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NYS Health Strengthens Health Programs for Veterans as Part of Philanthropy-Joining Forces Impact Pledge

Release Date:

05/13/2015

... in response to the Obama administration's Joining Forces initiative , the Philanthropy-Joining Forces Impact Pledge ... which is supporting a funding and community education initiative that addresses...

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Veterans

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New York Health Foundation

Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... prisoners’ ambitious college program, the Bard Prison Initiative . Now Bard College is launching a new satellite in ... students.” Mr. Kenner, who also runs the Bard Prison Initiative , said the Brooklyn program...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Access to Electricity in India

Release Date:

11/15/2017

... sources through their Smart Power For Rural Development initiative . By widening the availability of electricity in ... Smart Power For Rural Development is a $75 million initiative started by The Rockefeller...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Ms. Foundation for Women Announced Roz Lee As The New Vice President of Strategy and Programs To Its Staff

Release Date:

01/24/2018

... and gender identity. She helped develop the Global Trans Initiative , a groundbreaking $20 million multiyear endeavor ... people. Roz is co-chair of the Out in the South Initiative , a five-year project with the...

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

NYU’s Prison Education Program Receives $1 Million Grant from Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

03/28/2018

... to support its Prison Education Program (PEP), an initiative that brings a college education to incarcerated ... Foundation to support its Prison Education Program, an initiative that brings a college...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Salesforce.org Launches Philanthropy Cloud That Could Transform Corporate Giving

Release Date:

05/31/2018

... hearing from others looking to replicate its “1-1-1” initiative , a pledge to donate 1% of equity, 1% of products, ...

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Salesforce

14 Jun 2022

A Moment for International Grantmaking: Applying Ethics to Practice

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... Why partnerships are important What practices are most critical and how have they evolved recently Guest Speaker ...

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Taking Care of Business (in the Business of Taking Care)

Release Date:

12/09/2015

... 80,000 church members. How do you think about community leadership ? Consider Clara Miller. Since taking the helm at ... means being willing to make those decisions and have hard conversations about fit. · It’s...

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The Wallace Foundation

TIAA-CREF

F.B. Heron Foundation

Episcopal Health Foundation

12 Dec 2012

Pushing Back Against Push-outs, Pipelines and Profiling: Grantmaking for Impact Among Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Men & Boys of Color

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 -

8:00am to 11:00am

... will explore issues of policing, safety, profiling, and school discipline policy as they relate to gay, bisexual, ...

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Cricket Island Foundation Welcomes New Deputy Director Seema Shah

Release Date:

07/27/2016

... she was principal associate at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, where she directed a six-year national study on the impact of community organizing in eight urban school districts. While at the...

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The Cricket Island Foundation

New York Community Trust's Patricia Swann On Looking Past 'Get Out The Vote'

Release Date:

11/08/2017

... They’ve pressed for a City Council bill to require school cafeterias to publicize health inspection scores. ...

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Civic Engagement

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The New York Community Trust

New York Life Foundation Pledges $1.7 Million to Help Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Release Date:

04/08/2020

... books to schools in low-income communities experiencing school closures. Our donation can deliver approximately ... enabling children to continue reading during a school closure. Our Foundation’s strategic...

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David Gracia Named New Executive Director at the Musicians Foundation

Release Date:

04/21/2023

... both degrees summa cum laude from the Aaron Copland School of Music of Queens College (CUNY). He also holds a ... Dreams” and the WHIN Music Community Charter School , the first elementary charter ...

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Musicians Foundation

These Days Everyone Can Be A Communicator…But Is That Enough?

Release Date:

01/12/2012

... for Web sites. Many foundation communicators also play a critical role in helping bring the important work their ...

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UHF Honors 63 Health Care Quality Improvement Leaders at Tribute to Excellence Today

Release Date:

07/15/2020

... Mount Sinai Brooklyn Adam R. Brenner , MD, Director of Critical Care The Mount Sinai Hospital Beth Oliver , DNP, ...

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

New York Life Awards $5 Million to September 11 Memorial, Museum

Release Date:

02/21/2013

... training, seminars, and post-visit discussions with school groups.... New York Life Awards $5 Million to ...

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Hartford Foundation Awards Nearly $2.3 Million in Grants

Release Date:

03/20/2014

... foundation awarded $2 million over five years to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in support of the Center to ...

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Aging

Health

Simons Foundation Gives University of Hawaii $40M—Largest Gift of its Kind Ever

Release Date:

06/16/2014

... UH Manoa Professors Edward DeLongand David Karl, of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, will be ...

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New York Botanical Garden Humanities Institute To Explore Social Impact of Gardens

Release Date:

06/19/2014

A symposium that will explore the role of women in landscape design will be the first event at New York Botanical Garden's Humanities Institute, made possible by a $635,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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Arts

Gender Justice

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Mellon Foundation

Donors Education Collaborative Awards $995,000 For Education Reform

Release Date:

08/04/2014

The Donors’ Education Collaborative, a fund at the New York Community Trust established to improve New York City public schools, announced $995,000 in grants to 11 nonprofit organizations pushing for reforms to reduce inequality and increase...