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Rockefeller Foundation Appears Set to End 100 Resilient Cities Program

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04/01/2019

... foundation 039 ;s plans, Bloomberg reports. Launched in 2013 as an independent entity, the largest privately ... in the United States provides funding for cities to hire a...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation Names Chun Lai as Chief Investment Officer After Donna Dean Announces Retirement

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10/16/2019

... today that Chief Investment Officer Donna Dean will retire from her position towards the end of this year. Dean has ... since 2001, after joining as Director of Investments in 1995. During her tenure, the...

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17 Dec 2019

Working with Intermediaries: A Brownbag Lunch Discussion

Tuesday, December 17, 2019 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Philanthropy New York

From DAFs to giving circles and community foundations to fund aggregators, intermediary organizations come in many forms. At their best, intermediaries can expand ... impact. Join the International Grantmakers...

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Philanthropic Consultants/Advisors

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Public Foundation/Grantmaking Public Charity

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rats Replay Memories Forward and Backwards to Make Decisions, Understanding the Memory Process Will Lead to Treatments for Diseases Where Memory is Impaired, Research Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Release Date:

12/10/2019

... found that specific patterns of brain cell firings in rats correspond to individual memories. As a result, the researchers could tell what the rodents were ... would do next. During sleep, the brain replays...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Health

Science

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Basketball Legend Join Forces for Youth Empowerment and Establish Field of Life

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12/18/2019

... legend Panagiotis Giannakis introduced Field of Life, a new nonprofit organization and initiative anchored in Giannakis’s old neighborhood in Southwestern Attica. ... initiative are the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

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University of Buffalo Receives $3 Million Mellon Grant in Support of Indigenous Studies

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01/13/2020

University of Buffalo Receives $3 Million Mellon Grant in Support of Indigenous Studies The University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences has received a $3.174 million grant from The Andrew...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

NYPL Mid-Manhattan Branch to Reopen in May as Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library

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01/16/2020

NYPL Mid-Manhattan Branch to Reopen in May as Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library NEW YORK – ... of its largest circulating branch after undergoing a full-scale renovation. The new, modern library, located on .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Releases Global Research Reports on Strategic Time Horizons in Philanthropy

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01/22/2020

... Global Research Reports on Strategic Time Horizons in Philanthropy Strategic time horizons are increasingly ... discussions within philanthropic organizations, causing a shift away from...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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01 Dec 2020

Interested in Working in Philanthropy?

Tuesday, December 1, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:15pm

... group informational interviews to explore career paths in the philanthropic sector, as part of our " Interested in Working at a Foundation " series. This year, we will learn about...

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William Penn and Mellon Foundations Give $8 Million to Philly Arts and Culture Groups Hit by COVID-19

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12/02/2020

... Hit by COVID-19 Two major backers of arts and culture in Philadelphia have teamed up to award $8 million in ... relief for the sector. The $4 million each from Philadelphia’s William Penn...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Mellon Foundation Supports More Than 360 Dance Artists and Collaborators through Bubble Residencies

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02/03/2021

... the performing arts industry has suffered immensely from closures and the lack of protective infrastructure for artists to financially survive. In response, the creative arts community turned to bubble .....

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Arts

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Ivy Suriyopas Announced as New Vice President of Programs for Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

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04/14/2021

... Refugees (GCIR), effective May 12, 2021. Suriyopas is a strategic and collaborative leader with more than 15 years ... working to advance immigrant justice. She comes to GCIR from the Open Society Foundations...

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The William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Scott Evans as New Board Chair

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06/17/2021

... of Trustees. Mr. Evans joined the Foundation’s Board in 2013 and has served as the chair of the Finance and ... Committee since 2018. Mr. Evans succeeds Russell Pennoyer, a senior advisor to Brittany Capital...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Hirokazu Yoshikawa Joins Board of Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation

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10/20/2021

... of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU, and Co-Director of the Global ... on children’s development. He conducts research in the United States and in...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Names Rafael Maldonado as Vice President and Chief Information Technology Officer

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12/14/2021

... vice president and chief information technology officer. In this role, Maldonado will be a key member of the Foundation’s leadership team, ... for the company. Maldonado served in the U.S...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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25 Apr 2022

Risk, Reward, and the Reality: What Don't We Know About Intermediaries?

Monday, April 25, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... or provide technical assistance to the grantees. They come in a variety of forms, from donor-advised funds to giving circles and fiscal ...

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Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Announces Marcos Crespo Joins Board of Directors and Anupa Fabian as the First Chief Evaluation and Learning Officer

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06/21/2022

... of Community Affairs at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, to its Board of Directors, effective June 21, 2022. After serving 11 years as a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 85th...

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03 Nov 2022

Building Partner-Centered Grantmaking Infrastructure (PEAK Oral and Alternative Reporting Working Group)

Thursday, November 3, 2022 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... Foundation’s grants and knowledge management team formed a grantmaking infrastructure reflective of its mission and ... stories and goals. During this session, you’ll hear from peers who have redesigned their...

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Tools & Strategies

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2023 Sloan Research Fellows

Release Date:

02/15/2023

... early-career researchers who have been selected to receive a 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship. Awarded annually since ... most prestigious awards available to young researchers, in part because so many past...

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