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Revson and Niarchos Foundations Open Nominations for Library Awards

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11/19/2015

... York – places where all are welcome, the programs and resources are free, and the librarians are making it all happen on a shoestring budget. The awards are an initiative of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and...

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Commentary: “Visibility” and Corporate Foundations

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10/22/2009

... about writing under his or her own name. This is one such case , and the writer has chosen to remain anonymous. As I ... foundations there is a lot of misguided energy and wasted resources on “visibility” that...

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The Storm Surge and Impact of Sandy on Communities in Northern New Jersey

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06/13/2013

... (CNJG) offered an educational Site Visit Bus Tour for funders in-state and around the region to learn from a ... and leads Creative New Jersey , a cross-sector creativity initiative launched by the Geraldine R...

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Laboratory Announces $50 Million Gift To Establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology

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07/07/2014

... for Quantitative Biology. The Center will support research and education programs at one of the world’s leading independent biomedical research institutions, a birthplace of molecular biology...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Announces the 2022 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows

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04/26/2022

... for the fellows to devote their time to significant research and writing in the social sciences and humanities. ... topics include a history of food security in Africa; a study of a public university built on...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Noha El-Mikawy to Lead Its Middle East and North Africa Office

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01/02/2012

... Cairo. She also coordinated interdisciplinary comparative research on the Middle East at the University of Bonn. ... for our work,” said Darren Walker, Vice President for Education , Creativity and Free...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign Reaches Landmark Closure of 318th U.S. Coal Plant, on Track to Retire All Coal Plants by 2030

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09/15/2020

... to a clean energy economy. Over the past decade, a diverse coalition has come together as part of the U.S. ...

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Andy Warhol Foundation Joins Growing Number of Organizations Condemning University of Kansas Over Its Removal of Josephine Meckseper’s Flag

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07/25/2018

... Time as part of its “Pledge of Allegiance” series. The initiative invited sixteen artists to make flags in response ... Against Censorship, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), and the...

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Hilton Foundation Follows a Familiar—and Promising—Playbook in Tackling a Debilitating Disease

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08/29/2017

... experience and hardship. We’ve seen that impulse in the case of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust ... Conrad Hilton Foundation’s burgeoning contribution to research on multiple sclerosis...

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William T. Grant Foundation Names Ten William T. Grant Scholars Finalists

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12/12/2018

... and these ten finalists each show great promise for research careers that will bring rigorous research to bear on the pressing issues facing young people ... support the applicant’s research...

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01 Nov 2016

Getting Your Board on Board with Impact Investing

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... at their foundations. Hear their thoughts on optimal board education and engagement processes, as well as how to help ... of Corporate Impact, Liquidnet Designed for All interested funders . Registration 2:45...

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Pamela Shifman, Executive Director of the NoVo Foundation, to Step Down at the End of 2019

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11/07/2019

... Violence , a transformational 10-year, $80 million dollar initiative to strengthen the movement to end violence against ... sector: she led efforts to create more and better resources for girls’ and women’s...

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Program Recap—Perpetuity or Limited Life: How Do Family Foundations Decide?

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07/29/2009

... and Philanthropy New York. We asked David R. Wolcheck, Research Associate at the Foundation Center, and Loren Renz, ... Renz on key findings from the Foundation Center’s new study , Perpetuity or Limited...

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New Menino Survey of Mayors Reveals Top Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi)

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01/21/2016

... of Mayors in partnership with The Boston University Initiative on Cities, with the support of Citi, today ... and data-driven evaluation. "While the findings of this study are revealing, they are not...

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12 Nov 2024

Clarity and Bravery in Times of Uncertainty - A Workshop for CEOs and Senior Programming Staff

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... work. We will hear from institutions that are developing research , building narrative frameworks, and peers who are ... Surdna Foundation Rachel Godsil , Co-Founder and Senior Research Advisor, Perception...

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Hudson Valley Mourns Longtime Dyson Foundation President Diana Gurieva

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02/08/2017

... searching for the best way to apply the Foundation's resources to accomplish the greatest good. She worked ... this time, including the Community Pediatrics Training Initiative , the Many Voices One Valley...