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Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

Release Date:

08/10/2016

Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes ... type 1 diabetes. PDT has secured more than $5 million in funding through a combination of...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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03 May 2018

New York Aging Funders - Spring Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

... a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy aging and services for older ... aging services and healthy aging in New York are invited to join the...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Aging

18 Sep 2014

Inequality, Democracy and Corporate Power

Thursday, September 18, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... rights and limited the ability of Congress and the states to protect voting rights and regulate campaign finance. A ... to protect the right to vote, limit the influence of money in...

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Meeting My Philanthropy Peers in This Incredibly Small, Incredibly Big World of Ours

Release Date:

03/07/2017

Meeting My Philanthropy Peers in This Incredibly Small, Incredibly Big World of Ours by ... support organizations across the world. It was an honor to attend the event as a representative of the Forum’s ... groups...

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International/Foreign Affairs

The Ploughshares Fund Strives to Create a Nuclear-Free World

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11/17/2014

The Ploughshares Fund Strives to Create a Nuclear-Free World Ploughshares opposes ... The fund identifies itself as a “publicly supported foundation that funds, organizes and innovates projects to...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

JPB, Rockefeller Support New Initiative, 'Reimagining the Civic Commons'

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09/08/2016

... the Civic Commons' Four foundations will join forces to fund civic projects in four cities for a full $40 million. But instead of big ... many, not just neighborhood elites. On Thursday, the JPB ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

15 Dec 2014

Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color

Monday, December 15, 2014 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... States, girls and young women of color face barriers in completing school, finding employment, and living free ... hall hearings in cities throughout the country allowing community leaders...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York State

Better Prepared for Tomorrow

Release Date:

08/01/2013

We’re pleased to have Hollis Headrick, Program Consultant with The New York Community Trust’s Hive Digital Media Learning Fund, recap ...

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Funding the Future of Activism

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02/04/2013

We’re pleased to have North Star Fund Executive Director Hugh Hogan talk ... the Fund’s new $7 million Activism’s Future campaign to support grassroots activists in communities most affected by...

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Black Philanthropy Month: We All Have Something to Give

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08/21/2013

Community Investment Network Executive Director Chad Jones ... those of African descent, as well as how important it is to recognize the power of collective giving. Black Philanthropy Month: We All Have Something...

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RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund

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10/29/2014

RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund Working in Sierra Leone and Liberia, the fund is responding to the immediate needs resulting from the outbreak, as well ... with funding that meets immediate needs and invests...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Data is Needed to Address Worldwide Women's Issues

Release Date:

12/16/2014

Data is Needed to Address Worldwide Women's Issues Former Secretary of ... Bloomberg teamed up to highlight the power of information in helping women worldwide and to...

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Gender Justice

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Simons-Funded Study Finds Connection Between Genes That Contribute to Autism

Release Date:

03/11/2015

... Study Finds Connection Between Genes That Contribute to Autism Recent studies have identified several dozen genes potentially associated with autism. In the past three years, the gene CHD8 has emerged as one...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches Redesigned Carnegie.Org

Release Date:

09/22/2015

... issues of our times. Voting rights is one such issue, long a focus of the Corporation’s Democracy program. ... Voter Registration Day, Carnegie.org invites Americans to join in an interactive...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Technology

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MetLife Releases 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report

Release Date:

09/23/2015

... its core business goals of managing risk and meeting its long -term financial commitments. The report, titled Global ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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MetLife

Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S., Other Countries

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10/27/2015

... Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S. Faced with physician shortages, long wait times for patients, and high costs, health systems ...

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Simons-Backed Study Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika

Release Date:

08/19/2016

Simons-Backed Study Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika Zika infection kills off neural stem cells in adult ... studied whether the death of these cells has any short or...

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Science

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Atlantic Philanthropies Steps Into Political Arena With $50 Million Fund

Release Date:

10/21/2016

... Million Fund There’s a new, deep-pocketed liberal donor in town. It’s called the Civic Participation Action Fund, ... Formed last year with $50 million, it’s donated to at least three different Democrat-...

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Civic Engagement

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Largest Funder of Tobacco-Control Efforts in the Developing World

Release Date:

12/05/2016

... Is Largest Funder of Tobacco-Control Efforts in the Developing World Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York has long been a champion of anti-smoking efforts in the United...

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