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09 Sep 2019

Hurricane Dorian: Supporting the Bahamas - A Webinar Hosted by Center for Disaster Philanthropy

Monday, September 9, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... Bahamas as a powerful Category 5 hurricane, with winds in excess of 185 mph and a storm surge of 18-23 ... for Disaster Philanthropy Designed for All interested funders . Registration Registration is required...

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All Funders

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Disaster Relief

Appointments & Transitions

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Kevin Burke to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

06/04/2012

... experience and expertise will be invaluable to the Board in advancing the Foundation’s mission to promote research and broad-based education in science, technology, economic performance and...

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The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants to Six Recipients

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04/04/2022

The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants to Six Recipients Grants were distributed within the Program Areas of “ Education ,” “Jewish Life,” and “Urban Affairs.” The Education...

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Education

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Advocates for LGBT Equality Launch Freedom Fund to Support LGBT Russians

Release Date:

11/26/2013

... Fund to provide financial support directly to groups working to end discrimination and violence in Russia based on sexual orientation and gender identity. ... with the support of numerous other human rights...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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LGBTQ

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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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Susan G. Komen Greater New York City

Gender Justice

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

Release Date:

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

Release Date:

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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Gender Justice

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Resilience: Nature’s Lessons for Surviving Its Worst Moods

Release Date:

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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The Rockefeller Foundation

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

Release Date:

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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Civic Engagement

Social Justice

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North Star Fund

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

Release Date:

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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Economic Security

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

Release Date:

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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RFPs Etc

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The New York Community Trust

Immigration

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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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Justice Reform

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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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