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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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Rita Allen Teams Up With Knight Foundation to Combat Misinformation

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03/13/2017

... to Combat Misinformation Working alongside Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation, Knight seeks ideas on ...

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Helmsley Trust Helps Retraction Watch Chart Its Future With New $130,000 Grant

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04/06/2017

The generous funding from the Trust’s Biomedical Research Infrastructure Program will allow Retraction Watch to work with a consultant to develop operational and sustainability plans for The Center For Scientific Integrity.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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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

The digitization project for the American Numismatic Society’s back list of monographs has gained funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Three MIT Alumni Win 2017 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

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04/21/2017

Fellowship funds graduate school studies for exceptional immigrants and children of immigrants.

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Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans

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Immigration

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

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09/15/2017

The Millennium Challenge Corp. signed a $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.

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

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09/15/2017

The MTA is facing accusations that it unwittingly funded “decorative” towers worth $42 million at bridges and tunnels, as part of Gov. Cuomo’s open-road tolling project.

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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

... employees to work on projects for his philanthropic fund , The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, but was forced to ...

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28 Jan 2019

New York Aging Funders - Winter Meeting

Monday, January 28, 2019 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... Funders Network is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy aging ...

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Aging

01 Apr 2019

Innovative Youth Organizing and Untested Approaches - A First Monday Discussion Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, April 1, 2019 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... Alejandra Ruiz , Executive Director, Youth Engagement Fund Estevan Muñoz-Howard (Moderator), Program Officer, Piper Fund Registration Registration is required by March 31st. ...

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Immigration

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

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06/25/2019

... Public Schools that will receive $350,000 in grants to fund more than 30 arts partners across the city. The students ... mark the 11th year of grant-making for the Arts Expansion Fund and the second year for...

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The Klarman Family Foundation

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Arts

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03 Dec 2019

New York Environmental Funders Network – Winter Meeting

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Funders Network is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program areas of environment, ...

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Altman Foundation Welcomes New Trustee, Lisa Hinds

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05/19/2020

... at EnTrust Global, one of the world’s largest hedge fund investors. With over $19 billion in assets, she manages ... portfolio management for a distressed securities hedge fund . Ms. Hinds has served in senior...

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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

Join the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid in a webinar to highlight findings from the 2021 Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. The report is an annual publication by CDP and Candid that examines how much funding...

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25 Apr 2022

Risk, Reward, and the Reality: What Don't We Know About Intermediaries?

Monday, April 25, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... working inside intermediaries and private foundations who fund intermediaries to hear about the practices and ... Rini Chakraborty , Senior Director of Four Freedoms Fund , NEO Philanthropy Adey Fisseha , US...

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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

Join this session to learn about opportunities to leverage national, state, city, and foundation funding… and practical ways to improve how research is designed and funded. See what components can be easily added to a Request for Proposal so that...

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Richard Correia Named as Surdna Foundation’s Assistant Controller

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10/14/2013

... of Richard Correia, an experienced operations and fund accountant, and C.P.A. candidate, as Assistant ... Capital, where he was deeply involved in investment fund accounting and the related journal entries on...

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03 Oct 2012

Can Social Justice Organizations Endure? New Ideas to Get Us to “Yes”

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

In this “new normal” funding environment, how sincerely are social justice funders—no matter their specific area(s) of funding focus—willing to acknowledge the financial challenges facing their fields and their grantees? And what new, creative...

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18 Oct 2012

Creating New Approaches to Community-Based Family Support: Where is Innovation Happening?

Thursday, October 18, 2012 -

1:45pm to 4:00pm

... around the country can help inform the communities you fund A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Program with ...

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