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Schott's Villanueva Comments on Native Leadership in Institutional Philanthropy

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05/27/2016

As one of the few Native Americans working at a foundation, I celebrated Valorie Johnson's many accomplishments in the philanthropic sector.

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Century Foundation President Comments on New Proposal Offering Debt Forgiveness

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07/22/2016

... Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), would allow borrowers who work in public service for incremental periods to have a ...

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Economic Security

Applications Invited for Soros Justice Fellowships in Advocacy and Media

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09/21/2016

A program of the Open Society Foundations, Soros Justice Fellowships support outstanding individuals working to implement innovative projects that advance reform and spur debate on a range of issues facing the criminal justice system in the United...

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New York Women's Foundation Awards $1 Million for Resilience

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11/28/2017

... Resilience-NYC initiative will enable organizations and programs working with women and families directly affected by ...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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New York State Health Foundation Awards United Hospital Fund Grant To Study Ways To Improve Discharge Planning

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10/25/2017

... process begins, patients and their families must make complex decisions under time pressures and emotionally challenging circumstances. ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation Honored with Distinguished Service Award by American Academy of Ophthalmology

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11/13/2015

... and care for medically underserved seniors often at no out -of-pocket cost. He also led the establishment of the ... throughout the world. "Dr. Spivey's tireless work has accelerated just about every...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize

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11/12/2015

... Discuss Innovation Prize In January, our foundation put out a call to anyone in America with a promising solution to ... ways. We also knew that there aren’t nearly enough resources to launch and sustain...

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Podcast: A MasterCard Plan for Financial Inclusion

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08/21/2017

... Growth, discusses how the credit-card company is utilizing resources and expertise from across its operations to address ... inclusion." Two billion people worldwide are locked out of the financial system...

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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

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Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution

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09/28/2017

... oyster populations in New York Harbor. Oysters filter out excess nitrogen—the harbor's primary .....

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The Met and Crystal Bridges to Share a Trumbull Portrait

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03/14/2013

... which will take two-year turns displaying the historic work , writes The New York Times... The Met and Crystal ...

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Domestic Workers Bill of Rights passes Legislature

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09/12/2013

... would make the state the first in the nation to mandate time -and-a-half pay for home-based employees who work more than 9 hours a day or 45 hours a week... Domestic ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $5.6M to Enable Residencies for Playwrights

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04/11/2016

... is that the designated playwrights will receive full- time salaries and benefits for three years, along with ... can use for research or other purposes related to their work . The host theaters will stage at...

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Open Society Foundations Hosts Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice

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04/07/2017

... emotional connections, to bring about change. At the same time , more artists are imbuing their work with social and political messaging to advance the ...

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09 Dec 2020

2020 Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network (PACNET) Winter Meeting

Wednesday, December 9, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a confidential setting. Join your ... PACNet peers to provide you a chance to share insights, resources , and questions that have...

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Support from MasterCard Facilitates Launch of the Global Girls Entrepreneurship Project

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03/25/2015

... Entrepreneurship Project and sustain ongoing education programs in U.S. and internationally. The Global Girls ... programming, specifically designed for young women in high school . Through the program, girls...

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MasterCard Worldwide [Corporate]

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The Prudential Foundation Honors Teen for Efforts to End Gun Violence

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05/01/2018

... along with a personal award of $5,000, a trophy for his school and a $5,000 grant from The Prudential Foundation for ... he said by phone Monday evening. The Warren Central High School senior organized We LIVE...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation is a Proud Supporter of the Special Olympics

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10/29/2018

... by SNF aims to increase the impact of Special Olympics’ school -based inclusive sports and education programming in ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Sage Foundation Research Indicates Americans May Not Be Ready for Tax Increase on Wealthy

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05/11/2016

... Economic inequality is high and rising. At the same time , many governments are struggling to balance budgets while maintaining spending for popular programs . That’s prompted some presidential candidates to...

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Dana Laventure Joins New York State Health Foundation

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06/03/2013

... stories and lessons learned from the Foundation’s work . She is responsible for developing website content, ... identifying opportunities to promote the Foundation’s work , providing support for events and...

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