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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments On Colleges Still Giving Preference to Legacy Students

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05/02/2016

Legacy preference is the practice of providing qualifying students who have some sort of family connection to the school with an advantage in the college admissions process.

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Kress Foundation Invites Applications for Scholarly European Art Projects

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05/09/2016

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation is accepting applications for its History of Art grant program, which supports scholarly projects that enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture, from antiquity to the dawn of the...

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Inaugural All Female Festival Launches In New York

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05/09/2016

... storytellers, founders, artists who can't be boxed in. The event is spearheaded by WIE, an influential women's .....

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Dodge Foundation Provides Travel Stipends to Jersey Water Works Delegation

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05/26/2016

... Margaret Waldock — will also appear on panels at the event , and a representative will speak at the closing plenary ...

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Arcus Foundation Launches Fourth New York Pride Photo Book

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06/29/2016

... From its modest, though ambitious, beginnings, the annual event has grown into an all-encompassing celebration of queer ...

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Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments

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07/15/2016

The grant maker's plans includes helping finance efforts to develop renewable-energy technogies, deliver clean electricity to rural India, and create insurance products for extreme-weather events in Africa.

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Weinberg Foundation Employees Given $500,000 to be Grantmakers for a Day

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09/27/2016

... hosts its 10th annual Employee Giving Program. At the event , 25 employees will each present a check ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Supported by Ford, JPB Foundations, 'America Divided' Series Provides Dose of Reality and Hope

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10/04/2016

As we prepare for a presidential election and think deeply about the direction of our country in light of current events, it seemed important to watch America Divided.

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Mellon Foundation Contributes to Theater Mitu's Stories About the US/Mexico Border

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10/27/2016

... the US/Mexico border in a uniquely theatrical multi-media event . Led by Juárez born-and-raised artistic director ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Workshop To Further Innovation And Sustainability in New Jersey

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12/20/2016

... grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, a two-day event , planned for January, is being administered in ...

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Sarah Williams and Ella Gudwin Share Ideas After 'Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures'

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01/20/2017

After the Philanthropy New York program, " Leadership Transitions and Evolutions: Supporting Critical Junctures ," Policy Fellow Shiza Pasha interviews Sarah Williams of Propel Capital and Ella Gudwin of Vision Spring about the...

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Edgar Villanueva of Schott Foundation Says Less Than .3% of Funding Goes to Native Communities

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02/02/2017

Less than .3% of funding goes to native communities. What are ways funders can be creative in engaging native communities?

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Co-Hosts 'A Populist Revolt? The Transformation of the World Order in the Trump Era'

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02/08/2017

... Carnegie Corporation of New York and TIME hosted a Live event on the transformation of the world order in the Trump ...

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With Support from Helmsley Charitable Trust, Government of Myanmar Unveils New Plan to Protect Marine Wildlife And Resources

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02/24/2017

... in Bali, Indonesia. Sponsored by The Economist, the event (Feb. 22-24) provides marine experts and ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Rauch Foundation Hosts 2017 Imagine Awards to Celebrate 'A Community Where Everyone Belongs'

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03/06/2017

... “A Community Where Everyone Belongs.” The sold out event , with over 400 in attendance at Horseshoe Southern ...

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Community Development

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NYSHealth to Provide Funding For Free Health And Wellness Programming at Randall’s Island Park

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04/21/2017

Randall’s Island Park Alliance announced that it has been awarded a 175,000 dollar grant from the New York State Health Foundation to provide funding for free health and wellness programming at Randall’s Island Park, with a focus on increasing...

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New York Health Foundation

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Rockefeller, Gates and Norway to Bolster ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault Following Climate Change Flooding Fears

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05/22/2017

... built to preserve the world’s crop supply in the event of global disaster, had flooded after permafrost melted ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa

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09/05/2017

Africa contributes only 4 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, while six of the 10 most affected countries by climate change are in Africa, warns a major agricultural research for development partnership, while stressing the urgent need to...

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My Brother’s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation

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09/07/2017

... shot and killed in 2012. As he attended his final MBK event as president, he went on to say, “This will remain a ...

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