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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap

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07/10/2017

... to close the skills gap and what they're up to. This is a super-hot area of philanthropy right now , but it's also challenging terrain. Where are all these ... areas. Such jobs are a focal point for...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change

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10/20/2017

... climate progress, and many solutions available to us now remain underutilized—especially in the land sector, ... found that nature’s ability to mitigate climate change is about 30 percent higher than...

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Environment and Climate Change

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A New Map, Funded By The New York Community Trust Lets You Search Every NYC Landmark

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12/19/2017

... sports Richardsonian Romanesque or Queen Anne details, now you can get your answer on the spot. The LPC’s map ... Srinivasan, in a prepared statement. “This information is invaluable to all stakeholders,...

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The New York Community Trust

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Community Development

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Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid

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01/09/2018

... several opioid receptors on the surface of cells, and this is one of the main reasons why opioids relieve severe pain ... their receptors. Until recently, this was impossible. But now we know the structure of...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Announces Plans to Spend Down

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03/05/2019

... our fundamental support of organizing for racial justice is needed now , perhaps more than ever." To that end, the foundation ... grassroots organizations and help them effect change now...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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$100 Million Commitment From Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Supports Western New York's Parks & Trails

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05/03/2019

... Jr. Foundation Supports Western New York's Parks & Trails Now that the Buffalo Waterfront is finally starting to see some real improvements, it’s ... but there has been no master plan or vision, until...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rita Allen Foundation Supports UC Berkley Research Findings that Could Improve Diagnosis, Treatment of Depression

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10/29/2019

... for psychiatric disorders like depression. Depression is the most prevalent mental health disorder in the world, ... around 9% of the American population each year, and is among the top causes of disability in...

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Science

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The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation Announces 2017 Grant Awards for HIV/AIDS Initiatives

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12/01/2017

... privately funded Live Your Life wellness program and is focused on supporting work that advances Governor Andrew ... transgender individuals and young MSM of color. Amida Care is proud to work in partnership...

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Stonewall Community Foundation

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CarolynPeters-temp.jpg Carolyn Peters serves as Senior Manager of Learning at Philanthropy New York, where she supports the implementation of educational and community-building programs for PNY members. Prior to joining PNY, she...

Jeffrey Schoenfeld and Robert Kapito Appointed President and Chair of the Board of UJA-Federation of New York

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06/28/2016

As UJA’s chief voluntary officers, they will both serve three-year terms slated to begin July 1.

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Robin Hood Issues Call for Applications for New Grant-Ready Insights and Training Project (GRIT)

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08/10/2016

... Grant-Ready Insights and Training project (GRIT) which is set to launch this fall. GRIT is a program for nonprofit organizations in the New York City ... curriculum will be based on Robin Hood's practices...

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PhilTV: Century Foundation Hosts Policing Debate at NYU Wagner

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04/06/2017

After additional incidents of police force, some resulting in death, tensions between police and civilians have galvanized media and public attention. Consensus around the most effective way to keep every community safe and ensure accountability...

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Video

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Justice Reform

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The Century Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $29.3 Million to Hellenic Fire Service

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07/31/2018

In the wake of catastrophic forest fires that raged for days just east of Athens, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation has announced a €25 million ($29.3 million) grant to the Hellenic Fire Service.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Helmsley Trust Awards $5.4 Million to Help Standardize Clinical Data

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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 Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) in support of the Texas-based consortium's efforts to standardize clinical data and...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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01/29/2019

... of Iowa, have discovered a genetic biomarker that is associated with age-related macular degeneration and ... to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , AMD is a major cause of blindness worldwide and...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $3.9 Million to Oxford University

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05/12/2019

The University of Oxford has announced a £3 million ($3.9 million) gift from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in support of the consolidation and expansion of its Late Antique and Byzantine studies program.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Education

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Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair

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05/14/2019

... across the globe. In today’s environment, where society is more divided than ever, philanthropy unites with a purpose ... has led Lumina, an independent, private foundation that is committed to making...

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