New York Life Foundation Backs Pilot Program for Future Entrepreneurs
Release Date:
04/20/2015
The in-school program will immerse middle school students in hands-on entrepreneurial and work-based learning experiences.
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JPB Foundation Backs New Childhood Obesity Research
Release Date:
04/29/2015
The study examines ordering patterns and sales data following health menu changes.
What World Do You Want to Live In?
Release Date:
05/21/2015
"The world has changed since my grandparents were excluded from getting an education – no doubt about it, but inequality and injustice are still very much with us." - Fred Frelow, Ford Foundation
Morgan Stanley Foundation Announces $1 Million in Grants to Local Food Banks Across the United States
Release Date:
05/28/2015
The grants will be distributed in 24 cities across 17 states.
Winning Young Innovators Announced for 2015 Moody's Information to Innovation Challenge
Release Date:
06/03/2015
Students from Massachusetts, California and New York were honored with awards.
New York Women's Foundation-Backed Report Sees Aging Immigrant Women as the 'Invisible Population'
Release Date:
07/08/2015
Older immigrant women, lacking retirement income and/or savings, usually keep working past retirement age or become family caretakers.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Campbell Brown's Nonpartisan Education Website
Release Date:
07/15/2015
The site will be called Seventy Four, which references the 74 million children in the United States under age 18.
Ten New York Nonprofits Selected as Semifinalists of 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Release Date:
08/04/2015
The Awards program has attracted more than 685 applicants from across the city and its suburbs over its first nine years.
Inside HigherEd Examines New Book from Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date:
08/04/2015
... education, with many earning top grades at some of the top schools in the nation before attending highly ranked colleges ...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Columbia's Justice-In-Education Initiative
Release Date:
08/27/2015
The $1 million grant will provide education to current and former prisoners.
Ford and Atlantic Back Education Policy Think Tank
Release Date:
09/04/2015
Linda Darling-Hammond will lead the new program, which will employ 30 researchers.
PNY's President Gives Insight on Funder Collaboration
Release Date:
09/08/2015
Ronna Brown offered the recent Education Funders Research Initiative study on Common Core as an example of mutliple funders coming together for a common cause.
Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Finds Possible New Target for Glaucoma Therapy
Release Date:
09/11/2015
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have elucidated a genetic interaction that may prove key to the development and progression of glaucoma, a blinding neurodegenerative disease that affects tens of millions of...
Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge
Release Date:
09/14/2015
... mayor for his foreign travel, his opposition to charter schools , and his inability to deliver on core political ...
The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
09/22/2015
... that works with philanthropic groups. In recent years, schools , private foundations, pension funds and individuals ...
State Actions to Promote and Restrain Commercial Accountable Care Organizations: Milbank Memorial Fund Support
Release Date:
10/19/2015
A new report written by researchers at the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, draws on evidence from the literature and four case studies to outline...
New York Life Foundation Supports Ozone Park Students Learning about Start-up Businesses
Release Date:
10/23/2015
The pilot program, run by Virtual Enterprises International, in partnership with the New York Life Foundation and city Department of Education, seeks to teach Queens students how to launch and run their own company.
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.
De Blasio Enlists New York City's Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley)
Release Date:
12/08/2015
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who became a scourge of the wealthy with a vow to raise their taxes, has enlisted members of the financial elite, including Morgan Stanley, to advance his agenda.
Tow Foundation Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’s Struggling Newspaper of Record
Release Date:
01/12/2016
Owner H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest donated the entire Philadelphia Media Network, which runs the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com, to the nonprofit Institute for Journalism in New Media, part of the Philadelphia Foundation. The institute...