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Revisiting Attica Shows How New York State Failed to Fulfill Promises

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08/26/2016

... Attica Shows How New York State Failed to Fulfill Promises In her new book, “Blood in the Water,” Heather Ann Thompson offers the most ... earlier. While the retaking of Attica was the bloodiest event...

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Justice Reform

03 Aug 2017

FAN Brown Bag Lunch: The Work Life Juggle

Thursday, August 3, 2017 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

In addition to quarterly meetings, the Foundation ... is a brown bag lunch series. Come and enjoy your lunch in the company of your peers. This event is only open to Philanthropy New York members...

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Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Seeks Proposals for Investigator Awards

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07/10/2017

... life at one or more laboratories or research institutions in any country. SCOL is committed to engaging the ideas and ... for investigators to interact with their colleagues in different disciplines and...

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RFPs Etc

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Names Meghan Jambor Interim Informed Communities Program Officer

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07/12/2017

... Tow-Knight Center at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. In this expanded role, Jambor will continue to direct ... connected and collaborative news and information ecosystem in New Jersey. As Dodge’s...

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Civic Engagement

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Brooklyn’s Crown Heights Residents Direct $100,000 for Inclusive Public Spaces via Brooklyn Community Foundation

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07/13/2017

... Today, Brooklyn Community Foundation announces $100,000 in grants to five nonprofits that are expanding or advocating ... Repair the World NYC will be able to offer our storefront event space to Crown Heights...

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Ai Weiwei's Citywide Public Art Project Elicits Protest From Village Neighborhood Group

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08/29/2017

... of Ai’s largest projects to date, with pieces going up in major locations like the Unisphere in Queens, Doris C. Freedman Plaza near Central Park, and more. But because nothing of this scale can happen...

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Arts

Hilton Foundation Follows a Familiar—and Promising—Playbook in Tackling a Debilitating Disease

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08/29/2017

... Foundation Follows a Familiar—and Promising—Playbook in Tackling a Debilitating Disease There are various avenues ... through which philanthropies develop a deep interest in a funding cause. Often, it is...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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The Dark Side of Philanthropy: A Look at Tax-Exempt Donations to White Supremacists

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08/30/2017

... Supremacists Two weeks before the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, about 300 white supremacists ... Associates of three of the most influential organizations in this space, the Charles...

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Macquarie Group and Its Employees Donate $100,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

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09/19/2017

... a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross to aid in immediate relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane ... flooding for both coastal and inland cities in Texas, which is now a federal state of...

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Disaster Relief

Macquarie Group Foundation

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Iceberg That Broke Off Antarctica Was 4 Times the Size of Manhattan

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09/27/2017

... Ice Center confirmed to CBS News. The iceberg break, an event known as calving, involved a chunk measuring close to ... evidence has been pointing to even faster loss of ice in the future, NASA says. . ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Even as political battles persist, more district and charter schools join partnership program

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09/29/2017

... DeCosta, the principal of a traditional elementary school in Harlem, was looking for a way to boost her students’ ... and emotional skills. Her search led her to an unlikely event : a charter school assembly...

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Hilton Humanitarian Prize Calls Attention To Growing Need For Global Humanitarian Aid

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10/12/2017

... from their homes, 30 million people facing starvation in multiple famines, and over a dozen wars ongoing on ... continents. More quietly, millions of children still die in poor countries from preventable...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

GroundTruth, Supported By The Henry Luce Foundation and Ford Foundation, Launches Report America, Designed To Reignite Local Journalism

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11/06/2017

... the dinner most journalists would die for — especially in light of recent events — and still he was seriously ... to provide young journalists with foreign experience. In Schreckinger’s case, that meant...

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Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues

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01/24/2018

... and autism. “These findings suggest that neural circuits in FXS may be fundamentally intact but improperly tuned, which results in inflexibility in gaining certain types of knowledge,” says...

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Announcing the Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize

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01/25/2018

... to develop and use data to achieve measurable improvements in the health of a population. The recipient(s) of the ... analyze and use that data. We’re excited to have a role in developing this award—to...

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The New York Community Trust

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Milbank Memorial Fund

22 Feb 2018

LGBTQ Funders Social Network

Thursday, February 22, 2018 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

... Come gather with colleagues and friends, new and old. In order for us to plan and have the appropriate budget ... funding organizations. Registration 5:15 - 5:30 PM Check- in 5:30 - 7:30 PM Newtorking and...

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Data Capacity as a Step Toward Nonprofit Sustainability

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02/14/2018

... to increase opportunity and economic mobility in the city’s persistently low-income neighborhoods and to ... among the strongest community development organizations in New York City - might find new resources...

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The Scherman Foundation

05 Apr 2018

The NRA's Power to Thwart Gun Control & How Organizations are Responding - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Thursday, April 5, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.** In the wake of the Parkland shooting, it has once again ... policy. Join us for a conversation, hosted by FCCP's Money in Politics Working Group...

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Public Policy

Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2018 U.S. Mayors Challenge Entry Helps Homeless Store Their Vital Documents Digitally

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04/19/2018

... City officials on Wednesday announced the first step in launching an initiative aimed at improving identity ... will be introduced as part of a Pop-Up Resource Clinic event hosted by The City of Austin and...

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