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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces $100,000 to Promote a Fair and Accurate Census 2020

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06/14/2018

... and statewide organizing efforts to prepare communities for the 2020 Census. Grants to the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College and the ... as “hard to count.” A $40,000 grant to the...

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Brooklyn Org

Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments

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06/18/2018

... analyze these chemical interactions with the tools used for studying outdoor air pollution with the hope of learning ... Boulder. “We expect to answer important scientific questions on the chemistry of indoor...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Shares Its Top Ten Lessons Learned in Hindsight

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06/19/2018

... lessons were learned, and what they’d do differently. For this effort we did not interview any grantees. Keeping ... the ones that were cited most often and that answer questions other philanthropists and...

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With Support From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, MIT Mathematicians Solve Age-Old Spaghetti Mystery

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08/15/2018

... a good portion of an evening breaking pasta and looking for a theoretical explanation for why the sticks refused to snap in two. Feynman’s ... twisting them with an apparatus they built specifically ...

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Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Announce Grants for US 2050 Initiative

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08/21/2018

Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Announce Grants for US 2050 Initiative Today, the Peter G. Peterson ... significant, but not yet fully understood, implications for the social and financial well-being of...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Our Move

Release Date:

10/10/2018

... be moving to the newly renovated Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice in early 2019. It was exciting news for us to share with our membership and a decision we believe ... meantime, please do not hesitate...

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Philanthropy New York

New Study Sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation Shows Investigation and Design Can Improve Student Learning in Science and Engineering

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11/13/2018

... that wrote the report and director of the Partnership for Effective Science Teaching and Learning. “Our report ... it. In classrooms using these approaches, students ask questions , participate in discussions,...

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New Study Funded in Part by Simons Foundation Study Hopes to Predict Autism Behaviors

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11/26/2018

... Maine Behavioral Healthcare hope to answer about caring for people with severe autism. The Simons Foundation of New ... the research. “If it works out, this could be a big step for the field because it is a...

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Scientists Develop a New Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Release Date:

12/06/2018

... a new tool described as a “flight data recorder” for developing cells, illuminating the paths cells take as ... have been largely unknown. The study is published Dec. 5 in the journal Nature. “There is a lot...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2019 Soros Arts Fellows

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04/25/2019

... stimulate critical discourse, and create momentum for change is so urgent.” Working in diverse artistic forms ... of the film The Infiltratorsto raise awareness around for -profit detention centers, the...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation Elects Errol Louis as Board Chair

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04/04/2022

... effective March 1, 2022. Louis has served on the Board for five years. Errol Louis is the Political Anchor of NY1 ... moderated more than two dozen debates between candidates for mayor, public advocate, city...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Deploys $100,000 for ‘Immediate Response’ Grants to Immigrant Nonprofits

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02/07/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation Deploys $100,000 for ‘Immediate Response’ Grants to Immigrant Nonprofits ... (February 2017) New York Immigrant Coalition ($25,000) for city-wide collaboration and the “This is Our...

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Brooklyn Org

World Education Services Mariam Assefa Fund Supports Launch of Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative in Philadelphia

Release Date:

01/15/2020

... of Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative in Philadelphia For immediate release: 01/15/20 | Published by: Office of ... 215-686-6043, Lina Duffy lina@welcomingcenter. org 215-825-7770 PHILADELPHIA –Welcoming...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Arts Fellows

Release Date:

07/15/2020

... in our societies that marginalized communities have faced for generations. That’s why the work of our fellows is so ... artists and cultural producers through opportunities for personalized professional...

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Capital One-Funded Report: Women Entrepreneurs On the Rise in NYC

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03/04/2016

... Women Entrepreneurs On the Rise in NYC The Center for an Urban Future published a major new study that reveals ... five years ago and 32 percent a decade ago. Over the last 5 years, the number of women-owned...

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Capital One [Corporate]

TODAY: The Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is Hosting a Webinar on the CARES Act

Release Date:

04/03/2020

... SBA Loan Fund that nonprofits organizations are eligible for . Please see information and link below to connect with ... enter the meeting password: 3rcE9nRp24Z 4. Click "Join". 5 . Follow the...

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Long Island Community Foundation Grants $400,000 to Long Island Nonprofits to Address Racial Wealth Inequities

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06/17/2021

... research study concluded that Black Long Islanders are 27 percent less likely than white Long Islanders to have ... of access to credit and financial exclusion for Black Long Islanders. Making matters worse,...

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27 Apr 2011

Success in College for New Majority Students: Applying What Works

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... Foundation , and The Teagle Foundation , with Grantmakers for Education (GFE). WHO SHOULD ATTEND: All interested ... high quality education whatever a student’s aspirations for higher education. In light of...

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MetLife, Deutsche Bank, Surdna, Moody’s, Pershing Square and Others Supporting Launch of Microlender Kiva NYC

Release Date:

12/11/2015

... Others Supporting Launch of Microlender Kiva NYC Kiva. org , the leading global microlending nonprofit, announced the ... new multi-year initiative to help level the playing field for lower-income small...

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Pershing Square Foundation

A Message from the President of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation: Announcing New COVID-19 Grantmaking

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04/08/2020

... COVID-19 Grantmaking As we enter the most critical time for COVID-19 in the United States and around the world, we ... in additional funding toward relief efforts and support for vulnerable communities...