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Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund Launches $15 Million Healthy Foods Initiative

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02/15/2013

... will work to improve access to healthy foods for people in low-income neighborhoods. The Laurie M. Tisch ... Food & Community Change initiative with a commitment of $15 million over five years to healthy...

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Community Development

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At Ford Foundation, Vice President Rises to Top Job

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07/24/2013

Darren Walker will become the 10th President of the Ford Foundation this September. Darren Walker was born in a charity hospital in Lafayette, La., and grew up in the ... worked...

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Investing for Real and Permanent Good

Release Date:

06/06/2014

... for Real and Permanent Good Carnegie Corporation of New York's co-Chief Investment Officers Kim Lew and ... were interviewed for the Harvard Business School's " In the Business" podcast...

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Suggests New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Associated Blindness

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05/26/2015

In people with diabetic retinopathy, growth of abnormal, ... VEGF have shown some success delaying the development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, but they don’t work ...

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Bloomberg and WHO Present Report on Global Road Safety

Release Date:

10/20/2015

... gotten nearly the attention it deserves – and it is one of our great opportunities to make a difference. Traffic crashes are the 9th leading cause of death in the world and are the number one...

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Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies

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03/28/2016

... our first jobs. Art gained his first work experience in high school, painting houses and as a grocery store clerk. One of John’s first jobs was in a summer camp in a high-...

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New Report in Wallace Series on Building Arts Audiences Looks at Successful Jewish Museum

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06/23/2016

New Report in Wallace Series on Building Arts Audiences Looks at ... shows how the museum secured a nearly nine-fold increase in family visitors and helped build the next generation of the museum...

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11 Aug 2016

Family Philanthropy and Media Perceptions - Webinar

Thursday, August 11, 2016 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... leadership, and gain more exposure. Our expert panel of reporters and editors will explain how they cover ... effectively. Speakers Stacy Palmer, Editor, The Chronicle of Philanthropy Peter Panepento,...

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Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

Funded by Mellon Foundation, Emerging Architectural Historians Win Awards

Release Date:

08/30/2016

... Win Awards Three scholars have been named as recipients of the 2016 SAH/Mellon Author Award, which supports scholars working on their first book. The award is an initiative of the Society...

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JPB and Rockefeller Foundations Contribute to Transformation of Detroit’s Fitzgerald Neighborhood

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04/06/2017

... and Rockefeller Foundations Contribute to Transformation of Detroit’s Fitzgerald Neighborhood The effort will be the ... for the $30 million Strategic Neighborhood Fund, which is working to stabilize Detroit...

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Alfred P. Sloan Study Gives Insight into Employee Engagement

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05/12/2017

... the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation confirms that 80 percent of employees would be happier with more flexible work options ...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy

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06/30/2017

Ford Foundation's Darren Walker on the Perils of Meritocracy American culture nurtures many myths about the moral value of hard work. The phrase “by the bootstraps,” still ... of The...

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Amazon to Open Fulfillment Center On Staten Island

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09/07/2017

A $100 million, 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center will open on Staten Island's West Shore, and is expected to employ 2,250 people, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday morning.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies is Helping Bring Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Narcissus Garden’ to the Rockaways

Release Date:

06/18/2018

... be installed there starting July 1. The work is made up of 1,500 mirrored stainless steel spheres placed in the imposing confines of Fort Tilden, a former Army base ... “Resilience of...

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New York Foundation Video: In Their Own Words: Community Food Advocates

Release Date:

07/30/2018

... Foundation produced a video showing the generational work of Community Food Advocates that brought about the Universal Free Lunch victory in September of 2017. The video features their two co...

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Bank of America Announces Support for Communities, Clients after Hurricane Michael

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10/19/2018

Bank of America Announces Support for Communities, Clients after Hurricane Michael The Bank of America Charitable foundation announced it is providing $500,000 in response to the impacts ...

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29 Mar 2012

Looking at the 990 Part I (March 29) and Part II (April 5)

Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 8:45pm to Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 11:00am

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Avenue 4th floor, NYC

... will automatically be registered for both sessions in this two-part series. The IRS Form 990 is used by funders as a tool to track and scrutinize the finances, governance, and accomplishments of...

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13 Dec 2012

Family Philanthropy at the Holidays: Faith, Gratitude & Tradition

Thursday, December 13, 2012 -

1:30pm to 3:30pm

Webinar

According to the 2012 Bank of America Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy, 43 percent ... the giving impulse? And what are some strategies family funders have used to encourage increased giving...

16 May 2011

Access = Health: Exciting New Opportunities for Grantmakers with Social Innovation Fund

Monday, May 16, 2011 -

12:00pm to 3:00pm

Attend in person at Council on Foundations, Arlington, VA, or virtually.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION In July 2010 the Obama Administration's Social Innovation ... as the chance to engage in the successful implementation of the "Increasing Access to Care" pillar...

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30 Apr 2015

"Exit Interviews" with Former and Retiring Foundation CEOs

Thursday, April 30, 2015 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Join us in conversation with three great leaders in the philanthropic ... field – Corinne Rieder, David Nee and Pam Flaherty. All of whom have had extensive careers in...