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New York Botanical Garden Gets $28M Windfall Donation

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06/05/2014

... Bronx, the nonprofit's board set out to raise $25 million fund in his honor and surpassed the goal by $3 million. The fund was launched last September with a $5 million challenge .....

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Leon Levy Foundation

Mark Abrahams Joins FJC as Chief Financial and Investment Officer

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08/19/2014

Mark Abrahams has been appointed Chief Financial and Investment Officer of FJC - A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds.

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NEO Philanthropy Promotes Melinda Fine to Vice President

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01/14/2015

... Director of the Communities for Public Education Reform Fund (CPER), has been promoted to the position of Vice ... Director of the Communities for Public Education Reform Fund (CPER). A national funders'...

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Molly Schultz Hafid Promoted to Assistant Director of the UU Veatch Program

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04/21/2015

... and as the Activing Deputy Director at the North Star Fund . Molly Schultz Hafid Promoted to Assistant Director ...

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Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock

MetLife Foundation Supports Expansion of Green Schoolyard Initiative

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10/20/2015

The MetLife Foundation joined other private funders and the Trust for Public Land in a green schoolyards initiative in Philadelphia.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards its First Resident-Led Grants to Projects in Crown Heights

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12/15/2015

The Brooklyn Community Foundation, with its Crown Heights Advisory Council, announced the 11 projects that will receive $100,000 collectively through its new Neighborhood Strength initiative.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford, Open Society and Others Join in Support of Public Interest Tech

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02/17/2016

... in the public and nonprofit sectors; the New Venture Fund 's Media Democracy Fund , which will serve as fiscal sponsor for a university .....

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The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation Announces Open Call for 2017 Grant Applications

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04/07/2016

Grant applications are now being accepted through September 15, 2016.

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation

29 Sep 2016

501(c)4s - Increasing Your Impact with Creative Grantmaking

Thursday, September 29, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... and being creative with the vehicles they create and fund . This panel will discuss the advantages of using a ... Stephen McConnell , President, Civic Participation Action Fund Shelley Whelpton , Managing...

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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NY Community Trust Teams Up with Muslim-American Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes

Release Date:

08/09/2016

... to money to left to us by New Yorker’s bequests, we fund programs that improve the lives of all New Yorkers, ... on immigration issues since 1987, when it created the Fund for New Citizens. Since then, it has...

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The New York Community Trust

PhilTV This Week Dec 1 Features Ford, Rockefeller, Pershing Square, Bloomberg, Open Society Foundations and More

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12/01/2016

... Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy Rockefeller Family Fund Calls ExxonMobil’s Conduct ‘Morally Reprehensible’ .....

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Ford, JPB, Novo, Carnegie Corporation of NY Listed as Top Funders of Refugee and Migrant Issues

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02/15/2017

While foundation funding in support of global human rights initiatives rose to $2.7 billion in 2014, from $2.3 billion in 2013, the share of funding for migrants and refuges remained flat, a report from Foundation Center and the International Human...

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Phil TV This Week March 31

Release Date:

03/31/2017

... Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants 'Marjorie Prime' Wins Sloan Foundation .....

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The New York Women's Foundation

Open Society Foundations Seek Clarification on Pakistan NGO Ruling

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12/14/2017

The Open Society Foundations' national foundation in Pakistan is seeking clarification from the government, after the Ministry of the Interior informed it and a number of other international non-governmental organizations that they must cease...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Donates $1.5 Million for Disaster Relief

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01/30/2018

Philanthropic support will focus on disaster recovery, legal aid, and needs of students in Puerto Rico, Miami, and Houston

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Awarded $1.3 Billion to Nonprofit Organizations in 2017

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02/12/2018

... to the Chronicle, part of the foundation's pitch to hedge fund managers and financiers is that it can process complex .....

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

11 Oct 2018

Advocacy Guidance for Nonprofits and Foundations - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, October 11, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... speakers from Alliance for Justice and RESULTS Educational Fund for insightful information on how you can develop a ...

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Family Foundation

The Pfizer Foundation Announces $5 Million in Grants to Support Women and Families

Release Date:

05/30/2018

These new grants build on The Pfizer Foundation’s existing grant program by providing a second round of funding to international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) in five African countries where different barriers exist for women to access...