MacArthur Foundation Works With White House to Spur Math, Science Education
The MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning competition will seek to identify designers, inventors, and researchers to build digital media experiences that help young people interact, share, build, and explore in new, innovative ways....
Indiana University Receives $10 Million for Breast Cancer Research
The gift from the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer, the largest philanthropic supporter of IU's Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, will support continuing development of treatments for advanced forms of the disease....
Data-Driven Performance Management Helps Public Schools Improve Student Achievement, Report Finds
The report from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation outlines the processes, tools, and leading indicators that enable educators to predict performance levels and graduation rates, track interventions, and better prepare students for college and beyond....
Monterey County Foodbanks Face Uncertain Holiday Season
As the recession drags into its second end-of-year giving season, charitable donations to food distribution centers in Monterey County, California, appear to be holding steady....
In the latest column in our SSIR series, housing activist Sheela Patel challenges the risk-management, outcome-tracking approach currently popular among grantmaking institutions....
Blumenthal, director of social media strategy at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, argues that social media tools can make foundations more effective....
Mehta, president and executive director of the New York Philharmonic, spoke with PND about the challenges of running a world-class arts organization in a recession-plagued economy....
The center fights Alzheimer's disease by funding research that addresses the causes of the disease, patient care, and a possible cure....
The center's Web site is an inter- active portal to the Smithsonian Ameri- can Art Museum's collection and offers a range of activities for children and young adults....
On the blog, we share Jim Collins' top "to-dos" for people under 30; Mitch reports on Bill Gates' recent appearance at the 92nd Street Y; and Regina checks in with a new link roundup....
