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Research to Prevent Blindness Backs Innovative Glaucoma Research

Release Date:

04/10/2015

Research to Prevent Blindness Backs Innovative Glaucoma Research ... be regained. However, Robert. W. Williams, PhD, chair of the Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics at the...

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Commonwealth Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches

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04/15/2015

... Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches Electronic health records were supposed to make life better for patients and doctors – getting rid of bulky and messy paper files, streamlining delivery...

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Technology

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This Is How to Put Neighborhoods at the Center of Grantmaking

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03/04/2016

This Is How to Put Neighborhoods at the Center of Grantmaking By Prachi Patankar, Senior Program Officer, Brooklyn Community Foundation All too often, communities are left out of...

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Pinkerton, NYCT-Supported JobsFirstNYC Announces 4 Workforce Partnerships to Help Youth Gain Employment Training & Jobs

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02/19/2016

... Training & Jobs JobsFirstNYC announced as part of its local initiative - the Young Adult Sectoral Employment ... Laurie Dien, Vice President of Programs at The Pinkerton ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

18 Oct 2022

Keeping Your Cup Full: Practices for Self-Care and Cultural Agility

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

The past few years have demonstrated the value of being flexible and adaptable to societal changes and institutional shifts. At the same ... practices that can be leveraged in a professional environment...

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Arts

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Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Research for Eye Implant

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07/09/2018

Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Research for Eye Implant ... wirelessly sending data about the eye’s health to the patient or medical professionals. The implant could make...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Shares Four New Reports that Examine Their Grantmaking Successes, Failures and Lessons

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02/26/2020

... and Lessons Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO of Atlantic Philanthropies, has shared a note and four reports on the foundation 's successes, failures and lessons learned as the foundation...

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Ford’s Walker Named to Independent Sector Board

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11/18/2014

... Sector members elected six new members to the Board of Directors and re-elected three members. The elections were ... Taketa, president and CEO of the Hawai’i Community Foundation...

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PhilTV: Funders, “Blow People’s Minds” on Gender Norms to Reduce Teen Suicide

Release Date:

01/15/2016

... has now surpassed maternal mortality as the leading cause of death in teenage girls globally, demonstrating how dire ... girls? The answer came from Stonewall Community Foundation Program Manager Carlie Steen...

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Gender Justice

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Sarah Brennan Joins Rockefeller Family Fund as Associate Director

Release Date:

03/02/2022

... for years. Our grantees and funder colleagues, many of whom have worked closely with her during her tenure at ... include Bloomberg Philanthropies, ClimateWorks Foundation , Crankstart Foundation...

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06 Jan 2012

Young Leaders Breakfast Club Info Session

Friday, January 6, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

We are excited to launch the second year of Philanthropy New York’s Young Leaders Breakfast Club! ... does it work? Philanthropy New York will organize younger foundation practitioners into small...

Schneiderman Vows To Sue Over Clean Power Plan Repeal

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10/10/2017

Schneiderman Vows To Sue Over Clean Power Plan Repeal The decision by President ... to replacing it – the Trump Administration’s campaign of climate change denial continues, once again putting...

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Equitable Helps Educators Equip Students with Remote Learning Resources through DonorsChoose Keep Kids Learning Program

Release Date:

04/08/2020

... , a leading financial services company and subsidiary of Equitable Holdings (NYSE: EQH ), today announced Equitable Foundation is committing $1 million to COVID-19 relief ... educators...

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Six Winners to Receive Help Setting Up Social Impact Bond Projects

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06/12/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance ... the Harvard Kennedy School have announced the six winners of a national competition to provide technical assistance...

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Name a New Kind of Funder Action Meeting

Release Date:

03/01/2017

Name a New Kind of Funder Action Meeting A message from PNY President Ronna ... we are hearing from our members these days is their desire to meet in small groups of other funders who are ready...

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Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

Release Date:

01/29/2013

... State Ready Commission has been tasked with finding ways to ensure that critical systems and services are prepared for ... We’re pleased to have Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director of the National...

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The Spend-Out/Perpetuity Distraction…and the Merger Option

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02/08/2010

... more recently, Jane Schwartz discussed the Paul Rapoport Foundation ’s decision to do the same . Both decisions ... have valuable things to say. But the Foundation Center...

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Pfizer, Global Partners Announce Donation of 500 Millionth Dose of Azithromycin, Marking Progress to Help Alleviate the Suffering from Trachoma

Release Date:

11/16/2015

Pfizer, Global Partners Announce Donation of 500 Millionth Dose of Azithromycin, Marking Progress to ... partners, Pfizer Inc. and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation , saw the...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

New Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Report Examines Impact from Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund’s Five-Year, $15M Healthy Food & Community Change Initiative

Release Date:

01/17/2019

... and agencies citywide,” says Melissa Berman, CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and the report’s author. “The Illumination Fund was the first foundation supporter for several major initiatives, providing...

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Food Systems