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Simons Foundation Announces First Pivot Fellowship Recipients

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09/07/2022

... mentors will receive a $50,000 research fund. At the end of the fellowship year, fellows will be invited to apply ... reduction to foster physical understanding. At the end of her fellowship, she hopes to...

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Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Releases Final Report

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05/28/2013

The foundation’s $340 million graduate-level fellowship initiative has, over the past twelve years, helped more than 4300 social justice leaders from 22 countries advance their education and bring new knowledge and skills back to their home...

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B. Altman, a Store From Yesteryear, Still Makes Its Presence Felt in the City

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11/28/2013

The New York Times examined the history and work of the Altman Foundation and spoke with its president, Jane B. O'Connell, who is the daughter and sister of the last two presidents of the store and the foundation.

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Representing the Old And New in Brooklyn

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03/10/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation Chairman Alan Fishman, who has donated $1 million to the foundation, was also the Wall Street Journal's Donor of the Day.

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Ford Foundation Supports Film About the Epic Clash Over the Amazon

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08/17/2016

Ford Foundation Supports Film About the Epic Clash Over the Amazon The Peruvian documentary "When Two Worlds Collide," which opens in New York on Wednesday and in select U.S. cities and the United Kingdom in September, tells with...

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NYSHealth Foundation Supports Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals

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10/17/2016

A new survey of children’s and teenagers’ eating habits at fast-food restaurants suggests that consumption levels of sugary drinks are closely tied to their automatic inclusion in “combo meal” packages.

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Pershing Square Supports Social Entrepreneurship and Mobile Healthcare

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10/19/2016

At the heart of CareMessage is the service mission of a nonprofit, but with the goal of building successful, scalable software that more closely resembles that of a for-profit organization.

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Harlem's Black Churches Cash in on Gentrification

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10/10/2017

Churches are losing members but gaining profits from gentrification.

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With Support from the Leon Levy Foundation, New York Philharmonic Opens the Toscanini Archives, Providing Digital Access for Maestro’s 150th Birthday

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04/04/2017

Open-source pioneer Alfresco Software announced today that the New York Philharmonic, in conjunction with Alfresco partner Technology Services Group (TSG), has now digitized materials from former Music Director Arturo Toscanini’s era, and made them...

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Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking

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05/16/2013

... specifics of the law, read this summary by the National Resources Defense Council . 5) It’s eroding ...

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Foundations as First Responders?

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04/18/2013

... foundation could also play a vital role by connecting resources to people and communities most affected by this ... and fathers in New Jersey who had lost a loved one. Our resources were tiny compared to other...

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It’s Time to Fund Children’s Mental Health

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04/15/2021

... That’s why we launched the Alliance – to combine the resources of the Morgan Stanley Foundation with the knowledge ... overall. Fight stigma, talk openly and look for expert resources . We’re now at a critical...

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$15 Million Gift and New Name for Community College

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04/29/2013

... For prestigious private colleges, where donations that top $100 million are increasingly common, $15 million might ...

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Philanthropists Lay Out Education Priorities

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11/21/2013

... a preview of the Education Funders Research Initiative’s top six education priorities for the de Blasio Administration ...

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The New York Community Trust

NYPost Takes On de Blasio's Relationship with Success Academy

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08/19/2015

... Relationship with Success Academy The Empire State’s top public-school system is no longer in Scarsdale or any ...

Arabella Advisors Founder Comments on Innovations to Reduce Food Waste

Release Date:

07/21/2016

... and fiscal initiative, food waste reduction remains top of mind for the food and beverage industry in addition to ...

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Eighth Graders Win $25K In Citi Foundation Entrepreneur Contest

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10/12/2016

... students at Roland Park Middle School, were awarded the top prize for their business, Girls Coloring for Change. The ...

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Commonwealth Fund Research Cited in NYTimes Fact Check on White House OMB Claim

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03/10/2017

President Trump’s spokesman on Wednesday deflected concerns that a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act had yet to be scored by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office by questioning the agency’s track record.