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The Rockefeller Foundation Names Chun Lai as Chief Investment Officer After Donna Dean Announces Retirement

Release Date:

10/16/2019

The Rockefeller Foundation announced today that Chief Investment Officer Donna Dean will retire from her position towards the end of this year.

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New York Community Trust Awards Grants to 56 Organizations in All Five Boroughs

Release Date:

10/15/2019

City’s community foundation addresses maternal morbidity among African-American women in New York hospitals, helps start a museum program for families using food assistance, and much more.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Food Systems

The New York Community Trust

Housing and Homelessness

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Monument to Commemorate Destroyed African American Land in Central Park Funded by Ford Foundation, JPB Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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10/20/2019

A new sculpture will honor the Lyons family, black activists and property owners who once lived in Seneca Village, a community destroyed by the creation of the park.

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards Avera eCare Grant to Establish National Telehealth Certificate Program

Release Date:

10/21/2019

Avera eCARE has been awarded a $4.3M grant to develop and launch a national telehealth certificate program to standardized quality of care through telehealth platforms.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Technology

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First Phase of Love My Air Denver Program Measures Air Quality to Tackle Asthma Rates and Track Pollution with Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies

Release Date:

10/17/2019

The program focuses on lower income neighborhoods where residents tend to be more vulnerable to dirty air.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Did Exxon Deceive Its Investors on Climate Change? - Lee Wasserman, Director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, Featured in The New York Times

Release Date:

10/21/2019

New York’s attorney general is about to square off against the oil giant in court.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard Announce Grants to Streamline Access to Benefits for 5 Million People Living in Poverty

Release Date:

10/21/2019

The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard announced today they are awarding transformative grants to Benefits Data Trust (BDT) totaling $7.5 million to improve health and economic mobility for at least 5 million low-income people in the United...

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Newman's Own Foundation Announces 2019-2020 Fellows

Release Date:

10/17/2019

Newman's Own Foundation announced the 2019-2020 class of Newman's Own Foundation Fellows. There are currently 14 Fellows in the program, now in its fifth year.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation and Alloy Development Collaborate on Better Brooklyn Fund

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10/22/2019

Alloy Development’s new building in Dumbo will ask condo owners to make a donation to the Brooklyn Community Foundation and help make decisions about where in the community the money should go.

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19 Nov 2019

Behavioral Health Priorities for New York City in 2020 and Beyond

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

What are the critical priorities for behavioral health in the City? Join us for a lunch briefing with Dr. Hillary Kunins , the Executive Deputy Commissioner of Mental Hygiene at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH),...

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All Funders

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JPMorgan Chase Joins Second Chance Efforts to Reduce Obstacles to Employment

Release Date:

10/21/2019

Expanding support for people with criminal backgrounds by advancing public policy agenda, investing more than $7 million in community organizations, collaborating with other businesses and enhancing firm hiring strategy. New JPMorgan Chase...

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Justice Reform

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01 Nov 2019

2020 Election Series: Making it Real: The Link Between Issue Organizing, Ballot Initiatives, and Building Power - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Friday, November 1, 2019 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

When looking at our issue advocacy strategies, how can we strengthen our understanding of the link between ballot initiatives, organizing, and civic engagement in ways that result in both “winning” and building long term power?

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Civic Engagement

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Nine Winners of the Physician Scientist Fellowship

Release Date:

10/10/2019

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation grants $1.98 Million to nine subspecialty fellows in the inaugural year of the Physician Scientist Fellowship.

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Science

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Partners to Supply Three Paterson, New Jersey Schools With Musical Instruments

Release Date:

10/15/2019

Three elementary schools in Paterson are getting musical instruments like ukuleles, recorders, and hand drums.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arts

Education

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

03 Dec 2019

New York Environmental Funders Network – Winter Meeting

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Join the New York Environmental Funders Network for its Winter meeting. This program will be focues on environmental justice views of market-based environmental policies andi will include speakers from the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance and We...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

Aisha Moodie-Mills Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

Release Date:

10/16/2019

Brooklyn Community Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Aisha Moodie-Mills to its Board of Directors, effective Friday, September 27, 2019.

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Aging and HIV/AIDS: A New Era of Convergence

Release Date:

10/17/2019

When the HIV/AIDS epidemic began in the early 1980s, an HIV diagnosis was a virtual death sentence. Aging was not on the agenda and the medical, community, and philanthropic support structures for aging and HIV/AIDS were worlds apart.

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Avital Havusha Named New York State Health Foundation’s Vice President For Programs

Release Date:

10/11/2019

The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) has named Avital Havusha its new Vice President for Programs, effective November 4th. Ms. Havusha currently serves as Managing Director, Performance Improvement at the Primary Care Development...

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New York Health Foundation

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Research to Prevent Blindness Grantee Dr. Gregg Semenza Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

Release Date:

10/10/2019

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is pleased to announce that RPB Stein Innovation Awardee Gregg Semenza, MD, PhD, at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been named a winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Dr. Semenza and two co-...

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