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Philanthropists Lay Out Education Priorities

Release Date:

11/21/2013

... Officer Shawn Morehead previewed the Education Funders Research Initiative's six priorities for the de Blasio ... Errol Louis got a preview of the Education Funders Research Initiative’s top six education...

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Education

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Ford Foundation

Philanthropy New York

The New York Community Trust

William T. Grant Foundation Website Gets New Look

Release Date:

07/01/2014

... and posts current information about grants to support research with the potential to advance theory, policy, and ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

Russell Sage-Supported Study Explores Effects of Education Level On Genetic Make-Up of US Population

Release Date:

05/31/2016

... of the National Academy of Sciences. The research was supported by the Russell Sage Foundation as well ...

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Funded by Surdna, Student Investigates Social Criticism in Stand-up Comedy

Release Date:

07/26/2016

... environmental studies major, has been doing independent research looking at identity and social criticism in stand-up ... He is supported by a Surdna Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship and is being...

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Social Justice

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Surdna Foundation

Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports New Gene-Editing Technology That Partially Restores Vision in Blind Animals

Release Date:

11/17/2016

... in blind rodents, will open new avenues for basic research and a variety of treatments, such as for retinal, ...

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Health

Science

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis and Physics First Annual Meeting

Release Date:

07/31/2017

... and connections with physics. They will discuss their research progress during the first year of the collaboration and the current directions of research . . . Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in ...

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - October 2023

Release Date:

10/27/2023

... create the greatest impact towards achieving equity. Research shows that race is the primary determinant of ... Investing in racial equity is about acknowledging that research and America’s racialized history...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - October 2023

Release Date:

10/25/2023

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Michael J. Fox Foundation and Simons Foundation Making Waves in Basic Science

Release Date:

12/01/2017

... philanthropic mega-donors pumping cash into biomedical research labs. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for example, has devoted more than $40 billion to research on malaria and other infectious diseases...

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Health

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The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The Simons Foundation

The Future of ‘Zipcode as Destiny': Three Scenarios

Release Date:

01/14/2016

... by Claudia Juech, Associate Vice President, Strategic Research and Rachel Korberg, Senior Program Associate at The ... courses (MOOCs) or tuition-free, degree-granting online universities . Remote work is also...

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Insights

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Economic Security

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The Rockefeller Foundation

08 Sep 2022

Staffing for Success - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, September 8, 2022 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

Join us for a conversation on how to hire and prepare staff for success.

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Professional Development

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Inside HigherEd Examines New Book from Russell Sage Foundation

Release Date:

08/04/2015

'The Asian American Achievement Paradox,' explores the role race and culture play when pursuing an education.

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Member News

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Education

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Russell Sage Foundation

Mellon Funds Efforts to Bring Medieval Works to the Digital World

Release Date:

02/24/2016

Lehigh, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania are leading a project, called Bibliotheca Philadelphienis, that will digitalize the largest regional collection of medieval and early modern manuscripts in the country.

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Education

Technology

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Mellon Foundation

Carolina Espinal Elected Schott Foundation Board Chair

Release Date:

07/13/2020

The Schott Foundation for Public Education board of directors has elected Carolina Espinal as chair.

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Mayor must focus on city's resiliency

Release Date:

01/03/2014

In an op-ed for Crain's New York Business, Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin says that the de Blasio Administration must focus on the city's resiliency.

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Public Policy

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The Rockefeller Foundation

10 Apr 2014

Leading Through Change: Advice from and for Seasoned CEOs and Their Boards

Thursday, April 10, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

How do seasoned family foundation CEOs stay renewed and refreshed in their work? How do experienced CEOs find ways to balance the needs of the family with those of the foundation?

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Family Foundation

Executive Leadership

Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit

Release Date:

06/17/2014

n the wake of last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York’s teachers unions and education reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state’s tenure laws and possibly many other teacher protections.