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William T. Grant Foundation

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Education

Food Systems

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough

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04/03/2018

... Makes Water Purification Breakthrough The ability to create clean, safe drinking water using only natural ... at The University of Texas at Austin, a research team in UT Austin's Cockrell School of...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Health

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds New Research on the Energy and Environmental Implications of the Digital Economy

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04/18/2018

... a $550,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support a two-year project focused on the implications of ... for energy and the environment. The project is designed to create a multidisciplinary body...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Weinberg Foundation Announces Darius Graham as New Program Director

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06/20/2018

... strategy for Baltimore, working across sectors to effectively implement that strategy, and developing ... Foundation's impact. He will also work with other program team members (representing the...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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United Hospital Fund Releases Report With Observations from New York City’s Partnerships for Early Childhood Development Initiative

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07/12/2018

... percentage of families at several practices were found to have one or more social needs, among them poor housing, maternal depression, exposure to violence, and child behavioral concerns. All these factors,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect Mold Growth

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06/10/2019

... Under High Humidity Conditions." Stephens partnered with a team of microbial ecologists from the University of Chicago, ... University, and with chemists at Northwestern University, to investigate the...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Science

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The Wallace Foundation Names Bronwyn Bevan as New Director of Research

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07/31/2019

... Director of Research, Bevan will contribute significantly to the design of initiatives in the foundation’s program ... areas of work and, as a member of the senior management team , share responsibility for...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Arts

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The Wallace Foundation

Lukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer, Research Supported by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award

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09/20/2019

... Clinical Scientist Development Award A drug used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia appears to be more ... pediatric brain tumor, reports a multi-institutional team led by researchers at...

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Health

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Doris Duke Foundation

Sarah Lawrence Center for the Urban River at Beczak Receives Grant from Westchester Community Foundation to Expand Saw Mill River Restoration Efforts

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12/16/2019

... Recieves Grant from Westchester Community Foundation to Expand Saw Mill River Restoration Efforts A new grant has ... also called CURB, says every spring and fall he and his team test water samples from 16...

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The Westchester Community Foundation

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Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard

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07/09/2010

... 10th, Philanthropy New York held a panel discussion to help funders consider how to strike their own balance ... and advocacy. Ann Beeson and Mimi Corcoran of the Open Society...

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Insights

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All Funders

15 Aug 2018

Erasing Representation: The Implications of the Census Citizenship Question on Reapportionment & Redistricting - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... Civic Participation (FCCP), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a ... are represented Presenters Evan Bacalao , Program Officer, Open Society...

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31 Oct 2018

Funding Our Future – the ABCs of Early Care and Education Financing in New York

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... 1 in 5) under the age of 6 live in poverty. According to the Children’s Defense Fund, expanding access to ... or without cost, but they are nonetheless critical if U.S. society is to...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Candice Carnage Joins Ms. Foundation for Women as Vice President, Finance and Administration

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02/01/2012

... and operations functions of local, national, and global organizations. Most recently, Carnage served as ... she was responsible for leading accounting staff in day- to -day functions, including payroll,...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Ms. Foundation for Women

25 Apr 2012

Navigating the Storm: Developing the Capacity to Manage Change

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th Floor, NYC.

... of a devastating recession have challenged organizations to be creative and to do more with fewer resources. Yet, in a time of great ... Anne Sherman , Vice President for Nonprofit Strategy, Global...

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Tools & Strategies

24 Sep 2014

IFIP World Summit on Indigenous Philanthropy

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 (All day) to Friday, September 26, 2014 (All day)

... fostering cultivation of funding partnerships and drawing global attention to the importance of Indigenous philanthropy. The Summit will ... will receive a $50 early bird discount. Members Only: To...

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Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation

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04/01/2016

... African-American girls are suspended from school, sent to foster care, and incarcerated at rates higher than other ... Native-American girls are two and half times more likely to experience sexual assault. In...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Launches Conversation-for-Action Series, Insight Dialogues

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04/28/2016

... live event and digital content series focused on sparking global conversations and action around the most pressing ... exchange of ideas and inform the Foundation's ongoing work to improve the lives of...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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18 Jan 2017

Homeownership and the Racial Wealth Gap – Webinar

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

As the movement to understand and address income inequality gains momentum, ... and ethnicity. Homeownership is one of the key strategies to reduce the racial wealth gap, however, minorities continue ... of color...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Public Policy

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Community Development

Public Policy

Ford, JPB, Novo, Carnegie Corporation of NY Listed as Top Funders of Refugee and Migrant Issues

Release Date:

02/15/2017

... Migrant Issues While foundation funding in support of global human rights initiatives rose to $2.7 billion in 2014, from $2.3 billion in 2013, the share ... Human Rights Funders Group finds. According ...

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Immigration

Freedom Together Foundation

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NoVo Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Banking Against Urban Poverty, Inside JP Morgan Chase Philanthropy

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... of giving—which often involved cutting lots of checks to local charities without asking many questions—is giving way to a more focused and strategic approach. Many businesses are ... a mile wide and an inch...

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