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James and Charlotte Brooks Foundation Donates Art Holdings, Archives to Parrish Art Museum

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08/30/2017

The James and Charlotte Brooks Foundation, which was established in 2010 to handle their legacies and art holdings, has decided to give all of its assets, including its art and archives, to the Parrish Art Museum, and to dissolve.

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Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities

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09/15/2017

As the Trump Administration plans immigration raids and continues attacks on DACA youth, immigrants, and multiple vulnerable populations, the Ms. Foundation for Women is calling for the expansion of sanctuary policies at the local level to center...

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NYS Health Foundation Finds Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented

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09/15/2017

New York State Health Foundation, RAND Corporation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation find that the uninsured rate among non-elderly veterans fell by 36% after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

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11/20/2017

Brooklyn is setting out to prove that it’s New York City’s most generous borough this holiday season with #BrooklynGives on Giving Tuesday , a 24-hour giving day that aims to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for local nonprofits.

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How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility

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02/09/2018

Ms. Foundation for Women has outlined how to make children at work day a success, so we should use it and tailor it to our local economy.

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Eight Programs Receive Grants for Equitable Bike Share and Related Research Funded by the JPB Foundation

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03/12/2018

The Better Bike Share Partnership has awarded more than $410,000 in grants to help increase access to bike share in communities of color, and to fund research related to bike share and equity.

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Duke University $3M to Grow Liberal Arts Colleges and HBCU Visiting Faculty

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05/07/2018

The grant will fund a five-year initiative called Humanities Unbounded, which will include roughly a dozen two-year visiting faculty fellowships, according to Gennifer Weisenfeld, dean of the humanities at Duke.

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Gives Stem Programs Over $5 Million

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09/13/2018

The Detroit foundation announced $5.5 million in grants to 17 after-school and summer programs teaching science, technology, engineering and math for those in grades 6 to 12. Eleven of the programs are in Western New York, and six are in Southeast...

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Ford Foundation Gives $300,000 to Pérez Art Museum Miami’s New Latin American Latinx Art Fund

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11/27/2018

The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) announced today that it has received a $300,000 gift from the Ford Foundation in support of its newly-launched Latin American Latinx Art Fund.

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Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Award 16 Jewish Camps With Grants to Increase Accessibility

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04/01/2019

Sixteen Jewish camps in North America have been awarded grants to increase accessibility for campers and staff with disabilities. The grants are part of the $12 million Yashar Initiative, a program of the Foundation for Jewish Camp funded by The...

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Laura Rossi, Executive Director, Westchester Community Foundation, Featured in 2022 Westchester Power 100 List by City & State

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09/28/2022

Laura Rossi, Executive Director, Westchester Community Foundation, Featured in 2022 Westchester Power 100 List by City & State City & State’s Westchester Power 100 highlights many of these prominent power players, along...

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Burke Foundation and New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Launch Alliance to Promote Maternal Health and Child Development

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01/05/2023

Burke Foundation and New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Launch Alliance to Promote Maternal Health and Child Development The Burke Foundation is partnering with the New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of...

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Heather Nesle Joins New York Life as President of the New York Life Foundation

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12/11/2013

Heather Nesle has been named the new President of the New York Life Foundation.

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Inside Philanthropy on the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Impact on Climate-Conscious Conservation in the South

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09/20/2018

... an environmental win, a coalition of regional and national foundations and a climate-savvy conservation nonprofit ... the nonprofit that’s facilitating the effort. A group of foundations with varied priorities...

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William Penn and Mellon Foundations Give $8 Million to Philly Arts and Culture Groups Hit by COVID-19

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12/02/2020

William Penn and Mellon Foundations Give $8 Million to Philly Arts and Culture Groups ... program officer Susan Feder... William Penn and Mellon Foundations Give $8 Million to Philly Arts and Culture Groups ...

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Mellon Foundation Supports More Than 360 Dance Artists and Collaborators through Bubble Residencies

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02/03/2021

Company Nora Chipaumire the latest Recipient of Quarantine “Dance Bubble” Funding that has Allowed Hundreds to Return to Work

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After-School All-Stars Receives $4 Million Grant From New York Life Foundation

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03/08/2014

After-School All-Stars has received a $4 million grant from the New York Life Foundation to expand its services in six U.S. cities, reports Philanthropy News Digest.

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The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels

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03/13/2014

The North Star Fund is the first community foundation to sign onto the Divest-Invest Philanthropy initiative's pledge to divest from fossil fuel investments.

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Open Society Foundations Award Fellowships to 14 Visionaries Working to Reform Criminal Justice in the United States

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05/14/2014

... who have spent time in prison. NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations today awarded $1.25 million to the newest class ... Zimmerman, director of U.S. Programs at the Open Society Foundations . “We hope their...

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