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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts

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12/15/2017

... meaningful aspects of this encounter is the awareness it can awaken of a common humanity—an immediate sense of ... the lead with partners across the country, in studying how to spark and nurture empathy...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant Provides New Insight Into Neurological Disorders

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04/17/2018

... in new therapies. Because the brain is so complex, it can be difficult to discover new drugs and even when a drug ... patient and turning those cells into neurons. Researchers can then test new drugs and study...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things Philanthropies Need to Do Now in the Trump Age

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02/13/2017

... aim to help will need our work now more than ever, and we can ’t afford to lose focus or veer off the path. Here, I ... our work, particularly on the local level. County and city leaders, for example, have very...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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24 Oct 2011

Taking the Next Steps Toward a Greater Collective Impact

Monday, October 24, 2011 - 8:45am to Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 9:30am

... single overarching goal. Continue the discussion and learn how other grantmakers are taking the next steps in applying ... Collective Impact A follow-up to our special program How Can Funders...

Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?

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09/22/2015

... scammers. These scammers, which promise students they can cut their student loan payments by 50 percent or more, ... surveillance, privacy, and economic justice, experienced how borrowers are targeted...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Ford Foundation Supports 'Stay Midtown Program' to Respond to Recent Rental Cost Increases in Detroit

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03/22/2017

... The Stay Midtown program is one tangible example of how these recommendations can be implemented. Launched in partnership with Midtown ... quality of life will also be monitored along with how...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Grants to NYC Health + Hospitals to Launch Virtual Behavioral Health Platform

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08/03/2022

... In the grant’s second year, NYC Health + Hospitals will use the grant to increase the use of ExpressCare and plan, execute, and evaluate four ... of the hardest-to-reach patients. “Helmsley’s New York ...

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Eric C. Schneider to Join The Commonwealth Fund as Senior Vice President for Policy and Research

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11/26/2014

... 2, 2015. He will be based at the foundation's New York City headquarters. Schneider will serve as a member of ... Vice President for Programs. "His expertise in the use of data and rigorous analytic...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Official Sees Opportunity Zone Program Role

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11/02/2018

... Foundation says foundations could provide loans to make new funds attractive for investors. A top official of ... years. Feuss said institutional investors like foundations can play a role because they...

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Pat Jenny To Oversee Grants at The New York Community Trust

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09/06/2013

... of more than $130 million to organizations in New York City and the suburbs as well as several national grantees. ... "We’ll keep emphasizing a strategic approach to make sure the projects we fund fit...

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CrainsNY Looks at Helmsley-Supported DATA2GO.NYC

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12/18/2015

... data reveals a yawning chasm in life expectancy among the city ’s residents, with startling implications. While the ... across our neighborhoods. A baby born today in Tribeca can expect to live more than 11...

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NYS Health President Speaks Out for Free Lunch for NYC Children

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05/23/2017

... promised to enact universal free school lunch in New York City public schools. The Mayor has aggressively pursued policies to decrease inequality in the City and clearly understands the important links among...

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New York Health Foundation

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Smart Donors Are Putting Nonprofits Back in Charge

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07/20/2015

... focus much of its grant making on inequality, aiming to use its capital to create a "social-justice infrastructure." .....

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Arabella Advisors Noted in NPR Report: Solutions that Could Help The U.S. Slash Food Waste

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03/16/2016

Each year, an estimated 133 billion pounds of food that farmers grow never makes it to our plates. That's enough to fill 44 skyscrapers. And tons of it ends up in landfills, where it emits methane, a greenhouse gas.

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Despite Legacy Connections, Rockefeller Family Fund Sets Trend by Changing its Fossil Fuel Investments

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04/04/2016

... “While the global community works to eliminate the use of fossil fuels, it makes little sense — financially or ...

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Mellon Foundation Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program

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04/11/2017

... and devised theater works. To that end, NEFA will use the grant to make several elements of the program permanent. They include ...

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Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25

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06/20/2017

Once there were fish, but then the coal mining began. The stretch of bone-dry, cracked land doesn’t look like much. Rancher L.J. Turner of Wright, Wyo., says, “It used to be, there was fish in there.” Now it’s one of 20 nearby springs that have...

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A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent

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09/07/2017

... would appear at George Mason University on Thursday to make a "major policy address on Title IX enforcement." That .....

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Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

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11/13/2017

... The grants tackle unequal access to everyday things that make us healthier in the long term, like spaces for exercise ... is financially secure and disproportionately white. “We use the social determinants of...

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