In A Shift In Giving, JPMorgan Chase Focusing On Economic Growth
Release Date:
07/13/2014
... is taking place at the JPMorgan Chase Foundation as it moves away from "broad-based giving" to a focus on "economic .....
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Foundations Invest Nearly $2 Million to Improve New York City Schools
Release Date:
09/10/2014
Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, the Wallace Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation have joined forces to invest in the Research Alliance for New York City Schools at New York University.
Andrus Family Fund Announces New Mission and Strategic Direction
Release Date:
10/31/2014
Andrus Family Fund's new approach will allow them to make a greater impact on vulnerable youth.
NYCT Believes Backing STEM Education is Critical to Building a Strong Workforce
Release Date:
04/28/2015
Patricia Jenny, VP for Grants, discusses the need for tech-focused investments so NYC can stay competitive.
BofA Charitable Foundation Supports Women's Giving Network Conference; Women Pool Dollars for Innovative Community Transformation
Release Date:
10/19/2015
The newest trend, however, is not just about a woman's donation, it's about women's collective philanthropy -- pooling funds together to exponentially increase community impact.
Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings
Release Date:
12/09/2015
Rockefeller backs start-up that uses big data, electronic communication and insights from behavioral finance to nudge folks to make smarter choices.
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Expands SEED Program, Adding 3 Locales in 2016
Release Date:
12/11/2015
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has announced the expansion of its SEED program, which focuses on innovation in arts and culture, into Appalachia, Houston, and Santa Fe in 2016.
The Next Generation in Philanthropy: From The Rockefeller Foundation To The Zuckerberg Chan Initiative
Release Date:
01/05/2016
When $45 billion dollars is pledged to charity, it’s bound to start a lot of conversations. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan's announcement has received a lot of attention and has started discussion about the next...
The Robert Bowne Foundation Spends Down
Release Date:
01/15/2016
For the Robert Bowne Foundation, the loss of over one-third of its funds forced it to consider spending down its remaining assets.
Susan L. Solomon, Co-Founder of New York Stem Cell Foundation, is on a Quest
Release Date:
02/23/2016
The Wall Street Journal profiles the co-founder of the New York Stem Cell Foundation, highlighting her search for a cure for diabetes.
NYS Health Foundation, Advocates Weigh in on Immigrant Health Care
Release Date:
03/01/2016
The Affordable Care Act is supposed to help low-income individuals, by offering subsidies to purchase private health insurance to those who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid. But immigrants are not entitled to federal subsidies. About 5,500...
Open Society Foundations' 6-Month Paid Paternity Leave Leads Generous-Parental-Leave Club
Release Date:
03/30/2016
Open Society Foundations, one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the world, are leaders in the recent paternity-leave movement gaining momentum at corporations large and small, giving 6-month paid paternal leaves for employees.
UHF Medicaid Conference to Focus on Value-Based Payment
Release Date:
05/06/2016
United Hospital Fund is pleased to announce new program details about its upcoming Medicaid conference, which will focus on efforts to move to value-based payment in New York.
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.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Has Officially Launched The Fellowship Initiative
Release Date:
11/07/2017
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has officially launched The Fellowship Initiative (TFI) in Dallas, TX, in collaboration with Big Thought, a local Dallas organization that has been working with young people in the city for many years.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky
Release Date:
11/20/2017
The next generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V), directed by Juna Kollmeier of the Carnegie Institution for Science, will move forward with mapping the entire sky following a $16 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
With Support from Gerstner and Heckscher Foundations, SUNY Announces Emergency Aid to Support Degree Completion Among Students
Release Date:
12/19/2017
Starting next year, University at Albany students who are at risk of dropping out due to sudden financial hardship or some other emergency situation could be eligible to apply for emergency aid.
Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President
Release Date:
01/19/2018
The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Hilary Pennington as its first executive vice president, a role in which she will oversee all of the foundation's programs in the US and globally.
New Menino Survey of Mayors, Supported By Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation Reveals Top Issues for Mayors
Release Date:
01/23/2018
Nationally Representative Survey of American Mayors Supported by Citi Community Development and The Rockefeller Foundation, Addresses Housing Affordability, Climate Change, Responses to Federal and State Funding Shifts & More
Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors
Release Date:
02/22/2018
Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and NC State have created an injectable gel-like scaffold that can hold combination chemo-immunotherapeutic drugs and deliver them locally to tumors in a sequential manner.