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Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship Shows Successes

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10/16/2015

... become game changers in their respective fields. Begun in 2013 by the Nathan Cummings Foundation, a family foundation ... address implicit bias through mindfulness, and fight for social and racial justice...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington and Martín Abregú as Program Vice Presidents

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09/05/2013

... the appointments of Hilary Pennington as Vice President for the foundation’s program on Education, Creativity and Free Expression, and Martín Abregú as Vice President for its Democracy, Rights and Justice...

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It’s Time to Define Our New Normal

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12/19/2016

... day. The closest I can come to describing it is a need for constant vigilance; I imagine it is similar to the ... a ghost from the mist. It has been growing and building for years, for...

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It’s Time to Shut Down Government’s Unfair Treatment of Nonprofits

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04/26/2024

... To start, philanthropy can support more capacity building for the nonprofit sector. One opportunity that came up in a ... or “community project funding” – fancy terms for what used to be called earmarks. These...

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Responding to 3/11: Helping with the Japan Disaster

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05/12/2011

By James Gannon Executive Director, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) In Japan, a few terms ... York’s dedicated webpage for the Japan disaster, www. philanthropynewyork ...

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Edna McConnell Clark Announces Spend-Down, Major Investment in Blue Meridian Partners

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12/14/2016

... So at our board meetings we started asking think-bigger questions like these: What would it take for us to invest at a level in keeping with the massive scale ... others. Let's get specific about what...

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Kolibri Foundation Publishes Statement of Evolution & Commitment

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12/01/2021

... as members of our Board of Directors. We’re grateful for the ways we have been able to build trust and a shared ... the co-founder of Blackbird and helped build the Movement for Black Lives. Thenjiwe has more...

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Brooklyn Insights Launched by Brooklyn Community Foundation

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03/13/2014

The Brooklyn Community Foundation has launched Brooklyn Insights, a project designed to bring hundreds of local residents, advocates, entrepreneurs and leaders together to discuss Brooklyn's future.

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Nature and NYC Communities Can Thrive Together Through These 5 Goals

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04/19/2018

... municipal agendas and resource allocations. We take nature for granted. But nature – including the city’s 20,000 ... organization pioneering urban ecological research for the purposes of equitable and...

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Hunger-Relief Programs Receive Morgan Stanley Support To Feed More Children

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07/09/2014

... that deliver nutritious meals to children and families in 27 cities and 17 states. The grants are part of a $13 ... year to children and families across the nation. “ For over 40 years, we have focused our...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs the National Dance Project

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04/13/2015

... U.S. Since then, the program has distributed more than $ 27 million in grants and remains one of the most significant sources for dance funding in the U.S. NDP has reached over 3.6 ... We are deeply grateful...

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Carnegie-Backed Study Explores Adolescent Girls' Knowledge of HPV and Sexuality in Western Uganda

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09/02/2015

... HPV 16 and 18 infections, which together account for about 70% of cases worldwide [3]. The HPV vaccine mainly ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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NonProfitTimes Calls on Foundation Leaders to Demand Presidential Candidates Address NP Issues (Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund)

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02/04/2016

... on New Hampshire on Feb. 9 and then South Carolina on Feb. 27 for those primaries. Anyone who believes we’ll have an ... closely enough. One or two of the Republicans running for president...

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Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project

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11/18/2016

... NEFA’s National Dance Project The New England Foundation for the Arts released a comprehensive evaluation of the ...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards Scholarship Grant to the Schwartz Center and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for Compassion Scholars Program

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04/27/2017

... Center and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for Compassion Scholars Program The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, a national leader in the ... Action Healthcare Conference (CiA) in...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Verizon Foundation: Innovative Learning Program Addresses Lack of Women in STEM Careers

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07/24/2017

... workforce. Facebook’s workforce is only made up of 27 percent women, while Google’s is 31 percent. Enter Verizon, which is addressing the need for more women in STEM careers by reaching middle-school .....

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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations

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08/17/2017

... form. This year's festival runs August 23 through August 27 at parks and venues around Manhattan and will include free concerts, artist discussions, a film screening, and for the first time in the...

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Reading, Math Disparities Persist At Capital Region Schools

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08/29/2017

... the state's 2017 English language arts exam compared to 27 percent of Asian students, 16 percent of Hispanic students .....

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Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

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08/30/2017

In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June, an influential Washington think tank learned what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates with its enormous wealth...

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