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Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project

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10/18/2016

Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ latest project, Silent Voices, harnesses the power of young people to be instruments of change, giving voice to those who have been silenced or marginalized by social, cultural or religious circumstances.

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project

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03/01/2017

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, tomorrow will launch its 6 th annual community-wide Book Drive in support of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project.

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Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers

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04/04/2016

... Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers A grant program managed by the ... include applications for wildlife and ecosystem adaptation projects located in and around...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project

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11/18/2016

The New England Foundation for the Arts released a comprehensive evaluation of the National Dance Project- backed by Mellon & Doris Duke Foundations -and new research about current needs of the dance field.

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Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News

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06/28/2017

... Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation, selected 20 projects from more than 800 submissions. The winners were ...

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Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project

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08/23/2017

The general public's help is being enlisted in what's thought to be the biggest study of the human microbiome—the bacteria that live in and on the human body –and are believed to affect health.

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Health

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Mellon Foundation Supports Digitization Project for the American Numismatic Society’s Back List of Monographs

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04/17/2017

The digitization project for the American Numismatic Society’s back list of monographs has gained funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Communications/Media

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With Support From Tiffany & Co., Virtual Reality Project, "My Africa," To Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival

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03/12/2018

"My Africa" will be released worldwide in seven languages on April 30, immediately following its run Tribeca Film Festival Virtual Arcade, April 20-28. The project was produced by Passion Pictures in association with Vision3 and with the support of...

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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Animal Welfare

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Produces Short Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions

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09/19/2016

... Short Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions A short documentary series created ... look at how four cities are using temporary public art projects to bring together local...

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The New York State Health Foundation Launches 2019 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals

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09/06/2018

The New York State Health Foundation Launches 2019 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) 2019 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals (RFP) is now .....

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New York Health Foundation

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Jonas Center Supports Visionary Project Bringing New Light to End-of-Life Issues

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11/03/2015

‘Dying in America,’ by photographer/filmmaker Carolyn Jones, launches website with resources for patients, families ahead of feature film.

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Princeton Project Funded by Two PNY Members Reveals Insight into Behavior-Change Campaigns

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01/20/2017

The William T. Grant Foundation's Scholars Program and the Russell Sage Foundation fund a project that asked students to report who they socialized with on a regular basis — both in person and online — and then used the data to identify the most...

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Children, Youth and Families

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UJA-Federation of New York Mobilizes 3,000 Volunteers for 70 Service Projects on MLK Day

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01/16/2019

... of New York Mobilizes 3,000 Volunteers for 70 Service Projects on MLK Day On Monday, January 21, more than 3,000 ... Twenty nonprofits will carry out approximately70 service projects to help people in New York...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Awards its First Resident-Led Grants to Projects in Crown Heights

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12/15/2015

... Foundation Awards its First Resident-Led Grants to Projects in Crown Heights The Brooklyn Community ... with its Crown Heights Advisory Council, announced the 11 projects that will receive $100,000...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Justice Reform

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group Announce Joint Project to Increase Economic Mobility in Local Communities

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11/15/2018

Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group announced today a new $12 million project that will help communities analyze economic mobility in American cities and develop interventions that can increase...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Ford Joins Other Major Foundations in Requiring Funded Projects to Be Open Through Creative Commons License

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02/04/2015

Ford Joins Other Major Foundations in Requiring Funded Projects to Be Open Through Creative Commons License The ... is adopting an open licensing policy for all grant-funded projects and research to promote...

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Technology

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Four Projects Supported by NY Community Trust Making Real Estate Cheaper for Artists To Live & Work in NYC

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04/01/2016

Four Projects Supported by NY Community Trust Making Real Estate ... to find affordable space to live and work. These four projects — all of which won grants recently from the New ... challenge is how they can...

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Ford Teams up with Stephen Ross to Invest $27.5M in Platform Projects throughout Detroit

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09/15/2017

... Teams up with Stephen Ross to Invest $27.5M in Platform Projects throughout Detroit Billionaire developer Stephen ... downtown and Midtown areas. Neighborhoods targeted for the projects include Islandview,...

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Community Development

Housing and Homelessness

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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects

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01/16/2018

... Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects The Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) today ... STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic) projects in grades 6-12. Among these are...

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