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For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities

Release Date:

08/04/2016

... funders in the two DIBs: the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation is the outcome funder for the DIB in India ... outcomes and girls’ school enrollment) and the Common Fund for Commodities for the DIB in Peru...

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Impact Investing

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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The Brookings Institution

JPB Foundation Plays a Role in Improving a Blighted Park in Baltimore

Release Date:

08/09/2016

The Great Urban Parks Campaign aims to improve environmental and social outcomes in underserved communities through “green infrastructure” projects.

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Community Development

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Freedom Together Foundation

Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

Release Date:

08/10/2016

Pacific Diabetes Technologies (PDT), a Portland, Oregon-based medical device startup, will develop a novel treatment for type 1 diabetes.

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

With Support From Doris Duke, WRI Aims to Scale Restoration to Deliver Environmental and Financial Returns

Release Date:

09/08/2016

Despite plenty of political momentum for forest restoration, only about 17% of funding needs are met each year with very little of that coming from the private sector.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

02 Feb 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Winter Meeting

Thursday, February 2, 2017 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Join us for an opportunity to share important updates, network with colleagues, and catch up on topics impacting foster youth today.

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Verizon Foundation Donates $10K to MAP Intl. to Help Storm Survivors

Release Date:

02/08/2017

The funds will support 1,000 personal hygiene kits for south Georgia tornado victims.

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Member News

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Disaster Relief

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Verizon

Hospitals: We Want Billions Back if Obamacare Dismantled

Release Date:

02/10/2017

Hospital executives have a clear message for Washington: if you dismantle the Affordable Care Act, we want billions in funding replaced.

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Caught Our Attention

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Health

Bank of America Foundation Awards Family Service Association $35,000 Grant

Release Date:

08/25/2017

... has awarded the Family Service Association $35,000 to fund pathways in creating economic mobility. The grant ...

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Member News

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Community Development

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Seeks Applicants for its 2018 Prize for Young Investigators

Release Date:

09/06/2017

The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance will open for applications for its 2018 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators on October 2. At least six New York City-area-based scientists will each be awarded $200,000/year.

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RFPs Etc

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Health

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Pershing Square Foundation

The New York Community Trust Awards nearly $1 Million 15 NYC for Emergency Planning, DACA Advocacy, and Know-Your-Rights Trainings

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... New York Community Trust Awards nearly $1 Million to help fund 15 NYC for Emergency Planning, DACA Advocacy, and ... plans to step up deportations of immigrants, the Fund for New Citizens in The New York...

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Member News

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Immigration

21 Nov 2017

New York Aging Funders - Fall Meeting

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 -

12:30pm to 2:00pm

... Funders Network is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy aging ...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

Funding Area

Aging

29 Nov 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Fall Meeting

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

New York Foster Youth Funders Group is a peer network of grantmakers who are funding or interested in the area of foster youth in New York. The purpose of the group is to keep our hand on the pulse of salient issues and initiatives impacting foster...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

Funding Area

Immigration

Children, Youth and Families

Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning

Release Date:

12/05/2017

Schools looking to implement social-emotional learning programs have several funding options available to them through the Every Student Succeeds Act, according to a new report, which identifies 60 evidenced-based programs that fit ESSA requirements.

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Member News

Funding Area

Education

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The Wallace Foundation

How the Rockefeller Auction is Leaving an Inspirational Legacy

Release Date:

05/08/2018

... Council on Foreign Relations The David Rockefeller Fund Harvard University Museum of Modern Art Rockefeller Brothers Fund Rockefeller University American Farmland Trust Maine Coast Heritage Fund...

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Member News

Video

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Funder Group Support Development of Financial Counseling as Free Public Service for Low-Income Residents

Release Date:

10/18/2018

... Low-Income Residents The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund ) with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Wells ... to as many as 50 local governments across the map. The CFE Fund...

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Member News

Funding Area

Economic Security

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Wells Fargo Private Bank - Philanthropic Services

Freedom Together Foundation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Capital One Foundation

Pershing Square Sohn Prize Awards $4.2M to Seven “Next Generation” Innovators in Cancer Research

Release Date:

05/21/2019

The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance has invested over $22 million in the new york life science ecosystem by funding nyc’s most innovative cancer researchers