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UJA-Federation of New York Receives $20 Million Gift

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10/02/2017

... Jewish Day Camp Centennial Signature Initiative. The gift will be used to help revitalize the infrastructure of ... illnesses, many of whom are able to attend at no cost ... UJA-Federation of New York Receives...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Three New Board Members

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07/06/2023

... look forward to the insights, energy, and direction they will bring to our fight to provide greater opportunities for ... make housing more affordable, promote more equitable land use practices, and empower...

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2012 NGen Fellows Project: Hacking the NGen Experience

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09/29/2013

... Express NGen Fellows examined the "leadership void" that will be created by the impending retirement of baby-boomer ... democratize or "hack" the NGen Fellowship experience for a much...

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American Express

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks

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12/07/2015

... Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks One out of every seven Americans relies regularly on food banks, equivalent to about ... provided 413,495 meals to families in need. “As much as those three food banks do,...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

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09/29/2016

... The nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative has announced it is building a memorial in the state capital of Montgomery ... racial discourse by openly acknowledging a painful past, much as Germany has Holocaust...

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Century Foundation Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning

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08/04/2017

... minimum lot size requirements to boot. Because African- Americans were disproportionately low-income, economic zoning was in effect exclusionary, accomplishing much of the same results as explicit racial...

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Casey Family Programs and the President's Advisory Council Work to Improve Financial Capability for Young People

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03/09/2015

... Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans (Council) met at the White House to discuss its ... skills, and experiences of young people so that all Americans can start their financial lives on...

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

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02/28/2017

... education, to project what the nation's education needs will be in the future, and to offer recommendations for ways .....

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The Henry Luce Foundation

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With Support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Plans Underway to Preserve Blue Mountain Wildlife Refuge

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11/26/2018

... for the Cherry Valley Wildlife Refuge , so far, and it plans to preserve 2,700 acres next year. The land, which ... is being acquired from Pennsylvania American Water and will eventually be turned over to the...

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Brooklyn Public Library Receives $400,000 From The New York Life Foundation

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06/16/2014

... It is one of our most important programs and we owe much of its continued success to the New York Life ... students with research and critical thinking skills they will utilize now and in...

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Bloomberg and Rockefeller Leaders Featured on Crain's List of NYC's Top 50 Most Powerful Women

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07/01/2015

... Powerful Women From banking to the arts, technology to health care , New York's female leaders cover every aspect of ... In a hypercompetitive city jam-packed with talent, it was...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Steps Into Political Arena With $50 Million Fund

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10/21/2016

... Fund There’s a new, deep-pocketed liberal donor in town. It ’s called the Civic Participation Action Fund, and it ’s ... death penalty to advocating for President Barack Obama’s health -...

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Commonwealth Fund Releases Report on Insuring Younger Adults Through the ACA’s Marketplaces

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12/20/2016

... the ACA’s Marketplaces The future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is highly uncertain. Yet whether or not the ... having young adults participate in the individual health insurance market remains critical to...

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Health

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million to 11 Arts Organizations

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09/03/2015

... The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) announced that it is awarding 11 performing arts organizations with grants, totaling $1.548 million, to support projects that will strengthen the national...

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A Pioneer of The Philanthropic Enterprise, Newman’s Own Leads the Way For Others

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05/23/2017

... missions might be affected by the Trump Administration, it joined the rank of a growing number of companies with a ... consulting firm in Virginia, which is working to fund health clinics and programs...

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“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

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01/12/2011

... fewer funds are available for governments, so cities will need to focus on innovation if they are to provide ... groups in the city; he cited processes that considered how best to rebuild criminal justice...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Commission on Language Learning

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12/15/2016

... bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and Members of Congress. It is composed of national leaders in education, scientific ... research, business, and government. Its final report will recommend a range of options...

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UH Launches First U.S. Digital Humanities Research Center for Latina/o Studies with Funding from Mellon Foundation

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08/15/2017

... Funding from Mellon Foundation The University of Houston will soon be home to the country’s first Digital Humanities ... Lorena Gautherau, the inaugural postdoctoral fellow, will work on several digital...

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