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Ford, Carnegie Join 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis

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05/11/2016

... 10 Funders Giving $125M for Flint’s Water Crisis Ten grant makers announced today they plan to spend $125 million to help residents of Flint, Mich., recover from the harm...

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Tow Foundation, Columbia University Arts Announce Winners of Play Reading Series

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05/19/2016

Tow Foundation, Columbia University Arts Announce Winners of Play Reading Series Roundabout Theatre Company and Columbia University School of the Arts have announced the winners of ... Box...

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How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s

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06/03/2016

... Orgs" in the 1970s The Crips, Black P. Stone Rangers, Sons of Watts, Young Lords Party, Brown Berets and the Vice Lords, to name a few, formed to challenge severe macrostructural...

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Would John D. Rockefeller Opt for an LLC? A Conversation With Judith Rodin

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06/23/2016

... With Judith Rodin The Rockefeller Foundation may be one of the most venerable names in philanthropy, but during her 11 years as its president Judith Rodin worked to ensure the $4.2 billion grant...

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Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments

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07/15/2016

Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments The Rockefeller Foundation is aiming to connect social entrepreneurs with capital to finance an ... according to...

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Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley

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08/03/2016

Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley The non-profit ... has been working to preserve land for decades, but a new grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is...

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UJA-Federation Names New Chief Program Officer

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08/16/2016

... Names New Chief Program Officer UJA-Federation of New York announced the appointment of Rabbi Deborah ... Joselow will assume this new role on Sept. 13, reporting to Eric S. Goldstein, the...

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New Developments in Kidney Stem Cell Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust

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08/26/2016

... Helmsley Charitable Trust, have discovered the holy grail of endless youthfulness–at least when it comes to one type of human kidney precursor cell. Previous attempts to...

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Doris Duke Supports NY Dance and Performance Bessie Award Nominees

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09/20/2016

... Howard Gilman Opera House. The Bessies are also thrilled to announce that all of the 2016 nominees will receive a cash award of $500, made ... gift from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (...

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Weinberg Foundation Employees Given $500,000 to be Grantmakers for a Day

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09/27/2016

Weinberg Foundation Employees Given $500,000 to be Grantmakers for a Day The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, ... consistent with the Foundation...

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NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep

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10/06/2016

... on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep In response to what it called a rising tide of bias incidents and Islamophobia, the New York Community ... Trust in June awarded more than $500,000 in grants ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Stonewall Community Foundation Accepting Proposals for LGBTQ Youth Services

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10/07/2016

... Stonewall Community Foundation is accepting proposals to fund organizations and projects that are addressing challenges to service provision for LGBTQ youth in New York City in unique and novel ways. One-year...

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Q&A: Judith Rodin Makes An Impact On Investing And Giving

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11/02/2016

... And Giving How important is Judith Rodin? Ask one of the 20,000 New York public school students who got to see the Broadway hit "Hamilton" because of her and they ... 1913 with the...

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Mellon Foundation and NEH Recognize College Professor for Book on Israel

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11/29/2016

... book, “Tradition and Politics: The Religious Parties of Israel,” has been selected under a $773,761 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the ... Foundation as a “great humanities book,”...

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Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy

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11/30/2016

... and the biggest U.S. charitable foundations, donating to universities, hospitals and cultural institutions is the ... firm Bridgespan Group researched social-change gifts of $25 million or more that were...

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How Judith Rodin Created A New Model For Philanthropic Funding At The Rockefeller Foundation

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12/07/2016

... should be designed for more resilience—the ability to survive and thrive in the face of increasingly unpredictable natural or manmade disasters, ... that Rockefeller shouldn’t be alone in writing checks...

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Shares New Report on Data-Driven Strategies to Improve Outcomes For Youth

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12/16/2016

... Foundation Shares New Report on Data-Driven Strategies to Improve Outcomes For Youth The Edna McConnell Clark ... Foundation’s Lessons From the Field is a compilation of initial research into the foundation’s...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Workshop To Further Innovation And Sustainability in New Jersey

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12/20/2016

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Workshop To Further Innovation And Sustainability in New Jersey From ... keep the city moving forward. The new group is comprised of a handful of city...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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United Hospital Fund Supports Family Caregiver Centers

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01/18/2017

... a greater interest in family caregivers in part because of new penalties for hospital readmissions, said Jill ... get the support they need, they are better poised to help patients successfully transition home...

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