Paul Di Donato Announced as New President and CEO of Proteus Fund
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01/18/2017
Proteus Fund has appointed activist, advocate, nonprofit executive, and philanthropic leader Paul Di Donato as its new President and CEO.
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Warhol Foundation Appoints Three New Board Members and New Board Chair
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01/18/2017
The Andy Warhol Foundation has appointed three new board members: Ruby Lerner, Anne Pasternak, and Paul Ha. Igor DaCosta has also been appointed as the foundation’s new board chair.
Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference
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01/18/2017
On Monday, February 6, Robin Hood, New York's largest poverty-fighting organization, and the Russell Sage Foundation, the nation's premier foundation devoted to social science research, will host their first annual Poverty Solutions Conference.
United Hospital Fund Supports Family Caregiver Centers
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01/18/2017
Hospitals are showing a greater interest in family caregivers in part because of new penalties for hospital readmissions.
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...
Supported by Novo, Notorious New York Prison Is Reclaimed By The Women It Once Caged
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01/18/2017
The project, called “The Women’s Building,” will offer office space for organizations advocating for women and children, and will serve as a global hub for people working on those issues.
New York Life Foundation and Afterschool Alliance Launch Aim High Grant Competition
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01/18/2017
The New York Life Foundation invests in middle–school out–of–school time (OST) programs to help economically disadvantaged eighth graders enter ninth grade on time.
The Wallace Foundation Supports Creative Ways to Expand the Taste for Classical Music in NYC Eateries
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01/17/2017
Instead of diminishing the music, small-scale concerts offer the chance to bring it into our daily lives.
Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program
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01/17/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced grants to seven cities to help them boost their capacity to tackle major challenges through innovation and improve quality of life for their residents.
New York State Health Foundation Supports Campaign to Urge Nutritious Food Donations
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01/17/2017
The Clinton County Health Department is working to ensure healthier meal options are available at places that often get overlooked by such efforts — area food shelves.
Ford-Backed Poll Finds that Young Americans Fear They Will Be Worse Off Post-Trump
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01/17/2017
According to a new poll of Americans aged 18 to 30, the country’s young adults are more likely to expect they’ll be worse off at the end of Trump’s first term than better off. Such young Americans are also far more likely to think Trump will divide...
How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Girls of Color
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01/12/2017
Black girls and other girls of color disproportionately experience harsh school discipline than their peers.
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Lisa Cowan as Vice President of Programs
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01/12/2017
Lisa has been working with community-based organizations for the last 25 years, first as a community health educator and program director at several youth-serving agencies, then as a Senior Consultant at Community Resource Exchange
UJA-Federation of New York Launches Centennial With Largest Volunteer Initiative in its History
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01/12/2017
Commemorating 100 years of service as a community safety net and champion of Jewish life for more than 4.5 million people in New York, Israel, and around the world, UJA-Federation of New York is launching Time for Good, the largest volunteer effort...
Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty
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01/12/2017
The Future Cities Accelerator announced 10 $100,000 grants to organizations devoted to improving the lives of the urban poor, with the hope that some will be successful enough to export to other cities.
Antoine Georges to Lead New Center for Computational Quantum Physics Supported by the Simons Foundation
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01/12/2017
The Simons Foundation is delighted to announce the formation of the Center for Computational Quantum Physics, in the foundation’s new Flatiron Institute, and the appointment of Antoine Georges as its director.
Herbert Sturz of Open Society Foundations Named A City & State Lifetime Award Winner
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01/12/2017
City & State is proud to announce the 2017 50 Over 50 honorees! The 50 Over 50 Awards recognizes some of the most distinguished public servants in New York City over the age of 50 who have committed decades of their life to making the city a...
Nupur Chaudhury Joins NYSHealth Foundation as Program Officer
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01/12/2017
New York State Health Foundation welcomes its newest Program Officer, Nupur Chaudhury, who came from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Center for Health Equity, where she directed the Neighborhood Health Development Unit.
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund’s Healthy Food & Community Change Initiative to Be Featured on Philanthropy Reality Show
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01/12/2017
It’s called Give , and will air on NBC TV this Saturday at noon EST, featuring two nonprofits, Green City Force and NEBHDCo, grantees in the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund’s Healthy Food & Community Change initiative.
Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project
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01/12/2017
The San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation has announced a $3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make freely licensed images accessible and reusable across the World Wide Web.