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Stavros Niarchos Foundation is a Proud Supporter of the Special Olympics

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10/29/2018

A three-year, $10 million grant by SNF aims to increase the impact of Special Olympics’ school-based inclusive sports and education programming in expanding it to more schools around the world.

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SNF Receives the IIE Humanitarian Award for International Cooperation

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10/16/2018

The IIE Humanitarian Award recognizes organizations that promote global understanding and demonstrate a commitment to causes that advance the vision that launched IIE: a peaceful, equitable world enriched by the international exchange of ideas and...

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SNF Grant Provides Free Admission to Guggenheim for CUNY Students & Staff

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09/26/2018

Made possible solely through a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), this new program covers two full academic school years, from fall 2018 through summer 2020. Students, faculty, and staff from participating schools may obtain tickets...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $29.3 Million to Hellenic Fire Service

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07/31/2018

In the wake of catastrophic forest fires that raged for days just east of Athens, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation has announced a €25 million ($29.3 million) grant to the Hellenic Fire Service.

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The Culture Pass Initiative Launches in New York City with Support from Stavros Niarchos Foundation, New York Community Trust and Charles H. Revson Foundation

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07/18/2018

The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), The New York Public Library, and Queens Library launched Culture Pass, a city-wide initiative providing free access to cultural institutions across New York’s five boroughs to the millions of library card holders...

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Report Funded by Stavros Niarchos Foundation Shows Many Aging NYC Parks Have Infrastructure Problems

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06/26/2018

The 53-page report, released by the Center for an Urban Future, found that the average NYC park is 73 years old. (The oldest parks in each borough are Bowling Green in Manhattan, Commodore Bark Park in Brooklyn, Drew Playground in the Bronx, Daniel...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gifts Landmark Grant to Stimulate Greece’s Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector

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05/24/2018

The three-year project is spearheaded by Rutgers University¬–New Brunswick in partnership with the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) and American Farm School (AFS).

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Supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dance/NYC Launches Immigrant Artists Initiative

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02/27/2018

Dance/NYC announced the launch of a new initiative to extend the role of dance artistry in fostering the inclusion, integration, and human rights of the more than 3 million immigrants in the New York City metropolitan area, while shaping urgent...

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While Announcing Main Branch Renovations, NYPL Notes Mid-Manhattan Library to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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11/16/2017

The New York Public Library revealed the $317 million master plan that will guide the renovation of the iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.

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IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

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09/14/2017

Today, the IBM Foundation announced the availability of Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0, software that uses Watson artificial intelligence technology– trained by some of the nation’s leading math experts, with feedback from more than 1,000 teachers...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $55 Million to a Mid-Manhattan Library

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09/14/2017

The donation, which the library announced on Wednesday, is from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and is the second largest single gift in its history.

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Stavros Niarchos & Leon Levy Foundations Supported Research Finds Common Cerebral White Matter Abnormalities in Children with Autistic Traits

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09/06/2017

Researchers in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine found structural abnormalities in the brain's white matter match up consistently with the severity of autistic symptoms not only in children with autism...

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Niarchos Foundation, Revson Foundation, & Heckscher Foundation Are Crowdsourcing Ideas to Help NYC Public Libraries

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07/05/2017

Some funders in New York City and elsewhere remain deeply dedicated to libraries. Aso notable is an effort by a trio of funders who've come together to support New York's libraries.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

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06/27/2017

One of Europe’s largest foundations, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation agreed to donate $150 million to a joint research, education and public policy program with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore that is intended to promote the ideal of...

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Supported by Stavros Niarchos, Global Nonprofit Will Bring Literacy Tools to Refugee Children and Families

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02/14/2017

Worldreader plans to launch Read to Kids Jordan in late 2017. The program will be made possible through a $1 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), with additional support from Jordanian social and education entities.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series Continues

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02/10/2017

How Do Early Life Experiences Shape Behavior? was presented by Frances Champagne, PhD highlighted the brain’s plasticity and the effects of the environment on the brain’s development through epigenetic variation.

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Charles H. Revson and Stavros Niarchos Foundations Announce Launch of NYC Neighborhood Library Awards

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02/09/2017

The Awards celebrate the essential role of New York City's 207 public libraries in communities across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Teams With Columbia Journalism School

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01/18/2017

At a press conference in Greece, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) presented a three-year grant for intensive summer journalism courses for younger as well as more experienced journalists and journalism graduates in a program that is exclusively...

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Communications/Media

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Stavros Niarchos Supports Georgia O'Keefe and Feminist Art Exhibitions at Brooklyn Museum

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01/03/2017

Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern is part of A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum, a yearlong series of ten exhibitions celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art.

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