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In January, Philanthropy New York became tenants at 320 East 43rd Street. This exciting move is grounded in our mission and values, provides long-term sustainability in a central location and will increase our convening capacity to better serve our...
MetLife Foundation Launches $200 Million Campaign for Financial Inclusion
Release Date:
10/28/2013
PND reported on the MetLife Foundation' s five-year, $200 million campaign to bring financial ... Initiatives Support Corporation, Pro Mujer, and Women' s World Banking. The foundation also plans to...
Astor Estate Donates Money to New York Education
Release Date:
12/08/2013
... of grants has been made from The New York Community Trust' s $43 million Brooke Astor Funds for New York City Education, .....
Congratulations to Patricia Jenny, Vice President of Grants at The New York Community Trust
Release Date:
03/13/2014
Patricia Jenny, Vice President of Grants at The New York Community Trust, has been named the recipient of the 2014 Nicholas P. Bollman Award.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Presents Third Installment of 'Stories of Brooklyn Insights'
Release Date:
06/04/2014
ARTs East New York, the latest group to be featured in the series, is a storefront gallery and neighborhood hub that uses the arts to create community-led change.
Sloan Foundation Aims To Increase Native Americans In Advanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Studies
Release Date:
06/23/2014
Four universities will share $2.4 million from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in a three-year, collaboration to increase the number of indigenous Americans obtaining advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Gifts From Buffett Include $150 Million For NoVo Foundation
Release Date:
07/15/2014
... Melinda Gates Foundation, the biggest recipient of Buffet' s latest gifts, received more than 21.7 million shares of ... and Bill Gates introduced in 2010 to encourage the world' s wealthiest...
Elton John and Darren Walker on Race, Sexual Identity and Leaving the Past Behind
Release Date:
12/01/2014
... Race, Sexual Identity and Leaving the Past Behind It’ s hard to imagine two people coming from worlds as different ... John was staying. Surrounded by large photos of Mr. John’ s two young sons, Zachary and...
Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free
Release Date:
01/16/2015
... systems that could be vulnerable to attack. That’ s why Microsoft is volunteering its cybersecurity expertise, ... share what we’ve learned from operating some the world’ s largest data centers,” says Rob...
Research to Prevent Blindness-Backed Study Finds Ebola Virus Lives in Eye Long After Blood Clears
Release Date:
05/08/2015
A few months after being declared Ebola-free, Ian Crozier, MD, developed uveitis in his left eye, and the caused by a reservoir of Ebola virus in that eye.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Receive National Medal of Arts
Release Date:
09/08/2015
President Obama will present the award in conjunction with the National Humanities Medals.
Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches Redesigned Carnegie.Org
Release Date:
09/22/2015
... leaders, innovators, and interested audiences for the sharing of collective knowledge about important issues of our ... is one such issue, long a focus of the Corporation’ s Democracy program. Launching on the...
Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network
Release Date:
04/13/2016
... H. Robertson. Success said that Mr. Robertson’ s gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 ...
Mellon Grant Aims to Leverage Linked Data for Enhanced Information Access
Release Date:
04/28/2016
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Stanford a $1.5 million grant to support library initiatives that develop and advance the use of linked open data.
New York Community Trust Helps Mexican Students with Resident-Led Advocacy and Organizing
Release Date:
04/28/2016
... has been a central tool in the New York Community Trust’ s strategy to improve the accessibility and quality of public ... felt they were not being welcomed to a charter school’ s PTA... New York Community...
Joan Minieri Appointed Executive Director of Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock on Long Island
Release Date:
10/06/2016
Joan Minieri has been appointed as the executive director of Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock on Long Island.
Novo Foundation Supports Transformation of Former NYC Prison Into 'Women's Building'
Release Date:
11/16/2016
... Supports Transformation of Former NYC Prison Into 'Women' s Building' Finding affordable real estate in New York City ... for decades before finding a building to house women' s groups...
Bloomberg Philanthropies 'What Works Cities Initiative' Issues Data Management Platform Request for Info
Release Date:
11/22/2016
Launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies in April 2015, What Works Cities (WWC) is a national initiative to help a hundred-plus mid-sized American cities enhance their use of data and evidence. The initiative is administered by Results for America (RfA).
Carnegie Corporation of New York Co-Hosts 'A Populist Revolt? The Transformation of the World Order in the Trump Era'
Release Date:
02/08/2017
Carnegie Corporation of New York and TIME hosted a Live event on the transformation of the world order in the Trump era. Panelists Ian Bremmer of Eurasia Group, Roger Cohen of The New York Times, and Pippa Norris from Harvard University share their...