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Brad Tito Joins Westchester Community Foundation Board Of Advisors

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11/08/2016

... to its Board of Advisors. The Board provides leadership for carrying out the Foundation’s mission to promote philanthropy and improve the quality of life in Westchester. Mr. Tito, a resident of Edgemont, is a...

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Arlene Isaacs-Lowe Named New President of the Moody’s Foundation

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02/22/2017

... distinguished career. She is currently a managing director in London where she oversees commercial business in Europe. ... community service, Arlene has also served on several not- for -profit...

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Ford, Rockefeller Offer Templates for Guiding CEO Transitions at Big Foundations

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03/07/2017

Ford, Rockefeller Offer Templates for Guiding CEO Transitions at Big Foundations Raj Shah, ... gig as the president of the Rockefeller Foundation in March, taking the reins from Judith Rodin. She has led ... CEO...

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Aetna Joins Corporate Effort to Save Hartford Financial and Psychological Slump

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03/15/2017

... Slump Connecticut may be the wealthiest state in the nation, but you wouldn't know that by visiting its capital, Hartford. The city is in the middle of a financial and psychological slump. ... profits...

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Seven Bridges Brings The Simons Foundation’s Genome Diversity Project Dataset to the Cloud

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04/12/2017

... Genome Diversity Project (SGDP) dataset available for analysis by researchers via the Seven Bridges Platform. ... across the globe. The SGDP dataset is now available for Seven Bridges Platform users to analyze...

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Science

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports National Geographic Documentary About the Coal and Mining Industry

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04/14/2017

... as well as Jon Kamen, Katherine Oliver and Justin Wilkes, in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies — From the ... trailer: YouTube / download ) captures Americans in communities across the country as they...

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Ford Foundation Hires Detroit Native, Kevin Ryan, as Program Officer for its New Detroit Office

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05/31/2017

... Hires Detroit Native, Kevin Ryan, as Program Officer for its New Detroit Office The Ford Foundation is establishing its first presence in Detroit since leaving the Motor City in 1953 as it...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Names Meghan Jambor Interim Informed Communities Program Officer

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07/12/2017

... Tow-Knight Center at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. In this expanded role, Jambor will continue to direct ... in philanthropy and journalism, and her natural talent for connecting people...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Civic Engagement

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Rockefeller Supports Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste

Release Date:

07/25/2017

... Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste Food Tank, in partnership with Rethink Food Waste Through Economics and ... summit on September 13, 2017, at the WNYC Greene Space in New York City (44 Charlton St...

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Food Systems

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Doris Duke Foundation Awards 17 Physician Scientists DDCF’s 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards

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07/27/2017

... competitive pool of 196 applicants by a panel of experts in medical research, these scientists distinguished ... patients’ lives,” said Betsy Myers, program director for medical research at DDCF. “At this...

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Health

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Schott Welcomes Mark Paley and Roger Vann to the Board of Directors

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08/15/2017

... Mark Paley Mark Paley joined the Hyams Foundation in 2001. Before coming to Hyams, he was the CFO at YouthBuild ... since 2014. He previously served as COO and chief of staff for the National NAACP where he...

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Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum

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08/22/2017

... Bloomberg today announced a selection of featured speakers for the first-ever Global Business Forum, which will bring ... state together with global CEOs to discuss opportunities for advancing trade and...

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Macquarie Group and Its Employees Donate $100,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

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09/19/2017

... a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross to aid in immediate relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey was responsible for producing life-threatening flooding for...

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Even as political battles persist, more district and charter schools join partnership program

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09/29/2017

... DeCosta, the principal of a traditional elementary school in Harlem, was looking for a way to boost her students’ social and emotional ... celebrated a birthday, still others were earning A’s in...

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Ford Foundation Awards 25 Fellowships to US Artists Driving Social Change

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10/02/2017

... that will support visionary artists and cultural leaders in creating powerful works of art that help advance freedom, ... around them. The artists and cultural leaders selected for Art of Change fellowships...

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Banking Against Urban Poverty, Inside JP Morgan Chase Philanthropy

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10/05/2017

... a measurable impact on a specific set of problems. A case in point is JPMorgan Chase, which has dramatically shifted ... shift explains the two large, high-profile investments in urban areas that it has...

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Mertz Gilmore and Howard Gilman Foundations Among Funders Backing The Springboard Project's 2018 Residencies

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10/24/2017

... Funders Backing The Springboard Project's 2018 Residencies In a recent post, I reported on institutional dance funders ... Project announced it was accepting letters of inquiry for its 2018 residencies...

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Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth

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11/07/2017

... on Earth Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla announced Monday that they may have found a ... reaction called phosphorylation may have been crucial for the assembly of three key ingredients...

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