Access to Health Care Than the Uninsured and Fewer Medical Bill Problems
Release Date:
04/27/2017
Having Medicaid is not only substantially better than being uninsured, but it provides enrollees with health insurance that on most measures is as good as or, in some cases, better than private coverage, according to new a Commonwealth Fund report.
Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’
Release Date:
05/03/2017
... Times’ These are extraordinary times. For more than 25 years , Nathan Cummings Foundation’s mission has explicitly ... reaction to a single president, but a result of years of investing in organizing and...
SeaChange Capital Partners Writes "Coming Back from Bankruptcy: How We Fixed Healing Arts Initiative"
Release Date:
06/06/2017
When Healing Arts Initiative, formerly Hospital Audiences Inc., declared bankruptcy a year ago, it was the last in a series of tragic events that was seemingly the death knell for the 47-year-old nonprofit.
F.B. Heron: Charitable Giving Is Only a Small Part of What Foundations Do With Their Money
Release Date:
06/30/2017
Most of their capital doesn’t wind up in grants, but in investments. Is the latter the key to maximum impact?
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations
Release Date:
08/17/2017
... evening of dance. "We are thrilled to celebrate 25 years of the beloved Charlie Parker Jazz Festival," said .....
Philanthropy vs. Tyranny: Inside the Open Society Foundations' Biggest Battle Yet
Release Date:
08/21/2017
... creating a massively endowed foundation that, in recent years , has been redesigned to exist in perpetuity. While ...
A Golf Center Grows in Harlem
Release Date:
08/28/2017
A Golf Center Grows in Harlem Two years ago, Juan Cortorreal had never held a golf club. And ...
Holistic Therapy Programs May Help Pain Sufferers Ditch Opioids
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Mayo's pain program is one of a few around the country to address the emotional, social and psychological aspects of pain and reduce patients' reliance on addictive medicines. But as the nation faces an opioid epidemic, there needs to be more of...
Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work?
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... airway or a problem with the heart or breathing. In recent years , a few reports of sedated children dying at dental ... after sedation or general anesthesia. Most were 2 to 5 years old. . . Should Kids Be...
Newman's Own Pops The Champagne - Salad Dressing - That Is
Release Date:
08/30/2017
Newman’s Own marks its 35th anniversary this month. It was on Aug. 25, 1982, that the philanthropic company shipped its first bottles of olive oil and vinegar salad dressing.
A Former Felon Leads The Way In Criminal Justice Reform
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... his training program at Just Leadership USA. In 2016, 17 years after leaving prison, Hoskins participated in the ...
Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... 5, will be eligible for legal status for another two-plus years . For others, legal status ends as early as March 6. But ...
Success Academy Boss Eva Moskowitz and Charter Leaders Demand Answers on Space Requests from de Blasio
Release Date:
09/07/2017
The charter school war grinds on. Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz and other leaders of city charter schools held a demonstration Wednesday on the steps of City Hall to rip Mayor de Blasio for failing to respond to requests for space in city...