A major study of the New York City Green Cart Initiative undertaken by Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) concluded that the Green Carts initiative has been reaching key goals in improving access to healthy foods in targeted neighborhoods. The Illumination Fund commissioned SIPA…
Recipients of the fourth annual Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize were formally recognized at a ceremony on May 29th hosted by Hunter President Jennifer J. Raab at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College. This year’s recipients are Sandra Hagan, former executive director and current senior…
On April 23rd, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund office was buzzing with anticipation and excitement for the launch of No Longer Empty’s mini-retrospective of This Side of Paradise. The original exhibit was first introduced in 2012 at the Andrew Freedman Home in the Bronx. Situated on the Grand Concourse,…
Complex, diverse, captivating. These are words that come to mind when viewing the photographic collection that has resulted from This Place, a project exploring Israel through the eyes of twelve internationally acclaimed photographers. Convened by photographer Frederic Brenner, each artist was awarded a residence in…
27With two Super Bowl wins to his credit, New York Football Giants head coach Tom Coughlin knows a thing or two about leadership. On March 18, 2014, Coughlin joined Bruce Beck, the sports anchor for NBC 4 New York, for the Aspen Institute’s Leadership series…
Denise Scott of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and Rick Luftglass of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund co-authored “Improving Neighborhood Nutrition Requires More Than Food,” an op-ed piece for City Limits. The article announces the implementation of LISC NYC’s Communities for Healthy Food NYCprogram….
CMOM and the NFL’s You Make the Call: Learn to be an NFL Official Exhibit Laurie Tisch kicked off Super Bowl festivities on January 9 doing the “Zebra Dance” at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM). The “Zebra Dance” is one of many activities enjoyed by children at CMOM’s You…
On January 21, Hunter College announced the appointment of Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as the 2014 Joan H. Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at Hunter College of the City University…
LMTIF’s programs and strategies recently received coverage in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Crain’s and other media. • According to the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) latest report, obesity rates for low-income preschoolers dropped in 19 of the 43 states examined, including New York. But…
The annual Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize at Hunter College recognizes one individual and one nonprofit organization in the New York metropolitan area for outstanding accomplishment in the field of urban public health. Each recipient receives a $10,000 award. The deadline for nominating a…
Laurie M. Tisch, President of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, was featured in the New York Times article “These Donors Will Take Anything but Manhattan” by Robin Pogrebin. The article highlighted donors that have made it a priority to support art and cultural institutions…
Rick Luftglass, Executive Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, recently participated in two radio shows on the Heritage Radio Network to discuss timely issues in New York City and the role of philanthropy. On September 24, Rick was a guest on HRN Community Sessions, along with…
On July 23, the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, and the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund came together with Wholesome Wave to announce the Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program(FVRx) pilot in NYC. Wholesome Wave’s Fruit & Vegetable Prescription Program (FVRx) is a nationally-recognized initiative that…
16During the Aspen Ideas Festival, Laurie M. Tisch sat down for an interview with Oliver Sharpe and Amanda Russell on Aspen 82’s “The Lift.” They talked about some of the exciting projects the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund is involved with, such as the NYC Green Cart Initiative that…
According to research released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, obesity rates among New York City children appear to be falling. The City reports a 5.5 percent decline in obesity for grades K-8 between the 2006-07 and 2010-11 school years. In a series of health…