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Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes

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03/16/2016

An international committee deliberating on who would receive a new humanitarian award, created in memory of the Armenian genocide, has selected four relatively obscure humanitarians as finalists for the annual prize.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

29 Sep 2016

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

Thursday, September 29, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Strategic philanthropy is increasingly requiring advocacy and creative collaboration to achieve its goals. Funders, investors, and social entrepreneurs are eager to go beyond traditional grantmaking to employ innovative approaches to achieving...

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Panel

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11 Aug 2016

Family Philanthropy and Media Perceptions - Webinar

Thursday, August 11, 2016 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Family foundations are passionate and dedicated to improving their communities and leading conversations that will help advance their missions.

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Seeking Just & Sustainable Communities: Surdna Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $14 Million

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07/26/2017

The New York City-based Surdna Foundation awarded 72 grants totaling more than $14 million to organizations working to foster just and sustainable communities in the United States.

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Respected Anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford Steps Into New Role as President of Wenner-Gren Foundation

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08/09/2017

The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research's next president respected anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford has assumed her leadership duties.

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The Wenner-Gren Foundation

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Mayor de Blasio Signs Sweeping Legislation to Curb Smoking, Tobacco Usage

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08/29/2017

... attrition the number of tobacco retailers citywide; (3) creating a retail license for e-cigarettes and capping the ...

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Commonwealth Fund: What Are the Potential Effects of the Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal-and-Replace Bill? Past Estimates Provide Some Clues

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09/21/2017

Last week, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R–La.) unveiled congressional Republicans’ latest bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has indicated that it will not release a...

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Ford Foundation Awards 25 Fellowships to US Artists Driving Social Change

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10/02/2017

... will support visionary artists and cultural leaders in creating powerful works of art that help advance freedom, ...

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Arts

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Ms. Foundation For Women and New York Women's Foundation Take A Stand With Prosperity Together

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11/14/2017

... and strategies in communities across the country that are creating pathways out of poverty for women and their ...

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Gender Justice

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Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database

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01/09/2018

Michigan State University, supported by nearly $1.5 million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will create a unique online data hub that will change the way scholars and the public understand African slavery.

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Social Justice

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Announcing the Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize

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01/25/2018

Announcing the Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth State and Local Innovation Prize The Milbank Memorial Fund has teamed up with AcademyHealth to establish a new annual award that recognizes state and local efforts to advance...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing

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03/13/2018

... mission. The Nathan Cummings Foundation is focused on creating a more just, vibrant, sustainable and democratic ...

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Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating Black Choreographers

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03/30/2018

With support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Con Edison, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Brooklyn-based 651 ARTS and RestorationART’s have collaborated to present a history-making presentation of Gesel Mason...

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Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America

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04/17/2018

How Angels in America comes to life on Broadway.

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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New Report Supported By The New York Community Trust and United Hospital Fund Examines Threat Posed By The Federal Association Health Plan Regulation

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06/11/2018

A proposed federal rule on Association Health Plans (AHPs), expected to be finalized soon, could further destabilize New York’s small and individual health insurance markets by making it easier for sponsors to create healthier groups for coverage...

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The New York Community Trust

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Aetna Foundation and Newman’s Own Foundation Earn CyberGrants Ovation Awards

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06/27/2018

CyberGrants presented their annual Ovation Awards at the 2018 CyberGrants User Conference in New Orleans. The Aetna Foundation and Newman’s Own Foundation were awarded “Ovations” for their philanthropic excellence.

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