Aetna Foundation Initiative Promotes Healthy Eating in Inner-City Neighborhoods
Release Date:
04/07/2015
... initiatives that create a better understanding of the root causes of the obesity epidemic....” Aetna Foundation ...
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Bloomberg, Sierra Club Direct $60 Million To Closing Half Of U.S. Coal Plants By 2017
Release Date:
04/10/2015
The group’s previous goal, set in 2011, was to close a third of coal plants by 2020.
Rockefeller's Rodin Weighs in on What Nonprofits Will Look for in Potential Employees in 2020
Release Date:
04/09/2015
... other generally places a higher emphasis on incorporating causes and big issues as an integral part of daily life.... ...
Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Overcome Cancer Drug Resistance
Release Date:
05/19/2015
The grant will fund research on the changes tumors undergo as they become resistant to drugs.
NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents
Release Date:
07/10/2015
The foundation looks to address the silence surrounding at-risk girls.
Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Finds Possible New Target for Glaucoma Therapy
Release Date:
09/11/2015
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have elucidated a genetic interaction that may prove key to the development and progression of glaucoma, a blinding neurodegenerative disease that affects tens of millions of...
Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge
Release Date:
09/14/2015
... the like, but I don't think his traveling to those places causes any harm. Coming back to New York, well, that's a .....
Staying True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave
Release Date:
09/21/2015
... It discovered that while alive, he supported progressive causes including birth control. It voted to expand his fund ...
5 Questions for. . .Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
10/15/2015
The New York City-based Rockefeller Foundation was one of the first philanthropic organizations to respond to the devastation caused by Katrina. Rockefeller President Judith Rodin answers questions about Katrinia recovery and urban resilience in the...
Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
01/13/2016
... unknown risk factors associated with an eye condition that causes serious progressive nearsightedness at a relatively ...
Guardian: Are Gates and Rockefeller Using Their Influence to Set Agenda in Poor States?
Release Date:
01/19/2016
... foundations give roughly $15bn annually to charitable causes . Nineteen of the 27 are American and many are now ...
Atlantic Announces $40M for Fellowship to Reduce International Health Disparities
Release Date:
02/01/2016
... barriers unfairly hold them back, and to address the root causes of inequity rather than the symptoms. Today, I’m ...
Presidential Candidates Ignore Long-Term Care Issues (United Hospital Fund)
Release Date:
02/10/2016
On the eve of the first votes of the 2016 presidential contest – a wacky year where outsized personalities and voter anger are grabbing the headlines – there’s at least one familiar political pattern: nary a mention of one of the most critical...
An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)
Release Date:
02/22/2016
Saru Jayaraman, a vocal leader in the food labor movement and founder of Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC), has been supported by the Ford Foundation for more than a decade. The New York Times profiles her efforts for restaurant workers.
Council Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers
Release Date:
04/13/2016
A bill would compel the city to enforce labor rules for nannies and home health aides.
Conservative Activist O’Keefe Targets Liberal Foundations, Foiled By Open Society Program Staff
Release Date:
05/23/2016
... billionaire, who is a prominent donor to liberal causes , including Hillary Clinton’s Presidential bid. ...
Stonewall Community Foundation Issues RFP for LGBTQ Safe Spaces
Release Date:
07/29/2016
... philanthropy and volunteer service, support LGBTQ causes in New York City. Each year, SQS members award one or ...
Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers
Release Date:
10/07/2016
... has given a total of $7.46 billion to philanthropic causes since 1984, or 373,000 percent of his current net ...
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness
Release Date:
03/03/2017
If ever there were a problem that might seem tailor-made for philanthropy, it's fighting blindness. Losing sight is a horrifying fate for anyone to contemplate, and it's not surprising that blindness has motivated some deep-pocketed donors for at...
Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research
Release Date:
03/21/2017
The University of Edinburgh has announced a £20 million ($24.5 million) grant from the Simons Foundation in support of pioneering studies into the biological mechanisms that underpin changes in brain development associated with autism.