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Tell Them We Are Rising: A Documentary Film Breaks New Ground, Andrew W. Mellon Program Associate Emma Taati Interviews Director Stanley Nelson

Release Date:

02/13/2018

... Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been largely invisible in both American history and the ... with the early development of HBCUs and covers their contributions to American history and...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser

Release Date:

02/21/2018

... us communicate, work and access information wirelessly, their batteries must still be charged by plugging them into ... an outlet. But engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time...

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Member News

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Technology

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

OSF Report Finds That Women Are Vastly Outnumbered at Europe’s Top Policy Events

Release Date:

03/08/2018

... perplexing that in 2018 women still don’t have an equal opportunity to shape them.” The report, An ...

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Gender Justice

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Open Society Foundations

With Support From Tiffany & Co., Virtual Reality Project, "My Africa," To Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival

Release Date:

03/12/2018

... to Kenya, where a community is reknitting the bonds that have long enabled people and wildlife to coexist. ...

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Member News

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Animal Welfare

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating Black Choreographers

Release Date:

03/30/2018

... Foundation Brooklyn-based 651 ARTS and RestorationART’s have collaborated to present a history-making presentation of ... preserved to create an historical archive commemorating their legacies along with...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Con Edison

Open Society Foundation Creates $10 Million Fund for Rohingya

Release Date:

04/03/2018

... Asian monsoon season, the Open Society Foundations have announced the creation of a $10 million emergency ... fund to help Rohingya people displaced from Myanmar and their host communities in Bangladesh. From...

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Member News

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

02 May 2018

New York City Schools: Is Integration Necessary?

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... own efforts to address school segregation. Rather than have a set agenda, CEIP’s brown bag lunch sessions provide ...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Education

National Security Expert Sally Donnelly Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund as Senior Fellow

Release Date:

04/12/2018

... global challenges and efforts to transform conflicts that have roiled the wider Middle East and the world,” said ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

OSF May Exit Hungary as Orban Purges Civil Groups

Release Date:

04/20/2018

... society as Orban leads a trend of leaders in Europe who have targeted Soros-funded organizations. Orban, re-elected ...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Society Foundations

New Study Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Identifies Nature's Strongholds

Release Date:

04/23/2018

... of our best strategies for ensuring that we continue to have a rich diversity of life in the region and all the ...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

Prudential Foundation Joins Donors Pool $40 Million to Light a Fire Under Pay-for-Success Programs

Release Date:

05/14/2018

... social gains while scoring a financial return. "You have a high-net-worth family, an experienced institutional .....

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Prudential Foundation

Coral Bleaching Is at the Center of New Research Funded by The Zegar Family Foundation

Release Date:

05/22/2018

... change pushes ocean temperatures upward, hotter waters have become the leading culprit in coral bleaching — a ... of color and nutrients when algae, the main source of their hue and their...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Zegar Family Foundation

The Pfizer Foundation Announces $5 Million in Grants to Support Women and Families

Release Date:

05/30/2018

... we support the belief that women around the world should have access to family planning services and information so ... they can make informed decisions that are appropriate for their needs,” said Caroline...

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Gender Justice

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Pfizer

The Pfizer Foundation Announces $5 Million in Grants to Support Women and Families

Release Date:

05/30/2018

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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Pfizer

With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies The 9/11 Memorial is Evolving to Honor Those Sickened

Release Date:

05/31/2018

... evolution of the memorial design will honor those who have died and acknowledge the many who will succumb to ...

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Member News

Funding Area

Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Newman's Own Foundation Announces New Class of Fellows

Release Date:

06/06/2018

... development training and coaching to help them shape their professional paths. Each Fellow is paired with a nonprofit, matching their skills and interests with the needs of the ... 40 alumni in the Fellowship...

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Member News

Funding Area

Workforce Development

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Newman's Own Foundation

New Report Supported By The New York Community Trust and United Hospital Fund Examines Threat Posed By The Federal Association Health Plan Regulation

Release Date:

06/11/2018

... or healthier individuals and small groups by factoring in their age, gender, group size, and occupation—prohibited in ... by offering stripped-down benefit packages that would not have to meet mandated...

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Member News

Funding Area

Health

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United Hospital Fund

The New York Community Trust

New York State Health Foundation Publishes Study on Doctor-Drugmaker Relationship

Release Date:

06/13/2018

... opioid drugs in 2014 and 2015 prescribed more opioids than their peers who did not receive anything. The study, ... deadly and growing opioid epidemic. "Other studies have documented an association...