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28 Jan 2020

Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Training - January 28

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... member foundations. As a service to PNY members, we have created a partnership with local employment attorney ... of forms of discrimination and workplace harassment; How clear standards, policies and...

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$1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to Arts & Humanities to Fund Digital Humanities, African American Studies

Release Date:

07/17/2015

... mentorship and social activities that are known to impact academic success.... $1.25 Million Mellon Grant ...

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Mellon Foundation

Suzette Hunte Joins United Way of New York City as Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

Release Date:

09/08/2016

... design and implementation of complex, multi-partner and collective impact initiatives. Suzette Hunte Joins United Way of New ...

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Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching

Release Date:

03/27/2018

... of scientists developed a "sun shield" that they hope can help prevent coral bleaching, which spread across the ... trial, but the team managed to prove that this film can reduce sunlight by up to 30...

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards University of Glasgow Over $1.1M to Tackle Crohn's Disease in Children and Adults With a Novel Diet

Release Date:

07/30/2019

... team of researchers, in collaboration with doctors at NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC), developed ‘CD-TREAT’ ... debilitating condition of the gastrointestinal tract which can lead to diarrhoea, blood...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Ford Foundation Announces $180 Million in New Funding for U.S. Racial Justice Efforts

Release Date:

10/09/2020

... on the ground at this historic moment of racial reckoning have the resilience and resources they need to help build a truly equitable future ... approaches to advance racial justice. We encourage other...

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists

Release Date:

07/15/2016

... energy. A team of hundreds of physicists and astronomers have announced results from the largest-ever, ... driving the accelerated expansion of the Universe. “We have spent five years collecting measurements...

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Difficulties Accessing Medical Records Will Soon Be Outdated, Says Commonwealth Fund

Release Date:

10/21/2016

... Outdated, Says Commonwealth Fund Historically, hospitals have argued that medical records belong to the health care ... health records now have patient portals where patients can peer in and...

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De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... throughout the city by 2020. The plan, which aims to have one new charging hub in each borough by 2018, is part of ... hub will include 20 “fast-charging” stations, which can power up vehicles in 30 minutes,...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients

Release Date:

12/09/2016

... on a survey of more than three thousand adults, the brief, How High-Need Patients Experience Health Care in the Unites ... to be older, less educated, and poorer and includes a greater share of women and...

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The New Power of the Purse: Younger Women and the Future of Philanthropy

Release Date:

08/25/2017

... suggesting that the influence of women is likely to grow greater in coming years as a younger generation rises, with ... Mesch, director of WPI. “Fundraisers who don’t know how to raise money from women simply...

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Major Data Release From Sloan Digital Sky Survey Includes Galaxy Maps, New Data Access and Visualization Tools, and a Huge 'Stellar Library'

Release Date:

01/29/2019

... called resolved spectroscopy to study galaxies in much greater detail than previous surveys. Spectroscopy is a ... astronomers, yielding a wealth of information by measuring how much light an object emits at...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Convening Virtually: Embracing Change and Community

Release Date:

12/03/2020

... Services Associate, Philanthropy New York What once would have been an instantly viral video has now become all too ... on the lessons that I shared then, I am realizing how much more I’ve grown and learned...

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Women 4 Health Care: Helping Uninsured Women Get Covered

Release Date:

10/01/2013

... be able to get free or very low-cost public insurance. You can get help applying for coverage and choosing a plan by ... . The Raising Women’s Voices website has some helpful resources , including fact sheets...

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HSBC grant already benefiting fields and farmers across the Midwest

Release Date:

05/23/2022

... in a geography that is increasingly experiencing the impact of climate change, extreme weather, and decades of ... nature-based solutions. Scaling these practices can increase biodiversity, recover soil health...

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HSBC Bank USA

Soros Says Attacks Won’t Alter His Charitable and Political Giving

Release Date:

06/11/2018

... from Hungary to California , where his donations have been used as a cudgel against the causes he supports. ... the Democratic Party. He acknowledges that the attacks can blunt his impact . “...

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Open Society Foundations

Carnegie, Helmsley Support Teacher Leadership Projects

Release Date:

05/03/2016

... and improve student outcomes. Through the new Teacher Impact Grants (TIG) program from ASCD, teachers will be able ... expand and evaluate promising practices and programs that can transform the academic...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

A Closer Look at NY Fund for Women and Girls, Co-Founded by NoVo and New York Women’s Foundation

Release Date:

02/09/2017

... NYC Fund for Girls and Women of Color brings together 16 funders . This collaboration isn’t brand new, but it’s the ... the nation and is worth watching closely, especially for how it makes grants. The effort...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

The New York Women's Foundation

Grant Foundation Receives Award for Excellence in Youth Research & Programming

Release Date:

01/29/2016

... on Adolescence (SRA) Presidential Citation: Organizational Impact Award for Excellence in Research and Programming for ... award, “said John Schulenberg, SRA President. “They have done so much to support...

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William T. Grant Foundation

Taking Care of Business (in the Business of Taking Care)

Release Date:

12/09/2015

... but rather, what sort of business is a foundation? And how should you run it? There's a master’s of business ... take you so far in running a foundation. Because you don't have shareholders, you don...