Schott Foundation CEO John H. Jackson Named by EBONY Magazine One Of 100 Inspiring Leaders
Release Date:
11/13/2017
... graduates. This is further evidence that our public school system works and as cities increase their commitment to ...
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New App Plentiful, Funded By The Helmsley Charitable Trust, Streamlines How NYC Food Pantries Feed The Hungry
Release Date:
12/04/2017
... to help feed the hungry. A new phone app and reservation system offers those in need of nutritional assistance a fast ... and phone number and their information comes up in the system .” The app was born out of...
Bloomberg Donates $5 Million To Baltimore Police For New Cameras, Technology
Release Date:
12/04/2017
... be installed on light poles, expanding upon the city’s system of 750 fixed cameras. Drew Vetter, director of the ... of where the most crime occurs with maps of the camera system . “This will allow us to fill...
Novo Foundation Launches New Website and Film Series,The Life Story: Moments of Change
Release Date:
02/01/2018
The stunning new interactive website explores 13 moments when survivors, service providers, funders, advocates and allies can make a difference for girls and women.
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
... Biomedical Sciences and the VA Western New York Healthcare System has demonstrated that the addition of widely available ... career scientist at the VA Western New York Healthcare System ... A New Study...
Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors
Release Date:
02/22/2018
... their typical form and function. Thankfully, as our immune system lets normal cells move along and perform important ... Unfortunately, though, these cells can hijack the system designed to dispatch them. If...
Propel Capital’s Sarah Williams Honored by The Center for Court Innovation
Release Date:
03/19/2018
... its work to create a more effective and humane justice system . The honorees were: MaryAnne Gilmartin of L&L MAG, who ... DiFiore, chief judge of the New York State Unified Court System , who is exploring...
Rachel Pardoe of The New York Community Trust is one of New York Non-Profit Media's 40 Under 40
Release Date:
04/12/2018
... and counseling families involved with the juvenile justice system . There she gained insight into the daily host of ...
Milbank Memorial Fund Announces New Editor of The Milbank Quarterly
Release Date:
07/27/2018
... interests include: national health policy and health system reform, comparative health care systems, and ...
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces the 2018 Hilton Humanitarian Prize Recipient
Release Date:
08/22/2018
... of clean water through a cutting-edge aerial piping system , are always demand-driven and community led. SHOFCO ...
Inside Rockefeller Foundation’s $20 Million Plan to Improve Energy Access in India
Release Date:
09/05/2018
The Rockefeller Foundation recently announced it will invest $20 million to expand energy access in rural India over the next three years. Off-grid renewable minigrids, as microgrids are known in India, figure prominently in the foundation’s plans.
The New York Women’s Foundation Creates Collaborative Fund To Support Justice Reform for Women and To Help Dismantle Mass Incarceration
Release Date:
10/19/2018
... and families in all phases and aspects of the justice system . Key among the priorities will be closing Rikers ...
Inside Philanthropy Covers Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s Big Investment in City Parks
Release Date:
10/30/2018
The foundation recently committed $200 million to create signature parks on the waterfronts of Buffalo and Detroit and their surrounding regions, and to advance regional trail systems. The idea is to deliver community and economic benefits to these...
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Family Philanthropy Through Multiple Vehicles - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP
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How can families with multi-faceted philanthropic efforts – those with multiple foundations or funds, who are also using impact investing and other creative strategies – develop governance systems and structures that accommodate this complexity?
Co-Impact Announces Inaugural Grants Totaling $80 Million
Release Date:
01/16/2019
Co-Impact Announces Inaugural Grants Totaling $80 Million Co-Impact announced its first round of grants today to improve education, health, and economic opportunity for an estimated 9 million people over the next five years across Africa, South Asia...
Staten Island, Conrad N. Hilton Foundations, New York Community Trust, and More Launch Campaign to Make NYC First in Nation to Offer Long-Term Support for Foster Youth
Release Date:
02/28/2019
... early twenties who will age out or have aged out of the system without having found a permanent home. “The ... world exists for the 600 or 700 youth who age out of the system each year without being adopted or...
Milbank Memorial Fund, John A. Hartford Foundation, Commonwealth Fund Support Study That Reveals How ACOs Use Home Visits to Improve Care and Reduce Hospital Use
Release Date:
06/21/2019
... role in efforts to reform the American healthcare system . “We focused on ACOs because we felt that their ... These ACOs were more likely to be larger and part of a system , including a hospital, and to...
Credit Suisse Americas Foundation Commits USD 1 Million to HERE to HERE to Launch Youth Apprenticeships Through Careerwise New York
Release Date:
07/09/2019
... , an employer-led, student-focused youth apprenticeship system based on a model widely used in Switzerland. The ... to Zurich to learn more about the Swiss apprenticeship system . The USD 1 million gift will...
Lukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer, Research Supported by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award
Release Date:
09/20/2019
... that have an abnormal activation of a cell communication system , called the Hedgehog pathway, via two different ... in the Hedgehog signaling pathway — a key cellular system that regulates embryonic...
Leading With Race to Reimagine Youth Justice: JDAI’s Deep-End Initiative - Report Released by The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Release Date:
05/26/2020
... institutions — often called the “deep end” of the system — and for youth transferred from juvenile to adult ...