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01 May 2014

E-TEAM - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Film Series

Thursday, May 1, 2014 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

... ground division of a respected, international human rights group . Arriving as soon as possible after allegations of ... international human rights organization, has shone light in dark places and given voice...

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Social Justice

New Komen Head Says Organization's Mission is To Save Lives

Release Date:

07/18/2014

... from breast cancer and the controversy that engulfed the group 2 1/2 years ago when it stopped funding Planned Parenthood is well behind it. In an interview with Associated Press, Judy Salerno, who was ... at...

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Gender Justice

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Taking the Time to Learn in Transition: How the Ford Foundation Board Revamped the Traditional CEO Search

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11/13/2014

Taking the Time to Learn in Transition: How the Ford Foundation Board Revamped the ... Traditional CEO Search GEO recently convened a diverse group of foundation trustees and CEOs at the Ford Foundation in...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $2.2 Million in Emergency Funding for Ebola Response Efforts

Release Date:

11/18/2014

Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $2.2 Million in Emergency Funding for Ebola Response Efforts The Leona ... humanitarian organizations' Ebola relief efforts in West Africa. By investing in...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Fund for Shared Insight Announces First Round of Grants Totaling $5.26 Million

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11/21/2014

... seven-foundation partnership created to support nonprofits working to collect feedback and be more effective today ... has awarded 13 organizations a total of $5.26-million in 14 separate grants of one to...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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JP Morgan, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Lead the Charge to Develop Dementia Treatment

Release Date:

03/18/2015

... The New York-based investment bank said it had been working with the government to structure the Dementia Discovery Fund in such a way that it would make a profit for investors while ... in...

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NoVo Grant Helps Sex Trafficking Victims Fight Prostitution Charges

Release Date:

05/19/2015

... commit,” Kate Mogulescu, a public defender at Legal Aid in New York City, told The Huffington Post. But that ... is starting to ease up for trafficking survivors, thanks in large part to Mogulescu’s efforts to...

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Resilience: Nature’s Lessons for Surviving Its Worst Moods

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06/02/2015

... for Surviving Its Worst Moods The recent earthquakes in Nepal, along with the ongoing and tragic aftermath in local cities and villages, bring to mind inevitable ... such concepts work are quite another...

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Environment and Climate Change

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A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

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08/28/2015

... many people will tout the city’s recovery, few people in black working -class neighborhoods will be celebrating. After all, ... and painful reminder of the inequities facing blacks in America...

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Arcus Director Examines the Story Behind LGBT History Month

Release Date:

09/04/2015

... Director Examines the Story Behind LGBT History Month In August, The Advocate ran an op-ed that seemed to suggest ... ago, we’d like to set the record “straight.” In January 1994, a suburban St. Louis high...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies-Backed Report: U.S. Electric Sector Expected To Hit Lowest CO2 Emissions In 20 Years

Release Date:

11/05/2015

... U.S. Electric Sector Expected To Hit Lowest CO2 Emissions In 20 Years The U.S. electric sector is expected to hit ... carbon emissions have fallen below 2 billion metric tons in two decades. Following the...

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City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans

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10/07/2016

... accounts. At least 1.5 million of these workers are in the nation’s largest city, according to research by the ... of 401(k) plans or joining a government-sponsored group 401(k) plan designed to protect...

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Request for Letters of Inquiry – Liberty Fund at The New York Community Trust

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01/03/2017

... immediate issues affecting vulnerable New Yorkers in this moment of change. The Liberty Fund will support ... organizations are encouraged to apply. Grants will be made in February 2017, and are expected to...

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The New York Community Trust

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Supported by Novo, Notorious New York Prison Is Reclaimed By The Women It Once Caged

Release Date:

01/18/2017

... New York Prison Is Reclaimed By The Women It Once Caged In 2016, the NoVo Foundation, a not-for-profit group run by Warren Buffett’s son and daughter- in -law, ... and children, and will serve...

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Open Society Foundations Targeted by New Hungarian Law Requiring NGOs to Disclose Foreign Funding Sources

Release Date:

03/10/2017

... new legislation regulating nongovernmental organizations in the next two weeks, the Associated Press reports. The ... and refugees, populations the Hungarian government is working to keep out of the country...

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Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners

Release Date:

03/17/2017

... competition to address recurring flood problems in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. The ... awarded grants of up to $1 million to a dozen groups working to provide innovative solutions — from...

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Ford Funds Analysis, Toolkit for Improving Legal Aid Websites

Release Date:

08/08/2017

... the quality of centralized legal information websites in every state, the District of Columbia, and U.S. ... and usability of these legal information websites. LSC, working closely with its consulting partner...

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A Secret Weapon In The Fight Against Islamophobia

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09/06/2017

A Secret Weapon In The Fight Against Islamophobia In Illinois, a mother’s heartache over her daughter’s ... across the nation to address racial injustices. And in California, a Muslim civic...

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