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A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... New York city council approved a plan for a gleaming new development in the Willets Point section of Queens—a ... new home in the Bronx. Four years later, the Willets Point development project is stalled, the...

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Community Development

Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

Release Date:

11/22/2017

... impedes their use in clinical practice, as well as in the development processes for new therapies. A lack of ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

Release Date:

02/16/2018

... studies, researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that ... a mosquito population, potentially paving the way for the development of self-propagating...

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We Shouldn’t Be Batting 1000

Release Date:

03/07/2016

... Batting 1000 By Kevin Jennings, Executive Director, Arcus Foundation I am a sports nut. In a recent lunch with PNY’s ... that support good work but rarely, if ever, lead to game- changing breakthroughs. What...

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Everyone Into the Pool

Release Date:

07/10/2024

... the Pool By: Julie Sandorf, President, Charles H. Revson Foundation . This piece was originally published by Vital City ... Additionally, After School Matters , a Chicago youth development program, partners...

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Children, Youth and Families

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09 Oct 2012

Service for Impact Working Group Breakfast

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -

9:00am to 10:30pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

Supporting strategic volunteerism is a critical component to strengthening grantees in this current economic climate. A well-designed volunteer program can increase nonprofit productivity and effectiveness but it must be a funder supported capacity...

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Searching for the Next Breakthrough in Health Care

Release Date:

05/05/2014

The Commonwealth Fund launches the Breakthrough Health Care Opportunities program to discover and vet transformative ideas in health care.

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Health

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

09/22/2014

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has pledged to eliminate assets tied to fossil fuels.

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Environment and Climate Change

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RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund

Release Date:

10/29/2014

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is partnering with a coalition of NGOs as part of a new grantmaking collaborative, the Ebola Survival Fund.

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Health

International/Foreign Affairs

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream

Release Date:

11/11/2014

Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker, shares his story in People Magazine.

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Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post

Release Date:

02/26/2015

LaVerne Evans Srinivasan, Carnegie Corporation of New York's new Vice President of Education, discusses education and innovation in philanthropy.

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Hess Named to 2015 Best Corporate Citizens List

Release Date:

04/22/2015

Hess was honored as the top oil and gas company on the list.

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Among Those Pushing for Stronger Climate Risk Disclosure

Release Date:

04/24/2015

Sixty-two institutional investors have called for the SEC to push for better disclosure by oil and gas companies of critical climate change-related business risks.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Jonas Center Supports Visionary Project Bringing New Light to End-of-Life Issues

Release Date:

11/03/2015

‘Dying in America,’ by photographer/filmmaker Carolyn Jones, launches website with resources for patients, families ahead of feature film.

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Wallace Updates Popular Cost Calculator for Out-of-School-Time Programs

Release Date:

02/17/2016

The Wallace-commissioned Out-of-School-Time Cost Calculator is a free, online tool designed to help providers estimate the costs of delivering a variety of after-school and summer programs. It's been updated and made accessible for mobile.

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Dan Cardinali Named New President and CEO, Independent Sector

Release Date:

02/23/2016

... accomplish its goals, and enable the sector to thrive in a changing world. Dan Cardinali Named New President and CEO, ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Poll Finds Broad Support For Clean Power Plan

Release Date:

04/28/2016

Bloomberg Philanthropies released the results of a poll that examined the attitudes of voters toward the Clean Power Plan (CPP) in four key states: Florida, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin. In each of these states, attorneys general have sued the...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App

Release Date:

06/29/2016

For the last few years the Brooklyn Museum has been prototyping ways to reach visitors on a more personal level.

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Joan Minieri Appointed Executive Director of Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock on Long Island

Release Date:

10/06/2016

Joan Minieri has been appointed as the executive director of Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock on Long Island.

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Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project

Release Date:

10/18/2016

Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ latest project, Silent Voices, harnesses the power of young people to be instruments of change, giving voice to those who have been silenced or marginalized by social, cultural or religious circumstances.