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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations

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08/17/2017

City Parks Foundation announced the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, which is New York City's annual salute to the legendary late saxophonist, featuring storied veteran players as well as young jazz musicians,

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Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities

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08/17/2017

The rise of resilience — the idea that cities should address climate-related shocks alongside ingrained social issues like failing schools or unaffordable housing — has been positioned as a potential game changer by evangelists like 100 Resilient...

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Dianne S. Harris Appointed Senior Program Officer at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/16/2017

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced the appointment of Dianne S. Harris as a senior program officer in Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities. Harris will join the Foundation on November 1.

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Grantmakers in the Arts Selects Edwin Torres as New CEO

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08/16/2017

Edwin Torres, deputy commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, has been selected by the Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) board of directors as the organization’s new president & CEO. Torres will become GIA’s third CEO after...

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Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues

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08/16/2017

As climate change pushes U.S. cities to build protections against stronger storms and more frequent floods, the Rockefeller Foundation is helping cities with a novel kind of financing, one that transfers some of the risk of innovative projects from...

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11 Sep 2017

The Pence-Kobach Commission's Potential Impact on Voting Rights - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, September 11, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

The Pence-Kobach Commission raises significant concerns that baseless allegations of millions of fraudulent votes in the 2016 election could be used to disenfranchise already marginalized communities and weaken the National Voter Registration Act...

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22 Aug 2017

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Public-Private Partnerships and MIP - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Tuesday, August 22, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

For decades, there’s been a push to insinuate special interests deeper into the fabric of our political process.

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Russell Sage Foundation - Funding Opportunities Announced

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08/15/2017

Russell Sage Foundation announced two funding opportunities -- The Social, Economic, and Political Effects of the Affordable Care Act, and Immigration and Immigrant Integration.

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Community Foundation: Seeking Brooklyn Youth for Paid Leadership Programs

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08/15/2017

We are currently seeking young people for two dynamic leadership programs at Brooklyn Community Foundation: Reproduction Justice Activists and Brooklyn Youth Fellowship.

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Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg Philanthropies Make $10M Commitment for Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses in Baltimore

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08/15/2017

Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies Michael R. Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd C. Blankfein today announced a $10 million commitment to continue...

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UH Launches First U.S. Digital Humanities Research Center for Latina/o Studies with Funding from Mellon Foundation

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08/15/2017

The University of Houston will soon be home to the country’s first Digital Humanities Research Center specializing in U.S. Latina/o Studies. A postdoctoral fellow will work on projects during her two-year fellowship, funded through a $167,700 grant...

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops

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08/15/2017

A new study conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, has now opened the way to numerous potential uses of betalains, the highly nutritious red-violet and yellow pigments...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Goldman Givers: Seven Things To Know About Donors from Goldman Sachs

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08/14/2017

In recent months, Inside Philanthropy has found quite a few funders who made their fortunes by rising to the top of a particular firm synonymous with Wall Street for nearly 150 years—Goldman Sachs.

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Leon Levy Foundation Funds Civil War Brooklyn Historical Research via the BAM Online Archive

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08/14/2017

It is always a cause for celebration when new archival history resources go online — especially for the enthusiastic digger of sometimes obscure history. Brooklyn history buffs have a new source of information (and distraction) thanks to the...

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Sloan Foundation Supported Survey: Work Can Be Stressful, Dangerous And Sometimes Great

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08/14/2017

If you think your job is more stressful than it should be, you're not alone. Americans work hard, and it takes a physical and mental toll, not to mention that it frequently cuts into personal time, according to a comprehensive survey on working...

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NY State Health Foundation: Kids Could Start a Ceasefire in Health Care Wars

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08/14/2017

This next health care fork in the road is the pending reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance program (SCHIP), writes NY State Health Foundation President and CEO David Sandman.

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American Express Grant Supports Student Filmmaking

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08/11/2017

American Express grant of $100,000 to Reel Works supports filmmaking aimed to inspire a younger and more diverse audience to explore roles in conservation.

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The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

Release Date:

08/11/2017

The Overbrook Foundation has worked during the past few years to improve an underperforming U.S. environmental movement.

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Provides New Funding for Latinx Artists

Release Date:

08/11/2017

The 2017 grant season for the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) comes with new investments from the Andrew Mellon Foundation towards the NALAC Fund for the Arts (NFA), the launch of new award for emerging filmmakers and status...

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