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Backed in Part By The Ford Foundation, Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Named a National Treasure by National Trust

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06/19/2018

... from Tyron, North Carolina, the home where Nina learned how to play the piano was named a National Treasure by the ... community to chart a new future for the property that will honor her tremendous... Backed...

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New York Community Trust's HIVE Grants to Boost Digital Media Learning

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06/02/2014

... Digital Media Learning in NYC After-School Programs Teens will record residents' stories to make a multimedia map of ... interests. Furthermore, they have helped us demonstrate how partnerships between...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Jo Christine Miles

... about community development with a particular focus on the use of partnerships across the philanthropic, private, and public sectors to connect people to resources , promote collective action, and ensure...

The ASPCA Gives 100,000 Animals Better Chance of Adoption Through National Relocation Program

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04/04/2019

... night of rest and arrived in New York City today where she will soon be available for adoption. "Using relocation to .....

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Animal Welfare

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Morgan Stanley, TruFund Financial Services and Ford Foundation Announce Launch of $26 Million Impact Developers Fund

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06/22/2020

... launch of the Impact Developers Fund. The $26 million fund will provide much needed capital to emerging impact businesses that lack ... Fund has identified its first cohort of clients and it...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Incubator Project

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01/19/2017

... for its 18-month Incubator Project residency, which will award up to three start-up nonprofits, community groups, ... information, idea exchange, and gathering of philanthropic resources across the borough...

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15 Feb 2012

New Approaches to Collaborative Funding: A Case Study of the Young Men’s Initiative

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

A new model for social change will be investigated as those involved in The Young Men’s ... and $30 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Learn how these distinct agencies and foundations have come ... complex...

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13 Jun 2012

2012 Conference on Scaling Impact

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 8:00am to Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 6:30pm

Museum of Jewish Heritage 36 Battery Park Place, NYC

... Explore Strategies to achieve large-scale impact. How funder collaboratives can support scaling efforts. How major donors can co-fund with foundations to scale ... in education, youth development, poverty...

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Sixteen Major Donors and Foundations, Including the Ford Foundation, Commit Unprecendented $156 Million to Support Black, Latinx, Asian and Indigenous Arts Organizations

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09/24/2020

... Cultural Treasures.” Together, the funders will grant more than $156 million to support Black, Latinx, ... that have been impactful, despite historically limited resources and funding streams. They, along with...

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In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence

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09/21/2017

... hit the project with costly litigation. But ultimately, it was main backer Barry Diller who pulled the plug, ... for the project. The costs and controversy had become too much , he said. To be fair, it...

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Sophia Stewart Joins Ford Foundation as Department Coordinator

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07/01/2013

... gaps by coordinating events educating NGOs on how to effectively communicate with the United Nations. Prior ... and Urban Policy. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Health Science, concentrating in...

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UJA Federation Charities Scramble to Address FEGS Closure

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03/16/2015

... Employment Guidance Services announced a month ago that it planned to close amid a $20 million revenue shortfall, the ... But the ruinous series of decisions that wrecked FEGS—a health and human services...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Teagle Awards $2 Million in Support of Liberal Arts Education

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06/01/2015

... Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education to explore how its member institutions can bring about substantive ... undergraduate preparation in teacher education, business, health , and technology.... Teagle...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend

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09/22/2017

... CEOs and other development partners, the event explored how smart investments in health , empowerment, education and employment can reduce ... reach their full potential. The UN estimates that Africa ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Finds Gut Bacteria Play Critical Role in Anti-Seizure Effects of Ketogenic Diet

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05/25/2018

... human body’s intestines. The ketogenic diet has numerous health benefits, including fewer seizures for children with ... However, there has been no clear explanation for exactly how the diet aids children with...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Health

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Leadership Doesn’t Just Happen

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05/12/2016

... New York’s board of directors. And wow, what a year it has been, for both me and for PNY! When Leisle Lin handed ... leadership as the area in which to do its work. We will remain committed to our work on...

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