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Helmsley Charitable Trust Contributes to Startup to Develop a Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

Release Date:

08/10/2016

... (PDT), a Portland, Oregon-based medical device startup, will develop a novel treatment for type 1 diabetes. PDT has ... National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Health , and The Leona M. and...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Sloan Foundation Contributes to Study on 'Superbugs'

Release Date:

09/07/2016

... bacteria, known as "superbugs," pose a major public health threat. Some officials have even warned of a .....

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Health

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Verizon Foundation Donates $10K to MAP Intl. to Help Storm Survivors

Release Date:

02/08/2017

... awarded a $10,000 grant to MAP International, a global health and relief organization. The funds will support 1,000 personal hygiene kits for south Georgia ...

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Verizon

Newly Established Phyllis Mailman Professorship Endowed by the Tow Foundation, Mailman Foundation, and Joshua Mailman Foundation

Release Date:

06/24/2019

... disease research at the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. The endowed professorship will be based in the Columbia Mailman School’s world-class ... late husband and father,...

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The Tow Foundation

Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 New Executives Fund Recipients

Release Date:

06/15/2021

... crises threatening our common future, to increase resources for systemic alternatives that support justice, ...

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Leadership Development

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awarded Over $3 Million in Grants to 12 Recipients.

Release Date:

06/21/2022

... to provide broad access to knowledge, information, and resources that sustain an informed and engaged citizenry. ... Yorkers, including a new collective and digital hub that will allow young people, their...

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Funding From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Helps Find First Evidence of Transitive Inference in Lowly Paper Wasp

Release Date:

05/14/2019

... the first evidence of transitive inference, the ability to use known relationships to infer unknown relationships, in a ... monkeys, birds and fish have demonstrated the ability to use transitive inference...

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Environment and Climate Change

Science

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Doris Duke Foundation

PNY 40th Annual Meeting Recap

... tools, directions and structures within our industry and how they point to promising practices, including the shifting ...

Wallace Foundation Names Jody Spiro, Ed.D., Director of Education Leadership

Release Date:

02/01/2012

Will Miller, President of The Wallace Foundation , has ... leaders, as well as state and federal policymakers, on how we can effectively develop and support principals in ways ... programs and practices that...

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The Wallace Foundation

03 Nov 2010

A Time to Innovate: Achieving the Promise of Urban Catholic Schools

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 8:00am to Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 4:00pm

... schools part of the problem or part of the solution? How can entrepreneurs be incentivized to find new solutions ...

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Issue-Based

08 Jan 2015

Time is Illmatic - Documentary Film Series

Thursday, January 8, 2015 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

... down to Nas from his jazz musician father, Olu Dara. It also examines the social conditions and environmental ... Nas’ worldview. Along the way, Time Is Illmatic shows how Nas—with the support of his...

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We Can Build a Better, More Inclusive Tech Workforce

Release Date:

02/06/2015

... the rate of the City’s overall economy. Better yet, it pays well. Local computer programmers make an average of ... new literacy,” foundations are still grappling with how best to address the increasing need...

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Technology

Workforce Development

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The New York Community Trust

Why STEM? The Key to Future Innovation Needs Funding Now

Release Date:

03/03/2015

... attention on computers and coding is certainly welcome, it is also important for funders to not lose site of the ... 20th Century. And the need for STEM-literate citizens will continue to grow. Future...

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The Pinkerton Foundation

16 Jun 2015

Creating and Seizing the Moment: School Discipline and School Safety Reform in New York City

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... its approach to school safety and discipline. This session will explore the following questions: Why is reform needed? How did advocates create the public will for reform? Now that the Mayor...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Legal Issues

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City

08 Oct 2015

Funding Atrocity Prevention and Response in Iraq - Webinar

Thursday, October 8, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... to ISIS funding landscape in Iraq. On this call, we will discuss who is currently funding atrocity prevention and ... who they are funding, where major funding gaps lie, and how funders can help fill these...

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All Funders

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Disaster Relief

International/Foreign Affairs

16 Feb 2017

Legal Series - London’s Calling! So is Syria, Sudan, North Korea… Best Practices in International Grantmaking

Thursday, February 16, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... language experience required. Join us to learn about how to navigate the legal and programmatic issues in making grants outside the United States. The presenters will include an associate general counsel of a...

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Professional Development

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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International/Foreign Affairs

05 May 2017

Legal Series - Investing in People: Making Grants to Individuals

Friday, May 5, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... other similar purposes, including obtaining IRS approval How to structure individual grant programs that are ...

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Professional Development

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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Community Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Ins and Outs of Forming Early Childhood Education Research-to-Practice and Policy Partnerships

Release Date:

01/11/2018

... up to serve more children, and as research questions on how to continuously improve the quality of services provided ... Here are some key strategies from our work that we hope will encourage other ECE and K-...

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Education

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Foundation for Child Development

21 Jun 2018

Report in Focus: Revving up the Deportation Machinery: Enforcement and Pushback under Trump - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, June 21, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:15pm

... an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* In the ... as candidates for removal, has fueled this surge. Yet it may not last. A new report from...

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Children, Youth and Families

10 Jul 2018

The Power of Pooled Funding to Increase College Graduation Rates

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Join the NYC youth funders for a session that will feature the development of and lessons learned from the ... outcomes. Copies of the inaugural report of the CCIF will be on hand. Explore Pioneering initiatives...