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A Peek into Bloomberg Philanthropies’ New Public Health Initiative

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06/23/2017

... factors contributing to noncommunicable diseases. A total of 46 out of a goal of 50 cities have signed up to date to be ... of “Partnership for Healthy Cities,” the ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

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11/27/2017

OSF Denounces Hungarian Government 039 ; s Attacks Against Soros Hungarian-American financier and ... a "national consultation" survey mailed by the government of Prime Minister Viktor...

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Recording: Assessing A Better Contract for New York: Two Year Check-In

... Mayor Adams and Comptroller Lander released a joint report with specific recommendations on fixing the city 039 ; s severe contract processing, registration, and payment ... is the panel...

Alcohol Abuse Is Rising Among Older Adults

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09/15/2017

... Their study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, compared data from a national survey taken in 2001 and 2002 and again in ... likely to drink than younger people — about 55 percent of older participants told...

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Aging

A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect

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02/07/2018

... Birth Defect A new study led by vision researchers at UB’ s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the VA Western New ... progressive and irreversible retinal degeneration from...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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16 Mar 2021

March 2021 Service for Impact

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... members in a virtual roundtable conversation. This month 039 ; s session will highlight findings from the recently released CECP report , Value Volunteering . Recording...

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Corporate Funders

06 Feb 2018

Homelessness Innovations: Are Known Solutions Informing NYC’s Response to Youth Homelessness?

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Hurricane Harvey destroyed roughly a third of Houston’ s housing stock and temporarily displaced 70,000 people. In ... and how housing stability can improve outcomes in health, education , justice...

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Housing and Homelessness

09 Jan 2014

Generation Next - Young Donors Inspiring a New Generation of Philanthropists

Thursday, January 9, 2014 -

11:00am to 1:30pm

The dream of many family foundation donors is to instill a lifelong ... and giving back to future generations of one’ s family. In some cases, this love of...

OSF Grants $8 Million to Immigrant Advocacy Programs

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06/09/2015

... will win at the court proceedings. “There is a sense of being undeterred, that we are going to continue ... and volunteers -- a move that has garnered $8 million from a foundation led by...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Immigration

American Express Puts Nonprofit Leadership Programs Online

Release Date:

10/29/2015

... launch Leaderosity , a website that builds on a decade’ s worth of work to offer professional development for ambitious, ... eventually, academic institutions. Costs per course range from...

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Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program

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02/16/2016

... Square Foundation has announced a supplemental gift of £3.7 million ($5.4 million) gift to the Oxford Pershing ... Graduate Scholars Program at the University of Oxford...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Education

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Video: Rockefeller Features Jada Pinkett Smith in Latest Insight Dialogues

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10/03/2016

... Jada Pinkett Smith in Latest Insight Dialogues Lack of diverse representation on and off screen remains one of Hollywood’ s greatest challenges despite increased rhetoric from...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

The Rockefeller Foundation

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10 Aug 2017

Good Governance: How to Use Board Committees Effectively - Webinar

Thursday, August 10, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* There is more than one ... effective governance in family philanthropy, and the use of committees is one of...

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A Better Gala—Here's How Pershing Square Marked a Key Milestone

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06/19/2017

A Better Gala—Here 039 ; s How Pershing Square Marked a Key Milestone When David ... by the hedge funder Bill Ackman and his wife Karen, is one of the more interesting new funders to emerge...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Ford Teams up with Stephen Ross to Invest $27.5M in Platform Projects throughout Detroit

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... Theatre at the DIA. Their investments add to $10 million from The Platform, a development company formed by Peter ... housing, plus market-rate apartments, to areas outside of the significant development that...

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Community Development

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Pete Peterson and Our Chaotic National Debates

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04/06/2018

... Peterson and Our Chaotic National Debates Each person’ s death gives us a moment to pause and ask what lessons their lives offer for us. Here is a lesson from the life of Peter G. (Pete)...

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Economic Security

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20 May 2014

Building a Legacy of Healthy Children in New York

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 -

10:00am to 2:30pm

... Youth and Families as they present Building a Legacy of Healthy Children in New York . This meeting will give ... discuss their grantmaking strategies related to children 039 ; s health...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Children, Youth and Families

Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making

Release Date:

05/22/2014

... in East River Could Pay for Itself and Then Some A team of architects and consultants is proposing to build a new ... be constructed high enough to block major storm surges from flooding the Financial District...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Public Policy

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Disaster Relief

Public Policy

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Carnegie Supports New Study on What Keeps Parents Up at Night

Release Date:

04/21/2016

... public school parents 039 ; perspectives on their children 039 ; s academic, emotional and physical wellbeing, and identifies ... national data. The study "Parents 2016: Hearts and...

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