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DDCF Creates Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship

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03/12/2019

... the Physician Scientist Fellowship to offer support at a critical stage in the clinical research career pipeline: ... launching this program to meet what the field has voiced as an important need.” Recipients...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Launches Arts in Medicine Strategy at NYC Health + Hospitals, in Partnership With the Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC

Release Date:

03/13/2019

... its use of the arts in clinical and staff care thanks to a $1.5 million grant. The grant, from philanthropist Laurie M. Tisch via the Mayor's Fund to ... community health centers, and long-term care...

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Building on #MeToo, Foundations Look to Change Workplaces in the U.S. and Around the World

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03/19/2019

... many people, especially women, can take for granted— a fact strongly tied to men’s tendency to mistreat women in ... with more than $20 million in initial commitments. As research has shown and the #MeToo...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Introducing the Winners of the 2019 Whiting Awards

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03/20/2019

... to announce the winners of the 2019 Whiting Awards . As in previous years, we’re also delighted to share excerpts from work by each of the winners. Here’s the list of ...

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17 Jun 2019

Using Data to Build a More Reflective Democracy - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, June 17, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.** A crucial measure of democracy is the extent to which elected ... the need for reform. In this webinar, we’ll hear...

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New York State Census Equity Fund Research Identifies New York's Hardest-to-Count Communities for 2020 Census

Release Date:

06/04/2019

... hard-to-reach communities are fully counted, according to a new report issued today. The report—authored by the ... state that are most at risk to be undercounted in 2020, as well as ...

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New York Community Trust Announces Winners of 2019 Helen Merriill Award for Playwriting

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06/19/2019

... NY – Five exceptional American playwrights have won a total of $150,000 as the 2019 winners of The New York Community Trust’s Helen ... has made 88 awards to playwrights totaling $1.8 million from...

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Rockefeller Foundation Launches New Climate and Resilience Initiative

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07/08/2019

... 8, 2019 – The Rockefeller Foundation today announced a new Climate and Resilience initiative , which will focus on ... Managing Director, who joins the Rockefeller Foundation from 100 Resilient Cities (100RC)...

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Trinity Church Wall Street to Provide Free Legal Workshops for Local Community

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07/09/2019

... – hosted in the church – will cover topics such as termination hearings, getting repairs, rent regulations, ... help them stay in their homes. WHO: Lawyers from Housing Court Answers Members ... Now in its...

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New York Life Foundation Awards Grants to Out-of-school Time Programs to Help Middle School Students Transition to 9th Grade

Release Date:

08/05/2019

... awarded under the program to $3.45 million. Aim High is a highly competitive program. This year, 470 applications ... grade – specifically around such indicators of success as on-time graduation, school...

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12 Sep 2019

Always in Season - Documentary Film Screening and Conversation with Filmmaker Jacqueline Olive

Thursday, September 12, 2019 -

5:30pm to 9:00pm

... Lennon Lacy, an African American teen, was found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina. Despite inconsistencies ... the case, local officials quickly ruled Lennon’s death a suicide...

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Leaders of the Ford, Open Society, MacArthur, Hewlett, and Packard Foundations Pledge to Do More to Help Charities Pay Overhead

Release Date:

09/04/2019

... today, the foundation leaders said they were embarking on a major campaign to encourage all other grant makers to join ... and run projects. Julia Stasch, who last week stepped down as head of the John D. and...

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Burke Foundation Co-Funds Inaugural Class of Safer Birth Cities: Tackling the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis

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09/26/2019

... road … not knowing what to expect,” says Melissa*, a pregnant woman and client in Camden. “I was hurting, ... a black woman is three to four times more likely to die from a...

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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

... energy sources and thus accelerating the transition to a clean-energy economy. This is Economics 101. It’s cheap ... the financial losses and human suffering that will result from rising seas and temperatures...

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Mothers Out Front & Kelsey Wirth Win McNulty Prize for Mobilizing Bold Action on Climate

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10/30/2019

... today announced Kelsey Wirth and Mothers Out Front as the recipient of the 12th annual John P. McNulty Prize , ... action that will accelerate the nation’s transition away from fossil fuels. Co-founded in 2013...

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Open Society Foundations Announce Young Feminist Leaders Fellows

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10/28/2019

... the 2019 cohort of the Young Feminist Leaders Fellows, a new initiative to support emerging feminist leaders between ... of the most audacious ideas for social change are coming from the hearts and minds of...

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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Names Andrew McMahon President

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11/14/2019

... report to Guardian Chief Executive Officer Deanna Mulligan as he directly oversees Guardian's lines of business. Mr. McMahon, who joined Guardian in 2017, moves from his role as...

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Open Society Foundations, Foundation for a Just Society, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Create Group Initiative to Support Women's Funds

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11/20/2019

Open Society Foundations, Foundation for a Just Society, the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund and and the ... Network of Women’s Funds see this initiative as a great opportunity for ensuring...

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Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

Foundation for a Just Society

How Foundations Can Grapple With the Reality That Their Wealth Was Accumulated Unjustly

Release Date:

12/05/2019

... 7, 2019 . Recent critiques of philanthropy strike at a fundamental question: How can an institution built on the unjust accumulation of wealth serve as a vehicle for justice? We believe that...

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Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas, The Greenwall Foundation Spring 2020 RFP

Release Date:

12/12/2019

Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas , The Greenwall ... 2020 cycle of its bioethics grants program, Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas , to support ... a...