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Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close

Release Date:

05/20/2013

The country’s only independent polling agency has been accused under a new law of overtly political activity, due in part to a series of grants it has received from the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Institute...

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New Jersey Recovery Fund Awards $3.8 Million for Sandy Relief

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08/07/2013

... the fund is a collaborative effort of local and national foundations , New Jersey-based corporations and individuals ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Disaster Relief

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Funders Launch National Conversation on A ‘Common Purpose’

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10/01/2013

... Brothers Fund, revealed that RBF and six other major foundations — including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the Carnegie Corporation of New York — are ...

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Making IT Decisions

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12/2012

Administrative professionals routinely intersect with their organization’s technology infrastructure. Whether you outsource or insource your foundation’s technology needs, it is critical to understand how to approach projects so you make decisions that fit your specific organization needs and capacity and maximize your return on investment. Guli Basu, Information Services Operations Manager at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, guided members through key elements to making smart IT decisions.

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Sharon B. King, Noted Philanthropic Leader, Dies at 68

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10/27/2014

Former F.B. Heron Foundation President and PNY Board Member, Sharon King, passed away on October 21, 2014.

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties

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02/05/2015

... the Ford, Knight, MacArthur, Mozilla, and Open Society foundations , has formed a partnership to figure out how to ...

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Arcus Announces 13 Executive Directors to Participate in Arcus Leadership Fellowship

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05/15/2015

The Leadership Fellowship was formerly entitled the Arcus LGBT Leadership Initiative.

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Founding Members of Open Research Funders Group Include Three PNY Members

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12/16/2016

... the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Open Society Foundations form the Open Research Funders Group, an effort ...

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Astor Estate Donates Money to New York Education

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12/08/2013

The first round of grants has been made from The New York Community Trust's $43 million Brooke Astor Funds for New York City Education, reports The Wall Street Journal.

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The New York Community Trust

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Education

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A Nonprofit Lender Revives the Hopes of Subprime Borrowers

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02/25/2014

The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America has received $10 billion in funding from Bank of America to make mortgage loans on its own terms over the next decade, reports The New York Times.

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Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.

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04/15/2014

Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans a $50 million challenge to the N.R.A., reports the New York Times.

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Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act

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06/05/2014

... enacted (2008-2010), according to a new Commonwealth Fund report . The analysis, by Jonathan Gruber of the Massachusetts ...

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ASPCA Cautions Against Using New Cannabis Treats for Ailing Pets

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04/23/2015

The organization's medical director discusses the lack of research on the therapeutic uses of marijuana for animals.

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Animal Welfare

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Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Research Makes Breakthrough in Regenerative Medicine

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05/07/2015

... the paper, published May 6, 2015 in Nature, the scientists report using these new stem cells to develop the first ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Research to Prevent Blindness-Backed Study Finds Ebola Virus Lives in Eye Long After Blood Clears

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05/08/2015

A few months after being declared Ebola-free, Ian Crozier, MD, developed uveitis in his left eye, and the caused by a reservoir of Ebola virus in that eye.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal

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07/06/2015

The country's first social impact bond program was initially funded by Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs.

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HSBC Cuts Links With Big Muslim Aid Charity

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01/04/2016

Global bank HSBC has halted services to international humanitarian agency Islamic Relief, allegedly over concerns that the nonprofit's funds could end up in the hands of terrorist groups, Economic Times writes, citing reporting by London's Sunday...

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Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness

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02/22/2016

Researchers find that the most effective interventions, such as use of sobriety checkpoints and ignition interlocks, are rarely used in industry-sponsored programs.

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