Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)
Release Date:
02/18/2016
... sleep, and have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia. Expression of the gene, neuromedin U ...
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Jun
2016
Making Big Bets for Big Results - Webinar
Thursday, June 16, 2016 -
2:00pm to 3:30pm
... $10M or above) over the past decade plus have gone to such causes . The Bridgespan Group identified a number of barriers ...
14
Sep
2017
The First Year in the Life of a New Executive Director - Webinar
Thursday, September 14, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... setting boundaries; learning more about the community and causes served by the foundation; and coping with family ...
Commentary from Century Foundation: TrumpCare Premium Increases Mapped
Release Date:
06/01/2017
The Congressional Budget Office estimated the House-passed American Health Care Act would cause premiums in the individual market to rise by 20 percent next year. The Century Foundation created a map to estimate the premium hikes that people in...
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Seeks Applicants for its 2018 Prize for Young Investigators
Release Date:
09/06/2017
The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance will open for applications for its 2018 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators on October 2. At least six New York City-area-based scientists will each be awarded $200,000/year.
Macquarie Group and Its Employees Donate $100,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
Release Date:
09/19/2017
Macquarie Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Macquarie Group, announced a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross to aid in immediate relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey.
Underwritten by JPB Foundation, New York City’s Libraries Will Forgive All Children’s Fines
Release Date:
10/19/2017
... by the JPB Foundation, a philanthropy that supports civic causes , which will make up $2.25 million of the shortfall in ...
Barbara Raab and Farai Chideya of the Ford Foundation Noted As Women Who Shall Lead In The News Industry
Release Date:
12/18/2017
Women in news philanthropy will help reimagine news in local communities. In cities like Detroit, Jennifer Preston and Katy Locker of the Knight Foundation, Barbara Raab and Farai Chideya of the Ford Foundation, and Mariam Noland and Katie Brisson...
Tax Bill Glitch Endangers Future of Newman’s Own Foundation
Release Date:
01/03/2018
... with cancer, low-income students and dozens of other causes . The foundation had been seeking a permanent solution ...
A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect
Release Date:
02/07/2018
A new study led by vision researchers at UB’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the VA Western New York Healthcare System has demonstrated that the addition of widely available antioxidants to the current standard-of-care...
NoVo Foundation Announces Three Winners of the Pathways to Freedom Challenge
Release Date:
02/15/2018
The Partnership for Freedom today announced the three winners of its Pathways to Freedom challenge. Atlanta, Chicago, and Minneapolis were selected to participate in a first-of-its-kind anti-trafficking challenge to develop citywide approaches to...
Peter Peterson, Billionaire and Philanthropist, Dies at 91
Release Date:
03/20/2018
... and reducing the U.S. national debt, died of natural causes early Tuesday, his family said. He was 91. Born in the ...
Salesforce.org Continues Its Commitment to Public Schools
Release Date:
04/09/2018
... and 1 percent of its employees’ time to charitable causes . More than 90 percent of Salesforce employees in ...
Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America
Release Date:
04/17/2018
How Angels in America comes to life on Broadway.
Michael Bloomberg Donates $4.5M to U.N.Climate Body After U.S. Cuts
Release Date:
04/23/2018
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to write a $4.5 million check to the United Nations body that oversees climate change negotiations to make up the shortfall in the agency's budget caused by U.S. funding cuts.
11
Oct
2018
Advocacy Guidance for Nonprofits and Foundations - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP
Thursday, October 11, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Join our speakers from Alliance for Justice and RESULTS Educational Fund for insightful information on how you can develop a strong advocacy plan. Learn the importance of advocacy work and how to legally use your funding and your voice to shine...
Report from Commonwealth Fund Finds Patient Worry About Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs at All-Time High
Release Date:
05/17/2018
Few patients are confident they can afford an expensive medical bill, as high out-of-pocket healthcare costs continue to be a cause for patient concern, according to a report from the Commonwealth Fund.
NoVo Foundation Announces Grantees of $34 Million Radical Hope Fund
Release Date:
06/13/2018
The NoVo Foundation today announced $34 million—up from $20 million committed originally—in Radical Hope Fund grants to 19 organizations from among 1,000 applicants doing bold and transformative social justice work in the United States and around...
United Hospital Fund Releases Report With Observations from New York City’s Partnerships for Early Childhood Development Initiative
Release Date:
07/12/2018
Early childhood initiative screens very young children for psycho-social factors and finds families most need child care and adult education.
06
Aug
2018
The Supreme Court Nominee and the 2018 Elections - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, August 6, 2018 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, and subsequent nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, have far-reaching implications that could negatively affect all the issues we most care about, such as voting rights (including partisan gerrymandering), money...