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MetLife Foundation, Sesame Workshop Launch Financial Knowledge Program

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11/22/2013

... have announced a five-year, $20 million partnership to improve financial knowledge and strategies among low- and ... have announced a five year, $20 million partnership to improve financial knowledge and...

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Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2016 Fellows

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04/08/2016

... (including three joint fellowships) were awarded to scholars, artists, and scientists representing fifty ...

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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

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Leon Levy Foundation

Mellon Foundation Supports Festival That Will Show Sneak Preview of PBS "Hamilton" Documentary

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09/06/2016

... film follows the original Broadway cast from the theater to historic locations like Mount Vernon and includes ...

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Arts

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How a Quirky Art Prize Tied to the DeVos Family Went Political

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09/28/2017

How a Quirky Art Prize Tied to the DeVos Family Went Political Patricia Constantine thought hard about whether to use an image of the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, in ... her family provide major financial...

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Though Enrolling More Poor Students, 2-Year Colleges Get Less of Federal Pie

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05/22/2013

... from The Century Foundation’s report on the nation’s community colleges. Community colleges have received a declining share of ... and more heavily African-American and Latino, according to a...

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Education

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The Colorado Floods: Philanthropy's Response

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09/23/2013

... with representatives from FEMA, VOAD and the philanthropic community . CDP will be updating information as they receive ... section of their website. We encourage all PNY members to share their relief and...

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12 Sep 2012

Technology and the Promise of Blended Learning

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 11:00am to Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 4:00pm

The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E. 45th Street at Madison Ave, NYC

... learning. Yet education technology, with its potential to personalize learning, boost student achievement and lower ... How can funders help prepare teachers and leaders for this new style of education? What...

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Pfizer Foundation Supports Vaccine Coverage in Africa to Reduce Child Mortality Rate

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09/19/2014

Pfizer Foundation Supports Vaccine Coverage in Africa to Reduce Child Mortality Rate The Pfizer Foundation ... announced $2 million in grant funding for pilot programs to improve immunization coverage in Africa...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach

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05/01/2017

... are based on the premise that if a foundation’s grants generate a social return, and that return compounds at ... rate than its financial assets would, then making the grants sooner generates more social value...

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F.B. Heron: Charitable Giving Is Only a Small Part of What Foundations Do With Their Money

Release Date:

06/30/2017

... hold. Most of the attention foundations receive is for the grants they make. U.S. law requires most foundations to pay out at least five percent of their net assets to ... in total in the U.S...

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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

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06/04/2014

... Investing: Not Just For Billionaires Foundations just make grants , correct? Not necessarily. Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of ... impact bonds, impact investments, and crowdfunding –...

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Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars

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11/03/2014

Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars The once ultrasecretive ... Duty Free Shoppers Group, is making good on its promise to give away all of its money in the next two years. But ... assets...

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Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring

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03/13/2015

... two-year, $14 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to enable the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct tobacco-usage surveys in eleven countries. Part of the Bloomberg Initiative...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

... Affordable Care Act seven years ago don’t want Congress to gut the landmark federal health-insurance legislation. But ... and international priorities. It announced its last grants late last year. Other major...

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Beyond a Portal, to Real Patient Engagement

Release Date:

04/10/2017

Beyond a Portal, to Real Patient Engagement Originally published in the ... from the author, David Sandman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation A few weeks ago, I read an ...

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New York Health Foundation

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15 Nov 2018

Immigration Policy after the Midterms: What Can Funders Expect? - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, November 15, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... and Refugees (GCIR), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a ... basis.* Immigration was front and center in the lead-up to the midterms, including contentious...

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Open Society, Tow and Other Foundations Release Blueprint for Youth Justice Reform

Release Date:

01/12/2016

... seminal Blueprint for Youth Justice Reform. Drawing upon new research, the Blueprint provides concrete policy ... the well-being and life outcomes for young people up to age 25 who are involved in or at risk...

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