Searching for the Next Breakthrough in Health Care
Release Date:
05/05/2014
... Fund launches the Breakthrough Health Care Opportunities program to discover and vet transformative ideas in health ...
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Open Society Foundations Award Fellowships to 14 Visionaries Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States
Release Date:
05/14/2014
Recipients include an ordained pastor, lawyers, journalists, and people who have spent time in prison.
Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed?
Release Date:
05/13/2014
Each year, some 10 million girls are compelled to marry before they reach age 18—the age the world has agreed upon as the beginning of adulthood under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color
Release Date:
05/30/2014
[Open Society Foundations, Atlantic Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation] The White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Task Force today released a report on policies, regulations, and programs that have the...
New York is building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records
Release Date:
06/01/2014
... less likely to be admitted when they’re enrolled in the program , and repeat radiological scans and hospital ...
New York Community Trust Grants $7.3 Million to 69 Nonprofits in All Five Boroughs and Nationwide
Release Date:
06/09/2014
... Thanks to other grants, the Bronx Museum will start a new program addressing health through art; and a leadership group ...
NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods
Release Date:
06/11/2014
... and Public Affairs. The researchers suggest the program can and should be replicated in urban areas across ...
Mertz Gilmore Fires Up Its War On Coal
Release Date:
06/13/2014
... about a half a million in 2014 to its alternatives to coal program , with grants hovering in the mid-five figures. The ...
Simons Foundation Gives University of Hawaii $40M—Largest Gift of its Kind Ever
Release Date:
06/16/2014
... Collaboration on Ocean Processes Ecology, or SCOPE, a program of the Simons Foundation’s Division of Life ...
New York Botanical Garden Humanities Institute To Explore Social Impact of Gardens
Release Date:
06/19/2014
A symposium that will explore the role of women in landscape design will be the first event at New York Botanical Garden's Humanities Institute, made possible by a $635,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Tart, Goodwin Win Carnegie Writing Awards
Release Date:
06/30/2014
Tart, Goodwin Win Carnegie Writing Awards Under a program funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, Donna ...
Laura Packer Named Executive Director of Howard Gilman Foundation
Release Date:
07/07/2014
... Gilman Foundation, effective July 22. She had been Arts Program Director for the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. ...
Pennsylvania College Consortium Created With $800,000 From Mellon Foundation
Release Date:
07/03/2014
Ten liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania will use an $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a new consortium designed to help them save money and improve academic programs by collaborating across campuses.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort
Release Date:
07/17/2014
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is giving $500,000 to the Shriver Corps, an initiative to train volunteers to help connect poor Americans with programs they may not know about but that could help lift them out of poverty.
Helmsley Trust Grant Gives Educators A Voice In Common Core Discussions
Release Date:
07/21/2014
... to grant to support the group's Teachers and Fellowship program will enable America Achieves to bring together over .....
NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals
Release Date:
07/24/2014
Support from the Wallace Foundation is helping NYC partner with several organizations to train future principals for the city's schools.
Donors Education Collaborative Awards $995,000 For Education Reform
Release Date:
08/04/2014
... for Public Education, and the Trinity Wall Street Grants Program ... Donors Education Collaborative Awards $995,000 For ...
Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane, President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children, Dies at 91
Release Date:
08/27/2014
Philanthropist and civic leader Virginia "Ginnie" Sloane passed away on August 24, 2014. Sloane was President Emeritus of the Heckscher Foundation for Children.
Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach
Release Date:
09/02/2014
Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, plans to refocus grant distribution to sectors the foundation is not currently funding, but has supported in the past.
Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration's Brain Initiative
Release Date:
10/01/2014
... Foundation, which recently started its own brain study program , will be included in the announcement.... Simons ...