Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining
Release Date:
08/01/2016
... or telling an original van Gogh from a fake. But in recent years , applied mathematician Ingrid Daubechies has been ...
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New York Community Trust Announces Semifinalists for 2016 Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Release Date:
08/03/2016
Eleven nonprofit organizations in the city and Westchester have been chosen as semifinalists for $60,000 in prizes and prestigious scholarships.
Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign Makes Progress in El Paso
Release Date:
08/04/2016
... 45 percent of all the coal plants operating just six years ago. "We commend El Paso Electric on a decision that .....
Minority Business Accelerator Gets Another Big Boost from Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
08/19/2016
... This latest grant is for $300,000 over the next two years . With that award, the foundation has awarded a total of ...
MasterCard Makes Fortune List of Businesses Confronting World's Problems
Release Date:
08/23/2016
More businesses are taking on society’s biggest problems—and making money doing so. Here’s our look at 50 companies that do well by doing good.
Commonwealth Fund Executives Write About Stressed, But Fixable ACA Marketplaces
Release Date:
09/07/2016
Most ACA marketplace enrollees will not experience major premium hikes next year.
Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
Release Date:
09/07/2016
A precision-engineered gene therapy virus, inserted into blood stem cells that are then transplanted, markedly reduced sickle-induced red-cell damage in mice with sickle cell disease.
Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal
Release Date:
10/04/2016
In celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Jacobs' birth and the impact of her ideas on cities around the world, the award was open this year for the first time to international nominees.
NY Life Foundation Supports Social- Emotional Learning In Middle Schools
Release Date:
10/05/2016
ExpandED Schools, a New York City nonprofit dedicated to closing the learning gap, has received a $1 million, three-year grant from the New York Life Foundation.
Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors
Release Date:
10/05/2016
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Assistant Professors Sarah Post and Rob Harron were each awarded a collaboration grant for mathematicians from the Simons Foundation.
Philanthropy New York Mourns Former President Barbara Bryan
Release Date:
10/24/2016
... of their former President, Barbara Bryan. Barbara's 18 years of outstanding leadership and vision combined with her .....
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic
Release Date:
10/26/2016
NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced an open call for original poetry about the impacts of drug addiction.
Coalition Rallies against Cuomo’s Proposed Nuclear Plant Subsidies
Release Date:
10/28/2016
... $7.7 billion from electric ratepayers over the next 12 years . A small group of leaders from the groups made their ...
With the End Near, Atlantic Makes a Big Move on Racial Justice
Release Date:
11/01/2016
... has been a leader in this area for a number of years now. Back when Gara LaMarche was leading the ...
Post Election: Can Philanthropy Move The Conversation On Gun Safety?
Release Date:
11/03/2016
... November 2016 president’s edition. For many years , Philanthropy New York has partnered with the Ford ... of the most powerful forms of communication and over the years , we have shown films that cover the gamut...
Supported by Simons Foundation, Scientists Discover Clues To Altered Brain Wiring In Autism
Release Date:
11/15/2016
... One piece of this puzzle that has emerged in recent years is a biochemical cascade called the mTOR pathway that ...
Simons Foundation Launches Flatiron Institute to Explore Galaxy Formation, Genomics, Neuroscience and Other Fields
Release Date:
11/23/2016
Each year thousands of genomes are sequenced, millions of neuronal activity traces are recorded, and light from hundreds of millions of galaxies is captured by our newest telescopes, all creating datasets of staggering size.
Supported by Carnegie, ALA Announces Winners of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award'
Release Date:
11/30/2016
The winning librarians were recognized for their exceptional contributions to transforming lives and communities through education and lifelong learning.
MAC AIDS Fund Contributes $1 Million to New HIV Treatment Effort in Washington, DC
Release Date:
12/01/2016
... the nation's capital has declined dramatically in recent years , but it's still considered an epidemic. The city has .....
Apply Now to Join TCF Institute's Summer 2017 Class
Release Date:
01/03/2017
Each year, The Century Foundation (TCF) typically invites six interns to join our office in New York City to spend the summer building new relationships and researching the issues they care about most.