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Eight Cities Receive Grants To Reduce Number of Uninsured Children and Families

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07/14/2014

... Eight cities received grants of up to $260,000 each from the National League of Cities (NLC) under a program funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies that seeks to ... Health Access for Children and Families...

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Advocacy Group Supporting NYC Pre-K Expansion Raised $1.76 Million

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07/15/2014

... expanded pre-kindergarten received its largest donations from unions, a political action committee and the Rockefeller Family Fund. ... and UNITE HERE! ($200,000). The others were NY Progress, a...

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William Simon President Questions Motives of "Liberal" Foundations Working To Advance Democracy

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07/23/2014

... public housing." He also points to support in the 1970s from "major liberal foundations" for influential advocacy and litigation groups, such as the National Organization for Women, the National...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Ernest Tollerson Interim CEO

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07/31/2014

... Cummings Foundation. Tollerson, who previously served as a trustee of the foundation from 2003-2013, including a three-year term as board chair, ...

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Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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08/01/2014

... Fund Board of Directors Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., M.B. A ., founder and chief executive officer of the New ... an executive partner of J.P. Morgan Partners. He is also a clinical assistant professor of medicine...

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Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Robert Garris Heads to Schwarzman Scholars

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08/27/2014

... and launch its inaugural admissions season in 2015. As Managing Director for the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Programs, Garris built a global network for recruiting scholars, policy makers, and .....

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Mark Abrahams Joins FJC as Chief Financial and Investment Officer

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08/19/2014

Mark Abrahams Joins FJC - A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds as Chief Financial and Investment Officer Mark Abrahams, CPA, ... his Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from the...

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Washington Post Focuses on Carnegie Corporation Report

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09/05/2014

... which supports the Common Core State Standards, published a report in 2013 with information The Washinton Post calls ... recently: that the high school dropout rate could double as a result...

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The Elmezzi Foundation Pledges $3 Million to Help End Generational Poverty in Astoria and Long Island City

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09/17/2014

... support of the Thomas and Jeanne Elmezzi Foundation with a new five year $3M pledge. This support is aimed to provide ... needs while the organization advances fundraising outcomes from other sources. The...

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When the Biomedical Industry Can’t Prioritize Diseases, Private Money Can Save Lives

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09/19/2014

... Lives Nearly two million people in the U.S. suffer from type 1 diabetes (T1D), and millions more are affected ... community affected by T1D needs better treatments and a cure. With so many affected, you might...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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NPCC Announces Nonprofit Excellence Award Finalists

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10/08/2014

... Six diverse nonprofit organizations were announced as finalists for the 2014 New York Community Trust Nonprofit ... and Westchester. The six organizations were selected by a panel of 30 nonprofit management...

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Sharnita C. Johnson Has Been Named Arts Program Director at Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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12/12/2014

... today announced the appointment of Sharnita C. Johnson as Arts Program Director. Johnson, a Detroit native, brings to the position more than 20 years ... Johnson, who holds a Master of Public...

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Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking

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05/16/2013

... for the process that extracts natural gas and oil from deep inside the earth. Fracking* has facilitated a boom in natural gas drilling, but it also comes with many ... impacts, it’s clear that there are public...

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Share Your Thoughts: PNY’s 34th Annual Meeting!

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04/30/2013

... thanks again to the Ford Foundation for their generosity as our hosts. We asked you to share your thoughts on ... change and planning for disasters? And what takeaways from our panel discussion with Shaun...

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Cary A. Kravet Joins the Board of United Hospital Fund

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02/23/2015

Cary A . Kravet Joins the Board of United Hospital Fund Mr. ... Hospital. Mr. Kravet received his undergraduate degree from Emory University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. ... in health...

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09 Apr 2015

More Bang for Your Buck: Supporting Locally Led Peacebuilding - Webinar

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11:00am to 12:00pm

... Group (PSFG) member Milt Lauenstein will discuss lessons from his 10+ years funding locally-led peacebuilding programs in West Africa. Drawing on examples from the Purdue Peace Project, Stacey Connaughton will...

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Suzanne C. Sousa Named Program Officer at Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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04/21/2015

... for Children’s Services (ACS) where she served as the lead liaison to the philanthropic community and state ... Drucker Foundation in New York City. She also worked as a Communications...

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NYS Health Strengthens Health Programs for Veterans as Part of Philanthropy-Joining Forces Impact Pledge

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05/13/2015

NYS Health Strengthens Health Programs for Veterans as Part of Philanthropy-Joining Forces Impact Pledge The ... Forces Impact Pledge includes commitments from thirty-four foundations, nonprofits, and corporations...

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Helmsley Trust Awards $17.5 Million to Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

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05/18/2015

... across multiple research efforts. IBD Plexus will include a biobank; registries to capture clinical, patient-reported, and biosample data; and a data management platform to house, organize, aggregate, and .....

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