Century Foundation Releases New Report: “14 Progressive Priorities for the New Congress”
Release Date:
11/07/2018
... inequality, to rising racial segregation in our school system , to the tens of millions of Americans who still lack ...
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Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes Leticia Peguero, Vice President of Programs
Release Date:
11/27/2018
Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) is pleased to announce that Leticia Peguero will join the Foundation as Vice President of Programs.
Edward W. Hazen Foundation Announces Plans to Spend Down
Release Date:
03/05/2019
The Edward W. Hazen Foundation in New York City has announced that it plans to spend down its assets over the next five years in support of education and youth organizing, with a focus on racial justice. Established in 1925, the foundation was an...
OpEd: CEO Lori Bezahler on Edward W. Hazen Foundation’s Decision to Empty Its Coffers
Release Date:
03/06/2019
The past two years have seen an increase in philanthropic support for a diverse range of nonprofits advancing a progressive agenda. Grant makers who have just started awarding money to these causes, as well as longstanding supporters of social-...
Zegar Family Foundation Supported Research Uncovers Genome-Wide Responses That Limit Crop Growth
Release Date:
03/26/2019
A team of researchers has tested how each gene within the genome of rice--one of the world's most important staple crops--senses and responds to combinations of water and nutrients.
United Hospital Fund Supports Evaluation That Shows Small Primary Care Practices Can Help Patients Access Mental Health Care
Release Date:
04/04/2019
... released today by United Hospital Fund, Montefiore Health System , and the New York State Health Foundation ...
Leaving Rikers: What the New York Women's Foundation Is Doing for Women in New York City's Worst Jail
Release Date:
04/09/2019
The New York Women’s Foundation (NYWF) created a Justice Fund in 2018 to address mass incarceration and its effects on women, girls and transgender and gender nonconforming communities in New York City.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $4.3 Million to Develop Tools for the Clinical Testing of Anti-fibrotic Treatments for Crohn’s Disease Patients
Release Date:
04/15/2019
... of a therapy’s success or failure, as well as an imaging system to measure how these strictures respond to ...
New York Life Foundation Supports Summer Reading and Education at NYC Public Libraries
Release Date:
04/30/2019
... Public Library is the nation’s sixth-largest library system and among the borough’s most democratic civic ...
United Hospital Fund First Annual Tribute to Excellence in Health Care Honors 57 Quality Improvement Leaders at 51 New York Area Institutions
Release Date:
05/03/2019
... elevate the vital work underway to make our health care system more patient-centered, safe, and effective,” said ...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Research of Human Impact on Indoor Climate
Release Date:
06/04/2019
Human impact on the indoor climate is being mapped for the first time in a large-scale test at DTU.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2019 Scholars
Release Date:
07/01/2019
... relates to the biology of pain—a complex neurobiological system with widespread societal impact. Three of these Award ...
Initial Funding From Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust Supports New Council on Criminal Justice
Release Date:
07/23/2019
... nonpartisan approach, with the goal of fixing a system that “is not producing enough safety or justice,” ...
Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds
Release Date:
08/02/2019
New insight about a broad spectrum antibiotic agent, obafluorin, made from a fluorescent strain of soil bacteria might offer a powerful antidote to antibiotic resistance, researchers say.
William T. Grant Foundation Opens Applications for Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants
Release Date:
09/04/2019
The Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants (YSCG) program supports activities to strengthen the organizational infrastructure of nonprofit organizations in the five boroughs of New York City.
Open Society Foundations Announce 2019 Soros Equality Fellows
Release Date:
09/20/2019
The Open Society Foundations is pleased to announce the 2019 class of Soros Equality Fellows, a diverse group of artists, advocates, lawyers, and organizers whose work inspires advances in racial justice and equality in the United States.
Using Data to Save Lives: The Rockefeller Foundation and Partners Launch $100 Million Precision Public Health Initiative
Release Date:
09/25/2019
Initiative Aims to Prevent 6 Million Deaths by 2030. Brings Data Science and Machine Learning to Community Health Systems and Frontline Workers.
New Survey from Commonwealth Fund: Just Over a Quarter of U.S. Adults Favor ‘Medicare for All,’ but Many Need More Information
Release Date:
09/26/2019
... health insurance and instituting a “Medicare for All” system , but 40 percent say they need more information to form ...
The Andrus Family Fund Announces New Director, Manuela Arciniegas
Release Date:
09/26/2019
The Andrus Family Fund (AFF) announced today that Manuela Arciniegas has been appointed director, after serving as interim director since January 2019.
Charles Nuñez, Community Advocate at Youth Represent, Was Only 17 but Charged as an Adult
Release Date:
05/10/2016
... out of one nightmare into another as the criminal justice system continued to punish him in innumerable ways, including ...