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If foundations want to fully address the problems of systemic racism in the U.S, they need to step up their support for girls and women of color, write Pamela Shifman, executive director of the NoVo Foundation, and Nakisha M. Lewis, an advisor on...

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Lukas Haynes Appointed Executive Director of the David Rockefeller Fund

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11/21/2014

Lukas Haynes, Vice President of the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, will become the new Executive Director of the David Rockefeller Fund in January 2015.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers Insight on Employing Millennials

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05/08/2015

Program Director Kathleen Christensen delves into the benefits that will attract and keep talented millennial employees.

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Life and Work of Robert Rauschenberg Profiled in NYTimes

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06/04/2015

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation focuses on funding art initiatives that connect people across cultural lines.

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25 Aug 2015

Peace, Conflict, and the Scale of the Climate Risk Landscape - Webinar

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 -

1:15pm to 2:45pm

... commensurate with the risk. The intent is to examine steps to bridge the risk – policy analysis gap. Designed ...

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NY Charities Bureau Launches Searchable Database of Non-Profit Dissolutions Approved by Attorney General

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08/07/2015

New York’s Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 made changes to the procedures concerning transactions that previously required court approval. Now, petitions for approval of most transactions – disposition of assets (other than by religious...

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Columbia University School of Nursing to Become New Home of the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare

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11/17/2015

Columbia awarded 10-year, $11.1 million grant to house Jonas Center; from its new base in the School of Nursing, Center will build on its legacy as a national philanthropic leader and champion for nurses.

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Peterson Center on Healthcare and Three Other Funders Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients

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02/24/2016

Experts are finding that ensuring access to notes written by doctors and other clinicians can help patients to be more active in their own health and healthcare, and greater patient engagement can contribute to better outcomes and reduced cost...

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EAC Network Teams Up with Bank of America, Long Island Community Foundation for “Fresh from the Garden” Senior Initiative

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03/15/2017

Seniors who live in communities with few or no grocery stores around are at risk for malnutrition and are more likely to suffer from preventable chronic diseases and poor health conditions.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Cities' Ability to Tap Into Big Data

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04/26/2017

Mobile data collection is helping Mobile, Alabama and Los Angeles clean up city streets

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Century Foundation President's Commentary Explains Why Teachers Deserve a Break on Student Debt

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10/03/2017

Yes, it's expensive. And Trump wants to eliminate the program. But helping public sector workers with their student loans is the right thing to do.

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The New York Community Trust Awards nearly $1 Million 15 NYC for Emergency Planning, DACA Advocacy, and Know-Your-Rights Trainings

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10/04/2017

As the federal government plans to step up deportations of immigrants, the Fund for New Citizens in The New York Community Trust recently announced $974,000 in grants to 15 groups to help New York City's immigrants understand their rights and...

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New Report From Silicon Valley Community Foundation Helps Companies Align With the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals

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12/11/2017

A new report from Silicon Valley Community Foundation – The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Why, When and How Guide for Business – will help business leaders understand the Sustainable Development Goals and the key role that...

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Rauch Foundation Releases Report, Minding the Gaps, On Early Childhood Development

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02/01/2018

... is just one of several relatively low-cost but high-impact steps being championed by Docs for Tots. Others include work ...

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Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

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02/06/2018

The study in mice found that a brain region called the lateral vestibular nucleus, or LVN, accomplishes this feat by moving muscles in a two-step, kneejerk response that first widens the animal's center of gravity, and then strengthens and...

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"Risk Is a Fact of Life." A Conversation with Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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02/16/2018

Stephen Heintz has led the Rockefeller Brothers Fund since 2001. He is among the nearly 50 social sector leaders that Vivien Hoexter and Linda C. Hartley interviewed for their new book, Big Impact: Insights & Stories from America’s Non-Profit...