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02 Oct 2012

Grantmaking as a Career? One Grantmaker's Personal Experience, with Alexa Aviles, The Scherman Foundation

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 -

3:15pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

Learn about the field of philanthropy from one grantmaker's personal perspective. ... Presenter Alexa Aviles , Program Officer, The Scherman Foundation Designed for Individuals interested in learning .....

Open Society Foundations Contributes $4 Million to Aid in the Fight Against Ebola

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09/16/2014

... Health, an international aid organization. Six leaders of the group are scheduled to arrive in Liberia on Tuesday ... for a new push against the virulent disease in rural areas of that country and Sierra Leone...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and JPB Foundation Among Funders Fighting Type 1 Diabetes

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10/10/2014

Helmsley Charitable Trust and JPB Foundation Among Funders Fighting Type 1 Diabetes ... beta cells that functioned like natural beta cells. As an autoimmune metabolic condition, type 1 diabetes kills of...

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Foundations Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities

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12/10/2014

... group is in its infancy, its early expansion is a signal of what seems to be a shift in the way Americans are thinking ... One effect of these cities working so closely with Google as it...

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Rauch Foundation Study Shows Lack of Housing Options in Long Island

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01/09/2015

Rauch Foundation Study Shows Lack of Housing Options in Long Island Long Island is ... and garage apartments), the financial arrangement (renting as well as ownership), the...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Warns Against Education Tax Credit

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01/30/2015

Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Warns Against Education Tax Credit ... But what escaped notice was his reference in the State of the State speech to passing the education tax credit, or ... New Yorkers. We...

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F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding

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02/03/2015

... practices we use to construct our philanthropy, just as radically as Starrett Brothers and Eken did. We have good materials ... often more grounded in an inside-out, funder-centric point of...

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New York Life Foundation Backs Pilot Program for Future Entrepreneurs

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04/20/2015

New York Life Foundation Backs Pilot Program for Future Entrepreneurs ... will begin to build their applied technology skills, while as eighth-graders they'll create and run simulated companies that replicate...

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Long Island Community Foundation Supports Treatment for Military Veterans and Their Families

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05/19/2015

Long Island Community Foundation Supports Treatment for Military Veterans and Their Families Given the stressful nature of the military and the traumatizing experiences of war, many ... community...

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Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for NYC Libraries in HuffPost Editorial

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05/22/2015

Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for NYC Libraries in ... each, after being selected by a distinguished panel of independent judges from more than 13,400 nominations ... role that New York City's...

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Verizon Foundation-Funded Research Cited as Basis for Beyond the Bruises Campaign

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05/27/2015

... and celebrities in bringing awareness to the effects of domestic violence on chronic disease. The campaign ... violence survivors who struggle with chronic disease as a result of their abuse...

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Markle Foundation President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U.S. in WSJ OpEd

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06/04/2015

Markle Foundation President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U.S. in WSJ OpEd The 2016 ...

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Inside HigherEd Examines New Book from Russell Sage Foundation

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08/04/2015

Inside HigherEd Examines New Book from Russell Sage Foundation Asian Americans have been found to be some of the most successful individuals in education, with many ... it.... Inside HigherEd Examines New Book...

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Bank of America Foundation President Seeks to Increase Youth Development Opportunities

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08/19/2015

Bank of America Foundation President Seeks to Increase Youth ... their specific skills and expertise in a more hands-on way as they look to take personal action on issues that they feel ... in...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Backs Study Exploring Taskmaster Brain Region

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09/25/2015

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Backs Study Exploring Taskmaster Brain Region ... on track while you work step-by-step through a sequence of tasks, you aren’t far off. In new research, Brown ... but you remembered to...

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Ms. Foundation Launches Campaign to Define 21st Century Feminism

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10/23/2015

Ms. Foundation Launches Campaign to Define 21st Century Feminism ... I did not consider myself a feminist. In fact, for most of my life, I did not consider myself a feminist. This is ... too common for white,...

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JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices

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11/04/2015

JPB Foundation -Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices To parents of picky eaters across the country, the idea that simply ... to improve, over the following two years. . . JPB Foundation...

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Verizon Foundation Supports National Survey of Americans’ Health App Use

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11/04/2015

Verizon Foundation Supports National Survey of Americans’ Health App Use Like the treadmills and ... in health apps’ accuracy and effectiveness. . . Verizon Foundation Supports National Survey...

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Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want

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12/01/2015

Column from Hartford Foundation : Independence—It’s What Older People Want ... older people want. A study from the National Conference of State Legislatures and AARP, as well as...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for Climate Change

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12/09/2015

Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for ... Change In Paris, President Barack Obama and the leaders of 19 other countries made energy technology innovation the ... have all the...

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