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F.B. Heron Foundation

Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

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12/09/2015

... Aiming to Increase Worker Savings Matt Fellowes was moving briskly along the standard Washington wonk career ... from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was hired in 2004 by the Brookings...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Economic Security

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Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

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12/16/2015

... in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood have a life expectancy of just 58.9 years -- which is how long the average American ... make a difference. At The Aetna Foundation, we're doing just that by...

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Health

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Invests $2.5M in Youth Initiatives for 2017

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12/14/2017

... initiatives, and direct engagement with youth. “A more just and equitable future for Brooklyn depends upon investing ... Justice Project , which aims to develop a racially just alternative school disciplinary...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Brooklyn Org

Inside Philanthropy Covers Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s Big Investment in City Parks

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10/30/2018

... remarkable question. How much can a philanthropy do for just two distinct regions, giving $1.2 billion in 20 years? ... given investment returns, and we’re actually down to just 16 years, but you get the...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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Four Foundations, Including Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Buy Historic Archives of 'Ebony' Magazine

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07/25/2019

... The foundations, which came together to buy the archive in just a week to keep it from disappearing into private hands, ... and other cultural institutions. A purchase agreement was filed late Wednesday and...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

The Limits Are Your Freedom

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02/15/2017

... Remaley, SVP, Public Policy & Communications This piece was originally published as the feature article of the ... Eastern countries.” Read the full statement here . I was surprised when I saw the...

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How Surdna Foundation Is Using its Grantmaking to Champion Impact Investing

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01/18/2018

... mission or otherwise aligns with its values. The funder just announced $650,000 in grants to organizations that ... for the idea of using an institution’s assets, not just for grantmaking, but also to make...

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NYCT Gives $5.6M For New Efforts to Stop Domestic Violence, Protect First Amendment Rights, Build Young Leaders and More

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04/12/2017

... the MTA to extend the Q52 bus service and extend a free shuttle to a new ferry to Manhattan. Young leaders were ... gay marriage became legal, the cost of that invisibility was clear-LGBT youth suicide...

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The New York Community Trust

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Mellon Foundation Supported New York Historical Society Fellows Announced

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10/21/2015

... sanctuary during an age of conformity, Greenwich Village was a hub of resistance to the dominant political and ... a manuscript for publication. Her scholarship argues that free women of European and African...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

After Orlando – After the Anger and Sadness – There Is Work to Be Done

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06/15/2016

... with one of them: The NYC LGBTQ Anti-Violence Project. AVP was founded in 1980 as a community response to violence, and ... education and advocacy as well as by providing an array of free services to survivors...

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PNY Member Journeys - Equitable Grantmaking Practices to Support Movement Building at the New York Foundation

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01/18/2024

... their role as Program Officer, they lead a team focused on making the grantmaking process easier and more transparent ... journey into philanthropy began at the Scherman Foundation just out of college. They...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Elizabeth Knup to Lead Its China Office

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06/03/2013

... Walker, Vice President for Education, Creativity and Free Expression at the foundation. “We are thrilled that ... Knup will begin her new position August 1, 2013. She was selected after a broad international...

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The Moment I Lost It

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11/19/2014

... Remaley, SVP, Public Policy & Communications This piece was originally published as the feature article for the ... For a guy like me who treasures the rational decision- making process, information is...

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Education

PNY Joins Philanthropy Groups in Calling on Funders to Keep Equity at the Forefront of Philanthropy’s Response to COVID-19

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03/20/2020

... services for our offices, such as employees at the lunch spots near our emptying office buildings, people ... a range of issues due to school closures, such as ensuring free meals, getting help with child care...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces the Addition of Four New Staff and Six New Board Members

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01/28/2015

... initiatives across the nonprofit’s 48 regions. Before making her way to the social sector full-time, she worked in ... Brooklyn landscape. Prior to joining the Foundation, Sarah was Deputy Director for the...

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Philanthropy New York Welcomes New Board Chair and Members

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06/06/2025

... leads Trinity’s Philanthropies team and mission grant- making function, which includes its efforts to address ... as Managing Director of Housing & Homelessness, where she was responsible for grants,...

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Which Nonprofits Are Most Ready for Capacity Building?

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07/19/2012

... organizations found that mindset matters most. It is not just a willingness to change, but an embrace of the ... The Challenge Fund for Journalism , which I managed, was an innovative funder collaborative that...

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Toyota Named Among of World’s Best Companies on Addressing Water Concerns

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10/22/2015

... ‘Accelerating action’, shows that some companies are beginning to move ahead of the pack in addressing water ... meeting investor demands for transparency and action. Just under a quarter (22%) of the world’s...

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