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Team Working on Suicide Prevention Wins Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge

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06/12/2014

... a mission critical issue with a team of the financial firm' s top performing professionals. The suicide prevention group ... to a market value of approximately $1.7 million, based on standards developed...

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The Next Generation in Philanthropy: From The Rockefeller Foundation To The Zuckerberg Chan Initiative

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01/05/2016

... When $45 billion dollars is pledged to charity, it’ s bound to start a lot of conversations. Facebook founder ... lived, holding assets estimated at $253 billion in today’ s dollars. In his lifetime, he...

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Bank of America Announces Hurricane Irma Relief Efforts

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09/11/2017

Bank of America today announced that it is directing $1 million in funding from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to aid the victims of Hurricane Irma, including $250,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, with the remainder to...

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Alcohol Abuse Is Rising Among Older Adults

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09/15/2017

Epidemiologists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism last month reported a jarring trend: Problem drinking is rising fast among older Americans.

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Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser

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02/21/2018

... the laser if a person tries to move in the charging beam’ s path... Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Release "Impact Investing Handbook: An Implementation Guide for Practitioners."

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07/22/2020

... success through leading principles, frameworks, and standards . The Now What – Crafting a realistic ...

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Impact Investing Handbook from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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08/2020

... success through leading principles, frameworks, and standards . The Now What – Crafting a realistic ...

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How to Win the Lottery

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02/27/2018

... the Lottery by Susan Olivo, Executive Director, Reader' s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation That’ s what my colleague suggested that I title this short piece ... also got a “hands-on” segment where we’...

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Loren Harris of the Nathan Cummings Foundation and Don Chen at Ford, Weigh In On The 7 Deadly Sins of Philanthropy

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03/15/2018

... comes from researchers in a dominant cultural model that’ s university based and uses very Western ideas and ... are increasingly few places in the country where there’ s not going to be significant racial and...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler Writes Op-Ed on Activism Led by Young People of Color for The Nation

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03/28/2018

... youth-led activism against gun violence is not, in fact, new . In Florida in 2013, for example, members of Power U and Dream Defenders took over the state capitol to protest the “stand your ground” laws that...

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JPB Foundation Looks to Historically Black Colleges as Clean Energy Leaders

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03/29/2018

... access to clean energy in low-income communities. It’ s one of those projects that’ s after a handful of impacts, ... with careers in solar and energy efficiency, and develop new businesses...

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Education

Environment and Climate Change

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Freedom Together Foundation

NYT Opinion: Rockefeller Family Fund Director, Lee Wasserman asks "Why Are We Still Looking for Oil and Gas?"

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07/25/2019

... charcoal black. How better to capture the president’ s efforts to increase the extraction of coal, oil and gas at ... But to be honest, the portraits of most of the world’ s progressive leaders wouldn’t be...

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Are You Concerned about Affordable Housing?

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03/03/2014

One of the most important insights from Philanthropy New York ' s work helping coordinate funder efforts around Hurricane .....

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant supports civic engagement at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

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06/22/2023

... $1 million, will support the Obama Foundation’ s Leaders Program to inspire, empower, and connect regional ... Center is thoughtfully doing this work, imagining a new paradigm for what a public forum for civic...

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27 Jun 2012

Role of Public Media in Our Democracy - GFEM Annual Funder Conversation

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 5:00pm to Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 6:00pm

... deep cuts in public funding. Explore Philanthropy’ s role in supporting innovations that are paving the way for ... our country and our democracy require Join Philanthropy New York in a...

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Nancy Mahon Named Estee Lauder Senior Vice President, Global Philanthropy and Corporate Citizenship

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10/07/2014

... M•A•C Global President Karen Buglisi Weiler. In her new role, Ms. Mahon will design and implement a global ... best practices in these areas across the Company’ s brands, regions and functions, further...

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14 Jan 2016

ITVS Women and Girls Lead Global Celebration

Thursday, January 14, 2016 -

5:00pm to 8:00pm

... and Girls Lead Global, a multiyear partnership that’ s testing new storytelling and engagement strategies in India, ... Sevcik, director of WGLG. Designed for Philanthropy New York...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names The 2019 Doris Duke Artists

Release Date:

07/09/2019

... Charitable Foundation Names The 2019 Doris Duke Artists New York , July 9, 2019 — The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation ... savings for retirement or later life needs. This year’ s Doris Duke...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Grantee Dr. Gregg Semenza Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

Release Date:

10/10/2019

... Gregg Semenza Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine Newswise — NEW YORK , NY, October 10, 2019 —Research to Prevent Blindness ... discoveries… [revealing] the mechanism for one of life’ s most...

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11 Mar 2021

Financial Series: Looking at the 990 Part I (March 11) and Part II (March 18)

Thursday, March 11, 2021 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... March 4 – What to Look for in a Nonprofit’ s Financial Statement March 11 – Looking at the 990 ... Financial Statements is a prerequisite for those who are new to assessing finances. The four-part Interpreting...