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Citi Foundation Funds Book Which Explores Americans' Financial Well-Being

Release Date:

12/11/2015

... health. Regis Mulot, executive vice president of human resources for Staples Inc., describes how the company ... that struggling households mismanage finances. In fact, research shows the opposite—that many...

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Citi Foundation

Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Awards More Than $1.7 Million to Fight Bias Against Muslims

Release Date:

03/30/2017

... and discussions held in high schools, colleges and universities to explore topics such as structural racism and ... of them remain narrow. A February 2017 report from Pew Research Center showed that, out of...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Philip Zelikow Joins Markle Foundation As Visiting Managing Director

Release Date:

08/27/2014

Philip Zelikow has joined the Markle Foundation as Visiting Managing Director.

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

From Boston to New York: Is a More Just City Possible?

Release Date:

04/21/2014

... are determined to continue their fight for these critical resources . In contrast to the Chinatown example, the ... grantmakers could provide more support for training, research , education, and peer learning ...

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New York Foundation

20 May 2015

Should we be afraid? Scariest Trends in Philanthropy - Webinar

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... context Presenters Charles Keidan , Philanthropy Practice Research Fellow, Centre for Giving and Philanthropy, Cass ...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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International

Brooklyn Community Foundation Adds Four Members to Board of Directors

Release Date:

05/24/2017

... including the University of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, Resources for Children With Special Needs (now Includenyc), ... at the New York Federal Reserve Bank in both the Domestic Research Department and as a...

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Brooklyn Org

Mertz Gilmore Foundation Welcomes Aditi Vaidya as its New President

Release Date:

10/13/2022

... equity using community organizing, policy advocacy, and research . She will be the seventh person in the ...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Launch US 2050

Release Date:

11/29/2017

... deliver a more equitable future.” US 2050 is calling for research papers from economists, political scientists, ... sociologists, demographers, and other scholars. The research question is: How do the changing...

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Genetic Link to Extinct Relative of Humans in Four Modern West African Populations

Release Date:

02/13/2020

... with ancient relatives, such as Neanderthals. But research on the genetic ancestry of African populations has ... medicine. The archaic hominin identified in the UCLA research is a close evolutionary relative...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

14 Dec 2016

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and School and Career Pathways: The Role of Employers as Partners

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The economy continues to evolve to require a more skilled workforce. At the same time education and training systems struggle to keep pace and the most economically vulnerable young people fall further behind

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All Funders

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Workforce Development

Jeffrey D. Selberg Joins Peter G. Peterson Foundation to Lead Health Care Initiatives

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... Leaders, and previously served on the boards of the Health Research and Educational Trust and the American Hospital ... Association. Throughout his career, Selberg has focused on improving patient safety and...

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Health

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard Announce Grants to Streamline Access to Benefits for 5 Million People Living in Poverty

Release Date:

10/21/2019

... combination of digital products, machine learning, policy, research , and new partnerships to deliver at least $2.5 ...

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Learning Exchange and Discussions (in partnership with Race and Equity in Philanthropy Group)

... increased in recent years, and while this is encouraging, research also demonstrates that comparatively little ... to address these disparities in how they distribute resources , they have to look at themselves...

How Philanthropy Can Address the Needs of Our Veterans

Release Date:

11/05/2014

... problems veterans are experiencing and how best to deploy resources to address them. Veterans Day is just around ... and Well-Being of Veterans Now .” We will explore new research , approaches, tools and best...

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President's Message

PNY News

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Veterans

“Poor” is Washington’s Four Letter Word

Release Date:

01/21/2015

... making or countless other ways our sector is committed to improving the world, one can hardly watch such a sweeping ... I think the problem is something else. Social science research indicates that most...

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PNY News

The Joys and Frustrations of Managing Young People

Release Date:

09/29/2016

... that having Tatianna do data entry for an ongoing research project was not the right fit, because the chance ...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Leadership Development

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Public Policy

The Uncertain Road Ahead for Culture in New York City

Release Date:

08/14/2017

... important efforts—such as increasing language access and improving energy efficiency in arts buildings—it is not ... city grant recipients. CUNY’s Center for Urban Research , supported by the New York City...

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Arts

The Rockefeller Foundation, Moore Foundation Join Fund for Shared Insight

Release Date:

11/10/2015

... effort among funders that pools financial and other resources to make grants to improve philanthropy. Shared ... to build momentum as a funding collaborative committed to improving philanthropy in new ways...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Leigh Bonney Named Chief Financial Officer for The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Release Date:

03/01/2012

... retiring in early 2011. As Chief Financial Officer for Research and Development, she was responsible for developing ... managed merger planning and post-merger integration in Research and Development for...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Finance & Asset Management

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Pfizer

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Ford Foundation Appoints John W. Bernstein as Chief Operating Officer

Release Date:

11/07/2014

... understanding the ancient world, and neuroscience research . During his tenure, the foundation initiated a $200 ... of the Ancient World, a PhD-level graduate school and research facility; renovated a...