Seeing Is Believing…and Understanding
Release Date:
01/25/2018
Teagle Foundation Program Officer Desiree M. Vazquez reflects on the transformative impact of a recent site visit.
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01/25/2018
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Release Date:
01/25/2018
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01/25/2018
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Philanthropy New York Is Now Accepting Applications For Its Two-Year Public Policy Fellowship
Release Date:
01/25/2018
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01/25/2018
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2018
ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
This session will focus on the importance of communications training as an essential element of developing leaders and networks. It will emphasize communications as a series of skills and tools that are most effective when they transcend...
Ms. Foundation for Women Announced Roz Lee As The New Vice President of Strategy and Programs To Its Staff
Release Date:
01/24/2018
Roz Lee to Bring Expertise in Racial, Gender, Economic, and LGBTQ Justice to Nation’s Oldest Women’s Foundation
Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program
Release Date:
01/24/2018
Bank of America marks the 21 st anniversary of the Museums on Us program with the announcement of more than 20 new institutions being added to the roster of participating museums and cultural attractions.
Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues
Release Date:
01/24/2018
Mice with the genetic defect that causes Fragile X syndrome (FXS) learn and remember normally, but show an inability to learn new information that contradicts what they initially learned, a new study shows. FXS is the most common genetic cause of...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $18 Million Grant to Establish Helmsley Health Discovery Tower
Release Date:
01/24/2018
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded an $18 million grant for the construction of the Helmsley Health Discovery Tower on the Rambam campus.
ABNY Releases The Second Season of ABNY Talks
Release Date:
01/23/2018
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ASPCA Weighs In On The Surprising Argument for Extending Food Stamps to Pets
Release Date:
01/23/2018
Advocates say a food-stamp program that includes pet food would address a little-discussed gap in the social safety net: Currently, there is no federal program that helps low-income people care for their pets.
New Menino Survey of Mayors, Supported By Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation Reveals Top Issues for Mayors
Release Date:
01/23/2018
Nationally Representative Survey of American Mayors Supported by Citi Community Development and The Rockefeller Foundation, Addresses Housing Affordability, Climate Change, Responses to Federal and State Funding Shifts & More
JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth
Release Date:
01/23/2018
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Release Date:
01/22/2018
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Release Date:
01/22/2018
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Learn About The Isivivana Centre, An Atlantic Philanthropies Grantee
Release Date:
01/22/2018
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New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger
Release Date:
01/22/2018
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