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NYPD Releases Video of Fatal Police Shooting of Armed Mentally Ill Man

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... in his Eastchester apartment. Miguel Richards, 31, can be seen in the recording wearing sunglasses and a polo ... later found out held a toy gun with a laser pointer. " I don't want to shoot you. Put...

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Justice Reform

What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... Needs Through Technology Delivering humanitarian aid can be enormously complex. It requires far-flung logistical ... humanitarian aid supply chain has many moving parts and can easily break down. To keep the...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Heads-Up, CEOs—Corporate Social Responsibility May Get You Fired, Study Finds

Release Date:

10/10/2017

... all examples of corporate social responsibility (CSR) that can result in high praise for a chief executive—or get them ... less likely to be fired. This shows that CSR investments can be a double-edged sword—...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards

Release Date:

11/17/2017

... any city with a population of at least 30,000 residents can pursue — essentially a stamp of approval for well-run ... cities reinforce a culture of data-based practices that can sustain those efforts across...

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Civic Engagement

Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Weinberg Foundation Partners with Major Donors in Groundbreaking $25M National Initiative to Increase Mobility from Poverty

Release Date:

02/04/2019

... invest in effective models developed in New York City that can be exported and replicated in other communities. In ... identify innovative new models from other communities that can be replicated in New York...

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Community Development

Economic Security

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers New, Solar-Powered Technology that Collects and Cleans Water from Air

Release Date:

03/18/2019

... hybrid materials designed to be "super sponges" that can retain large amounts of water. A research team led by ... hydrogels that are both highly water absorbent and can release water upon heating...

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Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research

Release Date:

06/04/2019

... consisting of many atoms or electrons — matter — can behave in an essentially quantum way. Such ultra-quantum ... matter (UQM) allows for quantum phenomena beyond what can be realized at the level of the...

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The Simons Foundation

Rauch Foundation Catalyzes Local Investment with Cross-Sector Collaboration

Release Date:

04/28/2021

... of Long Island will describe how family foundations can play a unique role as a neutral hub to forge ... across local business, government, and media that can multiply investment in regional economic recovery...

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The Rauch Foundation

Edward W. Hazen Foundation Fast Tracks $2.8 Million in Grants to Support Grantees Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic in Communities of Color

Release Date:

04/30/2020

... made in the summer in order to provide organizations with resources as they ramp up programming to respond to the ... and demanding changes in conditions to protect the health of those still inside. With so...

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Disaster Relief

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Risk, Resiliency and Super Storms: What’s Food Got To Do With It?

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07/15/2013

... Irene and Sandy on local food systems and how we can increase the resiliency of our food distribution ...

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Insights

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Surdna Foundation

Understanding Muslim America

Release Date:

08/11/2011

... with an opportunity to focus on the ways that foundations can promote tolerance and understanding for Muslim Americans ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Daphne Foundation

EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

New York Foundation

North Star Fund

Open Society Foundations

Philanthropy New York

Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together

Publication date:

05/2009

... is the whole truly greater than the sum of its parts? Can foundations make a bigger impact with grant dollars by ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

More Children in Greece Are Going Hungry

Release Date:

04/17/2013

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation's support of a school lunch program to help combat child hunger in Greece is mentioned in this article.

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Children, Youth and Families

International/Foreign Affairs

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Good Charity, Bad Charity

Release Date:

08/10/2013

... in their field is that we shouldn’t, or perhaps can ’t, make objective judgments about which options are ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

18 Jul 2012

Black Communities and Philanthropy: A Conversation on Past Trends, Current Challenges and the Future

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York 79 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC

... lift up successful strategies and identify ways we can build transformative collective impact. This ...

20 Oct 2011

"Fixing vs. Preparing"...The Role of Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice

Thursday, October 20, 2011 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... that has broken down. When an object breaks down you can get a new one. With an adolescent you need to keep ... the context of the crucial role positive youth development can contribute in juvenile justice...

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29 Nov 2011

Time as a Tool: Strategies for Transforming Schools through Time

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

... you to a discussion highlighting recent research that can shape that consensus by demonstrating how time can be harnessed for maximum effectiveness to transform ... Explore Why does time matter more than ever...