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Weinberg Foundation Approves $500,000 in Emergency Funding to Those Affected by Hurricane Irma in Florida

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09/27/2017

... especially heartbreaking that older adults throughout the state of Florida have suffered the devastating impacts of ... Hurricane Irma," said Rachel Garbow Monroe, the Foundation' s President and CEO...

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26 Sep 2018

How International Education Funders Facilitate Learning Among Grantees - and Translation of Practice into Policy - A Brown Bag Lunch

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... Malombe , Sr. Program Officer for International Children’ s Education, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Dana Schmidt, ... Education Funders Group (IEFG) International Grantmakers Network (IGN) The Lester Fund...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces $20 Million Natural Climate Solutions Initiative

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09/11/2018

... of international climate-related funding. The foundation’ s new commitment is in addition to its existing $70 million in ... lands to reduce climate change. By making this substantial new...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Students with Influence Over Peers Reduce School Bullying: Research Funded by WT Grant, Russell Sage Foundations

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01/06/2016

... may not lie within rules set by adults, according to new research led by Princeton University. Instead, the ... University engaged groups of influential students in 56 New Jersey middle schools to spread...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Ford, Open Society and Others Join in Support of Public Interest Tech

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02/17/2016

... technology. The latest grants were awarded to the New America Foundation' s Open Technology Institute in support of its TechCongress ... leadership; the Technology Science Research Collaboration ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Increases Spending to Seize ‘Hinge Moment in History’

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06/30/2020

... board, will work to advance racial justice, strengthen U. S . democracy, and generate new economic thinking to address global climate change and ... commitment to the ideas, leaders, organizations, and ...

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Bloomberg Fact Checks NYTimes on Climate Change

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03/20/2017

... “ Trump Using Detroit as Stage for Loosening Obama’ s Fuel Economy Standards ” ( nytimes.com , March 15) repeated a fallacy ... This success, combined with leadership from local and state...

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The Legitimacy of Foundations in Perpetuity

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10/14/2014

by Ronna Brown, President, Philanthropy New York and Leisle Lin, SVP, Finance & Operations, Alfred P. ... " A Better Way to Encourage Charity ." Ray D. Madoff’ s “ A Better Way to...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Bloomberg-Sponsored Program to Bridge 'Word Gap' in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results

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03/28/2016

... in Poor Children Gets Inconclusive Results When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to launch Providence' s high-tech idea to improve...

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Simons Foundation Invites Applications for Autism Research

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06/06/2019

... Foundation Invites Applications for Autism Research The New York City-based Simons Foundation works to advance the ... upon assumption of a tenure-track professorship at a U. S . or Canadian...

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Resilience & Resolve: NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund Report

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01/07/2021

... Bloomberg Philanthropies, Carnegie Corporation of New York , Ford Foundation, and more—announced the launch of the ... This report provides a closer look at the Fund’ s grant program, the...

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The New York Community Trust

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18 Nov 2016

Community Building With NYC Public Libraries

Friday, November 18, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Did you know that New York City’ s public libraries serve more people than all of the city’ s ...

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Weinberg Foundation Announces Additional $5 Million to Expand and Strengthen Baltimore Library Project

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12/10/2020

... as the Library Project. This grant brings the Foundation’ s total commitment to this initiative to $15 million. The new funding will provide operating support for the existing ... collaborative effort among...

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Director of Older Adults Grants Departs Weinberg Foundation

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01/13/2016

... this year, Marcus will launch Consultants for Community Resources , a consulting firm that will address policy and ... the Foundation on January 4, will manage the Foundation' s Older Adults portfolio in...

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Is Universal Voting an Idea Whose Time is Coming?

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11/17/2022

... An Initiative for Universal Voting On May 24, Philanthropy New York , along with Carnegie Corporation and the Rockefeller ... of the Harvard Kennedy School, and former Secretary of the State...

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A Sense of Urgency: Promoting Child and Family Well-being for Homeless Families

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05/30/2018

... Executive Director, Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York Children only get one childhood. In New York City, far ... the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) and the...

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Citizen's Committee for Children of New York, Inc.

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Kathryn Haslanger Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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01/15/2014

... dedicated to ensuring access to health care for New Yorkers. JASA, a New York -based nonprofit, serves more than 53,000 older adults ... School of Government. She is a member of the ...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Javier Valdés as U.S. Director of Civic Engagement and Government

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05/04/2021

... as U. S . Director of Civic Engagement and Government New York , NY (May 4, 2021) -- The Ford Foundation announced ... for low-income communities of color throughout New...

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Propel Capital’s Sarah Williams Honored by The Center for Court Innovation

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03/19/2018

... of L&L MAG, who served on the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform ; Sarah ... and Janet DiFiore, chief judge of the New York...

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