Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees
Release Date:
06/13/2016
... ability to take information from a compromised visual system and create vision, and on technology solutions to make ...
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NoVo Foundation to Support Food Sovereignty Assessments in Native American Communities
Release Date:
06/23/2016
First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced it has received a $480,000 grant from the NoVo Foundation.
Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction
Release Date:
07/25/2016
... to establish the Wilson Writing Academy, a comprehensive system of instruction that will shape students' writing .....
Why Ford Foundation Is Underwriting Black Lives Matter
Release Date:
08/08/2016
The Ford Foundation is planning on studying and underwriting what it calls a “new and dynamic form of social justice leadership and infrastructure,” by investing in the Black-Led Movement Fund.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data
Release Date:
08/15/2016
The Data for Health initiative, led by the public health team at Bloomberg Philanthropies, aims to support interested governments in creating data systems changes that will be lasting, affordable and impactful.
NY Community Trust Releases Report on Collaborative Funds
Release Date:
08/16/2016
... Collectively, we’ve made the City’s public school system better for all students; led the fight against AIDS in ...
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School
Release Date:
08/30/2016
... beyond laws, politics, and funding and imagine a utopian system of learning. They went back to the drawing board—and ...
City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
09/21/2016
... harmful: education, health, employment, and the justice system .” The program was initially funded by a combination ...
Kalief Browder's Mother Paid a Cost Far Higher Than His Bail
Release Date:
10/21/2016
... Last Friday his mother, Venida, who was fighting for the system to pay for what it did to her son, fell victim to it ...
Gap Foundation Supports Advancements in New Ecosystems for Learning
Release Date:
11/14/2016
LRNG was launched in 2015 as a partnership between the Gap Foundation, the Boys & Girls Clubs, Electronic Arts, the Fossil Foundation, the National Writing Project, the Best Buy Foundation, musical artist John Legend, along with the John D. and...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program
Release Date:
11/04/2016
The Nathan Cummings Foundation is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the fourth cycle of the Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship, which provides three individuals with up to $150,000 each to pursue a visionary social justice...
Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students
Release Date:
11/23/2016
Communities in Schools is a federated network of about 165 separate 501(c)(3) in 25 states and the District of Columbia.
Commonwealth Fund Publishes Report on Making Health Care Better for the High-Need Patient
Release Date:
12/07/2016
... cannot—firsthand insights into how aspects of the health system and a person’s life affect their health care ...
Rockefeller Foundation Starts News Site to Spur Resilience Work
Release Date:
02/15/2017
Rockefeller's new platform, Zilient, wants to expose leaders to solutions that will help cities and countries bounce back from disasters.
Amsterdam News Profiles Harlem Native George Suttles of the John A. Hartford Foundation
Release Date:
02/16/2017
A little over a month ago, Harlem native George Suttles joined The John A. Hartford Foundation as a new program office. The foundation is a private, nonpartisan philanthropy dedicated to improving the care of older adults.
United Hospital Fund Honors 31 Health Care Trustees
Release Date:
05/02/2017
... affordable care, and a financially sound health care system , serving the needs of diverse communities and ...
Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California
Release Date:
05/11/2017
... women and girls of color involved in the juvenile justice system . The Young Women’s Freedom Center , which has been ...
Darren Walker Writes on Lessons Learned from Rikers Island
Release Date:
05/15/2017
... of everything wrong with America’s criminal-justice system , and may also offer a model for how it can be righted. ...
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2017
New York Foster Youth Funders Group - Summer Meeting
Monday, June 5, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
... Because the majority of girls enter the juvenile justice system for charges that pose little threat to public safety, ... detention were involved in some stage of the child welfare system at the time of their...
Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time
Release Date:
07/13/2017
... key phrase used by those who follow the criminal justice system is “length of stay,” or the amount of time that a ...