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Harriet and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces $12 Million Grant to Make Camps More Accessible

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10/05/2018

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation today announces a $12 million grant to the Foundation for Jewish Camp that will support a new initiative to increase accessibility for campers and staff with disabilities at Jewish summer day and overnight...

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Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice Judges Panel to Be Chaired by Clark Foundation President Douglas Bauer

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10/22/2018

Six titles have been shortlisted for this year’s second annual Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. The award, named after former Goddard Riverside Executive Director Stephan Russo, celebrates the power of the written word...

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Warhol Foundation Condemns CAH Grant Requirement As a Flagrant Attack on Free Speech

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11/08/2018

Joel Wachs, President of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, today condemned a recent DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities (CAH) grant requirement as a flagrant attack on free speech.

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces the Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees

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12/05/2018

Today, we are thrilled to share the names of the 10 organizations that will each receive a $1 million grant as part of the Communities Thrive Challenge, a joint funding opportunity from The Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Each...

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Booth Ferris Foundation, New York Community Trust and Others Support Apollo Theater Transformation

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12/10/2018

The Apollo Theater announced today that it is undertaking the initial phase of the iconic Theater’s transformation into the Apollo Performing Arts Center through two new theaters within the Victoria Theater Redevelopment Project at 233 West 125th...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Publication on Operating for Limited Life

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12/11/2018

In this Insights , Atlantic highlights the steps it took to address the challenges the foundation faced in navigating its path toward the end while seeking to accomplish ambitious programmatic goals: how limited life shaped investment, staffing,...

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Laurie M. Tisch: Perfecting the Art of Philanthropy

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12/13/2018

Laurie M. Tisch believes in leveling the playing field for all New Yorkers—and has granted more than $100M through her Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund to promote healthy food, arts, and mental health initiatives—offering an example of enlightened...

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The New York Women’s Foundation Receives $2.25 Million Grant from CBS to support the Fund for the Me Too Movement and Allies

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12/14/2018

... in New York, supports organizations around the country working to prevent and disrupt sexual violence and harassment ...

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Rahima Nasa, Named First FRONTLINE Fellow of Tow Foundation Journalism Program

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02/06/2019

Rahima Nasa, an alum from the Class of 2017, has been selected as the first Newmark J-School fellow for FRONTLINE, PBS’s flagship investigative documentary series. The new year-long journalism fellowship program is funded by The Tow Foundation,...

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State UBIT and Commuter Benefit - Legislative Fix in the Governor's Budget

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02/06/2019

A drafting error that created problems for organizations with a fiscal year start date that does not align with the calendar year has been fixed and is included in Governor Cuomo's budget this month.

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Joel Wallman Named Director of Research at Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

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02/20/2019

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG), a leader in understanding violence, has named Joel Wallman Director of Research. In this role, Dr. Wallman will guide the Foundation’s research agenda on the nature, consequences and responses to violence...

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Surdna Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, Among Foundations Leading the Way in Impact Investing and Racial Equity

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02/26/2019

... started on its own journey in pursuit of racial equity, working both to evolve our internal practices and to surface ...

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Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $24 Million in Research Grants

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02/28/2019

... include support for researcher Matthew Cooper, who is working to develop an imaging tracer of the protein NLRP3, ...

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers New, Solar-Powered Technology that Collects and Cleans Water from Air

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03/18/2019

Access to clean water remains one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. A breakthrough by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may offer a new solution through solar-powered technology that absorbs moisture from the air and returns...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Releases SDGs Guide for Philanthropy

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04/29/2019

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) today published Philanthropy and the SDGs, a two-volume guide for philanthropic funders to align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the global agenda for people and planet adopted by the United...

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MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research

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06/04/2019

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a four-year, $8 million grant from the Simons Foundation in support of the Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter.