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Westchester Community Foundation Met $2 Million Goal and has Distributed $861,500 in COVID-19 Grants to Date

Release Date:

08/03/2020

... for the Westchester Market Leadership Team to commit to an investment in the Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund. The ... the region and are best positioned to deploy the right resources to meet such a...

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Disaster Relief

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The Westchester Community Foundation

United Hospital Fund Names Two New Vice Presidents, New Controller, Other Staff Changes

Release Date:

04/06/2021

... R. Murria will be promoted to vice president of human resources from director of human resources , while retaining his title as chief diversity, ... been crucial to UHF’s success, ensuring that we have the...

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Appointments & Transitions

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United Hospital Fund

Five Qs for…Douglas Bauer, Executive Director, Clark Foundation

Release Date:

03/30/2012

... is reprinted with permission. Philanthropy News Digest: How tough is it out there for nonprofits? And what can the ... filling some of these gaps. We all know, however, that the resources available to private...

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All Funders

Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grantmaking

Publication date:

09/2005

... contributors discuss the elements of personal strategy and how it helps grantmakers to leverage their strengths in ... are able to think and work like "naturals" - and how the rest of us can emulate their style. Personal .....

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Grants Managers

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Family Foundations Prepare for the Next Generation

Release Date:

02/08/2013

... and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy that looks at how younger generations feel about philanthropy. As parents, ... our children. And if we have more than one, we worry about how they will interact with...

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Family Foundation

Target Hands Decision on $5-Million Schools Gift to Online Voters

Release Date:

08/15/2013

... time, Target is letting its shoppers decide, via Facebook, how it will distribute $5 million in donations to public ... Target is turning over to Facebook users the decision on how it will distribute $5-...

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Education

Ford Foundation's Elizabeth Alexander Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board

Release Date:

06/02/2016

... in arts, media and culture. She guides efforts to examine how cultural narratives affect and shape social movements and how media and the arts, including film and visual ...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Study Finds Possible Solutions to Sleep Disorders and Depression

Release Date:

06/09/2017

... disorders. Researchers wanted to know: How do we overcome tiredness in the face of a looming ... In other words, in the face of so-called salient stimuli, how do we override the natural drive to sleep? Alfred...

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Science

We Cannot Let COVID-19 Be a Death Sentence For Refugees

Release Date:

08/12/2020

... the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis meant figuring out how to still do our work. Many of us were fortunate to be ... what do the people we serve need the most right now and how can we help them? For our...

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Immigration

Internet to Newspapers: Drop Dead—A Program Recap with Nicholas Lemann and Victor Pickard

Release Date:

06/12/2009

... at least twice a week, and it’s interesting to see how differently each group frames the problem. For a group of ... out of our hands. To my mind, we need to be creative about how news reporting might be...

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Report About NYC’s Libraries Sparks New Proposal from Speaker Quinn

Release Date:

04/05/2013

The Center for an Urban Future’s report, which was funded by the Charles H. Revson Foundation, documented the important role that public libraries play in communities across New York City.

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Arts

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

New York Life Foundation Awards $1 Million to Comfort Zone Camp

Release Date:

07/13/2013

... the ages of 7 and 17, and a new program model designed to increase the number of campers it serves. The Boys & Girls ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Life Foundation

The Ford Foundation Joins the Reporting Commitment

Release Date:

08/19/2014

... recently joined the Reporting Commitment, an initiative to increase the accuracy, currency, and openness of grants data. ...

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Program Focuses on Getting City Workers to Live Healthier Lives

Release Date:

01/22/2015

... by Mayor de Blasio are incentives used by other cities to increase participation in voluntary health initiatives.... ...

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Health

The Commonwealth Fund Reports Annual Primary Care Visits Will Only Rise by 3.8% from ACA

Release Date:

02/25/2015

... insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act will increase the demand for health care services—but only ...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Explores Open Access to Published Research

Release Date:

04/01/2015

The foundation's contribution will support a yearlong study that will examine the implications of new funding models for scholarly communications.

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Peterson Foundation promotes benchmarks for assessing the candidates on budget issues

Release Date:

05/27/2015

Federal budgetary challenge comes down to health care and Social Security, according to Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

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Community Development

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

U.S. Education Secretary Addresses Century Foundation Forum

Release Date:

04/19/2016

The intersection of decades of education, housing, and transportation policy has left the nation's schools at a crossroads, U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. said Tuesday.