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€15 Million Emergency Grant from Stavros Niarchos Foundation Responds to Fire Crisis in Greece

Release Date:

08/12/2021

... of volunteer firefighter Vasilis Filoras, who lost his life while fighting the fires, with everyone who has been ... saddened by the destruction of huge forested areas that act as “green lungs” for Greece and...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Deploys $100,000 for ‘Immediate Response’ Grants to Immigrant Nonprofits

Release Date:

02/07/2017

... challenges triggered by the Trump Administration’ s Executive Order banning travelers from 7 Muslim-majority countries as well as new refugee admissions. The grants are deployed through the ... Rights Fund...

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Bed-Stuy’s Gentrification, Effects On Residents Analyzed In Comptroller’s Report

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09/20/2017

Bed-Stuy’ s Gentrification, Effects On Residents Analyzed In ... is shifting and so, too, is its economy and real estate market . A new report released by state Controller Thomas DiNapoli ...

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Corinne H. Rieder To Retire As Executive Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation

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07/02/2014

... accomplished together, and it is time now for me to pursue new directions in my professional and personal life ." During her tenure at the John A. Hartford ... In recognition of her outstanding efforts to...

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‘Bro’ Adams Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow

Release Date:

07/11/2017

... Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a senior fellow. Adams, who lives in Falmouth, will begin his new job Aug. 1. When he resigned as NEH chairman in May, ... importance of the humanities and the arts in our...

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Ten NYC Nonprofits Selected As 2014 Nonprofit Excellence Awards Semifinalists

Release Date:

08/04/2014

... NYC area have been selected as semifinalists for the 2014 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards, a project ... the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee and its partners, The New...

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For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities

Release Date:

08/04/2016

... Institution A recent conversation at Philanthropy New York , “ Can Failure Be a Success? Dissecting the Rikers ... roles for foundations outlined by Social Finance U. S . in 2014—building...

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Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway

Release Date:

03/27/2017

... funders, academics, activists and artists gathered at New York University to discuss the role of arts and culture in ... the heinous acts of extremists puts additional people’ s lives...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Grace Farms Launches Design for Freedom Movement to Remove Forced Labor from the Built Environment

Release Date:

02/11/2021

... Read at The Fast Company (1/20/21) October 26, 2020, NEW CANAAN, Conn. ꟷ Sharon Prince, Founder and Chief ... buildings; the launch of a dedicated website with tools, resources , and original content; and...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Backs Program to Address Patient Safety

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03/23/2015

... Program to Address Patient Safety The University of New England (UNE) has recently received a major grant from ... The $600,000 grant aims to ensure that all health care professionals who are UNE graduates are...

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Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis To Step Down In March

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... term, Lewis will return to the academy, and launch a new initiative, The Center for Social Solutions, to focus ... future of work. He expects to announce more details in the new year. Widely respected, Lewis...

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The Estée Lauder Companies Announces Bold Family-Related Benefits to Meet the Diverse Needs of Its Employees

Release Date:

04/25/2018

... , the global leader in prestige beauty, today announced new and enhanced family-related programs, policies and ... or enhancing benefits around adoption, child and elder care , and infant transition support...

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Arcus Foundation Names Adrian Coman Director of International Human Rights

Release Date:

02/01/2013

... mechanisms, such as at the United Nations. As part of its new social justice strategy, Arcus will work closely with ... under our new social justice strategy.” Coman’ s career in philanthropy...

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Ms. Foundation for Women President Amerita Examines Impact of Take Our Daughters to Work Day

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04/24/2015

... small article announcing Take Our Daughters to Work Day in New York City appeared in Parade Magazine. We created that day ... This day, when girls were seen and heard, changed many lives , as...

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Mortality Rates for Middle-Aged Whites Not Just About Drugs, Suicide, Says Commonwealth Fund

Release Date:

02/01/2016

... and more mental health problems. In January 2016, the New York Times followed up on Case and Deaton’ s findings with an analysis showing that the rise in white ...

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At the Rockefellers’ Kykuit, Painterly Gardens and a Rosy Legacy

Release Date:

05/23/2016

... like the Standard Oil monopoly, Nelson Rockefeller’ s stewardship as governor of New York and the family’ s charitable giving in medical research ...

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Century Foundation Study Finds Socioeconomic Integration Helps Narrow Achievement Gaps

Release Date:

10/19/2016

... Connecticut; Jefferson County, Kentucky; and New York City, the report found that when socioeconomic diversity ...

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Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge to Benefit 14 Nonprofit Organizations in U.S. and UK

Release Date:

03/23/2017

... Challenge to Benefit 14 Nonprofit Organizations in U. S . and UK Morgan Stanley on March 22 announced the launch of ... the next ten weeks, teams of Morgan Stanley employees in New York and...

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NY Foundation Releases 'Engage to Change' Video on Henry Street Settlement

Release Date:

04/17/2017

... participants as partners in making change in their own lives , the organization, and in the surrounding community. We hosted a series of conversations with a dozen New York City nonprofit...