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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Two New Trustees

Release Date:

07/01/2013

... are uniquely qualified to help advance the Foundation’ s mission. I welcome them to the Board and look forward to working with them for many years to come.” ... who have served on the Board of the Sloan...

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ASPCA Board of Directors Names Matthew Bershadker President and CEO

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05/01/2013

... Sayres, President and CEO since 2003. Under Bershadker’ s leadership, the ASPCA has risen to new heights in its ... pursue our mission. I, along with the rest of the Board, look forward to working with him in...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

A Letter from Ronna Brown

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04/24/2020

... village” – staff, board, and members – and it’ s an absolute highlight of our year to welcome the collective ... performances and panels, we’ll take a close look at a topic that’ s vital this...

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PNY News

13 Jul 2023

The Gendered Nature of Climate Change - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, July 13, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... For example, women make up the majority of the world’ s poor, and members of the trans community also have meager ... that conversation cannot happen without an honest and open look at the role of climate...

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Disaster Relief

79 percent in neighborhoods hardest hit by Sandy say rebuild even in face of risk

Release Date:

07/30/2013

A survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research examining resilience following ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

02 Nov 2012

Learn and Let Learn: Supporting Successful Learning Communities

Friday, November 2, 2012 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... facilitate a conversation to highlight the grantmaker’ s role in supporting successful learning communities, as well ...

Wallace Foundation Awards $4.5 Million to Say Yes to Education

Release Date:

10/29/2013

The grant will support Say Yes to Education’ s efforts to boost high school and college graduation rates ... colleges and universities have joined the organization’ s Higher Education Compact, which offers free...

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21 Nov 2013

Education Funders Research Initiative - Building Better Schools

Thursday, November 21, 2013 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Ford Foundation

... foundations have invested over $2 billion in New York City public school reform efforts over the last decade and have ... driven by one question: How can we improve on what' s working in NYC? This program...

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Sandy support from institutions underwhelms

Release Date:

10/25/2013

Philanthropy New York' s Michael Remaley and the North Star Fund' s Hugh Hogan were quoted in a Crain' s New York Business article on our research into .....

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Disaster Relief

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North Star Fund

PNY Members Briefing Preliminary Planning Form

Initial interest form for PNY members to convene a members briefing.

Mass. Unveils Biggest U.S. ‘Pay for Success’ Effort

Release Date:

01/30/2014

... the biggest "pay for success" project in the U. S ., reported The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Massachusetts ... a program to reduce recidivism among ex-convicts, Boston public radio WBUR reports...

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Major Research Groups Are Given Low Marks on Disclosing Donors

Release Date:

05/06/2014

... But according to a first-of-its-kind survey of the world’ s most prominent research organizations, the institutions ... one star out of a possible five in the survey, to be made public on Wednesday, an advance...

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Member News

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Open Society Foundations

María Teresa Ronderos, Award-Winning Reporter, to Lead Open Society’s Work on Independent Journalism

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05/15/2014

Award-Winning Reporter to Lead Open Society’ s Work on Independent Journalism Top Colombian investigative ... to direct Foundations’ efforts to support professional, public interest media The Open Society...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Open Society Foundations

Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens

Release Date:

06/01/2014

The Pinkerton Foundation has announced the launch of a neighborhood literacy initiative in South Jamaica, Queens, and awarded nearly $1.2 million in grants in support of the community-based program.

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Education

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New York Botanical Garden Humanities Institute To Explore Social Impact of Gardens

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06/19/2014

... of Gardens The newly formed New York Botanical Garden' s Humanities Institute, made possible by a $635,000 grant ... from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, holds its first public event on Friday--a...

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Arts

Gender Justice

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Mellon Foundation

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

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06/23/2014

... in News Challenge for Internet Access Project New York Public Library is one of the 19 winners in Knight News Challenge, co-sponsored by the John S . and James L. Knight Foundation, Ford Foundation and the ...

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Carnegie "Opportunity by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students

Release Date:

07/17/2014

... Two new high schools will open in 2015 in Prince George’ s County, Md., as part of Carnegie Corporation of New York' s Opportunity by Design initiative, an effort to assist ... with their peers. The...

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Member News

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Education

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Arcus and Ford Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality

Release Date:

10/07/2014

... Named as Top Funders who Champion Marriage Equality It' s always hard to pinpoint the role of philanthropy in ... legal across the United States, a trend that yesterday' s Supreme Court decision has...

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Member News

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LGBTQ

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Ford Foundation

Arcus Foundation

Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU

Release Date:

11/07/2014

... The ACLU has earmarked the gift for legislative action and public education, with a goal to halve the number of ...

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Member News

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Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Foundation to Move Funds to Detroit Pensions

Release Date:

11/12/2014

... dollars in the "grand bargain" make its way into the city' s public pension system? That' s the charge of the Foundation For Detroit' s Future, a .....

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Ford Foundation

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