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04 May 2017

New Models for Senior Transportation: The Rise of the Sharing Economy - A Webinar Hosted by Grantmakers in Aging

Thursday, May 4, 2017 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... Grantmakers in Aging, who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a ... Grantmakers in Aging Designed for All interested funders Registration Registration is required...

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Aging

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28 Feb 2014

The Impact Assessment - Moving Towards Greater Impact

Friday, February 28, 2014 -

7:00am to 10:30am

US Trust

... wonder if your grants are making a difference? We all want to have impact—or, in simpler terms, make a real difference. This desire often leads us to ask questions such as, How do we know we’re actually .....

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Mark Abrahams Joins FJC as Chief Financial and Investment Officer

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08/19/2014

... CFO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has been appointed Chief Financial and ... and initiatives across a wide range of industries. Prior to his time at the ASPCA,...

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Appointments & Transitions

Soros' Support of Marijuana Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition

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10/14/2014

... Support of Marijuana Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition The story starts with ... like Afghanistan and Mexico. Soros’s Foundation to Promote Open Society donates roughly $4...

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The Achelis and Bodman Foundations

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Open Society Foundations

NoVo Executive Director Finds Correlation Between Domestic Violence and Other Violent Crimes in NYTimes Editorial

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02/04/2015

... in Sydney, he had already been charged as an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife. Before George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin to death in Florida, his ex-girlfriend accused him of ... partner or a family...

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Gender Justice

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How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art

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04/24/2015

... Tabron—and made a jaw-dropping proposal: All they had to do was come up with more money than any group of foundations ever had. At first the chiefs balked. ... idea didn't sound so outlandish. Walker was...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Commonwealth Explores Ramifications of Higher Premiums for Older Adults

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09/15/2015

... health insurers make coverage accessible and affordable to all individuals, regardless of age, gender, or health ... cannot be charged more than three times as much as 21- to 24-year-olds for the same plan (...

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The Century Foundation Welcomes New Trustees Sonal Shah and Damon Silvers

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09/25/2015

... Damon Silvers TCF President Mark Zuckerman is pleased to announce Sonal Shah and Damon Silvers will be joining The ... in public service, social innovation, and economics to TCF. Sonal Shah is professor and...

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Community Development

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

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10/16/2015

... engaging math story problems for parents and children to solve together. Bedtime Math was founded in 2012 by Laura ... by three months more than children in a reading control group . Most notably, children of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and Low-Income Students

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02/12/2016

... had installed in his bedroom. Most nights, he put himself to sleep reading books like New Problems in Euclidean Geometry and An Introduction to Diophantine Equations. . . Gould Foundation’s Tyre is ...

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Rauschenberg Foundation Partners With Art in America to Launch Pilot Writing Fellowship

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02/17/2016

Rauschenberg Foundation Partners With Art in America to Launch Pilot Writing Fellowship The Robert Rauschenberg ... Art in America , has launched a pilot writing fellowship to support arts and culture writing in...

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Sloan-Supported Study Shows Whales Dine With Their Own Kind

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03/03/2016

... teems with billions of herring that take over the region to spawn. The seasonal arrival of the herring also attracts predators to the shallow banks, including many species of whales. ... as multiple species of...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Animal Welfare

Science

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops

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08/15/2017

... Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops Color in the plant kingdom is not merely a joy to the eye. Colored pigments attract pollinating insects, .....

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum

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08/22/2017

Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global ... which will bring heads of state together with global CEOs to discuss opportunities for advancing trade and economic ... and the...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis

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09/07/2017

... West Virginia, and southeast Ohio started referring to Percocet, OxyContin, and Vicodin as “hillbilly heroin.” The pills were easy to get and easy to abuse. Between those, and heroin and .....

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U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Union Dues Case

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09/29/2017

... United Teachers and the AFL-CIO reacted angrily Thursday to news that the U.S. Supreme Court will revisit a case that ... public sector unions in 22 states, including New York, to mandate that represented...

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Workforce Development

Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way

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10/02/2017

... have filed their tax returns for 2016 was 7.24, according to Foundation Financial Research, a start-up company that has ... is best assessed over longer time periods because year- to -year returns can fluctuate...

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David Rockefeller’s Thoughtful Path to Philanthropy

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11/08/2017

David Rockefeller’s Thoughtful Path to Philanthropy Somewhere beneath Rockefeller Center, in a ... items. A photo studio has been set up, too, the better to shoot close-ups for the catalogs that will be issued...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The Selection Committee For 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge

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11/29/2017

... a nationwide competition that encourages city leaders to think big, be bold, and uncover inventive ideas that ... leaders, that will choose the winning cities. "We're glad to have such a dynamic set...

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