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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Role of Older Workers in Small Business

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04/23/2015

... how older workers can most benefit the workforce. It’ s important to our nation’ s well being and the public’ s health that older Americans have the opportunity to stay ...

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Aging

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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NYCT Believes Backing STEM Education is Critical to Building a Strong Workforce

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04/28/2015

... a tech talent pipeline initiative to grow New York City’ s tech industry and train New Yorkers for high-paying jobs in ... The program is a great step forward for New York City’ s tech industry and workforce,...

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Technology

The New York Community Trust

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26 May 2015

Next Steps: Supporting the Community Schools Initiative

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... – and how philanthropy can best respond. Join us on May 26 to discuss the City’ s Strategic Plan (released May 4) with City officials and ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Lori Evans Bernstein Joins Board of United Hospital Fund

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06/29/2015

... Bernstein has been elected to the United Hospital Fund’ s board of directors. Ms. Evans Bernstein is co-founder ... of the Fund. “Between the smartphones we carry with us and the patient information that...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer

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07/15/2015

... Ella Baff, the executive and artistic director of Jacob’ s Pillow Dance Festival, will be leaving the organization to ... heritage starting in October. Ms. Baff has led Jacob’ s Pillow, established in 1933 in...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Bloomberg's Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of the United States' 200th Coal Plant

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07/16/2015

Bloomberg' s Investment in Renewable Energy Instrumental in Phase Out of ... United States. This marks a milestone in the country’ s transition to clean energy and underscores Iowa’ s growth...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Social Innovation Fund Awards $11.3 Million Grant to LISC to Expand Education, Career Services for Low-Income Individuals

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08/04/2015

... John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, U. S . Bank, and Capital One. Local funders in communities across ...

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Community Development

Bank of America [Corporate]

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MetLife

Capital One Foundation

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25 Aug 2015

Peace, Conflict, and the Scale of the Climate Risk Landscape - Webinar

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 -

1:15pm to 2:45pm

... national, regional and international levels. Join us for this session, which will give an overview of the ...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Economic Security

Environment and Climate Change

30 Sep 2015

New York Grantmakers in the Arts - Fall Meeting

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... our subsequent discussions for the next 12 months. Join us for an opportunity to share important updates, network ...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Arts

29 Oct 2015

Exploring Grantmaking Strategy: Options and Approaches

Thursday, October 29, 2015 -

8:15am to 10:30am

... strategic choices and grantmaking practices? Join us for a highly interactive session organized by members of ... October 28th. Presented by Young Leaders Breakfast Club' s Issue-based Event Planning Team...

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All Funders

Emerging Leaders

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Jessie Smith Noyes At Top of the List of Family Foundations Who Fund Social Justice Work

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10/07/2015

... of Foundation Center data on the thousand largest U. S . foundations, the report, Families Funding Change: How ...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Social Justice

Gender Justice

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Aetna Foundation President Writes on Turning the Clock Forward on Health Disparities, City Block by City Block

Release Date:

10/20/2015

... City Block by City Block In America today, a person’ s ability to lead a long, healthy life is so impacted by where they live that it’ s startling. You don’t need to travel to a developing ... the lowest life...

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In Memoriam: James McConnell Clark of Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

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11/04/2015

... Clark Foundation. Jim will be sorely missed by those of us at the Foundation who knew him well. I worked with him ...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)

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11/12/2015

... network decides to prioritize quality over scale, it’ s not hard to foresee that toes will get stepped on and ... to get the services they so desperately need. That’ s an agonizing choice for any nonprofit,...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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AT&T Foundation

Simons Foundation Creates Center for Computational Astrophysics, Appoints David Spergel Director

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11/16/2015

... CCA will be recruiting outstanding scientists from the U. S . and abroad for both junior and senior positions and will ...

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Science

Technology

NoVo Foundation Leaders Talk About Aversion to Measurement

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12/10/2015

... the spirit of giving gets lost. Peter says of the op-ed’ s origins, “We’d been hearing, ‘How do you measure, measure, measure?’ And that has been bothering us for quite some time.” Not that there’ s...

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New York Community Trust Gives $5.1 million to 42 Nonprofits in the City, Nation

Release Date:

12/11/2015

... City, Nation The New York Community Trust, the City’ s community foundation, is spending $5.1 million on dozens of ... eye using flat-screen technology; improve the State’ s career and technical education...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arts

The New York Community Trust

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Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

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12/15/2015

... amygdala, a small structure at the front end of the brain' s temporal lobe, has long been associated with negative ... with fear. But new research from Michael Platt, the James S . Riepe University...

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Science

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Aetna Foundation: Closing the Health Divide, One Community at a Time

Release Date:

12/16/2015

... not through your family history or by visiting your doctor' s office, but by looking at something as simple as your ... For example, look at the city of Boston. According to U. S . Census data, individuals...

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