JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices
Release Date:
11/04/2015
Simply changing kids' menu options can encourage healthier choices in restaurants and has been found to have some lasting effect on children's eating habits.
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In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize
Release Date:
11/12/2015
... years — enough, we hoped, to set a fledgling effort on the path to success. We held our breath, watching ...
De Blasio Enlists New York City's Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley)
Release Date:
12/08/2015
De Blasio Enlists New York City's Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley) New York Mayor ... youth employment and mental health. “We may not agree on individual issues but we’re all in the...
A Sensible Makeover for the Ford Foundation Workspace
Release Date:
12/16/2015
... the Wizard of Oz. But there is little reason to stand on ceremony now. So the president’s suite will be among the ...
NPs Share Excellent Management Practices (New York Community Trust)
Release Date:
01/19/2016
Attendees of The New York Community Trust’s 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Best Practices Workshop and Awards Presentation learned about ways to improve the management of their organizations, while supporting their missions.
NYS Health Foundation Releases Report on Uninsured Immigrants & Insurance Coverage
Release Date:
02/01/2016
NYS Health Foundation Releases Report on Uninsured Immigrants & Insurance Coverage The ... in compensating charity care, leaving a greater burden on providers. It is important, both for the uninsured and for...
New Mortgage Program Big Boost for Detroit Buyers (Clinton, Ford Foundations)
Release Date:
02/19/2016
... Called the Detroit Home Mortgage, the program will offer traditional first and second mortgages from five banks ...
Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps
Release Date:
02/22/2016
... is a private foundation that supports independent research on health care issues and makes grants to improve health care ...
An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)
Release Date:
02/22/2016
Saru Jayaraman, a vocal leader in the food labor movement and founder of Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC), has been supported by the Ford Foundation for more than a decade. The New York Times profiles her efforts for restaurant workers.
Ford’s Alexander Reviews ‘Incarceration Nations’ in Washington Post
Release Date:
03/22/2016
Baz Dreisinger’s intriguing new book, “Incarceration Nations,” describes countries where prisons are small, typically housing fewer than 50 people and some fewer than 10, and prisoners are close to their families and communities. This begs the...
Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’
Release Date:
04/18/2016
Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’ National Healthcare Decisions Day, which falls on April 16 every year, offers a chance for people to discuss ... Medical Associates...
Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast
Release Date:
05/09/2016
Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast On Tuesday May 10, thousands of New Yorkers will feast on food that would have ordinarily ended up in a landfill. ... (Egg) and Liz Neumark (Great...
Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children
Release Date:
09/07/2016
Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children During their ... Learning Project... Wallace Foundation Funds Research on Summer Academic Programs for Poor Children ...
Atlantic Philanthropies Final Grant Supports Cornell Tradition
Release Date:
01/10/2017
The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation established by entrepreneur Charles F. Feeney '56, has made a $7 million grant to The Cornell Tradition, a fellowship program offering distinctive service, work and scholarship opportunities to some of the...
Supported by Novo, Notorious New York Prison Is Reclaimed By The Women It Once Caged
Release Date:
01/18/2017
... The project, called “The Women’s Building,” will offer office space for organizations advocating for women and ... and will serve as a global hub for people working on those issues. As part of the planning,...
Lessons from Family Philanthropy: Rockefeller Brothers Fund at 75
Release Date:
04/04/2017
... of its success be described? What lessons can it offer ? The Fund’s founding brothers represented an ... trusted advisers rather than actual peers. The brothers, on the other hand, were a committee of five,...
NYSHealth Foundation Releases New Survey Results for How People Find and Use Health Care Price Information
Release Date:
04/07/2017
... Price Information These reports summarizes survey results on how people view, seek, understand, value, and respond to ... Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and NYSHealth, the surveys offer new data that can...
With Support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Survey Reveals Effects of Incarceration for Older Americans' Work And Retirement Plans
Release Date:
05/05/2017
... survey offers a rare look at the effects of incarceration on older Americans' work life and retirement outlook. "This new survey provides important data on the lasting impact incarceration has...
NY State Health Foundation CEO: 1M New Yorkers Could Lose Health Coverage Under AHCA
Release Date:
05/08/2017
... health care bill passed by the House will have their eyes on Albany, which will be under pressure to pick up some of ...
Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It
Release Date:
05/19/2017
The foundation’s work with BPI also aligns with our support for fair chance hiring policies and other efforts to eliminate barriers to employment for people with conviction records...