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Wallace Foundation Invests $30 Million to Strengthen Supervisors Of School Principals

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06/24/2014

... Foundation Invests $30 Million to Strengthen Supervisors Of School Principals The Wallace Foundation is investing ... help 14 urban school districts improve the effectiveness of their principal supervisors so...

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Claire Tow, Co-Founder, The Tow Foundation, Dies At 83

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07/08/2014

... She served as a director and active executive of both companies. In a statement from the Tow family, ... guided the family’s philanthropy to address the needs of the disadvantaged, medical research, treatment...

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NYCT Funding Pilot Program for In-school STI Testing

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10/17/2014

... transmitted infection, or STI. About 20 million new cases of STIs are diagnosed annually. Despite being a common, preventable, and treatable health problem, a lack of information, shame, and stigma tend to...

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The New York Community Trust

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Century Foundation Announces Janice Nittoli "Forward Thinking" Award

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11/03/2014

... Award The Century Foundation announced the creation of the Janice Nittoli “Forward Thinking” Award. Each year, TCF will provide a stipend of $7,500 to support an individual under thirty years of...

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Hospitals Foster Interprofessional Practice to Improve Outcomes - Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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11/20/2015

... - Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Collaboratively working in an interdisciplinary practice holds the potential ... from different disciplines together for the benefit of patients, and others are embarking on the...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women

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03/29/2016

... and one-time legislative director for Women's City Club of New York (WCC), once said, "The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary

Release Date:

06/06/2017

... law at Harvard and Stanford, Wise is president and founder of the Nonhuman Rights Project, which calls itself “the only civil rights organization in the United States working through litigation, public policy...

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Animal Welfare

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View

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07/06/2017

... Edward L. Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard and César A. Hidalgo and Ramesh ... Entrepreneurial Management Unit at HBS and the Department of Economics and Naik, a Prize...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Community Development

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Funds New Medical School Curriculum

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05/01/2018

... School Curriculum As the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine at Cleveland prepares to launch a ... experiment in training the primary care physician of the future, endorsement of...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees

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06/06/2018

Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced on June 5, 2018, that Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School, has been elected to its Board of...

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Daggett Announces Retirement from Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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06/07/2018

... R. Dodge Foundation After eight years leading one of New Jersey’s largest and most well-known philanthropic ... Chris Daggett is retiring as president and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation on September...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $29.3 Million to Hellenic Fire Service

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07/31/2018

... $29.3 Million to Hellenic Fire Service In the wake of catastrophic forest fires that raged for days just east of Athens, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation has announced ... Cephalonia and Samos and previously...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Surdna Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, Among Foundations Leading the Way in Impact Investing and Racial Equity

Release Date:

02/26/2019

... and Racial Equity It has been inspiring to be part of the rapidly growing impact investing movement over the ... as foundations and their partners have committed more of their assets to social and...

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Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair

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05/14/2019

... President and CEO Jamie Merisotis has assumed the role of Chair of the Board of Directors. Merisotis was elected in November ... nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Higher...

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Former President of the Surdna Foundation, Phillip Henderson, Appointed as CEO of The Robert H. N. Ho Foundation

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09/02/2019

Former President of the Surdna Foundation, Phillip Henderson, Appointed as CEO ... the awareness of interconnections through the arts, education and other fields. Deeply rooted in Hong Kong and...

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28 Mar 2012

Philanthropy New York Leadership Network for Increasing Diversity: Introductory Meeting

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... strengthening diversity within their own foundation. This group , called the Leadership Network for Increasing Diversity, will be a part of Philanthropy New York’s ongoing diversity work. Vic De ... or as the...

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When the Biomedical Industry Can’t Prioritize Diseases, Private Money Can Save Lives

Release Date:

09/19/2014

... affects at least 25 million Americans.) Given the expense of research, development, and bringing a new device or drug ... and disease advocacy groups can catalyze the development of new therapies and...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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New Chair and Vice-Chair for Noyes Foundation Board

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02/11/2015

... Foundation Board Wendy Holding was elected as Chair of the Noyes Foundation Board. She is a Trustee and Partner ... responsible investing in the firm’s Sustainability Group . Her career began in Bozeman, MT,...

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