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Klarman and Barr Foundations Team up on $25 Million Arts Initiative

Release Date:

10/04/2018

... to 29 Massachusetts arts nonprofits in connection with a new initiative aimed at strengthening the financial health ... Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative. San San Wong, Director of Arts &...

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The Klarman Family Foundation

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces More Than $19 Million in Grants

Release Date:

10/18/2018

... and third quarters of 2018. The board also approved a new -five year strategy for the Catholic Sisters Strategic ... next phase is for Catholic sisters to become recognized as global leaders in the provision of...

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Human Services

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Yumi Higashi Joins the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

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01/01/2013

Yumi Higashi arrived at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in New York as an analyst in April 2012. In December 2012, she was ... her colleagues Beth Gilroy, JJ Ko and Kazushi Udagawa as a team...

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Susan McMillan Joins Con Edison’s Public Affairs Department as Section Manager for Strategic Partnerships

Release Date:

02/01/2012

... McMillan joined Con Edison’s Public Affairs department as Section Manager for Strategic Partnerships. In her new role, she will direct Con Edison’s corporate giving ... giving, volunteerism, and the company’s...

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Con Edison

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Announces Recipients of 2013 SEED Grants

Release Date:

10/08/2013

... receive three years of unrestricted operating capital as a surprise award. New York- The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (RRF) has ... process, unbeknownst to the organizations, the award came as...

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Arts

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Barnard Receives Mellon Grant for Digital Access Initiative

Release Date:

07/09/2014

... $800,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a major new academic initiative: Barnard Teaches: Real Place + ... with curators, archivists, and collection specialists at New York City cultural and...

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Education

Ford Foundation, Cannes Film Market Launch Documentary Film Push Against Inequality

Release Date:

02/02/2016

... attention on the groundbreaking Ford Foundation-Cannes new push. Partnership establishes a large presence at ... education program that has backed visual story tellers, new media projects and organizations...

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Social Justice

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Four Projects Supported by NY Community Trust Making Real Estate Cheaper for Artists To Live & Work in NYC

Release Date:

04/01/2016

... affordable real estate is a challenge for anyone in New York, it can be doubly tricky for artists who need to ... projects — all of which won grants recently from the New York Community Trust — aim to make it...

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Sage Foundation Research Indicates Americans May Not Be Ready for Tax Increase on Wealthy

Release Date:

05/11/2016

... to balance budgets while maintaining spending for popular programs . That’s prompted some presidential candidates to ... Bernie Sanders is leading the charge and would create a new top income tax rate of 54.2...

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Economic Security

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Russell Sage Foundation

Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... announced later today: The administration won't consider new applications for legal status dated after Sept. 5. If you ... for another two-plus years. For others, legal status ends as early as...

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Immigration

Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... Finn can relate. In 1998, the couple founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an ... the Catskills region to improve facilities and to finance new programs to...

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Arts

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Helmsley Trust Awards $5.4 Million to Help Standardize Clinical Data

Release Date:

09/04/2018

... The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust in New York City has announced a $5.4 million grant to the ... and build out its infrastructure, tools, and training programs for academic researchers...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

21 Mar 2023

Foundation Financial Managers Group - March Meeting

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... of private and community foundations in the tri-state ( New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) area. Members share knowledge, ...

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Network Building

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All Funders

HR & Operations Staff

Senior Management

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Finance & Asset Management

08 Nov 2023

Foundation Financial Managers Group - November Meeting

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... of private and community foundations in the tri-state ( New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) area. Members share knowledge, ...

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Finance Staff

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Senior Management

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Finance & Asset Management

26 Mar 2025

Foundation Financial Managers Group - March 2025 Meeting

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 -

11:00am to 12:15pm

... of private and community foundations in the tri-state ( New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) area. Members share knowledge, ...

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Network Building

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All Funders

Finance Staff

Grants Managers

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Finance & Asset Management

A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... that advocates on behalf of people with disabilities. As funders, we invest in impact. Yet, like so many others, ... of the typical grantmaking rule-book has allowed us to fund and advocate for people and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Poses Family Foundation

City's Green Cart Initiative Judged An "Extraordinary Success"

Release Date:

07/13/2014

... 2008, with support from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund , to make more fresh fruits and vegetables available in low-income neighborhoods. The program, known as "The Green Cart Initiative," which...

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Weinberg Foundation Matching Grant Initiaitive Raises More than $9 Million for Workforce Development

Release Date:

08/20/2015

... 1:1 match program seeks to increase the number of funders, as well as the amount of grant dollars, supporting organizations and ... of $3.6 million, providing an additional $5.7 million. As a...

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Workforce Development

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Woodruff Foundation Reflects on Its First Decade

Release Date:

02/11/2016

... Friday, January 29, was Bob Woodruff's 10th Alive Day . As we reflect on the day that a roadside bomb nearly took ... impacts. We have invested $30 million to find, fund and shape programs...