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NYSCF's Cutting-Edge Research Explored In New York Times Magazine Cover Story

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06/27/2014

NYSCF 039 ;s Cutting-Edge Research Explored In NY Times Magazine Cover Story The New York Stem Cell ... to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial diseases from mother to child is explored...

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Open Society Foundations Award $5 Million Challenge Grant To Strengthen Innocence Project

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07/09/2014

... Million Challenge Grant To Strengthen Innocence Project A $5 million challenge grant from The Open Society Foundations will help the Innocence ... future as a leading criminal justice...

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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 enroll more children and families in...

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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. ... Google, who gave $50,000 through the "Big Hen Group LLC In...

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New Banking Services Aimed At Low-Income Customers

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07/22/2014

... products, and to expose the high costs of living without a bank account, American Express has sponsored a 40-minute documentary. A new banking account from Bank of America...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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

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07/23/2014

... "an obvious, politically liberal, ideological agenda" in the name of advancing the "public interest." Writing ... public housing." He also points to support in the 1970s from...

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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 ... of Directors. Prior to founding Consonance Capital in 2005, Blutt was an executive partner of J.P...

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Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Robert Garris Heads to Schwarzman Scholars

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08/27/2014

... Director of Admissions for Schwarzman Scholars. In his new role, Garris will oversee recruitment and ... Rockefeller Foundation 039 ;s Bellagio Programs, Garris built a global network for...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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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 "startling" ... The report says that the six-year dropout rate would rise ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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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

... Pledges $3 Million to Help End Generational Poverty in Astoria and Long Island City Zone 126 has announced the ... support of the Thomas and Jeanne Elmezzi Foundation with a new five year $3M pledge. This...

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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

... Sharnita C. Johnson as Arts Program Director. Johnson, a Detroit native, brings to the position more than 20 years ... nonprofits and the arts, including serving in program officer roles at two prominent...

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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 risks ...

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

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04/30/2013

... asked you to share your thoughts on community resiliency in advance of our meeting, and now we’d love to get your ... change and planning for disasters? And what takeaways from our panel discussion with Shaun...

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Philanthropy New York’s Adventure Series: Version Red Hook

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07/28/2011

... home of one of the largest public housing communities in the city, was host to a number of funders from New York’s philanthropic community. Beginning at the ...

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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. ... of Kravet Inc., a fifth-generation family business based in Bethpage, New York, that is a global leader in...

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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 ... register@...

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

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04/21/2015

... and federal agencies and secured and managed millions in funding for several strategic initiatives. She had first ... Drucker Foundation in New York City. She also worked as a Communications...

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Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

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Molly Schultz Hafid Promoted to Assistant Director of the UU Veatch Program

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04/21/2015

... leadership within the broader philanthropic sector.” In addition to sharing staff supervision, Ms. Hafid will ... grantmaking strategy and the design and implementation of a new assessment protocol for long-...

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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

... on Foundations has announced more than $106 million in new commitments to strengthen services and support for ... Forces Impact Pledge includes commitments from thirty-four foundations, nonprofits, and...

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