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Astor Estate Donates Money to New York Education

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12/08/2013

The first round of grants has been made from The New York Community Trust's ... Wall Street Journal. More than six years after the death of philanthropist and socialite Brooke Astor, a first round .....

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With Help From Rockefeller Brothers, Ploughshares Pushes Better Ties with Iran

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06/18/2014

... Few peace and security groups are better positioned to help reduce tensions between Iran and the U.S. and its ... In March, RBF gave Ploughshares a one-year $500,000 grant specifically for its Iran program,...

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Helmsley Trust Awards $8.7 Million for T1D Research Program

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03/30/2015

... Program Unitio has announced a three-year, $8.7 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to extend the reach and impact of the T1D Exchange program. The ...

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Health

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What DAFs are Learning from the Community Development Sector

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08/05/2019

... Sector By Sam Marks, Chief Executive Officer, FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds Donor Advised Funds have caught the ... out- of -the-box philanthropic tools (e.g. the recoverable...

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Standby Letters of Credit: The Underdog of Charitable Financing

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06/25/2009

... Peters . One item is, “Try easier, not harder.” As a foundation that invests in the next generation and is not afraid to take risks, we (with our partners) take innovative ideas ... then develop programs into...

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Engagement Snapshot: A Strategic Approach

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11/28/2011

... originally appeared on the Forum’s Forum , the blog of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, on ... New York and our local co-funders, the John A. Hartford Foundation...

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After We Say Goodbye

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01/29/2010

By Jane D. Schwartz Executive Director, Paul Rapoport Foundation In August of 2009, Anita Nager, the former Executive Director of the ... the Paul Rapoport Foundation had...

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Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

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01/29/2013

... State Ready Commission has been tasked with finding ways to ensure that critical systems and services are prepared for ... We’re pleased to have Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director of the National...

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Disaster Relief

A Free Lunch Coalition Tries to Make School Meals a Mayoral Issue

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10/17/2013

On the steps of City Hall this morning, an education advocacy group held a rally that had nothing to do with universal pre-kindergarten or charter schools. The Lunch 4 Learning campaign, comprised of...

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Food Systems

Supported by Carnegie, Global Religious Leaders to Talk Peace at Drew

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07/11/2016

Supported by Carnegie, Global Religious Leaders to Talk Peace at Drew Religious leaders from across the globe are uniting at Drew University this month to learn about the latest techniques in...

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PNY Annual Meeting Headliner Radhika Jones Interviews Feminist Icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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05/08/2017

... Icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie New York Times Editor of Books Radhika Jones will be the moderator for the headline ... Or, A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions,” to be published. It started first as a...

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Gender Justice

Meet Nakia Wallace, the new Program Associate of the Communities Transforming Policing Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

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04/13/2022

Meet Nakia Wallace, the new Program Associate of the Communities Transforming Policing Fund at Borealis ... The Communities Transforming Policing Fund is thrilled to share that we’ve welcomed a new member ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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15 Jul 2025

Fostering Citizen Engagement and Trust, 21st-Century Style - A Webinar Hosted by Democracy Funders Network

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... Democracy Funders Network, who has extended an invitation to PNY members.* Today, democracy is under threat and trust ... the state and local level occurring in red and blue parts of the country. We’ll learn...

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Better Prepared for Tomorrow: Youth, Media, Technology and the Future of Education and the Workforce

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08/01/2013

... media ecology can be overwhelming, with a growing array of digital devices, the proliferation of massive open online ... development and why it is so important for foundations to better...

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Laureus USA Releases New Research Study: Youth Sports Promote Social & Emotional Learning, Especially Among Men of Color

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02/03/2021

... Promote Social & Emotional Learning, Especially Among Men of Color ATLANTA (February 3, 2021) – Laureus USA today ... communities. The study, funded by The Allstate Foundation , surveyed nearly 10,000 youth...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA

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How Grantmakers Can Respond to the State Budget Crises

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09/28/2011

In this essay accompanying a new Foundation Center study on the impact of state budget cuts on nonprofits, Doug Bauer, Executive ... of concern for their grantees. How Grantmakers Can Respond...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Community Philanthropy: Using Both Sides of the Brain

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09/07/2012

Ahead of the Council on Foundations' Fall Conference for Community ... How can community foundations balance quick responses to critical issues with carefully measuring outcomes and ... resources? Community...

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'Docu-Ad’ Exposes Hardship of Those Without Bank Access

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06/03/2014

'Docu-Ad’ Exposes Hardship of Those Without Bank Access A new commercial from American Express , presented like an investigative nonfiction ... By commissioning “Spent,” American Express...

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Communications

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Economic Security

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Time Magazine Spotlights Walker's UT Austin Commencement Speech

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05/27/2015

"The story of a boy, who started life in a little shotgun house in Ames, ... the great privilege of leading an institution committed to ending poverty and injustice in the world—this is a...

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