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Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison

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07/29/2015

... when Congress rendered prisoners ineligible for federal grants . But in recent years, Doris Buffett’s Sunshine Lady ... in Troy, Mich., and the Andrew Mellon Foundation awarded grants for such programs,...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids

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08/21/2015

One in every five American children and adolescents are affected by psychiatric and learning disorders.

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David Berg Foundation Underwrites Free Saturdays at the Jewish Museum

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09/02/2015

Since its inception in 2006, the Free Saturdays program has brought over 328,000 visitors to the Museum.

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American Express Awards $2.5 Million to Five Innovative Principal Leadership Programs

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10/05/2015

... years with an eye toward long-term sustainability. The grants are awarded at a time of heightened awareness of ...

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NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens

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10/09/2015

The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, a local nonprofit, is considering developing a mixed-use complex with 100 affordable housing units, including 50 units set aside for artists, according to the New York Community Trust, which awarded the...

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New York Community Trust Adds Funds to the QueensWay Plan

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10/16/2015

... to an Oct. 5 release detailing the group’s 84 total grants given to various nonprofits. Over $443,000 was ...

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Archives of Atlantic Philanthropies Given to Cornell Library

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10/26/2015

... and historians, document roughly $8 billion in Atlantic grants over three decades – support that has transformed ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Mellon Foundation Awards Guggenheim $3M Endowment For Conservation

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03/25/2016

The Guggenheim Museum’s conservation department has received a $3 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support its conservation efforts. The grant will endow a position of deputy director and chief conservator and a new...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Gives $5.5M to Launch Mobile Simulation Initiative for Rural Emergencies

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07/27/2016

The Simulation in Motion Nebraska grant includes the purchase of four, customized mobile simulation training trucks and 20 high-fidelity patient simulators.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Bloomberg Awards $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa

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09/23/2016

Announced during the U.S.-Africa Business Forum, the grant will enable an additional twenty thousand women to benefit from and participate in Africa's economic growth through training programs and access to the region's coffee market.

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Mellon Foundation Supports Commission on Language Learning

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12/15/2016

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has released a report that suggests a diminishing share of United States residents speak languages other than English, a trend that could have important consequences for business, international affairs, and...

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Supported by Doris Duke, The New England Foundation for the Arts Announces Program Design Changes

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01/09/2017

... Dance Project (NDP) will increase the number of Production Grants to choreographers and dance companies; increase ...

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A Closer Look at NY Fund for Women and Girls, Co-Founded by NoVo and New York Women’s Foundation

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02/09/2017

... and is worth watching closely, especially for how it makes grants . The effort was co-founded by the NoVo Foundation ... and this fund has now distributed at least $2.4 million in grants . So what kinds of...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

... and international priorities. It announced its last grants late last year. Other major health-care grant makers ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Hyde and Watson Foundation Supports New Green Roof at New Jersey School

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04/21/2017

... project was funded by a number of sources that included grants from the Hyde and Watson Foundation, as well as a ...

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Trinity Church Appoints Neill Coleman as New Chief Philanthropy Officer

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05/25/2018

... chief philanthropy officer. Neill Coleman will lead the grants and mission investing team for the lower Manhattan ... church, which awards more than $10 million a year in grants . He previously served as vice...

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Jonas Philanthropies Names Wanda Montalvo New Executive Director

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08/23/2018

... Institute, supervised the research team, managed several grants and increased grant revenue. Dr. Montalvo will ...

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Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education

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05/19/2015

... the liberal arts in engineering education positions future engineers to be successful at anticipating, defining, ...

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Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow

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10/07/2021

... and practices directly affecting communities. “Our future as a country is inextricably tied to how well we do by ... pathways to economic mobility. ascend.aspeninstitute. org . Burke Foundation Executive...

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