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The Post-Bloomberg Plunge

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04/10/2014

... from his own pocket the way Mayor Michael Bloomberg did. Over his 12 years as mayor, the billionaire, ranked as the world’s 13th richest man in 2013, donated north of $263 million to city art, public ... for...

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NY Juvenile Justice Funders Urge State Officials to 'Raise the Age'

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06/18/2015

... Speaker Heastie: We are writing as funders with over a hundred years of collective experience on juvenile ... adolescents are children, and prosecuting and placing them in the adult criminal justice system...

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Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation

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Justice Reform

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Director Examines Link Between Art and Economic Development

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08/18/2015

... climate is today more imperiled than it ever has been in the modern era, a situation that has affected nearly every aspect of life in the country. This has included, of course, cultural ... Once completed next...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Arts

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Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/11/2016

... The late Senator Ted Kennedy succumbed to this disease in just over a year. But scientists at the Salk Institute have ... for which there has been practically no improvement in treatment...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

Science

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers

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04/20/2016

... first and only honor of its kind celebrating changemakers in the borough’s thriving nonprofit sector. Five ... leaders hailing from Brooklyn. Brooklyn is home to over 2,000 nonprofits, yet they collectively...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Effort to Enroll More Low-Income Students at Top Universities

Release Date:

12/13/2016

... with high graduation rates is being announced today in an attempt to have more students from modest backgrounds ... S+R. Bloomberg Philanthropies is providing $1.7 million over two years to start the project,...

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Century Foundation Report Praises Morris School Merger, As District Faces New Tests From Immigration

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12/13/2016

... force the merger of Morristown and Morris Township schools in 1971. Yet the Morris School District has endured, ... most diverse school district in New Jersey.” Compiled over two years, from...

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Top Science Foundation, Simons, Latest Endeavor is its Most Ambitious Project Yet

Release Date:

05/15/2017

... researchers from a variety of fields hold meetings, chat over lunch, or just run into each other in the hallways. That’s the kind of research environment ...

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Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School

Release Date:

06/01/2017

... Thursday against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over the leader’s attempts to shut down a Budapest ... which Soros founded after the fall of communism. In a speech in Brussels, the...

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth In the category of research that doesn’t tell any of us who ... they’re not doing the job for which they were hired— in particular, when the budget...

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Redlich Horwitz Foundation Urges NY to Prepare for Family First Act

Release Date:

06/08/2018

... Services Act, renews the focus on family-centeredness in foster care. The act provides federal funds for preventive ... federal financing to prioritize kin and foster families over high-cost — and sometimes...

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Children, Youth and Families

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29 Oct 2020

Food for Thought: Preparing for the Post Election World

Thursday, October 29, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... this election, many are expecting anger, unrest and social division in the days and weeks that follow. As we approach the ... the conversation will be a forum for members to engage in...

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

22 Jun 2010

Investing in Our Next Generation: English Language Learners and Their Families

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 9:00am to Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 5:00pm

... ATTEND: All interested funders. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION One in ten K-12 students is an English Language Learner (ELL), ... students are the most rapidly growing population in U.S. elementary schools. While states...

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04 Oct 2012

Measuring and Strengthening Advocacy Capacity: Tools and Strategies

Thursday, October 4, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... strategies and tools are now available to assist funders in this process. A free electronic tool to assess an ... for Justice. The William Casper Graustein Memorial Fund has developed an internal tool that...

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Caroline Kennedy Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees

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03/09/2018

... and her wide range of expertise will be a valuable asset in helping to lead the Corporation’s work.” "I have long admired the work of Carnegie Corporation of New York, ... Partnerships and serving as Vice...

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Rockefeller Playhouse and Family Properties Gifted to the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Release Date:

07/31/2018

... for Historic Preservation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) announced today the expansion of The Pocantico ... Tudor-style building built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1927 as a venue for family...

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15 Apr 2020

Responding to COVID-19 Globally – via Zoom

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

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... on economic and financial development, philanthropy and social innovation. In her capacity as Associate Dean for Research and ... for All interested funders, especially those who currently fund...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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05 Jun 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group - Summer Meeting

Monday, June 5, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... peer network of grantmakers who are funding or interested in the area of foster youth in New York. The purpose of the ... incarceration for girls—including significant “cross over ” from child...

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