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Mellon Announces Funding for Higher Education in Prisons

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06/06/2023

... commitment to expanding opportunities and increasing resources for higher education in carceral environments. These new grants—part of Mellon’s larger mission of fostering ... of a Critical Justice Education...

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Education

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Movement Building and System Change

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05/17/2012

... members briefing (co-sponsored by the North Star Fund, The New York Women's Foundation, The Daphne Foundation and the ... nonprofits create a more fair, just and compassionate New...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Governance

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Community Development

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Daphne Foundation

North Star Fund

Responding to 3/11: Helping with the Japan Disaster

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05/12/2011

On April 1st, Philanthropy New York conducted a well-received teleconference—sponsored by the Japan Foundation New York , the Mizuho USA Foundation, and the Toshiba America ...

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Disaster Relief

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Our Guides to Knowledge: Celebrating 'I Love My Librarian Award' Winners

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12/19/2012

The Carnegie Corporation of New York spotlights the winners of the 2012 Carnegie Corporation/ New York Times "I Love My Librarian" Award. Almost everyone's .....

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Critics of State’s Campaign Finance Laws Seek Philanthropists’ Help

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01/24/2013

... organized by the Piper Fund to enlist support for changing New York ’s campaign finance laws. Advocates of overhauling New York ’s campaign fund-raising laws met with 40 ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Public Policy

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Red Cross gives $1.25M grant to Brooklyn Community Foundation

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05/30/2013

The grant from the American Red Cross in Greater New York will support long-term recovery efforts for people ... by Superstorm Sandy. The American Red Cross in Greater New York...

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American Red Cross of Greater New York

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Disaster Relief

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Peter Buffett Takes to Twitter to Advance Critique of Philanthropy

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09/19/2013

... Foundation Co-Chair discusses why he decided to write his New York Times op-ed and how social media are helping to spread a ... about the future of philanthropy. Peter Buffett used The New...

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Communications

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Giving Circles: More Impact to Go Around

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11/07/2013

Ana L. Oliveira, President of the New York Women's Foundation, is quoted in a New York Times examination of the rise of giving circles. .....

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The New York Women's Foundation

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CRS Now! examines No Ceilings, PNY Annual Meeting

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05/19/2014

... Meeting Last week, I attended a meeting of Philanthropy New York that was devoted to a discussion of issues related to ... the world. Organized in conjunction with Philanthropy New ...

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PNY News

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Gender Justice

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American Express

Deadline approaching: NYSHealth's 10th Anniversary Awards Program Nominations/Applications

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06/01/2016

... To mark its 10th anniversary in 2016, the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) has created two ... organizations and/or leaders working to improve health in New York...

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RFPs Etc

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Research Makes Breakthrough in Regenerative Medicine

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05/07/2015

... May 6, 2015 in Nature, the scientists report using these new stem cells to develop the first reliable method for ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

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09/25/2017

... important than the eventual answers.” When it comes to new products and services, this design-based approach is ... to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the...

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Strategic Plan for 2017-2021

... consultant Cynthia Gibson Executive Summary Philanthropy New York stands upon an impressive 39-year history and solid ... skills-based intensive training for grantmakers Investing resources...

Funders as Fellows: The Seeding Power Experience

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04/01/2025

... of what’s wrong with our system, fellows would find new ways to work together. By doing so, a more cohesive ... grassroots organizing led by communities of color in New York City...

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Food Systems

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Pinkerton Supports Internships for Young Adults in Foster Care

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07/18/2017

... will make grants of nearly $1 million to help eight of the city ’s leading foster care agencies sponsor in-house ... Training Institute, the Youth Development Institute, New Ways to Work and Youth Communication...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Foundation Appoints Cara Mertes to Lead JustFilms

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06/03/2013

... During Bagwell’s tenure, JustFilms launched as a five -year, $50 million initiative that placed the Ford ... a series of international creative partnerships to launch new global initiatives. She has accepted...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Pledges $250 Million to Reimagine US Monuments

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10/07/2020

... the United States, has pledged to spend $250 million over five years to help reimagine the country’s approach to ... 50-year history, will support the creation of new monuments, as well as the relocation or...

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Social Justice

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Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

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08/10/2015

... will not take certain direct action to save the lives of five people carelessly standing on a train track if the ... these biases, grantmakers might consider taking three steps . A modest but potentially...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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The Wallace Foundation and SMU DataArts Release Report - "The Alchemy of High-Performing Arts Organizations"

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08/13/2020

... commonalities across the two groups of 10 over the past five to seven years and offers a model of how they achieved ... own set of challenges, we hope this report will inspire new thinking about possible ways...

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