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NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability

Release Date:

11/09/2015

... to encounter firsthand the land and people put in harm’ s way by the proposed Pebble Mine. This vast open-pit gold ... and thousands of wilderness acres that sustainthe world’ s largest sockeye salmon fishery...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Westchester Community Foundation Names Jennifer Hu Corriggio as Philanthropy Chief

Release Date:

12/07/2015

... Corriggio will be responsible for leading the foundation’ s initiatives for donors seeking to make an impact through ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

As Blizzard Looms, Morgan Stanley-supported 'Operation Warm' Gives NYC Children Free Coats

Release Date:

01/22/2016

... go to 32 elementary schools that are part of the city’ s “community school” initiative, which seeks to boost ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Morgan Stanley

JPB Foundation Supports Best Practices, Models for Green Infrastructure in Underserved Communities

Release Date:

03/10/2016

The Great Urban Parks Campaign: Green Infrastructure in Underserved Communities is bringing together thought leaders from around the country to explore solutions to stormwater management through the use of green infrastructure that also benefits...

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Community Development

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Freedom Together Foundation

Despite Legacy Connections, Rockefeller Family Fund Sets Trend by Changing its Fossil Fuel Investments

Release Date:

04/04/2016

... ExxonMobil, the modern descendent of their patriarch’ s monopolistic money machine, Standard Oil. “While the ... investments in these companies,” the Family Fund’ s trustees wrote. . . Despite Legacy...

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20 Sep 2016

New York Grantmakers in the Arts - Fall Meeting

Tuesday, September 20, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Arts and Culture funders, come together to discuss what we see as the pressing issues in the field so as to inform our subsequent discussions for the next 12 months.

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Roundtable Discussion

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Arts

Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers

Release Date:

10/07/2016

Atlantic' s Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers A ... puts Warren Buffett at the top the list of the fifty U. S . philanthropists who gave the most in 2015, while Chuck ... is...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In Brooklyn

Release Date:

01/04/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation’ s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In ... imagined new solutions... Brooklyn Community Foundation’ s Resident-Led Investment Program Targets Challenges In ...

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Brooklyn Org

Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

Release Date:

01/12/2017

The San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation has announced a $3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make freely licensed images accessible and reusable across the World Wide Web.

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Seven Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Teams Program

Release Date:

01/17/2017

... residents. The third cohort of cities in the foundation' s Innovation Teams program — Anchorage, Alaska; Austin, .....

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Philanthropist David Rockefeller Dies at 101

Release Date:

03/20/2017

David Rockefeller, the banker and philanthropist with the fabled family name who controlled Chase Manhattan bank for more than a decade and wielded vast influence around the world even longer as he spread the gospel of American capitalism, died on...

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The David Rockefeller Fund

Request for Proposals to Support City-Based Advocacy Coalitions Using Culture as a Strategy to Advance Policy

Release Date:

03/30/2017

New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust is now seeking proposals to support City-based advocacy coalitions using culture as a strategy to advance policy.

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RFPs Etc

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The New York Community Trust

Ford Foundation, Tow Foundation and Others Launch $14M Fund To Support News Integrity

Release Date:

04/03/2017

... the news they read and share online. The Initiative’ s mission is to advance news literacy, to increase trust in ... Fund, the Ford Foundation, the Democracy Fund, the John S . and James L. Knight Foundation,...

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The Tow Foundation

Nathan Cummings Announces Increased Payout to Respond to ‘Extraordinary Times’

Release Date:

05/03/2017

... For more than 25 years, Nathan Cummings Foundation’ s mission has explicitly named a commitment to democratic ... times in extraordinary ways. The Foundation’ s grantees are on the front lines, confronting...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News

Release Date:

06/28/2017

... News Combating fake news and bolstering the public’ s trust in journalism is the aim of a Vanderbilt research ... Fund. After a call for entries in March, the John S . and James L. Knight Foundation, along with...

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Rita Allen Foundation

Warren Buffett Donates $3.17 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Other Charities

Release Date:

07/11/2017

... 12th annual donation to the group of charities. Buffett’ s gift included 18.63 million Class B shares of his company’ s stock, which carried a value of $170.25 each at the market’ s close on...

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NoVo Foundation

Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... shared his vision for the New York-based foundation’ s future, which includes the use of science and technology ... for inclusive growth and leveraging the foundation’ s influence to create new public-private...

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Sector News

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Prodded by Advocates, City Unveils District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... 1, which also includes the East Village. The plan’ s goal is for each school’ s share of disadvantaged students to match the district’ s , though that will depend to a large degree on...