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24 Oct 2012

CEO Interview Series with Christopher Oechsli, Atlantic Philanthropies

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 -

4:15pm to 7:00pm

... in the sector. Think “Inside the Actors Studio,” but with more gravitas. Our first program in this series ... and CEO Christopher Oechsli . Appointed last year to guide Atlantic in both concluding its...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Amy Falls to Board of Trustees

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11/01/2013

... Foundation has also announced the election of Amy Falls to serve as a member of its Board of Trustees. Falls is the ... University endowment, which supports the university’ s mission of research and graduate...

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Critic Calls Grants Aligned With Government Programs "Crony Philanthropy"

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07/07/2014

Critic Calls Grants Aligned With Government Programs "Crony Philanthropy" Writing in ... Institute, says that a $10 million commitment from UBS to help underserved students attain a college education is...

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Report Shows Some Success For NYC's Young Men's Initiative

Release Date:

07/28/2014

... increasing job placement and internship attendance for at- risk males who left school without a job. According to a city-prepared, 15-page progress report on the program ... enrolled in an internship program...

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Economic Security

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Profiled in Rolling Stone

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01/16/2015

... was twofold. "There was a very clear moral impetus to do this," Wayne says. RBF makes significant grants in the ... development, and the fund reached a breaking point with Big Carbon over what Wayne...

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Fannie E. Rippel Foundation-Funded Study Shows Younger Women Delay Seeking Help for Heart Attacks

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02/25/2015

... medical care. Such factors potentially contribute to disproportionally high death rates of young women as ... in age from 30 to 55 years old who were hospitalized with acute myocardial...

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NYCT Believes Backing STEM Education is Critical to Building a Strong Workforce

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04/28/2015

NYCT Believes Backing STEM Education is Critical to Building a Strong Workforce In May 2014, Mayor Bill de ... to test and refine offerings. Corporate partnerships with technology companies will...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers Insight on Employing Millennials

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05/08/2015

... a global survey about the work-life challenges today’ s employees confront. It asked 9,700 full-time workers in ... that they’ll be labeled less than fully committed to work if they avail themselves of...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Expands SEED Program, Adding 3 Locales in 2016

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12/11/2015

... Fe in 2016. This follows the success of the Foundation' s pilot support to 36 cultural projects across the United States. SEED is a combination of risk capital and value added support...

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Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

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12/16/2015

... at a Time Among the greatest challenges we're faced with today, is the growing health divide in underserved ... looking at something as simple as your address. According to the Centers for Disease Control...

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Pershing Square Foundation-Supported Study: 5% Weight Loss Can Make A Difference for Obese People

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02/23/2016

... Make A Difference for Obese People Those who struggle with obesity, take heart. Losing as little as 5% of your body weight is enough to reap significant health benefits, according to a study...

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29 Sep 2016

501(c)4s - Increasing Your Impact with Creative Grantmaking

Thursday, September 29, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... increasingly requiring advocacy and creative collaboration to achieve its goals. Funders, investors, and social entrepreneurs are eager to go beyond traditional grantmaking to employ...

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Chief Of 100 Resilient Cities, A Rockefeller Funded Program, On How Cities Can Tackle Climate Change

Release Date:

07/25/2017

... Nearly five years after Hurricane Sandy hit New York to devastating effect, America’ s most populated city is still rebuilding in some areas — and, with an office of recovery and resiliency...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Alcohol Abuse Is Rising Among Older Adults

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09/15/2017

... in 2001 and 2002 and again in 2012 and 2013, each time with about 40,000 adults. Drinking had increased in every ... researchers found. Those over 65 remained far less likely to drink than younger people —...

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With Support from Gerstner and Heckscher Foundations, SUNY Announces Emergency Aid to Support Degree Completion Among Students

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12/19/2017

With Support from Gerstner and Heckscher Foundations, SUNY Announces Emergency Aid to Support Degree Completion Among Students Starting next year, University at Albany students who are at risk of...

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Open Society Foundation Creates $10 Million Fund for Rohingya

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04/03/2018

... the creation of a $10 million emergency assistance fund to help Rohingya people displaced from Myanmar and their host ... in Bangladesh. From April to October, there is a high risk of flash...

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Hilton Foundation's Quest to Bring Safe Water to All

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04/05/2018

Hilton Foundation' s Quest to Bring Safe Water to All How can philanthropy be a vanguard ... you this answer: Philanthropists can assume some of the risk by showing larger...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Bloomberg Philanthropies-Supported Criminal Justice Mentorship Program Scales across Country

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05/02/2018

... Criminal Justice Mentorship Program Scales across Country With grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies and oversight from ... of Probation funded 19 community-based organizations to hire mentors for people ages...

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United Hospital Fund and The New York State Health Foundation Release Report on Integrating Behavioral Care Into Primary Care

Release Date:

05/30/2018

... Small primary care practices participating in a project to offer behavioral health services are successfully identifying people at risk for depression. Those practices now also view routine screening for...

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ASPCA Steps in to Rescue Piglets, Llamas, Cats, Dogs From Mendocino Complex Fire

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08/09/2018

ASPCA Steps in to Rescue Piglets, Llamas, Cats, Dogs From Mendocino Complex ... The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) joined members of Lake County Care and ... California are...

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