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Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens

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06/01/2014

Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens The Pinkerton Foundation has announced the launch of a neighborhood literacy initiative in South Jamaica, Queens, and awarded nearly $1.2 million...

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Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward

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07/17/2014

... 100 community schools by 2018--including the first 40 in partnership with the United Way of New York City--Mayor ...

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Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta

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04/13/2015

Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta The Ford Foundation has a keen interest in empowering women by expanding reproductive rights. But ... facing young women, which makes a lot...

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Gender Justice

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Tow Foundation, Columbia University Arts Announce Winners of Play Reading Series

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05/19/2016

... their 50th Anniversaries this year, the reading series awards three playwrights from the current MFA program and ... recent alumni with a cash prize as well as two readings in Roundabout's Black Box...

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Weinberg Foundation Employees Given $500,000 to be Grantmakers for a Day

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09/27/2016

... Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, today hosts its 10th annual Employee ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Fast Company Names James Anderson of Bloomberg Philanthropies 'The Most Creative Person of 2017'

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05/16/2017

... and the Mayors Challenge, a yearly competition that awards grants and mentorship to cities proposing groundbreaking, ... ideas. Before launching the government innovation team in 2010,...

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Technology

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Mass Shooting in Orlando: Resources and Networks for Action

... strikes. We are reeling from the tragic news that a gunman in Orlando, Florida, opened fire at the Pulse nightclub leaving 49 people dead and over 50 injured according to preliminary reports. One of .....

With Support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Plans Underway to Preserve Blue Mountain Wildlife Refuge

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11/26/2018

... to Preserve Blue Mountain Wildlife Refuge The Conservation Fund is making efforts to preserve more land in Northampton and Monroe counties. The fund has preserved ... Pennsylvania American...

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7/24/2014 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy Program - PPT Presentation

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07/2014

... Action to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy. " 7/24/2014 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy Program - PPT Presentation .....

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A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field

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08/24/2016

A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field Another Big STEM Diversity Give, This One Backed By Hedge Fund Wealth Diversifying the pool of STEM students and ... and technology. Meanwhile,...

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Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: NYSED Commissioner & Innovative Workforce Strategies for Youth and Young Adults at the National Level

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9:00am to 11:00am

Since its formation in 2000, New York City Workforce Funders continues to hold ... system. Since 2001, the Workforce Funders have pooled over $10.2 million for demonstration, capacity building and ... Presenters...

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

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08/10/2016

... type 1 diabetes. PDT has secured more than $5 million in funding through a combination of grants from JDRF, the National Institute of Diabetes and ...

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20 Issues, to Be Specific

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07/19/2017

... private foundations are legally prohibited from engaging in lobbying or partisan politics, and we sometimes ... and basic approaches to the positions we’ve taken over the past five years and the issues that...

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Most Funders Don’t Think About Disaster Until It Strikes

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07/05/2016

... from PNY President Ronna Brown, published originally in the New York PhilanthroPost Monthly July 2016 edition. ... with those in the local community and, often, to identify long -term needs...

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IFC and the Rockefeller Foundation Partner to Advance Distributed Renewable Energy Solutions in Emerging Markets

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06/22/2021

... Partner to Advance Distributed Renewable Energy Solutions in Emerging Markets RF’s contribution of up to $150 million ... to de-risk up to $2 billion of private sector investments in distributed renewable...

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Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?

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06/18/2013

... “new normal” for most organizations and corporations in this post-recession era. And foundations are as vulnerable ... companies and universities, particularly in the age of social media...

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Peterson: With Primaries Near, Majority Of Voters Want Leaders To Focus On Fiscal Future

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01/26/2016

... a monthly measure of public attitudes about the nation’s long -term debt and the efforts elected leaders are making to ... candidates offer a plan to put the nation on a sustainable long -term path. With...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Ford Foundation's Elizabeth Alexander Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board

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06/02/2016

... Free Expression, Alexander shapes and directs grant-making in arts, media and culture. She guides efforts to examine how cultural narratives affect and shape social movements and how media and the arts,...

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Supported by Stavros Niarchos, Global Nonprofit Will Bring Literacy Tools to Refugee Children and Families

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02/14/2017

... Families Worldreader plans to launch Read to Kids Jordan in late 2017. The program will be made possible through a $1 ... Foundation (SNF), with additional support from Jordanian social and education entities...

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