The 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Announced
Release Date:
06/05/2017
... including the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the National Medal of Science, the Wolf Prize in Medicine, the ...
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Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
06/28/2017
Political hot buttons aren't the Rockefeller Foundation’s usual fare; however, when its core values—diversity, pluralism and respect for all—are threatened it will respond.
Rockefeller Supports Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste
Release Date:
07/25/2017
... NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY); John Boyd, Jr., National Black Farmers Association; Diane Brady, Bloomberg; ...
Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops
Release Date:
08/15/2017
... Institute of Science, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, has now opened the way to ...
The Dark Side of Philanthropy: A Look at Tax-Exempt Donations to White Supremacists
Release Date:
08/30/2017
A closer examination of how philanthropy can be to do more harm than good
When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis
Release Date:
09/07/2017
Last month, a group of shareholders of one distributor strove to bring the company's goals more in line with society's.
Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... company plans to distribute more than 1,000 units and go national . “The vision here is much bigger than the box ...
Iceberg That Broke Off Antarctica Was 4 Times the Size of Manhattan
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... of Manhattan broke off Antarctica on Saturday, the U.S. National Ice Center confirmed to CBS News. The iceberg break, ...
Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings
Release Date:
09/29/2017
Humanitarian assistance relies on a charity model of providing immediate relief in emergency situations. But once the emergency has passed, other approaches might better deliver services in a market-driven, customer-centric way.
NYSHealth Selects Seven Hospitals to Receive Grant Funds to Implement OpenNotes
Release Date:
10/12/2017
... spread OpenNotes and spur patient engagement. OpenNotes is national movement that gives patients and their caregivers ...
Russell Sage Foundation Author James Rosenbaum, Writes About Alternatives To Four-Year College Degrees
Release Date:
10/23/2017
American society is obsessed with a single route to success. We tell our children they must get high SAT scores, attend selective colleges, get bachelor’s degrees and get high paying jobs to have a successful life.
JPMorgan Chase Releases New Data Platform, The Good Jobs Index
Release Date:
11/14/2017
The Good Jobs Index is a new data platform that provides a window into the shifting realities of employment opportunity in the US, including the finding that two-thirds of states have added good jobs for workers without a bachelor’s degree.
Bloomberg Philanthropies' Partnership for Healthy Cities Helping Cities Grow More Powerful
Release Date:
11/22/2017
... by three years and became two years longer than the national average." These experiences helped him realize that .....
JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35
Release Date:
11/30/2017
If current trends in child obesity continue, more than 57% of today’s children in the U.S. will have obesity at age 35, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science
Release Date:
12/01/2017
... looking to fuel innovative and risky research. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other government ...
New App Plentiful, Funded By The Helmsley Charitable Trust, Streamlines How NYC Food Pantries Feed The Hungry
Release Date:
12/04/2017
... 46, a mother of five kids, she as she emerged from the National Council of Jewish Women New York Section food pantry ...
Surdna Foundation Celebrates Centennial Year with $4.5 Million Commitment to Equitable Community Development
Release Date:
12/06/2017
... a collaborative network that connects local, regional and national efforts to share strategies, best practices and ...
Open Society Foundations Seek Clarification on Pakistan NGO Ruling
Release Date:
12/14/2017
... on Pakistan NGO Ruling The Open Society Foundations' national foundation in Pakistan is seeking .....
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awarded $1.3 Billion to Nonprofit Organizations in 2017
Release Date:
02/12/2018
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation has announced that it awarded $1.3 billion to nonprofit organizations in 2017 and received gifts totaling $1.4 billion.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2018 Sloan Research Fellows
Release Date:
02/15/2018
... won the Fields Medal in mathematics, 69 have received the National Medal of Science, and 17 have won the John Bates ...