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How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

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10/02/2017

... People love living near the coast. Only two of the world' s top 10 biggest cities — Mexico City and Sáo Paulo — are not coastal. The rest — Tokyo, Mumbai, New York , Shanghai, Lagos, Los...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

... Thaler said of the basic premise of his work. When the New York Times asked him how he would spend the 9-million-kronor ...

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Economic Security

As Bloomberg Hammers Away at Coal, What Might Be Next for His Climate Giving?

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10/18/2017

... recently gave another $64 million to a campaign that’ s closing down coal plants in the United States, one telling ... headline came from the Courier-Journal in Louisville: “ New York City...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Encourages Donors to Give Where They Live with $100,000 Match

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11/20/2017

... $100,000 Match Brooklyn is setting out to prove that it’ s New York City’ s most generous borough this holiday season with ...

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The United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Positive Impact of Home Health Care

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04/30/2018

... by Kathyrn Bowles, PhD, of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York and the University of Pennsylvania, found that 28 ...

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Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy of Sciences

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05/14/2018

... Yuri Tschinkel, director of the Simons Foundation’ s Mathematics and Physical Sciences division, has been ... of Göttingen, and chair of the mathematics department at New York University’...

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The Public Theater Celebrates Leonard Tow, Founder and Chairman of The Tow Foundation at Its Annual Gala

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06/12/2018

... The Tow Foundation at Its Annual Gala The Public Theater’ s annual gala featured a performance of Elizabeth Swados’ ... collaborated on the 2016 Encores! revival of Runaways at New York City...

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Arts

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Michael Bloomberg Announces 2nd Annual Global Business Forum and One Planet Summit

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07/11/2018

... Bloomberg Global Business Forum will be held in New York City on September 26 th at the Plaza Hotel during ... issues by reaching a better understanding of one another' s challenges and...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Grants $1 Million for Anchorage Public Art Project

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11/09/2018

... Challenge. Environmentalist, philanthropist, and former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined Anchorage Mayor ... Museum to turn a neglected downtown building in the city' s...

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State UBIT and Commuter Benefit - Legislative Fix in the Governor's Budget

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02/06/2019

... and Commuter Benefit - Legislative Fix in the Governor' s Budget In December 2018, Governor Cuomo signed the law that decouples the state and federal tax law so that New York State will...

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Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation's Board of Trustees

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02/25/2019

Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation' s Board of Trustees The Ford Foundation has elected Henry ... expansion into international affairs, a move to New York City in 1953, and divestment...

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Survey Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Elderly Prone to Workplace Discrimination

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05/23/2019

... of the person asked. About half of Americans think there' s age discrimination in the workplace, according to a poll by ... with age discrimination applying for and working at New York...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to Board of Trustees

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06/20/2019

... Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to Board of Trustees New York , 20 June 2019 — The Ford Foundation announced today ... on the Rights of People with Disabilities. Bristo’ s perspective will be...

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Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow

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10/07/2021

... many still reeling from the pandemic and the nation’ s racial reckoning. Fellows are spearheading efforts, from ... shoulder-to-shoulder with whole communities to co-design new care paradigms that give all...

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What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

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08/2015

... they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ...

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4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

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09/20/2017

In a collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center have developed and launched a resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.)...

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06 Mar 2018

Making Inclusion More Inclusive – Join This Interactive Session!

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

View the program resources here. As funders we talk a lot about ... Bank 2017) experiencing some form of disability, it’ s time to make sure everyone can benefit from our ... Sheppard , Director...

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How the David Rockefeller Fund has Responded to the Crises of 2020

Release Date:

09/24/2020

... communities. In alignment with our criminal justice program , we made a rapid grant to the national Bail Project , matched by Rihanna’ s foundation, to help protect the most vulnerable. Staff also ... force...

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