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Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Stem Cell Research

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12/18/2014

Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Stem Cell Research Corneal injuries and damage lead to cloudiness that makes it hard to see, senior ... tell the difference between the...

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Health

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NYCT-Funded Unaccompanied Minor Initiative Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues

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02/11/2015

... Council, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito took bold steps to protect and empower local immigrant communities. Key aspects of her agenda have dealt with law enforcement and immigrant services, creating a .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

NYCT Seeks Applicants for the Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program

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03/12/2015

Senior Program Officer, Patricia Swann, makes the case for "trust-branded" capacity building efforts.

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Rita Allen Foundation Study Addresses Impact of Political Advertising

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03/20/2015

... Media Watch finds that during evening newscasts leading up to the 2014 midterm elections the airtime given to political ads dwarfed stories about political issues by a ... by the Democracy Fund and the Rita...

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Communications/Media

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Citi Foundation and Living Cities Announce Selection of Five Cities to Join City Accelerator Initiative

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05/20/2015

... and Living Cities Announce Selection of Five Cities to Join City Accelerator Initiative The Citi Foundation ... Baltimore, New Orleans, and Seattle will receive support to adopt leading practices in community...

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Community Development

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Tackles Workforce Development in Baltimore

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05/28/2015

... Charitable Foundation today announced $352,500 in grants to 29 nonprofits focused on providing workforce development ... in helping individuals and families in Baltimore lead stronger financial lives. Securing...

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Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research

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06/02/2015

... Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science ... Foundation (PSF) has awarded the institution $10 million to support its leading biology and...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Backs Workforce and Educational Development Opportunities

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06/30/2015

... role in connecting low-income individuals and families to financial education, job training, workforce development ... and mentoring at their point of need, according to bank officials. “The social and...

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Bloomberg and Rockefeller Leaders Featured on Crain's List of NYC's Top 50 Most Powerful Women

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07/01/2015

... List of NYC' s Top 50 Most Powerful Women From banking to the arts, technology to health care, New York' s female ... For the first time ever this year, women were...

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Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'

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08/14/2015

Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box' This week, in Wilmington, North Carolina, ... Social Justice described his journey from incarceration to decent employment. In...

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Justice Reform

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The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard's Innovative Masters Program in Orchestral Performace Studies

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08/14/2015

The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard' s Innovative Masters Program in Orchestral Performace Studies ... orchestra and master’ s degree program provides musicians with professional-level...

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GroundTruth Announces $1 Million Project on Climate Change

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08/18/2015

... diverse editorial team of reporting fellows and editors to lead a multimedia reporting project over the next three years ... develop sources and ideas that will help shape GroundTruth' s...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

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10/2015

... Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has been working to better understand what contributes to and impedes efforts to lead productive change in philanthropy. One theme that has ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO

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10/16/2015

Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO Phil Buchanan and Kathleen Enright both lead organizations with similar goals — to help foundations improve...

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Philanthropy Must Move Fast on Climate Change, Robertson and MacArthur Leaders Say in Chronicle

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12/02/2015

... impacts are on the way. And yet it is not too late to turn toward a safer, more sustainable climate. U. S . leadership — to help drive steep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller’s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public Schools

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12/03/2015

Rockefeller’ s Sarah Geisenheimer to Step in for Chen at Fund for Public ... basis. At the Rockefeller Foundation, she worked closely with the Executive Team to develop and...

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Wallace Updates Popular Cost Calculator for Out-of-School-Time Programs

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02/17/2016

... (OST) Cost Calculator is an online tool designed to help OST providers and others estimate the costs of ... costs of high-quality programs. Now it’ s been updated with 2015 numbers—by the...

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Ford Foundation"s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy

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05/12/2016

Ford Foundation" s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence ... of Impact Investing on Philanthropy Impact investing can lead to new strategies for entrepreneurs and mission...

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Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Report On Women in Leadership & Why It Matters

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05/16/2016

... Foundation, indicates that this reality doesn’t line up with Americans’ perceptions. Polling 1,011 adults online ...

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