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Barnard Receives Mellon Grant for Digital Access Initiative

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07/09/2014

... College has received $800,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a major new academic initiative: Barnard Teaches: Real Place + ... access to the partnering institutions’ resources, such as...

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Arcus Awards Grant to Alliance of Baptists to Support Inclusion and Racial Justice

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10/09/2014

... announced Oct. 8 receipt of a $104,400 grant to support a new initiative promoting LGBT inclusion and racial justice among Baptists. The grant from the Arcus Foundation , a charity that supports organizations...

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Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects

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05/03/2016

... development and improve student outcomes. Through the new Teacher Impact Grants (TIG) program from ASCD, teachers ... supported by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Foundation Charitable Trust and the...

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Rockefeller and Nonprofits Fight Food Waste With Feast

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05/09/2016

... Food Waste With Feast On Tuesday May 10, thousands of New Yorkers will feast on food that would have ordinarily ... in a landfill. Together with Feedback, The Rockefeller Foundation , City Harvest, NRDC,...

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Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

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09/28/2016

... Museum announces the appointment of Camille Ann Brewer as the museum’s first full-time curator of contemporary textile art. This new curatorial position is supported by a $500,000 ... five-and-a-half year...

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Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

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09/19/2017

... among the 10 richest people in America, according to new analysis by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Out of those ... the master investor, Mr. Buffett, comes out on top as the most generous, having given 71...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

Making Kids Into “Makers” The new annual Inventor’s Challenge prompts children to develop ... how their work could help those around them. But a new program is encouraging them to do so outside of school. .....

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DDCF Announces Inaugural Awardees of Child Well-being Leadership Development Grants

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04/23/2019

... Awardees of Child Well-being Leadership Development Grants New York, April 23, 2019 – The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) today announced the five inaugural ... at DDCF. “We are excited to support a...

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Collaborative Funding Opportunity with the NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund

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11/18/2020

... support innovation and systemic changes that will enable New York City to manage open space more effective, equitably, ... The aligned funding opportunity through the New York Community Trust is open to...

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Philanthropy’s Special Role in Supporting Community Recovery from Disasters

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10/29/2014

... and Canada. Many of the hardest hit communities were in New York and New Jersey – the storm’s destruction has been well ... nearly 600 players committed over $380 million dollars. As you read...

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... one another’s learning About our Programs Philanthropy New York champions effective grantmaking and strives to ... reduce bias, discrimination, and inequity. Philanthropy New York works to ensure our offerings...

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Appointment of John R. Ettinger as Chief Executive Officer

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01/02/2012

... U.S., have announced the appointment of John R. Ettinger as Chief Executive Officer of the Trust, effective January 3, ... and proven leadership will help the Trust further develop its potential and impact,...

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Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities

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12/16/2014

... of these conversations-- nonprofit employees. The City of New York annually contracts out $5 billion in social services ... few places where there are career ladders, barriers, such as lack of access to...

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79 percent in neighborhoods hardest hit by Sandy say rebuild even in face of risk

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07/30/2013

... following Superstorm Sandy (and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation ) also found that about 1 in 4 Americans believe ... natural disasters, all in the past year, illustrate a new challenge facing policymakers...

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Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making

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05/22/2014

[Rockefeller Foundation ] Study Predicts Building in East River Could Pay ... team of architects and consultants is proposing to build a new neighborhood of residential towers and office buildings on landfill in...

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NYC Council members rip Walmart’s charity of ‘dangerous dollars’

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06/04/2014

... last year to charities here, including $1 million to the New York Women’s Foundation , which offers job training,.. NYC Council members ...

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Sloan Teaching Awards Honor High School Math and Science Educators

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12/04/2014

... mathematicians and educators. The Fund for the City of New York and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation gave the winners an individual prize of $5,000 and ...

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Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'

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12/03/2015

... savings accounts, and other fiscal essentials, reports The New York Times. Corporate and philanthropic partners such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , JPMorgan Chase, PayPal, and...

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