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Gish Jen Joins the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Board

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01/26/2022

... the conflicts inherent to the American experience as well as global cultural divides. Both her fiction and ... Sr. Lectures in American Studies at Harvard University in 2012 . In 2017, she received a legacy...

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To Get a Railroad Project Moving Long Islanders Had to Pull Together

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06/23/2020

... We built it around an indicators project, the Long Island Index , which published data showing the region’s strengths ... mayor now a consultant to the Foundation; Kevin Law, the well -connected leader of the...

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New York Foster Youth Funders Group

... and initiatives impacting foster youth in New York, as well as share our own funding priorities. Interested ... While this is mostly a group where knowledge is being built and shared, and there is no explicit...

Digital Storytelling for Social Impact

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06/02/2014

... in elevating the practice of storytelling to improve the well - being of the poor and vulnerable around the world. ...

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NYCT Funding Pilot Program for In-school STI Testing

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10/17/2014

... million new cases of STIs are diagnosed annually. Despite being a common, preventable, and treatable health problem, a ... independent, health department, or Title X clinics—as well as the fact that the most-...

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Philanthropy’s Special Role in Supporting Community Recovery from Disasters

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10/29/2014

... York and New Jersey – the storm’s destruction has been well documented. A full recovery for many of those ... players jump into action – government and nonprofits being on the top of that list. Where is...

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Disaster Relief

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Philanthropy New York

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names the 2015 Doris Duke Artists

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04/02/2015

... make a substantial investment in their continuing work and well - being as they forge into the future...." The Doris Duke .....

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity Launch Second Global Build

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10/06/2015

... “Affordable housing is critical to financial well - being and is linked to improved health, education and ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

William T. Grant Publishes How Social Science Research Can Improve Youth Outcomes In The Real World

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05/17/2017

... to make greater contributions to the economic and social well - being of our nation, we need to complicate these binaries. ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

A New MIT-Led Simons Foundation Collaboration Aims to Understand Basic Principles and Laws of Microbial Ecosystems

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05/30/2017

... live in an ecological context, and are often cogs in a well -oiled ecological machine with multiple species. ... one prime example of ecological systems that are far from being pure cultures, and these...

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

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06/06/2017

... plan litigation on behalf of elephants and dolphins as well . They aim not merely to win court judgments for a ... of intelligent and social animals who, they allege, are being maltreated; they want to change...

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Arcus Foundation

NoVo Foundation

Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities

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08/17/2017

... basketball team, a series of geometric buildings and well -tended green spaces cut a striking contrast to the ... often along lines of race or class. "Resiliency is being coded as a way to do a land grab,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis

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08/29/2017

... like New York’s most insurmountable crises are always being dealt with by cutting corners and taking the path of ... process that factored in their potential effectiveness as well as the input of the community...

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The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

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09/07/2017

... such as corporate giving and volunteer programs, as well as new efforts such as impact investing and skills-based ... to their desks.3 The programs have the added benefit of being particularly popular with...

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Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative

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09/27/2017

... as minors and often know no other place to call home. The well - being of these young people has long concerned a range of ...

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Immigration

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Ford Foundation

Open Society Foundations

Unbound Philanthropy

Schott Foundation Releases New Report, “Keeping Students First: Building Community Labor Partnerships for Strong Schools.”

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04/10/2018

... both in their academic success and in their overall well - being , with the goal of identifying both allies in supporting ...

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Education

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Tobias Rees Selected as a Rockefeller Foundation Resident to Study the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Humanity

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09/30/2019

... The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission of promoting the well - being of humanity is both impressive and noble. My focus area ...

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Technology

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Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime? - New Research & Policy Report from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Releases

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01/20/2023

... on defendants, bail reforms might, in fact, “improve the well - being of communities most impacted by crime.” Is Bail ...

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Social Justice

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Three Exceptional New York Nonprofits Win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards (New York Community Trust)

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11/11/2015

... Awards, which include a total of $60,000 in prizes as well as tuition scholarships for the Columbia Business School ... effort and success at achieving management excellence is being recognized by leaders in...

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The Clark Foundation

Ford Foundation

Edna McConnell Clark Announces Spend-Down, Major Investment in Blue Meridian Partners

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12/14/2016

... decided to "sunset" the Foundation and spend all of its resources (approximately $1 billion) over the next decade. ... partnerships that may enable Propel Next to live on well beyond EMCF. In...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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