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Laboratory Announces $50 Million Gift To Establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology

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07/07/2014

Laboratory Announces $50 Million Gift To Establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology The ... announced a $50 million gift from Jim and Marilyn Simons to establish the Simons Center for Quantitative Biology...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View

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07/06/2017

... Scott Duke Kominers, and their collaborators are hoping to transform the way scientists study urban environments - with ... key demographic characteristics - high density and high education...

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High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend

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09/22/2017

... of the African Union, convened a high-level meeting to strengthen the partnership with the private sector and ... explored how smart investments in health, empowerment, education and employment can reduce...

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Skoll, Ford and Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less

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09/26/2017

... Others Work with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors on How to Listen More to Nonprofits & Speak Less Over the past year, the Skoll, ... apply their resources toward large societal problems like ...

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‘Bro’ Adams Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow

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07/11/2017

... Herald he would remain active in the arts. “I intend to be very active in the humanities’ community and to ... that might benefit from my experiences at NEH and in higher education...

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Benjamin Chu Elected Commonwealth Fund Chairman; Mark Smith Elected to Board

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12/10/2014

... Commonwealth Fund Chairman; Mark Smith, M.D., Elected to Board Benjamin K. Chu, M.D., group president of Kaiser ... Corporation (HHC), senior associate dean at the Columbia University College of Physicians and...

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03 Aug 2017

FAN Brown Bag Lunch: The Work Life Juggle

Thursday, August 3, 2017 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

In addition to quarterly meetings, the Foundation Administrators Network hosts a summer brown bag lunch series. Rather than ... lunch in the company of your peers. This event is only open...

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Sustainability Grant Opportunity: Partners for Places Round 16

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12/05/2019

... 31, 2020 (by 11:59 p.m., any time zone). The Funders’ Network (TFN) , in partnership with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network , is pleased to announce the opening of Round 16 of the...

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New Member Spotlight: Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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09/11/2009

We are delighted to feature one of Philanthropy New York’s newest members, ... Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS) is committed to providing support that directly improves the lives of the ... impaired,...

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Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek

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10/03/2014

... ranks only 16th in assets among U.S. charities, according to the Foundation Center. She said that since her foundation can’t hope to solve society ’s problems by spending lots of its own money...

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OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

Release Date:

10/03/2014

... of drug reforms ranging from medical marijuana use to the easing of sentencing for drug charges. His foundation ... like when he shorted the British pound in 1992, into his Open Society...

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OSF Grants $8 Million to Immigrant Advocacy Programs

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06/09/2015

OSF Grants $8 Million to Immigrant Advocacy Programs Advocacy groups in the ... Ken Zimmerman, director of Soros' U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations.... OSF Grants $8 Million...

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F.B. Heron's Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact

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06/10/2016

F.B. Heron's Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact When we set out on ... would propel us outside our terrarium— to become not only open to...

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A Pioneer of The Philanthropic Enterprise, Newman’s Own Leads the Way For Others

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05/23/2017

... in New York’s East Village in mid-April, promising to donate 100% of all profits to charities whose missions might be affected by the Trump ... wages, and then donate rest in a way that’ll improve ...

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Unbound Philanthropy is Laser-Focused on Immigration. Have You Heard of It?

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07/17/2017

... Grantmakers in the mix include national outfits like the Open Society Foundations and Ford, as well as local and regional ... the Trump phenomenon. That puts Unbound in a good position to...

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NYCT Makes Over $800K in Grants to Respond to Federal Policy Changes

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02/07/2017

NYCT Makes Over $800K in Grants to Respond to Federal Policy Changes Grants will help 49 ... health services for New Yorkers. HEALTHY LIVES Columbia University 's School of Social Work is...

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Paula Luff Named New Director of Sustainability & Impact at the Inherent Group

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03/07/2017

... Group believes in the power of for-profit business models to address societal challenges—which drives their ... global poverty. Luff holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and master’s...

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Carnegie and American Library Association Seek Nominees for I Love My Librarian Award

Release Date:

07/31/2015

... My Librarian Award encourages library users in the U.S. to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, ... by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education . Nominees must currently...

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D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

Release Date:

08/27/2015

... more than $31 million from national foundations, according to an analysis by two professors at Michigan State University of grants by the 15 largest philanthropies funding kindergarten through 12th grade...

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Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

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08/30/2017

... is one sign of how little the country has managed to do to close racial gaps. Unemployment rates among black workers ... joblessness for black workers has led policy makers to accept it is as...

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