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Philanthropy New York

Hartford Foundation Awards $1.35 Million to Gerontological Society of America

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02/10/2013

... America (GSA) is reaffirming its commitment to meeting the health care needs of older adults through adequate social ...

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Aging

CRS Now! examines No Ceilings, PNY Annual Meeting

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05/19/2014

... world. Organized in conjunction with Philanthropy New York' s annual meeting, the conference focused on issues of human ... gender identity, full participation in all societies, health and access to care...

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PNY News

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Gender Justice

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American Express

JPMorgan and Citi-Backed Program is Bridge Between Youth Unemployment, Growing Skills Gap

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08/21/2015

... while only 2,044 people were searching for tech jobs. The health care field showed similar gaps, while 11,569 health care jobs were available, only 5,450 people were ... summer, STL Youth Jobs placed 60 young...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Pershing Square Foundation-Supported Study: 5% Weight Loss Can Make A Difference for Obese People

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02/23/2016

... as 5% of your body weight is enough to reap significant health benefits, according to a study published February 22 ... 40 obese men and women compared, for the first time, the health outcomes of 5%, 10%, and...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

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08/10/2016

... National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Health , and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Verizon Foundation Donates $10K to MAP Intl. to Help Storm Survivors

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02/08/2017

... to MAP Intl. to Help Storm Survivors A non-profit that' s helping with storm recovery efforts just received a big ... awarded a $10,000 grant to MAP International, a global health and relief organization...

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Disaster Relief

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Verizon

Dr. David Blumenthal Looks Back as The Commonwealth Fund Celebrates 100 Years

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05/07/2018

... Commonwealth Fund has been committed to improving the health of the American people as well as working on ... Fund has also done a lot of international work and that’ s becoming more interesting now to people...

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Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools?

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01/11/2013

... President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation. It’ s no surprise that Wayne LaPierre and the NRA think that ... As reported by The Washington Post, recommendations coming out of the Gun Violence Task Force...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Public Policy

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Education

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Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid

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12/25/2012

... in early January checks from $1,000 to $5,000 will go out to companies, choreographers and theaters knocked back on ...

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Disaster Relief

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Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close

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05/20/2013

The country’ s only independent polling agency has been accused under a ... turned against the Kremlin, there was one main way to find out about it — the Levada Center, a respected group of ... who broke off their...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

B. Altman, a Store From Yesteryear, Still Makes Its Presence Felt in the City

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11/28/2013

... it seemed almost fusty. And then, after a listless going- out -of-business sale that began on the day after Thanksgiving ...

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'Embrace of the Serpent' Wins Sloan Foundation Prize at Sundance for Portrayal of Science

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01/29/2016

... at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The prize is given out annually to the movie that best portrays science and ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining

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08/01/2016

... paintings and other complex digital data and work things out automatically... Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to ...

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Science

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ASPCA Survey Finds Consumers Concerned About Farm Animal Welfare, but Confused by Food Labels

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08/12/2016

... stores is a bit like sitting down to read a children’ s storybook. Gleaming red barns jut out of green rolling hills. Cartoon cows and chickens graze ...

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Food Systems

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Pershing Square Supports Social Entrepreneurship and Mobile Healthcare

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10/19/2016

... resembles that of a for-profit organization. Singal points out that at first their nontraditional approach had ...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Doris Duke Supports Projects That Expand Awareness of Muslim Arts And Culture

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10/24/2016

... organizations and one consortium receive funding to carry out projects that expand awareness of Muslim arts and ...

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With the End Near, Atlantic Makes a Big Move on Racial Justice

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11/01/2016

... racism had to be an imperative for funders. Atlantic' s longstanding commitment in this area has played out in a number of ways, both in the U. S . and overseas. For example... With the...

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Doris Duke Supports Legacy Leaders of Color Video Project

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12/20/2016

... now available on the TCG website, and the full online roll- out of videos will begin in January 2017... Doris Duke ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Charles Feeney Gives Away the Last of His Fortune

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01/06/2017

... apartment on the east side of Manhattan, grandchildren’ s artwork taped to the walls, and said that by the end of 2016, he was going to hand out the last of a great fortune that he had made... Atlantic ...

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