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Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn

Release Date:

12/16/2015

... than two dozen youth from across Central Brooklyn gathered for the first part of a 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech ... Muslim Integrated Community, CAMBA, Light the World Foundation , Google, Cablevision, Con...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Con Edison (Corporate)

24 Mar 2016

Legal Series: Best Practices in International Grantmaking

Thursday, March 24, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... presenters will include the general counsel of a private foundation who will walk through the legal requirements under ... grantmaking. Explore Equivalency determinations for non-US entities How to comply with...

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Professional Development

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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International/Foreign Affairs

Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

Release Date:

01/11/2016

Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer Glioblastoma ... ways to turn this engine of tumor growth into a target for cancer treatment. "This is a disease for which...

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Health

Science

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Your Favorite Philanthropic Insights

Release Date:

01/20/2016

... that gives me the most satisfaction is the click-rate for pieces appearing in the Insights column of the New York ... R. Knickman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation . Young Professionals, Get...

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PNY News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits

Release Date:

01/21/2016

... Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits For six straight years, Americans watched their government's ... Michael Peterson, CEO of the anti-debt Peter G. Peterson Foundation , said in a statement...

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Economic Security

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps

Release Date:

02/22/2016

... related-apps reviewed by researchers appeared to be useful for their potential for patient engagement while also offering high quality and ... Commonwealth Fund. The Commonwealth Fund is a private ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

Release Date:

02/23/2016

... soda tax in the first place—and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , which supports soda taxes. Opinion: Does a Soda ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping

Release Date:

03/29/2016

... 100 Resilient Cities (100RC), pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation , Sandia analyzed the risk to important assets, ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Doris Duke Funds Lincoln Center Theater's OSLO Cast

Release Date:

04/21/2016

... Production Initiative grant from The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation . A darkly comic epic, Oslo tells the true, but ...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.

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04/25/2016

... World leaders gathered at the United Nations on Friday for the two-day meeting and by Saturday night, the Paris ... wealth fund has pulled out of scores of companies for being over-reliant on fossil fuel, and...

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Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects

Release Date:

05/03/2016

... is collaborating with ASCD and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) to provide ... supported by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Foundation Charitable Trust and the Carnegie...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast

Release Date:

05/09/2016

... in a landfill. Together with Feedback, The Rockefeller Foundation , City Harvest, NRDC, Sustainable ... Kitchen will then use these ingredients to prepare lunch for 5,000 event attendees in Union Square, and...

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Food Systems

Housing News Coverage Supported by Revson and New York Community Trust Wins Honors

Release Date:

05/11/2016

... Thorbourne, Jillian Jonas and Adi Talwar won the award for best continuing coverage for City Limits' extensive coverage of housing issues in ... by the New York Community Trust, the Charles H. Revson...

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Housing and Homelessness

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The New York Community Trust

Charles H. Revson Foundation

New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers

Release Date:

05/16/2016

The New York Community Trust (NYCT) has renewed a grant through the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) to educate and train more social workers.

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Health

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The New York Community Trust

Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services

Release Date:

05/24/2016

... to Demonstrate the Effectiveness of Supportive Housing for Families in the Child Welfare System” and launched by ... receive funding and expertise to create opportunities for vulnerable families to access...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Casey Family Programs

Less Talking, More Doing: Operationalizing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy

Release Date:

06/15/2016

... Olivo, Executive Director, Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, President and CEO, Edwin Gould Foundation Co-Chairs, Committee for...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

Carnegie Sponsors Search for Nation's Favorite Librarians for 2016 I Love My Librarian Award

Release Date:

06/17/2016

Carnegie Sponsors Search for Nation's Favorite librarians for 2016 I Love My Librarian Award The American Library ... York City on Nov. 30, 2016, hosted by the philanthropic foundation and...

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia

Release Date:

06/17/2016

The summit brought together two groups that are often on opposite sides: environmentalists and property-rights advocates.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Family Fund

Young Journalist Responds to Darren Walker's NY Times Op-Ed on Unpaid Internships

Release Date:

07/08/2016

... a Privilege." The op-ed was by Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation , and it discussed what he called "America’s ... talented young workers who cannot possibly afford to work for free. It got media...

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Communications/Media

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Ford Foundation

02 Nov 2016

End the Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... with the support of Philanthropy New York member, the Ms. Foundation for Women . An increasing number of philanthropic ... York City Young Women’s Initiative is bringing together foundation ,...