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Revson and Niarchos Foundations Open Nominations for Library Awards

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11/19/2015

... service to the community, via a form available online, in paper at local branches, and in six languages. Based on patrons’ nominations, data on ... and program attendance, visits to see the branches in...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Pinkerton Promotes Laurie Dien to Vice President-Programs

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12/17/2015

... Laurie Dien has been appointed Vice President in charge of programs for The Pinkerton Foundation, President ... Officer at the Foundation since 2003. She joined Pinkerton in 1997. “As the Foundation has grown...

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New Joint NEH & Mellon Foundation Fellowship Encourages Digital Research in the Humanities

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03/01/2016

... & Mellon Foundation Fellowship Encourages Digital Research in the Humanities The National Endowment for the ... Foundation, the two largest funders of humanities research in the United States, today...

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Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York Announces New Executive Director

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05/09/2016

... President Miriam Caslow. “Jamie has served organizations in program, fundraising, executive, and leadership levels, ... Jewish communities throughout North America; she was vital in guiding the organization...

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Oscar Raposo Jr. Joins United Way of New York City

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08/18/2016

... Raposo brings to UWNYC decades of experience in global finance and operations across industrial, consumer and financial services— in both the public and private sectors. Most recently, Oscar ... he held...

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United Way of New York City

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The New York Women’s Foundation Celebrates Six Outstanding Women Leaders of Queens

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09/27/2016

... to honor these extraordinary women of Queens, each in her own way a tireless advocate for social justice. We ... policies that support working families and promote women in the workplace. Ms. Wynne , former...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Casey Family Programs Among Supporters of Grandparents Rally on Lawn of U.S. Capitol

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05/10/2017

... on the critical role grandparents and other relatives play in providing safe, loving, and permanent families for ... children. The opioid crisis has spurred a major increase in the number of children entering...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Ai-jen Poo to Board of Trustees

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06/19/2017

... author of The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America. “Ai-jen is an extraordinary leader ... – whose rights are often challenged and under-protected in this country,” said Darren...

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Adam Falk Named Next President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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06/29/2017

... 2018. Falk is currently the President of Williams College in Williamstown, MA, a role he has held since April 2010. He ... at Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University, both in Physics. He has been...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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William T. Grant Foundation Appoints Kenji Hakuta and Mark Soler to Board of Trustees

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07/12/2017

... Graduate School of Education since 1989. His work is in the areas of bilingualism and the acquisition of English ... Mirror of Language: The Debate on Bilingualism and In Other Words: The Science and...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Long Island Community Foundation Names New Board Members

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08/07/2017

... Engelhardt is a social entrepreneur and founder of Leaders In Action. As the former Executive Director of Leadership ... Nancy helps bring together, influential leaders in the region, providing them with the...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Pinkerton Foundation Adds $3.8 Million To John Jay Fellowship Initiative

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01/25/2018

... of the school’s Pinkerton Fellowship Initiative. Now in its sixth year, the Initiative provides funding for up to ... Jay undergraduates and graduate students each year to work in nonprofit youth justice...

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Justice Reform

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Simons Foundation Announces Launch of the Center for Computational Mathematics

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10/02/2018

... Applied and computational mathematics play a critical role in modern science and engineering, with new opportunities for discovery in virtually every scientific discipline. CCM will ... include anything from...

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Science

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Welcomes Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez As New Program Officer

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04/17/2019

... will join the Foundation as a Program Officer. In that role, Isabel will help develop and implement the ... is dedicated to supporting youth and communities of color in dismantling structural racism and, over...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Intergenerational Programming in Senior Housing: From Promise to Practice - A Webinar Hosted by Grantmakers in Aging

Thursday, October 3, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

**This program is hosted by our partners, Grantmakers in Aging (GIA) and The John A. Hartford Foundation, who has ... and build social capital for all generations. In 2016, the Retirement Research Foundation...

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Aisha Moodie-Mills Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

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10/16/2019

... and social impact advisor. After spending over 20 years in working in D.C. politics and advocacy, she moved to Brooklyn with her ... am excited to join the Board at such a consequential time in...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard Launch Initiative to Speed Development and Access to Therapies for COVID-19

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03/10/2020

... and Mastercard today committed up to $125 million in seed funding to speed-up the response to the COVID-19 ... access, including making products available and affordable in low-resource settings. The COVID-19...

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ASPCA Commits $5 Million in COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Initiative to Help Shelters and Pet Owners

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03/23/2020

ASPCA Commits $5 Million in COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Initiative to Help Shelters and ... response to the crisis. The response includes $2 million in grants to animal shelters in critical...

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