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Long Island Community Foundation Supports Diversity Through International Food Tasting at Gala Fresh Farms

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11/15/2016

One of the goals of the newly formed Peconic River Community Development Alliance is to bring people of different backgrounds and ethnicities together in Riverhead Town.

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Food Systems

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Founding Members of Open Research Funders Group Include Three PNY Members

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12/16/2016

TheAlfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Open Society Foundations form the Open Research Funders Group, an effort to promote sharing of articles and data between researchers and organizations.

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Century Foundation Report Finds Out Why High-Risk Insurance Pools Still Won't Work

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03/01/2017

... as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act' s (ACA) guaranteed access to health insurance for people ... high-risk pools often suffered from insufficient funding , constraints on eligibility, and gaps in...

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Health

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CUNY Publishes Paper on the Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001

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03/07/2017

While US private philanthropic foundations are small in comparison with other international donors, the Ford Foundation was an important international actor and the biggest player within international philanthropy for almost 50 years.

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Mellon Foundation Supports Digitization Project for the American Numismatic Society’s Back List of Monographs

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04/17/2017

... Digitization Project for the American Numismatic Society’ s Back List of Monographs The digitization project for the American Numismatic Society’ s back list of monographs has gained funding...

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Communications/Media

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Mellon Foundation

MCC Signs $500M Compact with Nepal to Improve Power and Roads

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09/15/2017

... $500 million compact with Nepal on Thursday, the agency’ s first compact in South Asia and a symbol, said some at the ceremony, of Nepal’ s progress toward democracy. The compact, which has been ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Watchdog Group Claims MTA Mistakenly Signed off on $42M Towers with No Use

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09/15/2017

... million at bridges and tunnels, as part of Gov. Cuomo’ s open-road tolling project. Reinvent Albany, a good ... state seal. But MTA board members and officials say it’ s for security measures.... Watchdog...

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Community Development

Mark Zuckerberg Clashed With Facebook Execs Over Letting Employees Work On His Philanthropy

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10/02/2017

... year after opposition from senior executives. Zuckerberg' s desire for his two companies to "undertake joint projects," ... during a February 2016 meeting of the social network' s board of...

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Century Foundation Hosts Discussion on College Affordability Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond

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10/01/2018

... plans have gained significant momentum recently, as public funding for higher education has fallen and student debt has ... wave of college affordability reforms with the nation’ s leading higher education...

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Video

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Klarman Family Foundation Among Donors to Boston Public Schools Arts Expanision Initiative

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06/25/2019

... Boston, BPS and EdVestors announced this latest round of funding as part of this week’ s seventh annual BPS Citywide Arts Festival, a three-day ... arts and culture as fundamental to the city of Boston’...

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The Klarman Family Foundation

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18 Nov 2021

Money, Money, Money – Beyond Philanthropy: What is the Role of Public Dollars? A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, November 18, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... of organizations across the charitable sector in the U. S . and other countries in response to these emergencies. This funding is dwarfed by the billions of dollars invested by governments worldwide. To help...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Disaster Relief

12 Oct 2022

Applying Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to Child and Family Services Research: Implications for the Federal and Philanthropic Sectors

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... welfare research reveals some important research gaps and funding opportunities with respect to DEI and child ... to leverage national, state, city and foundation funding … and practical ways to improve how...

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Children, Youth and Families

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BofA, Rockefeller Noted for Adding Profit Incentives to Nonprofit Work

Release Date:

11/06/2015

... and one recent technique in particular shows promise. It’ s called Pay for Success, and it allows investors to fund ... effectiveness—with no downside for taxpayers. Here’ s how it works: A government agency...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Bank of America [Corporate]

Public-Private Partnership With Ford, Surdna, Niarchos, Bloomberg, Mellon, and Rockefeller Award Placemaking Grants Totaling $11 Million

Release Date:

12/09/2016

... creative placemaking projects in nineteen states and two U. S . territories. Awarded through ArtPlace America' s National Creative Placemaking Fund, the grants, which range .....

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

PhilTV This Week: Jan 27, 2017

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01/27/2017

... Darren Walker of Ford Foundation Speaks Out About Why It' s Essential to Partner With Businesses Insights by Celeste .....

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PhilTV This Week

The 2017 National Center for Responsive Philanthropy Impact Awards Winners Announced

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... 2017 NCRP Impact Awardees have been announced. This year’ s awards are special because of the challenging environment ... funder of the reproductive justice movement in the U. S ., is being honored for its...

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Bank of America Announces Hurricane Irma Relief Efforts

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... America today announced that it is directing $1 million in funding from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to aid ... previously announced $1 million in Hurricane Harvey relief funding , for a total to...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Disaster Relief

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Prudential Foundation Joins Donors Pool $40 Million to Light a Fire Under Pay-for-Success Programs

Release Date:

05/14/2018

... losses. Kimberlee Cornett, managing director of Kresge’ s social-investment practice, is confident the fund will ... investor with a social mission, and a philanthropy that’ s bringing some risk protection,...

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