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Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Ernest Tollerson Interim CEO

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07/31/2014

Ernest Tollerson has been named interim CEO of the Nathan Cummings Foundation.

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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18 Sep 2014

Inequality, Democracy and Corporate Power

Thursday, September 18, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

A series of Supreme Court decisions; Buckley v Valeo, Citizens United, Shelby v FEC and McCutcheon v FEC, have expanded corporate constitutional rights and limited the ability of Congress and the states to protect voting rights and regulate campaign...

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Private-Public Partnership Commits $350 Million For Affordable NYC Housing

Release Date:

07/30/2014

Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are joining with the city and other banks to provide longtime affordable-housing lender Community Preservation Corp. $350 million to invest in struggling NYC neighborhoods.

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Community Development

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Report Shows Some Success For NYC's Young Men's Initiative

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07/28/2014

A program started during former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, and which received support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and Open Society Foundations, was successful at increasing job placement and internship attendance for at-risk males...

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Workforce Development

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Atlantic Seeks To Sustain Gains From Past Work As Grantmaking Nears Conclusion

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07/30/2014

As Atlantic Philanthropies moves closer to completing all its grantmaking by 2016, it also is taking steps "to effectively realise and sustain gains in the core issues and fields that we and our grantees have seeded and cultivated over time," says...

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Aging

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Weinberg Foundation To Make $700,000 in Emergency Grants to Nonprofits in Israel

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07/29/2014

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced today it will donate $700,000 to support many of its active grantees that have provided crucial social services to those affected by rocket attacks on cities in Israel.

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"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

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07/28/2014

America needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other societal needs suffer, write David Blumenthal, M.D., president, and David Squires, senior researcher to the president, The...

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Health

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More Technology Investment Needed To Boost Outcomes of Social Change Groups

Release Date:

07/25/2014

If foundations want social change groups to have more impact, they need to step up investments that will help them make better use of technology, writes Geraldine Mannion, of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, along with three co-authors, in an...

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09 Oct 2014

We Are Many - Documentary Film Series

Thursday, October 9, 2014 -

5:30pm to 9:00pm

Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary We Are Many and a brief panel discussion.

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Film Screening

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All Funders

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Alan "Ace" Greenberg, Leading NY Philanthropist, Dies

Release Date:

07/25/2014

Alan “Ace” Greenberg, the former head of Bear Stearns, who raised hundreds of millions for the UJA-Federation of New York over his decades of involvement with the organization, and who instilled the importance of giving to charity in his employees,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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UJA-Federation of New York

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American Households Lost More Than One-Third Of Value Over Past Decade

Release Date:

07/26/2014

The inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical American household has declined by more than a third over the past 10 years, according to a study underwritten by the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 10-Fold Increase in Grant Distributions

Release Date:

07/25/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation fund holders directed over $200,000 in grants—more than 90 percent going to Brooklyn nonprofits—for the first six months of 2014, a 10-fold increase over the same period last year.

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Arts

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Brooklyn Org

Dodge Foundation Awards $4.4 Million In Grants For Arts, Education, Environment, Media

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07/16/2014

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation recently approved $4.4 million in 90 grants to arts, education, environment and media nonprofit organizations throughout New Jersey.

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Sixteen Scientists Named 2014 Simons Investigators

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07/25/2014

The Simons Foundation has selected 16 scientists as the Simons Investigators in 2014 to support their studies in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the mathematical modeling of living systems.

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Schools Urged To Implement Alternatives to Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies

Release Date:

07/24/2014

Forward-thinking school districts across the nation are demonstrating how alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline polices can improve educational outcomes, writes Kavitha Mediratta, the head of racial-equity program at The Atlantic Philanthropies...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

Release Date:

07/24/2014

Support from the Wallace Foundation is helping NYC partner with several organizations to train future principals for the city's schools.

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William Simon President Questions Motives of "Liberal" Foundations Working To Advance Democracy

Release Date:

07/23/2014

Citing efforts dating back to the 1960s, the president of the William E. Simon Foundation argues that major foundations--including Carnegie, Ford and Rockefeller--have pursued "an obvious, politically liberal, ideological agenda" in the name of...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Public Policy

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Arts

Community Development

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Gender Justice

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New Banking Services Aimed At Low-Income Customers

Release Date:

07/22/2014

To serve the needs of low-income customers, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase are among U.S. financial institutions introducing new products, and to expose the high costs of living without a bank account, American Express has sponsored a 40-minute...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

Release Date:

07/22/2014

Two individuals with organizations supported by both the Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation were named Tuesday by the White House as "Champions of Change" for their efforts to ensure that no American working 40 hours a week should have...

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