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'Marjorie Prime' Wins Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at Sundance for Focus on Science and Technology

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03/29/2017

... is a sci-fi drama that stars Smith as Marjorie, an 86- year -old widow who spends time with a holographic likeness of ... the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at this year ’s Sundance Film Festival...

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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations

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08/17/2017

... who continue to shape and drive the art form. This year 's festival runs August 23 through August 27 at parks and ... and old, jazz aficionados and new fans alike will join us in honoring the legacy of...

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Arts, Culture, & Media

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A Former Felon Leads The Way In Criminal Justice Reform

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08/31/2017

... correctional facility after serving six months of a one- year prison sentence. She was 30 and suffering from substance ...

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Health at A Planetary Scale

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09/14/2017

... two. Two hundred years ago, there were about 1 billion of us ; today, we number more than 7 billion. We have harnessed ... to hundreds of “dead zones” along coasts. (This year ’s Gulf of Mexico dead zone is...

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Health & Human Services

New Book, "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Carnegie Council Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff

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09/20/2017

... do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are our values converging or ... questions that led Michael Ignatieff to embark on a three- year , eight-nation journey in search...

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International/Global Affairs

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How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them

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09/22/2017

... of the total $390 billion awarded to charities last year . The lion’s share was from high net worth individuals, ... an average of more than $25,000 a piece to charity each year . But these wealthy donors have...

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More Trafficking Victims Turn to Hotline With Pleas for Help

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10/02/2017

The tipster's account was grim. A woman had suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung at the hands of a man who for nine years had been forcing her into prostitution.

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Women & Girls

Building Bridges between Scared Immigrant Communities and Police

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10/06/2017

... of crackdowns on immigration and increased raids from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Many worried ... nearly 43 percent in the first three months of this year compared to last year...

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Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM!

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02/02/2018

... of hundreds of its employees throughout the U.S. this year . With our partners and volunteers we will be building ... an Imagination Playground or Rigamjig, which allow for year -round actvitiy in areas with...

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Education & Youth

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Simons Foundation Invites Applications for Autism Research

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06/06/2019

... tenure-track faculty position during the upcoming academic year . The award will be activated upon assumption of a ...

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Ana Oliveira, President & CEO of The New York Women's Foundation, Named a Lifetime Achievement Honoree in City & State's 2023 50 Over 50 List

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02/02/2023

... which has become one of our most popular lists each year , recognizes the legacies of 50 accomplished individuals ... power structures, this annual undertaking has allowed us to take the longer view – and offer...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Newly Created Heckscher Foundation Workforce Development Grants Aim to Create More Than 1,100 Full-Time Jobs in New York

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07/19/2023

... to partner with the Heckscher Foundation, which requires us to bring our employer partners in at the onset to both ... and those with involvement in the legal and foster care systems. The program duration for...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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29 Nov 2011

Time as a Tool: Strategies for Transforming Schools through Time

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1:45pm to 5:00pm

In the last half of the 20th century, a consensus emerged that time could be a valuable tool to improve schools. Early in the 21st century, NCLB proposed “supplementing” regular school hours with additional ones used in more targeted ways to improve...

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01 Dec 2020

On BIPOC Leadership Transitions – It Takes a Village

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1:00pm to 2:30pm

For years, leading up to our latest election, data has shown the power Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) are having in creating change across the country. And yet, there is still a stagnant representation of people of color in nonprofit...

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Deborah Cullen-Morales Appointed New Program Officer at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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04/28/2020

... spaces, Deborah brings to the position field-wide perspective , deep appreciation of the central role of artists ...

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Beth deHamel Joins the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation as Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer

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02/17/2021

... Peter Laugharn. DeHamel most recently served for over a year as interim chief executive officer at Mercy Corps, ... Morgan Stanley and Paine Webber. “Beth brings a unique perspective from her decades of...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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16 Dec 2025

Service for Impact - Winter Meeting

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 -

10:00am to 11:30am

** Please Note New Date: December 16, 2025 (moved from October 22) ** The  Service for Impact  working group, rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service, provides a unique opportunity for both corporate grantmakers and...

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Simplifying the Excise Tax on Private Foundations

... planning, especially for smaller foundations that may lack resources for complex financial planning. Simplifying the ...

ASPCA Names Helene Gordon Senior Director of Licensing & Retail Development

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08/01/2012

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has announced the appointment of Helene Gordon to the position of Senior Director of Licensing & Retail development.

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