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Brooklyn Community Foundation Spark Prize Application is Now Open

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05/03/2016

The Spark Prize provides annual recognition and meaningful support to organizations with a strong track record of addressing critical challenges and opportunities in Brooklyn.

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NYS Health 10th Anniversary Awards to Recognize Leaders Improving State Health

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05/03/2016

The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) has created two special awards programs to recognize a total of ten influential organizations and/or leaders working to improve health in New York State.

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John A. Hartford Foundation’s Rachael Watman Named VP of Programs at Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation

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05/03/2016

In this newly created position, she will help to oversee the Foundation's Innovation and Education portfolios.

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Health

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Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects

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05/03/2016

The grants, financially supported by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Foundation Charitable Trust and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will be awarded directly to teachers for research-based initiatives.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Environment Program Featured in New Podcast Series

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05/03/2016

In the first episode, we join a conversation between Bloomberg Philanthropies’ environment program lead Antha Williams and the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal director Mary Anne Hitt.

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Environment and Climate Change

Rockefeller, Bloomberg Drive New Approaches to Urban Development

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05/03/2016

New collaboration models and citizen-inclusive governance approaches using new technologies and tools are being driven by private sector actors like the Rockefeller Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Vulcan Philanthropies.

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Community Development

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Doris Duke Artist Awards Announced

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05/03/2016

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has announced 21 recipients of its fifth annual Doris Duke Artist Awards. Among them are eight jazz artists.

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Arts

Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective

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05/03/2016

In a study of nearly 500,000 individuals in 22 countries, researchers could not find any evidence that these programs had an impact on changing individual behavior.

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Rockefeller Funding of Resilience Officer in Chicago Makes News

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05/03/2016

After announcing and filling the new job bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel struggled to explain just what it is that former Deputy Water Management Commissioner Aaron Koch would be doing in the newly created job.