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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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New Chair and Vice-Chair for Noyes Foundation Board

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02/11/2015

... Boston, with a particular emphasis on socially responsible investing in the firm’s Sustainability Group. Her career ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Social Justice

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MetLife Foundation Supports Expansion of Green Schoolyard Initiative

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10/20/2015

... for Public Land has committed to raising an additional $ 1 million per year to support community involvement in the ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Dodge Foundation Participates in Discussion of How Arts Organizations Help Drive Downtown Revivals In NJ Cities

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10/22/2015

New Jersey’s cities frequently face funding shortages for education, environmental and other programs, but the state’s relatively small yet steady support for arts organizations continues to attract additional investment and trigger downtown...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

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12/09/2015

... Brookings in 2008 to work on his idea full-time and got a $ 1 million grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. In 2010 he ...

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Economic Security

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Arabella Advisors Hires Managing Director of Advocacy, Scott Nielsen

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02/04/2016

Scott Nielsen, who has years of experience helping foundations develop and evaluate advocacy initiatives, has joined Arabella as managing director of advocacy.

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Peterson Foundation Says Obama Budget Doesn’t Address Unsustainable Debt

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02/09/2016

... president’s budget will begin growing again, totaling $6. 1 trillion over the next ten years. And over the long term, ...

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Economic Security

Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation

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04/01/2016

... Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation Of the 1 .8 billion young people in the world, approximately half — ...

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Gender Justice

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Rockefeller Foundation Launches Conversation-for-Action Series, Insight Dialogues

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04/28/2016

... the Green Revolution to building the field of impact investing , these moments of transformations begin with a ...

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Public-Private Partnership With Ford, Surdna, Niarchos, Bloomberg, Mellon, and Rockefeller Award Placemaking Grants Totaling $11 Million

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12/09/2016

ArtPlace America, a public-private partnership that works to position arts and culture as a core sector of comprehensive community planning and development, has announced grants totaling $11 million to twenty-nine creative placemaking projects in...

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Arts

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network

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01/25/2017

While cities committed to building resilience are actively working to boost their capacity to survive, adapt to, and grow despite chronic stresses and acute shocks, service providers and private-sector investors are needed to bridge the gap in...

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Ford Foundation Hires Detroit Native, Kevin Ryan, as Program Officer for its New Detroit Office

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05/31/2017

Ford Foundation opens a Detroit office after 64-year hiatus and hires Detroit native and New York Foundation staffer as program officer.

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Housing and Homelessness

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Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published

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07/26/2017

Current scientific research demonstrates that the first three years of a child’s life are the most important in terms of brain development. If we want children to start school prepared to learn, and to succeed, then we must support young children...

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George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations

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10/18/2017

... has increased its attention on the United States, investing in programs to protect gays and lesbians and reduce ...

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Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Highlights The Role Of Innovative Partnerships In New Orleans' Recovery

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10/20/2017

In this Times Picayune Op-ed, Darren Walker highlights the role of innovative partnerships in New Orleans' recovery.

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Ms. Foundation For Women and New York Women's Foundation Take A Stand With Prosperity Together

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11/14/2017

Members of Prosperity Together, a nonpartisan coalition of 29 public women’s foundations dedicated to empowering low-income women and their families, are joining together for a #GivingTuesday campaign.

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Tow Foundation Funded CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Announces First-Ever Endowed Chair, Professor Jeff Jarvis

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11/21/2017

... of the news business. The Tow Foundation has pledged $ 1 .5 million over five years to support The Leonard Tow Chair ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The Selection Committee For 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge

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11/29/2017

... million grand prize and four others will receive $ 1 million awards... Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The ...

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Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

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12/12/2017

Maya L. Harris Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today that Maya L. Harris, a distinguished attorney and...

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Animal Welfare

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With Support from Gerstner and Heckscher Foundations, SUNY Announces Emergency Aid to Support Degree Completion Among Students

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12/19/2017

Starting next year, University at Albany students who are at risk of dropping out due to sudden financial hardship or some other emergency situation could be eligible to apply for emergency aid.

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