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The Coronavirus Crisis Has Changed How I View What Matters in Philanthropy

Release Date:

04/22/2020

... is the last time someone watered the plants? In my 9-5 life , as vice president of the Robert Sterling Clark ... our mission of creating a more vibrant and equitable New York City. Could we do just as much good...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

Nicole Reichenbach Joins the Staff of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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09/03/2012

... experience working for the United Nations Headquarters in New York. As a Program Coordinator in the Department of ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Polly Singh Promoted to Program Officer at Wallace Foundation

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03/01/2012

... afterschool system building initiatives. In her new capacity, Singh will take on additional responsibilities ... efforts to expand learning time during the school year and over the summer. “With this promotion...

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11 Apr 2013

Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

Thursday, April 11, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... and tax filings Part of Philanthropy New York's Financial/Tax Analysis series . This program is .....

Four Reasons to Champion Leadership Development

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06/11/2014

... adds that American Express is planning to "launch a new Leadership Academy portal to share best practices this year , and we have plans to enhance our alumni network. Our .....

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Eight Cities Receive Grants To Reduce Number of Uninsured Children and Families

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07/14/2014

... Garden City, Mich. Hattiesburg, Miss. Jacksonville, Fla. New Bedford, Mass. Pittsburgh, Pa. Providence, R.I. Savannah, ... for Children and Families initiative as part of a multi- year effort to increase...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

The Elmezzi Foundation Pledges $3 Million to Help End Generational Poverty in Astoria and Long Island City

Release Date:

09/17/2014

... support of the Thomas and Jeanne Elmezzi Foundation with a new five year $3M pledge. This support is aimed to provide interim ...

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Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing

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08/17/2015

... budget a certain amount of money to give to charity every year , based on a philanthropy plan. That might be optimistic ... contribute to a social or environmental cause. This is not new to investors; socially...

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BofA Charitable Foundation Supports Women's Giving Network Conference; Women Pool Dollars for Innovative Community Transformation

Release Date:

10/19/2015

... Community Transformation Philanthropy is trending in a new direction and women are leading the way. The newest ... over $500,000 in total grants to their community each year . These contributions help nonprofit...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Commonwealth Fund, NY State Health Foundation, Peterson Center Noted as the Funders Behind the Movement for Open Notes

Release Date:

05/16/2017

... to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which funded a 2010 year -long trial in which 105 doctors shared chart information ... are also looking to foster the spread of OpenNotes. The New York State Health...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund; Ford Foundation to Manage Fund

Release Date:

06/12/2017

... to reduce mass incarceration in the United States. This new Art for Justice Fund — to be announced Monday at the ...

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Justice Reform

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Ford Foundation

Unusual Times Lead to Unusual Grants from the Rockefeller Foundation

Release Date:

06/28/2017

... foundations were still reticent to directly confront the new president. While hardly indicative of a major shift in ...

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Trump Administration Makes ACA’s Health-Insurer Payments for September

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... to cut off the payments, which total billions of dollars a year , as part of his party's broader bid to overturn or ... Nancy Pelosi of California and Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. Democrats say they...

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SVdP-USA Launches Disaster Services Corporation

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10/05/2017

... its south-central region encompassing Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, working in earnest ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky

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11/20/2017

... build off the earlier SDSS incarnations, but will break new ground by pioneering all-sky observations, and by ...

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Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Newman's Own Tax Break Matters Far Beyond Just One Foundation

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11/27/2017

... the many highly targeted breaks and exemptions in the new GOP tax plans. The unusual structure of the Newman’s ...

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Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating Black Choreographers

Release Date:

03/30/2018

... our legacies and our stories to learn from as we forge new paths into the future work.” Through this project, ...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

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Con Edison

Ford and Markle Foundations Support National Alliance To Increase College Graduation Rates

Release Date:

04/19/2018

... circumstances.” The alliance will develop and test new initiatives, share data and create a ‘playbook’ of ...

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Education

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Ford Foundation

John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms To Flip the House for the Democrats

Release Date:

06/25/2018

... Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has decided to throw his political clout and ... to take control of the House of Representatives this year , directing aides to spend tens of...