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Foundations Need Capacity, Too: Initial Findings from the Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT)

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01/2017

... that participated in taking the FCCAT in the spring of 2016 . We believe the findings presented here offer an ...

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12 Jul 2012

Education Working Group Lunch: 2013 Reform Review Project

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Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... invested more than 2 billion dollars in efforts to reshape New York City’s schools. While some foundations based outside the City have been major donors, New York City-based...

Farms in the Projects? (Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund)

Release Date:

01/05/2016

... find a vegetable farm at a public housing development in New York City. But a one-acre farm at Red Hook Houses—the first-ever large farm on New York City Housing Authority...

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De Blasio unveils 60-person transition team

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11/20/2013

... Foundation; Ana Oliveira, President and CEO of the New York Women's Foundation; and Darren Walker, President of the ... that he says will advise him in the formation of his new...

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Mayor must focus on city's resiliency

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01/03/2014

In an op-ed for Crain's New York Business, Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin ... Blasio Administration must focus on the city's resiliency. New Yorkers expect two things...

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Citi Lets Viewers Vote With a Click for a Sports Group

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02/09/2014

The New York Times examined Citigroup's new philanthropic effort (part of its Olympics sponsorship) .....

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Carnegie "Opportunity by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students

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07/17/2014

... by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students 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...

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Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission

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11/24/2014

... the nation’s health-care system. The billionaire’s New York -based Peter G. Peterson Foundation will announce a $200 ... next month, the Peterson Center on Healthcare. The new organization...

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Bill de Blasio’s Mayor’s Fund Raises $120K for Two Murdered NYPD Officers

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12/29/2014

... announced this morning that the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City has raised $120,000 for the families of two ... fund, led by Mr. de Blasio’s wife, is also urging more New Yorkers to...

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Launches Innovation Prize, Seeks Applicants

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01/29/2015

... Applicants The J.M.K. Innovation Prize is an exciting new initiative of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York -based family foundation. In 2015 up to ten Prizes will ...

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Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries

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04/06/2015

... With a presence in every neighborhood of every borough, New York City’s 207 branch libraries are among our most beloved ... billion in sorely needed capital improvements, there is no new...

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Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science

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04/22/2015

... the first recipients of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, a new award intended to support research in the beleaguered ... and social sciences. The Carnegie Corporation of New York , which...

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Citi Foundation, America's Promise Alliance Launch $3 Million Fund

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04/27/2015

... that prepare low-income youth for today's workforce. A new component of Citi's Pathways to Progress initiative, the ... youth in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York...

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Capital One Launches Fund to Assist Nonprofit Developers

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06/08/2015

... The company has selected six nonprofits—three in New York City and three in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan ... will complete predevelopment activities for several new housing initiatives...

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Bloomberg, Others Give Hopkins $125M for Cancer Research that Helped Jimmy Carter

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03/30/2016

... million in donations to Johns Hopkins University for a new institute focused solely on the therapy and accelerated ... Bloomberg, the businessman, philanthropist and former New York mayor,...

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

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09/12/2016

... priorities, and the physical accessibility of its New York headquarters. The foundation does not plan to start a new program on disabilities, wrote Darren Walker, president ...

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Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge

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09/22/2016

... in four years and 60 percent in six, according to a new report about undergraduate education. According to "A ... funded with $2.2 million from the Carnegie Corporation of New York .....

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Carnegie Corporation Seeks Ideas to Reduce Nuclear Risks

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09/23/2016

... Ideas to Reduce Nuclear Risks The Carnegie Corporation of New York , in partnership with the John D. and Catherine T. ... up by government and industry. Projects should demonstrate new...

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Rockefeller Foundation Research Finds College Degree Can Be A Blunt and Inaccurate Way For Evaluating Real Talent

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03/22/2017

... it was hard to source entry-level candidates, according to new research from The Rockefeller Foundation, a New York -based humanitarian foundation, and research firm ...

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Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact

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03/24/2017

... Like most wealthy philanthropists, he named his new foundation after himself — except he reversed the ... Foundation is still inverting philanthropic norms. The New York City-based grant...

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