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Jacqueline Jones Named President of Foundation for Child Development

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07/01/2014

Jacqueline Jones, a national leader in the movement for high-quality early learning, has been named president of the Foundation for Child Development.

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William T. Grant Foundation Website Gets New Look

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07/01/2014

The William T. Grant Foundation has launched a new website and logo, along with the debut of the blog, "Researchers Digest."

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Children, Youth and Families

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Morgan Stanley Picks Newark As One Of Its Healthy Cities Sites

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06/27/2014

Morgan Stanley named Newark the third location for its Healthy Cities initiative, a program connecting several local nonprofits, schools and hospitals to help support healthy child development.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Tart, Goodwin Win Carnegie Writing Awards

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06/30/2014

Under a program funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, Donna Tartt won an award for fiction and Doris Kearns Goodwin won for nonfiction.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Arcus Foundation Awards Summer 2014 Social Justice Grants

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06/30/2014

The Arcus Foundation made grants to 27 organizations to support groups in which LGBTQ youth are leading their peers on issues such as race, immigration, safe schools and reproductive rights.

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16 Moments of Pride for LGBTQ Philanthropy

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06/30/2014

Lyle Matthew Kan of Funders for LGBT Issues on why Pride Month is a great opportunity for the LGBTQ community to reflect on just how far it has come in a relatively short period of time.

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Mellon's New Leader Reshaping Foundation's Public Face

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06/29/2014

Under the leadership of Earl Lewis, who was named president in March 2013, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is reviewing how it presents itself to the world and positions itself in public debates.

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Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing

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06/25/2014

In an interview with Shelterforce, Surdna President Phillip Henderson talks about aligning program with mission, cross-pollination between programs and the foundation's recent launch into the impact investing world.

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NYSCF's Cutting-Edge Research Explored In New York Times Magazine Cover Story

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06/27/2014

The New York Stem Cell Foundation's cutting-edge research and pioneering efforts to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial diseases from mother to child is explored in depth in a cover story in the current New York Times Sunday Magazine.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards Grants Totaling $20 Million

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06/26/2014

Carnegie Corporation of New York approved grants totaling $20,017,000 at its most recent board meeting earlier in June.

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Effective Philanthropy Takes Time

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06/26/2014

In "Making Change," a podcast of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Phil Henderson, president, Surdna Foundation, discusses why effective philanthropy is about working toward a long-term goal.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Moira Flavin Named Program Officer At Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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06/27/2014

Moira Flavin has joined the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation as a program officer.

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Engaging Teens Through "Hunger Games" and Skateboarding Culture

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06/25/2014

Grants totaling $663,000 from The New York Community Trust to boost digital media learning will provide NYC teens the opportunity to remix music on wired steel drums, play a Hunger Games-inspired video game and create digital maps and videos of...

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Report Outlines Internet and Broadband "Vision" for LGBT Community

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06/26/2014

Internet and broadband technologies already play a critical role for the LGBT community in all aspects of life and according to a new report, they can do more.

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts

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06/25/2014

At a White House event earlier this week, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced plans to dedicate 10 percent of its $840 million endowment to targeted impact investments.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Impact Investing

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International/Foreign Affairs

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30 Jul 2014

Building Capacity in Isolated Neighborhoods

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2:45pm to 5:00pm

Join us to explore critical issues related to youth organizations that serve “off-the-radar” communities in need - such as Far Rockaway, Stapleton (SI), Coney Island, and Red Hook. This dynamic and diverse group of panelists and funders will speak...

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Michelle A. Adams and Stephen Berger Elected to United Hospital Fund Board

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06/24/2014

Michelle Adams and Stephen Berger have joined the United Hospital Fund Board

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Who Are the One Million New Yorkers Still Without Healthcare?

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06/25/2014

On Wednesday, July 16, Philanthropy New York members can hear directly from leaders of New York State of Health, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and from key nonprofit partners in the program "Healthcare Reform Update: Are Your...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Awards $100,000 for Community Arts Projects

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06/25/2014

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has awarded $100,000 to ArtPlace America to help two New Jersey arts organizations enhance their contributions to their local communities.

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