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American Cities Lead the Way Amongst 25 Climate Change Projects Competing to be C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards 2017 Winners

Release Date:

09/18/2017

... These projects represent the most ambitious and innovative efforts by mayors of the world’s great cities to tackle ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Rockefeller Foundation Focuses on How to Prevent Food Waste at Events

Release Date:

04/03/2018

As Americans, we waste enough food annually to feed the planet’s malnourished several times over, according to The Rockefeller Foundation. The average American household spends an estimated $1,500 to $2,000 a year on food never eaten. Businesses,...

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Supported By The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The National Alliance for Audition Support Looks to Increase Diversity in Orchestras

Release Date:

04/18/2018

The new initiative — created by the Sphinx Organization, the New World Symphony and the League of American Orchestras — will train musicians for auditions, pair them with mentors, showcase their work in concerts and give them stipends to travel to...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

A Terrible Time for De Blasio to Cut Library Funding

Release Date:

05/15/2019

The census has always been the bedrock of our democracy. However, unlike any time in this country’s history, this bedrock is at risk. The odds are stacked against a successful census. It’s going to be largely online for the first time ever, it’s...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

What It Takes to Serve 500,000 Meals to Front Line Workers in NYC’s Public Hospitals – A Look into the Bloomberg Philanthropies and World Central Kitchen Partnership

Release Date:

05/12/2020

Less than one month since the initiative to provide up to one million meals launched, 500,000 meals have been served.

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New York State Census Equity Fund in the New York Community Trust Awards Grants for Census 2020

Release Date:

09/17/2020

... grants, totaling $601,650, to 23 organizations to support efforts across the state to reach hard-to-count communities ...

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Census 2020

Community Development

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The New York Community Trust

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

Release Date:

10/07/2020

The initiative, the largest in the organization’s history, will support the creation of new monuments, as well as the relocation or rethinking of existing ones.

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Arts

Social Justice

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Mellon Foundation

Morgan Stanley Launches Program to Provide 60 Students with Full-Four Year Scholarships to Howard University, Morehouse College and Spelman College

Release Date:

10/21/2020

The scholarship will cover the tuition and living costs to eliminate financial barriers to higher education for Black college students. Morgan Stanley will also provide support for career skills and readiness.

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Workforce Development

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Morgan Stanley

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces Appointment of Sindy Escobar Alvarez as New Program Director for Medical Research

Release Date:

03/16/2021

... work with the scientific community, supporting evaluation efforts to inform program strategy, and managing processes to ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropy New York Welcomes Stephanie Boarden as Chief of Staff

Release Date:

09/16/2021

... managing community-based research and program evaluation efforts in the Brooklyn District Public Health office. She is ...

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PNY News

28 Oct 2021

From Corporate DE&I Commitments to Action: Implementation, Challenges, Learnings, and What’s Next

Thursday, October 28, 2021 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

... taking place? In particular, what are initiatives and efforts underway to advance DE&I and align people, product, ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Breakout Discussion

Roundtable Discussion

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Corporate Funders

The Mellon Foundation Unveils New Visual Identity

Release Date:

03/28/2022

... bold, directional, and deeply connected to the vital efforts of justice work.” Through a rigorous and ...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

19 Sep 2022

The Climate Crisis: Understanding the Promise and Pitfalls of Removing Carbon from the Skies and the Seas

Monday, September 19, 2022 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... of the atmosphere and the oceans as part of humanity’s efforts to stabilize the global climate system and prevent a ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Environment and Climate Change

International/Foreign Affairs

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New York City

Doris Duke Foundation Welcomes New Arts Program Director: Ashley Ferro-Murray

Release Date:

08/01/2023

... and building upon the foundation’s widely-recognized efforts to support artists as whole people and to advancing ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Doris Duke Foundation

When a Successful Program Can’t Expand, It’s Time to Grow a Network

Release Date:

11/23/2015

... to other new programs, we knew that our colleagues in the philanthropic community would have to step in and provide ...

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Insights

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

Release Date:

08/08/2013

... requires organizing and advocacy to challenge power and address inequities. CFF is already working towards some of ... sector thought partners. Following Nestle’s keynote address , foundation staff and trustees...

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All Funders

17 Mar 2015

The Promise of Community Schools in NYC

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 -

8:30am to 1:30pm

... practitioners, and local and national philanthropists to address the following issues: The promise partnerships: ... name, title, organizational affiliation, business mailing address , and phone number. Please...