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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

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01/06/2017

... second term as mayor of the City of New York, donated $125 million through his foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, ... global tobacco use. Now ten years and a total of $600 million later, Bloomberg recently...

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Laura Walker Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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03/28/2017

... New York Public Radio’s audience has grown from 1 million to 23.9 million monthly, and more than $100 million has been raised for long-term investment. New York ...

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'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke's Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia

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04/12/2017

... Every year, the Building Bridges program awards about $1 million to $3 million to creative projects that showcase Islamic culture ... 2016-2017 Building Bridges grants disbursed over $1.7 million...

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Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project

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08/23/2017

... of the researchers. These experiments aim to map the three million bacterial genes found in the human microbiome and ...

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David Geffen Criticizes ‘Shameful’ Lack of Support for Concert Hall

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10/05/2017

... announcement on Tuesday that it was scaling back a $500 million renovation of the New York Philharmonic’s home, ... David Geffen Hall, a project to which he had donated $100 million . Mr. Geffen spoke out on...

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New York Women's Foundation Launches Fund to Support MeToo Movement

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05/10/2018

... York Women's Foundation said it has raised an initial $1 million for a fund to support Burke and the movement she ... founded 12 years ago, with a goal of raising at least $2 million a year. Burke founded...

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Philanthropy Must Move Fast on Climate Change, Robertson and MacArthur Leaders Say in Chronicle

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12/02/2015

... Say in Chronicle The danger signs are all around us : record storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires that ... United States and around the world, and the science tells us that far worse impacts are on the way...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Poll Finds Broad Support For Clean Power Plan

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04/28/2016

Bloomberg Philanthropies released the results of a poll that examined the attitudes of voters toward the Clean Power Plan (CPP) in four key states: Florida, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin. In each of these states, attorneys general have sued the...

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States Team Up To Fight Climate Change

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09/21/2017

A group of states adhering to the initial U.S. commitment to the Paris climate accord are on track to meet their environmental targets, despite the federal government planning to pull out the global pact, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.

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Joan Mitchell Is Having A Moment

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06/11/2018

... About a month after the late abstract artist’s $16.6 million breakout at Christie’s, at least nine of her paintings estimated to top $70 million are headed to Art Basel , the world’s largest ... Mitchell...

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Native Wisdom: A Review Of Edgar Villanueva’s Decolonizing Wealth

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09/24/2019

... the continent’s indigenous peoples. He notes: “All of us who have been forced to the margins are the very ones who ...

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What’s “Best” in Philanthropy: A Debate Recap with Aaron Dorfman and Adam Meyerson

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05/19/2009

... focused on issues and concerns raised by NCRP’s recent report , Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best: Benchmarks ... for Philanthropy at Its Best since we released the report two months ago. The event embodied...

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Surdna Launches $18M Program Related Investment Fund

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04/15/2014

Surdna Foundation launched $18 million Program Related Investment (PRI) revolving fund to ... Board of Trustees has approved the creation of an $18 million Program Related Investment (PRI) revolving fund to ...

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Why Do Banks Care About Youth Career Readiness in New York?

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06/03/2014

... its biggest philanthropic undertaking ever: a $250 million initiative to bolster the skills of workers, with a ... Foundation announced its biggest initiative ever: a $50 million , three-year effort to improve...

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PNY Members Among Top Ten Funders of LGBTQ Education and Safe Schools Work

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09/18/2014

... Between 2011 and 2012, foundations invested nearly $14.8 million in LGBTQ education and safe schools work – which ... Association. Over 38 percent of the nearly $14.8 million was awarded as general operating...

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NoVo Foundation Celebrates International Women’s Day

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03/09/2015

... sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner. Some 700 million women alive today were married before the age of 18. Of the 4.5 million people who are victims of sexual exploitation, 98 ...

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New Prudential Foundation Initiative Will Assist Job Seekers with Disabilities

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04/27/2015

... Prudential Financial, Inc. announced today a $1 million grant to the National Organization on Disability ... the full participation and contributions of America’s 56 million men, women and children with...

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Two Hedge Fund Billionaires Donate $1M Each to Pro-Charter School Advocates

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10/21/2015

... Schools Two hedge fund billionaires dropped $1 million each on a controversial charter school advocacy group ... titans Dan Loeb and Julian Robertson both donated a cool million to the group. Two Hedge Fund...

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Ford, Atlantic Philanthropies Bring U.C.L.A. Center on Police-Community Ties to John Jay College

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03/22/2016

... behavior, including stops and use of force. A $1.5 million gift from the Ford Foundation and another $1 million from Atlantic Philanthropies are creating the ...

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Mellon Foundation Awards Guggenheim $3M Endowment For Conservation

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03/25/2016

... Museum’s conservation department has received a $3 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ... will need to match two-to-one (raising an additional $6 million ), endows the position of...

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