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NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project

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06/23/2014

... Challenge, co-sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation , Ford Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation . The library received $500,000 for its “Check ...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

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07/24/2014

... Pipeline Of School Principals Support from the Wallace Foundation is helping NYC partner with several organizations ... for the city's schools. Among the stipulations of the foundation 's grant: a...

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Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting

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08/28/2014

... Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting The Ford Foundation is among national and local funders exploring how ... is a member of the Executives’ Alliance, a group of foundation leaders who work on...

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Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars

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11/03/2014

... to its Last Billion Dollars The once ultrasecretive foundation funded by Chuck Feeney, who made his fortune as a ... in the next two years. But unlike the early days of the foundation , when it went to great...

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The Spend-Out Presumption And The Value Of Enduring Institutions

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02/26/2010

... my last contribution , I wrote that focusing simply on foundation perpetuity or spending out was, per se , a ... first and foremost, and (2) considering other forms of foundation “existence,” such as ...

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Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court

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03/23/2016

Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court A foundation is asking the state Supreme Court to take up a ... after he died in 2008. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation filed a notice Friday with the...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Arts

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JPMorgan, Ford and MetLife Support Aspen Institute Initiative on Family Financial Security

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05/16/2016

... is supported by JP Morgan Chase & Co., as well as Ford Foundation , MetLife Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation , and by the Aspen Institute Financial Security ...

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Economic Security

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Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees

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06/13/2016

... (RPB), in partnership with the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) and Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS), has announced the first grantees in its ... The recipient of the first RPB/...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities

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09/12/2016

... in revamping its programs to focus on inequality, the Ford Foundation pledge Monday to undertake a top-to-bottom review ... physical accessibility of its New York headquarters. The foundation does not plan to...

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Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers

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09/26/2016

... competition is funded with support from The Rockefeller Foundation , the Joyce Foundation , the NASDAQ foundation , and Eric and Wendy Schmidt... Supported by ...

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Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups

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09/21/2017

... $20 Million to Women's Groups The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give $20 million during the next three years ... in New York. While details are still forthcoming, the foundation said the money...

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In Response to TCF Lawsuit, DeVos Begins to Release ACICS and ABA Documents

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02/22/2018

... In direct response to a lawsuit filed by The Century Foundation , the U.S. Department of Education has started to ... Association (ABA). As documents are received, The Century Foundation will make them...

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Closing Space for Open Society

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05/17/2018

... to 46 different groups in Hungary in 2016, that the foundation announced this week they will relocate their ... more complex story about how a multibillion dollar global foundation dedicated to advancing...

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Measuring Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums

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06/26/2018

... Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums As the Mellon Foundation considered how best to diversify curatorial staff ... to show the extent of the problem. In 2015, the Mellon Foundation partnered with the...

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13 Dec 2018

Interested in Working in Corporate Philanthropy?

Thursday, December 13, 2018 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... sector, as part of our " Interested in Working at a Foundation " series. This December, we will learn about the ... Fraser, Americas Program Manager at Macquarie Group Foundation , April Hawkins,...

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Ralph Wilson's Biggest Gift Yet: $100m to Transform Lasalle Park, Trails

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10/17/2018

... to Transform Lasalle Park, Trails The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation on Wednesday afternoon will announce the largest ... philanthropic gift ever made in Western New York. The foundation will give $100 million...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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Community Development

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William T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program

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06/05/2019

... Scholars Program The New York City-based William T. Grant Foundation supports research aimed at improving the lives of ... ages of 5 and 25 in the United States. To that end, the foundation is inviting...

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Children, Youth and Families

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17 Sep 2024

Youth Power Now: Lessons from Youth Organizers in New York

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Philanthropy New York, 320 East 43rd Street

... August 31 so we can accommodate your request. The Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice has increased security protocols ... any questions. In Collaboration With The Cricket Island Foundation...

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