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With Latest $350 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg Surpasses $1 Billion in Giving to Alma Mater

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01/29/2013

... includes $250 million in support of a $1 billion effort to facilitate cross-disciplinary work across the university. ... first donation, a gift of $5, in 1965. Philanthropist and New York City Mayor Michael R...

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Russia's Real Friends in the West

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01/27/2013

... for Russia and Eurasia at the Carnegie Corporation of New York. For the last nine years, President Vladimir Putin ... International Discussion Club, devoting time and attention to leading Russia experts from...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Donor Collaborations: Size Matters Less Than You Think

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05/24/2013

SeaChange Capital Partners’ John MacIntosh responds to a recent SSIR article on high stakes donor collaborations, using the New York Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration Fund (NYMAC) ... only in situations where...

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19 Jul 2010

College-Ready or Not? Preparing High School Students for Success

Monday, July 19, 2010 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, NYC

... in strategies and reform that create improvement in access to and success in college. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION In 2008, more ... who entered one of CUNY’s (City University of New York) community colleges had...

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Peggy Saika Named a 2014 North Star Award Honoree

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04/15/2014

... multi-generational organizing and activism, and has led to the creation of new models of social justice philanthropy... Peggy Saika ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Social Justice

LaVerne Evans Srinivasan named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corporation

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03/25/2014

... Srinivasan , an expert on employing talent strategies to strengthen urban education, has joined Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital ... great teachers into high-...

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Education

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A Rockefeller Known Not for Wealth but for His Efforts to Help

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06/23/2014

A Rockefeller Known Not for Wealth but for His Efforts to Help In a New York Times article, Richard Rockefeller, advisory trustee to the Rockefeller Brothers Fund at the time of his death in ...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Providing Access to Better Food in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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12/02/2014

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Providing Access to Better Food in Low-Income Neighborhoods The program was ... Wave, a nonprofit organization that advocates for access to better food in low-income neighborhoods...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Food Systems

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Cuomo Assures Fracking Report will be Released by End of the Year

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12/08/2014

... and will determine the fate of large-scale fracking in New York -- by month's end. Still, advocates on both sides ... issue are left wondering whether Cuomo will stick to his word. And if history is any...

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Three Key Roles Funders Can Play in a CEO Transition

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04/2015

... it's important that funders work with their nonprofits to ensure a smooth transition—and help sustain the organization until a new leader is found. Through our experience with executive .....

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Selected as Fiscal Sponsor of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance

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05/08/2015

... philanthropic consulting services, has been selected to incubate the new My Brother’s Keeper Alliance (MBK Alliance), a nonprofit aiming to eliminate the gaps in opportunity and achievement...

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NYPost Takes On de Blasio's Relationship with Success Academy

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08/19/2015

... in Scarsdale or any other suburb; it’s right here in New York City — the Success Academy Charter Schools ...

TX Healthcare Publication Says Commonwealth Fund is Targeting State Lawmakers

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04/11/2016

... building that the repeated reluctance of Texas lawmakers to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has “left ... behind millions of low-income Texans,” according to a new report by The...

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Former Bessemer Trust Board Chairman Dinny Phipps Remembered

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04/11/2016

... Andrew Carnegie, died Wednesday night at a hospital in New York City. According to Forbes, the Phipps family is among the richest in the ...

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ASPCA Marks 150th Anniversary With First NYC Paws Parade

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04/11/2016

... began at Madison Square Park and stretched down Broadway to Union Square. Along with celebrating the ASPCA — which was founded in New York City in 1866 and is now considered to be the first...

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Animal Welfare

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With Support from Sloan, Research Points to Mechanisms on Why 'Green' Helps in Urban Life

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08/02/2016

With Support from Sloan, Research Points to Mechanisms on Why 'Green' Helps in Urban Life New research finds that airborne bacterial communities differ from one urban park to the next...

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Rockefeller Family & Brothers Fund, Green Groups Subpoenaed on ‘Coordinated’ Climate Efforts

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08/03/2016

... activists and state government officials, declining to comply with subpoenas by House Republicans probing their “coordinated efforts” to punish climate change skeptics, face additional scrutiny ... part of the...

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Commonwealth Fund Report Finds Many Hispanics, Poor Still Without Health Insurance

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08/18/2016

... low-income earners and younger adults are still likely to be uninsured, a new survey finds. The Commonwealth Fund report found that ...

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Three Prominent Leaders Recognized By United Hospital Fund For Their Work To Improve Health And Health Care

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09/29/2016

... Leaders Recognized By United Hospital Fund For Their Work To Improve Health And Health Care United Hospital Fund paid tribute to Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, Scott B. Salmirs, and Herbert ... to...

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