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Valerie S. Peltier Elected Chairman of The New York Community Trust

Release Date:

12/04/2014

... Committee, the governing board of the 90-year-old foundation dedicated to improving New York. Peltier ... in assets, is one of New York's largest grantmakers. It gave $141 million to nonprofits last year...

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GIH Elects Jacqueline Martinez Garcel to Board of Directors

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12/04/2014

... Garcel is Vice President of the New York State Health Foundation and plays a central role in developing program ...

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24 Mar 2015

Administrative Relief and Philanthropy Webinar Series - Making the Case for Immigrant-Related Grantmaking: A Funder Conversation on Messaging and Communication Strategies that Work

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... the case to support immigrant-related work within your foundation ? Wondering how other funders are connecting ... different contexts. Practical strategies for approaching foundation leadership on these issues—...

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Metlife Launches ‘The Financial Inclusion Challenge’ to Improve Financial Access in Asia

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03/20/2015

... percent. Recognizing the scale of this problem, MetLife Foundation has announced its exclusive sponsorship and launch of “The Financial Inclusion Challenge” in Asia. It is a two-year global project designed to...

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Support from MasterCard Facilitates Launch of the Global Girls Entrepreneurship Project

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03/25/2015

... owner/leader. The project is co-sponsored by the Coca-Cola Foundation .... Support from MasterCard Facilitates Launch of ...

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How Bloomberg is Still Changing the Way Cities Operate

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03/30/2015

... while he was still serving as mayor of New York City. His foundation sought to spread an entrepreneurial spirit to ...

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Prudential Names America's Top Youth Volunteers

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05/05/2015

... for their schools, and $5,000 grants from The Prudential Foundation for charities of their choice.... Prudential ...

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The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York Launches Relief Effort to Support Victims of Earthquake in Nepal

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05/13/2015

The Fund has already collected $50,000 in initial support.

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NoVo Grant Helps Sex Trafficking Victims Fight Prostitution Charges

Release Date:

05/19/2015

... to vacating the records of sex trafficking victims. It ’s a welcome reprieve considering that sex trafficking is ... to the FBI. The unit has received funding from the NoVo Foundation , a group that aims to...

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Resilience: Nature’s Lessons for Surviving Its Worst Moods

Release Date:

06/02/2015

... are quite another challenge. One group that is putting it to practice on a broad scale is the Rockefeller Foundation with its 100 Resilient Cities program. The ...

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Studio Museum in Harlem Unveils Design for Expansion

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07/06/2015

... called the project a “great investment.” The Ford Foundation donated $3 million. (The rest is to be raised from ...

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Smart Donors Are Putting Nonprofits Back in Charge

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07/20/2015

... has been that of Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation and keeper of its $12-billion-plus endowment, who ...

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Bank of America and Feeding America Partner to Tackle Hunger in America

Release Date:

09/01/2015

... through Give A Meal, the Bank of America Charitable Foundation will give $2 more, up to $1.5 million – giving ...

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Staying True to Donors’ Wishes Beyond the Grave

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09/21/2015

... to cover this new wave of senior lovebirds? Alas, it was impossible to ask. Mr. Day died in 1944. Instead, ... the board of the New York Community Trust, the community foundation where Mr. Day parked his fund...

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Deutsche Bank Gives USD 1 Million to Address Homelessness in New York City

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12/04/2015

... in New York City The Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation today announced it has selected four New York City organizations that support ...

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Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/11/2016

... Institutes of Health, the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation , and the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable ...

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Peterson Quoted on Congress Not Cutting Government Deficits

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01/21/2016

... Michael Peterson, CEO of the anti-debt Peter G. Peterson Foundation , said in a statement that the CBO figures show "we .....

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Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities

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02/04/2016

... announced a $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of efforts to increase the number of ...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... soda tax in the first place—and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , which supports soda taxes. Opinion: Does a Soda ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center

Release Date:

03/09/2016

... The Atlantic Philanthropies and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . The center would help improve care for ...

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