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Valerie S. Peltier Elected Chairman of The New York Community Trust

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12/04/2014

... of The New York Community Trust Valerie S. Peltier has been elected chairman of The New York Community Trust's ... Director of Tishman Speyer, a global real estate firm. She has served on the board of The...

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Rita Allen Foundation Backs Innovative Biomedical Research

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01/27/2015

... Research The Rita Allen Foundation Scholars program has been around since 1976, but I bet you’ve never heard of ... engagement foundation, first and foremost, but it also has a thriving program looking for...

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Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding

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03/17/2015

... basic scientific pursuits over the next five years, and has just hired its first president. The effort is getting its ... foundations called the Science Philanthropy Alliance has picked Marc Kastner, one of...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs the National Dance Project

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04/13/2015

... in communities throughout the U.S. Since then, the program has distributed more than $27 million in grants and remains ... most significant sources for dance funding in the U.S. NDP has reached over 3.6...

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Nadia Alia Appointed Manager, Grants and Communications at The Tow Foundation

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04/20/2015

... and Communications at The Tow Foundation Nadia Alia has been promoted to a newly created position of Manager, ... strategies. Since joining the Foundation, Nadia has committed to streamlining the Foundation’s...

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NYCT and JPB-Backed Immigrant Legal Aid Program Will Expand Beyond NYC

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05/14/2015

... Will Expand Beyond NYC New York City’s melting pot has been boiling over in the larger metropolitan area. ... services as does the city. But outside the city, there has been a shortage of lawyers to serve...

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Morgan Stanley Foundation Announces $1 Million in Grants to Local Food Banks Across the United States

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05/28/2015

... Over the past three years, this specific grant program has awarded more than $4 million from the Firm to help ... with Feeding America, Morgan Stanley Foundation has awarded more than $14 million to the...

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State Authority Wants $1.5 Billion for Renewable Energy Boost

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06/04/2015

... now heads to the state Public Service Commission, which has the ability to require a surcharge on New York utility ... it. “It’s the largest commitment New York state has made to renewable energy,” said...

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Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children

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07/07/2015

... Alliance, finds that participation in afterschool programs has increased dramatically, from 6.5 million children in 2004 to 10.2 million today. Unmet demand has increased, as well. The parents of 19.4 million...

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HSBC Names Kelly W. Fisher Senior Vice President and U.S. Head of Corporate Sustainability

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07/15/2015

... U.S. Head of Corporate Sustainability Kelly W. Fisher has been appointed as Senior Vice President and U.S. Head of ... sits on the corporate advisory board of Do Something and has served on the executive board...

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Smart Donors Are Putting Nonprofits Back in Charge

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07/20/2015

... Are Putting Nonprofits Back in Charge So far, this has been a summer of political campaigning and stunning ... the forces that still divide us. Among those voices has been that of Darren Walker, president of...

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Century Foundation Analysis Noted, Poverty in Syracuse Examined

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11/20/2015

... neighborhood with the most concentrated poverty in America has Victorian-style homes with big porches, immaculate public ... are empty because a recent spate of shootings in this city has made parents fear for...

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Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos

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01/21/2016

... at the dinner table. The century-old foundation, which has already taken on challenges like making cities more ... “resilient” to the challenges of the 21st century, has estimated that food waste represents a...

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Rauch Foundation and Others Publish Report that Quantifies Long Island’s Housing Needs

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02/05/2016

... new housing. The study found that although Long Island has recently started building more rentals, co-ops, condominiums and other multifamily homes than it has in previous decades, a big gap still exists...

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Woodruff Foundation Reflects on Its First Decade

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02/11/2016

... Bob's life in Iraq, we celebrate the impact that moment has had over the last decade. Inspired by the Woodruff's ... returns home. In the decade since Bob's injuries, much has changed and we...

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When Integrating A School, Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race? (Century Foundation)

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02/29/2016

... 2007, 40 districts pursued integration. Today that number has more than doubled, to 83, plus nine charter schools or ... than they'd otherwise be. This new wave of integration has come with one big...

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Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%

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03/04/2016

... made up of 11 major universities across the United States has knocked its goal of graduating more students — ... State and the University of California, Riverside. Each has committed to working with the others...

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Rauschenberg Foundation Eases Copyright Restrictions on Art

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03/07/2016

... by Mr. Rauschenberg 18 years before his death in 2008, has been a part of this system. But after experiments over the last year, it has decided to adopt a new policy of making images of ...

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NY Women's Foundation and NoVo Foundation Noted for Investments Supporting Women

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03/29/2016

... our work is done – it is not. Although women's equality has seen significant gains throughout the 20th century, from ... the Young Women's Initiative. Philanthropic investment has also increased...

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Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.

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04/25/2016

... 2015 was approved. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has pulled out of scores of companies for being over-reliant ... on fossil fuel, and the Rockefeller Foundation has divested from fossil fuel entirely.....

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