Moyer, New York Life Foundations Announce National Memory Board Project
Release Date:
11/29/2013
... and the need for children's grief support services. 24 In conjunction with Children's Grief Awareness Day, the Moyer .....
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MetLife Foundation, Sesame Workshop Launch Financial Knowledge Program
Release Date:
11/22/2013
... multimedia programs that reach nearly 75 million people in up to ten countries. To be launched in 2014 in Brazil, China, India, and Mexico, the initiative will ...
Bill de Blasio Says He’ll Build Upon Bloomberg’s Young Men’s Initiative
Release Date:
02/06/2014
... known as the Young Men’s Initiative, was created in 2011 and aimed to help underprivileged black and Latino ... and chair of the Open Society Foundations, also pitched in $30 million…. Bill de Blasio Says He’...
17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks
Release Date:
01/30/2014
... who have vowed to divest the fossil fuel stocks in their endowments and invest at least five percent of their assets in clean-energy companies, reported The Chronicle of ... Philanthropy. Seventeen foundations...
New Gifts Offer Clues on Bloomberg’s Philanthropic Direction
Release Date:
02/27/2014
... a $10 million initiative to prevent child drowning deaths in Bangladesh - indicate where the former mayor's ... to major global donor, writes The Wall Street Journal. In a two-page missive to be released...
Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens
Release Date:
03/13/2014
... feedback. We share loads of feedback among our staff. In fact, we have been trained on how to receive feedback: ...
Hartford Foundation Awards Nearly $2.3 Million in Grants
Release Date:
03/20/2014
The John A. Hartford Foundation awards $2.275 million in grants to the areas of palliative care and aging-related ... Foundation has announced grants totaling $2.275 million in the areas of palliative care and...
MacArthur and Master Card Foundations Invest $24 Million in Secondary Education
Release Date:
05/06/2014
MacArthur and Master Card Foundations invest $24 million in international secondary education, reports Triple Pundit. ... shared insights from the funder collaborative launched in 2012 that seeks to increase...
Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.
Release Date:
04/15/2014
Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans a $50 million challenge to the N.R.A., reports the New York Times.
Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?
Release Date:
05/13/2014
... Sexuality, Reproductive Health and Rights initiative, this report by Margaret E. Greene aims to provoke discussion in the field and clarify what we need to know to bring an end ... us closer to meaningful...
Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
06/05/2014
... enacted (2008-2010), according to a new Commonwealth Fund report . The analysis, by Jonathan Gruber of the Massachusetts ... Institute of Technology, uses information collected in 2012 by the National Opinion...
Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting
Release Date:
08/28/2014
... since the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., and the police response to the protests ... invited "leading thinkers" to a meeting at its offices in NYC earlier this week to...
ASPCA Cautions Against Using New Cannabis Treats for Ailing Pets
Release Date:
04/23/2015
... Treats for Ailing Pets With medical marijuana now legal in 23 states, and recreational use permitted in four states as well as Washington, D.C., a burgeoning cannabis industry is blooming in...
Research to Prevent Blindness-Backed Study Finds Ebola Virus Lives in Eye Long After Blood Clears
Release Date:
05/08/2015
... to Prevent Blindness-Backed Study Finds Ebola Virus Lives in Eye Long After Blood Clears Crozier also shared his story with New York Times reporter Denise Grady. In the NYT article, he said the infection did...
NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal
Release Date:
07/06/2015
... the Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience was launched in 2012 and slated to run four years. Aimed at reducing ... recidivism among 16- to 18-year-olds who entered Rikers in 2013 by 10 percent or more, the...
Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City Cannot Accept Donations for World Cup Parade
Release Date:
07/10/2015
... Big-hearted New Yorkers have been offering to pitch in to help pay for the World Cup-champion US women’s soccer ...
Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty
Release Date:
08/12/2015
... the schools, the grocery stores. A poor black family, in short, is much more likely than a poor white one to live in a neighborhood where many other families are poor, too, ... analyzed by Rutgers University...
Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'
Release Date:
12/03/2015
... financial services to the millions of low-income people in America and around the world who lack access to credit, ...
Indian Government to Remove Ford Foundation from Watch List
Release Date:
01/08/2016
... permission” category last year after it received a report from the Gujarat government that the organisation ... for Justice and Peace and Sabrang Trust. The move comes in the wake of the Ford Foundation’s...
Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings
Release Date:
02/11/2016
Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings A new report details how an incubator created by the Filene ...