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Charles H. Revson Foundation Appoints Martha King as Senior Program Officer and Meredith Korn as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

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06/17/2020

... cultivate a creative, informed, pluralistic, and engaged New York City citizenry. In recent years, the Foundation has sought opportunities to strengthen New York City's communities and civic spaces, re-...

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02 Apr 2014

Grantee Executive Transitions – When and How to Engage as Funders

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... Founder and Chief Executive Officer , Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy • Kavitha Mediratta, Programme ...

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Paula Moreno To Join Ford Foundation Board of Trustees; Kofi Appenteng Elected as Board Chair

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06/23/2014

Paula Moreno has been named to the Ford Foundation's board of trustees and Kofi Appenteng has been elected as its 11th chair.

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Artstor President James Shulman Joins Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow in Residence

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05/02/2016

... around the world, democratizing access to the world's cultural heritage. Artstor recently joined ITHAKA, the .....

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George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations

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10/18/2017

George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager and a major Democratic donor, has given $18 billion to his Open Society Foundations, one of the largest transfers of wealth ever made by a private donor to a single foundation.

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Prairie View A&M University $500,000 to Support African-American Studies Initiative

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09/14/2018

... surprise and disappointment that, given the University's cultural legacy, it did not have a formal program in .....

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Surdna Foundation Announces Refined Program Strategies

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09/26/2018

The Surdna Foundation announced today refined strategies for its grantmaking programs, intended to reflect the Foundation’s belief that racial justice must underpin social justice.

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David Rockefeller Gift Raises Rockefeller Brothers Fund Endowment to $1.2 Billion

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10/25/2018

... Brothers Fund as a museum, conference center, and cultural programming venue to support its philanthropic ...

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Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Cited in NY Times on Disputed Timeline for When Whites Will Assume Minority Status in US Population

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11/29/2018

... of doomsday clock counting down to the end of racial and cultural dominance. For progressives who seek an end to ...

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Elon University Joins Multi-campus Collaborative Initiative Funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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06/20/2019

... and how the humanities are relevant to current civic and cultural life. Elon is one of five colleges and universities ...

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13 May 2021

Demystifying Decision Making - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, May 13, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

Learn about the range of models that philanthropic families adopt to guide their giving and explore how to promote a healthy, open, and honest culture of communication across a family philanthropy effort.

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We've Moved!

In January, Philanthropy New York became tenants at 320 East 43rd Street. This ... our membership. We are thrilled to welcome you to our new space and look forward to providing you with new...

Sandy support from institutions underwhelms

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10/25/2013

Philanthropy New York's Michael Remaley and the North Star Fund's Hugh Hogan were quoted in a Crain's New York Business article on our research into institutional ... of earlier this month,...

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Major Research Groups Are Given Low Marks on Disclosing Donors

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05/06/2014

A New York Times article discusses research on donor ... on Wednesday, an advance copy of which was provided to The New York Times…. Major Research Groups Are Given Low ...

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Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit

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06/17/2014

... I n the wake of last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York’s teachers unions and education reform groups are ... Education reform groups like StudentsFirstNY and the New Teacher Project say a...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45 Million for City Halls to Tackle Urban Issues

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08/20/2014

... Urban Issues Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a new $45 million investment to boost the capacity of city ... Delivery model, an approach to generating and implementing new ideas that has been tested...

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Smaller High Schools and Outside Funding Increase Graduation Rates, Test Scores and College Enrollment

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10/17/2014

... Test Scores and College Enrollment Findings from a new long-term study of small high schools in New York City show the approach may not only boost a ... & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation...

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National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory

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03/13/2015

... groups that typically march in lockstep have split over new net-neutrality rules, and their discord has escalated ... even personal, feud. Beyond a split over the merits of the new policy, civil rights groups...

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NYCT-Funded Initiative Has Taken on 424 Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids

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03/24/2015

... Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids New York City’s effort to supply lawyers for every ... has kept 13 children from being deported as of February, new data provided to BuzzFeed News shows...

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