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Erik Estrada Joins Andrus Family Fund

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12/14/2015

... Officer and he joins Andrus from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ’s New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) in Camden New Jersey. He has a long history of working with youth and in his most recent role at NJHI...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/03/2016

Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness) A team of University of Iowa and Columbia University Medical Center ... National...

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18 Mar 2016

The Global Goals in New York City

Friday, March 18, 2016 -

9:00am to 2:00pm

... discussions will provide attendees with a strong overview of the Sustainable Development Goals (including what they are ... will include table-top conversations around specific areas of ongoing focus in New...

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Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes

Release Date:

03/16/2016

... would receive a new humanitarian award, created in memory of the Armenian genocide, has selected these four as ... even noticed them,” said Vartan Gregorian, the president of the Carnegie Corporation ...

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Nathan Cummings Urges Firstenergy Shareholders to Vote for Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Lobbying Expenditures

Release Date:

05/06/2016

Nathan Cummings Foundation Urges Firstenergy Shareholders To Vote For Proposal Regarding Disclosure Of Lobbying Expenditures - Sec Filing Dear FirstEnergy ... shareholders in FirstEnergy Corporation (FE) and...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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NYS Health Announces Funding Opportunity in Its Newest Priority Area, Empowering Health Care Consumers in New York State

Release Date:

05/06/2016

... Care Consumers in New York State The New York State Health Foundation is pleased to launch a Request for Proposals (RFP) ... health care system easier to navigate; identify effects of consolidation; or address...

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New York Health Foundation

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09 Jun 2016

"The Trans List" - A Special Film Sneak Preview

Thursday, June 9, 2016 -

5:00pm to 8:00pm

... deep discrimination and disproportionately high levels of violence. In the face of these challenges, trans people refuse to be silent. Please join us for a special sneak preview of The Trans...

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Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest

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05/12/2016

... It's there, lurking, in the presidential primary campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, in our social media feeds, in between the lines of recent reports detailing falling mortality rates and .....

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Four Ways Philanthropy Can Support School Integration

Release Date:

06/09/2016

... School Integration By Halley Potter, Fellow at The Century Foundation This is an exciting time for school integration, ... are growing. At the federal level , U.S. Secretary of Education John King, Jr. has...

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NY Community Trust Teams Up with Muslim-American Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes

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08/09/2016

... In the past year, suspected hate crimes and other forms of racial and religious bigotry against Muslim Americans rose in many parts of the country, including New York. More than 80 ... and promising futures...

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The New York Community Trust

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Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist

Release Date:

08/24/2016

Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist In the private sector, ... find the best opportunities. The team evaluates thousands of potential deals per year, but...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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New York Life Donates $100,000 to Flood Relief Efforts in Louisiana

Release Date:

08/25/2016

... American Red Cross, a $25,000 donation to Baton Rouge Area Foundation Flood Relief Fund and $25,000 to the Greater Baton ... years ago. Between August 8 and 14, 6.7 trillion gallons of rain fell in Louisiana,...

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Ford's Darren Walker Writes, "Let America Be America Again"

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01/06/2017

Let America Be America Again by Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation . Let America be America again. Let it be the ... the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love...

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Bloomberg Fact Checks NYTimes on Climate Change

Release Date:

03/20/2017

... Beyond Coal campaign (which I have supported through my foundation ), we have already achieved two-thirds of the emissions reductions envisioned by President Obama’s ...

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Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway

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03/27/2017

... a Doorway Zeyba Rahman, senior program officer, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art (DDFIA) DDFIA is an extension of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation . Two weeks ago, ... gathered at...

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I’m Having a CEO Moment. And You Can, Too

Release Date:

04/05/2017

... we’ve been working really hard to capture more and more of the great thinking that happens with our members at ... video and lot’s more. Now, we’re letting foundation CEOs get in on the action. I am so...

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Two Weeks Left to Apply to The J.M.K. Innovation Prize

Release Date:

04/14/2017

... weeks from today. The Prize is an exciting initiative of The J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York-based family foundation . In 2017, up to ten Prizes will be awarded to ... innovation. The Prize will provide up to...

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Surdna-Funded Study Calls for Targeted Federal Policies to Create Quality Jobs

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05/09/2017

... that encourage private-sector investment in the creation of quality jobs are needed, a report from Pacific Community Ventures finds. Funded by the Surdna Foundation , the report, Public Policy and Investments...

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Economic Security

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Chief Of 100 Resilient Cities, A Rockefeller Funded Program, On How Cities Can Tackle Climate Change

Release Date:

07/25/2017

Chief Of 100 Resilient Cities, A Rockefeller Funded Program, On How ... is still rebuilding in some areas — and, with an office of recovery and resiliency and a city-wide strategy — ... Cities, a 4-year-old...

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