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New Prudential Foundation Initiative Will Assist Job Seekers with Disabilities

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04/27/2015

... that promotes the full participation and contributions of America’s 56 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life. The grant, provided through The Prudential ...

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Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts with Preschool

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04/30/2015

... Action Council, a civil rights organization. “But a lot of programs are not high quality, and low-income children are ...

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Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit

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06/15/2015

... bargain" reunion during the three-day visit, a gathering of top leaders in national and local philanthropy who ... Detroit's pensions funds and avert a bankruptcy fire sale of city-owned art. Ford...

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United Hospital Fund Explores the Struggles of Family Caregiving

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07/31/2015

United Hospital Fund Explores the Struggles of Family Caregiving Family caregivers generally provide ... much unpaid help because their loved ones need many types of assistance that are hard to get from one...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Program Explores DNA Damage Response to Find New Cancer Treatments

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08/28/2015

... between damage to its own DNA and the foreign DNA of an invading virus has remained a mystery. Now, ... at the Salk Institute have discovered critical details of how a cell's response system tells the...

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Gilman Foundation Donates $75K to Young People’s Chorus for New Music

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09/14/2015

... People’s Chorus for New Music Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC) is pleased to announce its first grant from the Howard Gilman Foundation. The grant of $75,000 was issued to YPC for its New...

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Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse

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10/09/2015

... on health care services, but they fared worst in terms of life expectancy, according to the Commonwealth Fund ... "Time and again, we see evidence that the amount of money we spend on health care in this...

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Pfizer and UICC Award 20 Grants Totaling $760,000 to Address the Needs of Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

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10/14/2015

... Award 20 Grants Totaling $760,000 to Address the Needs of Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients During Breast Cancer ... Breast Cancer Challenge (SPARC MBC Challenge), a first- of -its-kind initiative to address...

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Meet The Woman Driving Sustainability And Corporate Responsibility At Tiffany & Co.

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01/26/2016

... brand is not only challenging, but requires knowledge of the entire organization. And then adding to the task is the additional job of running a major corporate foundation. For most ...

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NBC News Profiles Asian Women Giving Circle at Ms. Foundation

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01/29/2016

... director for a Korean-American non-profit serving victims of domestic violence, she discovered how hard it was to raise ... immigrants, Lee found, were new to the idea of American-style philanthropy, and...

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Carnegie Attends Gathering to Discuss Launch of NYCitizenship Services

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04/25/2016

Carnegie Attends Gathering to Discuss Launch of NYCitizenship Services The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs joined forces with public and private ... and organizations Tuesday, April 19 to launch the start...

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Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry

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04/26/2016

Open Society Foundations Tackles the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry Federal prisons release nearly 50,000 ... Foundations. The program is aimed at assisting a few of the thousands of inmates who...

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What Big (and not-so-big) Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style

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05/23/2016

... noticed that as the Baby Boomer generation ages, the face of philanthropy and giving is undergoing a dramatic shift in ... until they pass on and leave a huge gift that is the talk of every staff meeting for...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Advocates for Keeping Artists in New York City

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06/10/2016

... Artists in New York City When he was in his freshman year of college almost four decades ago, Darren Walker saw the Dance Theater of Harlem perform in Austin, Texas. "It was a ... experience," said...

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In NYTimes, Ford’s Walker on Internships and Inequality

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07/06/2016

While many Americans believe fervently and faithfully in expanding opportunity, America’s internship-industrial complex does just the opposite.

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UJA-Federation Names New Chief Program Officer

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08/16/2016

... Names New Chief Program Officer UJA-Federation of New York announced the appointment of Rabbi Deborah Joselow as UJA-Federation's Chief Program ... CEO. She currently serves as Managing Director ...

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Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row

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08/16/2016

Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row In 1989, a 29-year-old ... death row. Over the decades, it has handled hundreds of capital cases, and has spared 125 offenders from...

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2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists Announced

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10/07/2016

... created and run by the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, is the only Award of its kind recognizing excellence in nonprofit management. ... Selection committee chose the finalists from a pool...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Founder Gloria Steinem Wraps Up Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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11/03/2016

... night in Schwab Auditorium. Steinem spoke as part of the Student Programming Association's Distinguished Speaker Series to a crowd of nearly 600. Co-founder of Ms. Magazine and New York...

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