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The Foundation Lawyers Network is a Philanthropy New York professional peer network designed to support ... topics and share policies. Two CLE-accredited meetings a year focused on broad topics submitted by the...

Ann Raffel Joins John A. Hartford Foundation as Information Technology Officer

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06/04/2012

... joined the staff of the John A. Hartford Foundation as its new Information Technology Officer. Prior to arriving at the ...

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The Wallace Foundation to Support Study of Whether and How Community Institutions Can Work Together on Education Reform

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03/18/2014

... institutions can work together on education reform. New York (March 18, 2014) – The Wallace Foundation is ... The team will select the other two cities for the study by year ’s end, drawing from a growing...

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More Details Emerging About Greer's Ouster from Nathan Cummings Foundation

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06/10/2014

... a radical overhaul that will focus grant making on two new priorities—reducing income inequality and fighting ... funding. The foundation had been giving about $6-million a year to Jewish causes before the...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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NYC Preparing To Expand Restorative Justice Programs in Schools

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06/20/2014

... school climate and rethinking school discipline next year . As opposed to punitive policies like suspension, ... on school discipline, including Dignity in Schools. The New York chapter has been meeting monthly...

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Morgan Stanley Picks Newark As One Of Its Healthy Cities Sites

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06/27/2014

... at Morgan Stanley, said, “Morgan Stanley has a 40-plus- year commitment to children’s health, and we are proud to ... Stanley Healthy Newark is an exciting and innovative new program that will integrate local...

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Bloomberg Says His Work Is About "Saving Lives"

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07/14/2014

... Lives" In an interview with Rolling Stone, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that the work he and ... "12,000 people get killed with handguns every single year ; 19,000 people commit...

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Tiffany & Co. Foundation Among Funders of Breakthrough Fisheries Management Research

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10/27/2014

... of Breakthrough Fisheries Management Research A new study has found that implementing stricter fisheries ... according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. The 17- year study led by WCS fisheries scientists...

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PNY Members Funding LGBT Senior Care

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10/30/2014

... issue for a while now. Recently, I wrote about what the New York Community Trust was doing to help LGBT seniors. The ...

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The New York Community Trust

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MasterCard Foundation Initiative to Bring Economic Opportunities to Rural East Africa

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03/17/2015

... Foundation and TechnoServe are announcing today a five- year , $25.9 million partnership to generate increased income ... formal jobs or explore opportunities in agriculture. The new program is noteworthy not...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

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03/19/2015

... Invest the assets and then distribute a portion every year . But in today’s world, this structure faces some ... prompting many in the foundation world to operate in new ways — and with approaches that could...

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Teagle Awards $2 Million in Support of Liberal Arts Education

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06/01/2015

... Arts Education Grants awarded through the foundation's new Liberal Arts in the Professions initiative include .....

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Foundations Vow to Invest in Clean-Energy Technology

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06/17/2015

... — and in many cases more than 10% — to investments in new energy over the next five years. These foundations ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $7.3 Million to Dance Organizations

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08/21/2015

... Organizations The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in New York City has announced the inaugural round of grants ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Columbia's Justice-In-Education Initiative

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08/27/2015

... Initiative, a program supported by a three- year , $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ... campus, Columbia professors and students teach classes at New York City’s Rikers Island jail and...

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A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

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08/28/2015

... commemorate the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Although many people will tout the city’s ...

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Global Companies Like Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs Join Climate Change Efforts

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09/23/2015

... had joined their effort, a 50-fold increase from a year ago and a sign that the divestment movement had spread ... its modest origins on American college campuses. The new members include Johnson & Johnson...

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National League of Cities and MetLife Foundation Partner for Eight City Project

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10/30/2015

... Today, the National League of Cities (NLC) is launching a new initiative in partnership with MetLife Foundation to help ... for families to achieve financial stability. Over a two- year grant period, NLC will...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds People May Be Choosing the Wrong Obamacare Plan

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11/06/2015

... The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, added new elements that can heighten the confusion: Consumers have ... what plan would work best for them over the coming year . That’s why some Obamacare...

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