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Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries

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04/06/2015

... With a presence in every neighborhood of every borough, New York City’s 207 branch libraries are among our most ... billion in sorely needed capital improvements, there is no new funding for branch libraries...

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Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $75 Million for Smart Power India Project

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04/16/2015

... Foundation on Wednesday pledged $75 million as part of its new initiative to use renewable energy based mini-grids not ... 1,000 villages in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, but also create new jobs by providing...

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Carnegie Fellowships to Aid Researchers in Humanities and Social Science

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04/22/2015

... the first recipients of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, a new award intended to support research in the beleaguered ... and social sciences. The Carnegie Corporation of New York, which announces its first...

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Citi Foundation, America's Promise Alliance Launch $3 Million Fund

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04/27/2015

... that prepare low-income youth for today's workforce. A new component of Citi's Pathways to Progress initiative, the ... youth in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Newark, St...

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Capital One Launches Fund to Assist Nonprofit Developers

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06/08/2015

... The company has selected six nonprofits—three in New York City and three in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan ... will complete predevelopment activities for several new housing initiatives that could create...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces First Cohort of Incubator Project

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06/29/2015

... cohort of its Incubator Project– one of several new programs within the Foundation’s Brooklyn Accelerator, ... advantage of one year of free co-working space in BCF’s new headquarters at 1000 Dean Street, as...

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Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban

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07/14/2015

Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban An upstate New York energy company has filed an application to drill a ... Partners filed an application for a natural-gas well with New York state regulators last week...

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

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08/12/2015

... is stark in most major metropolitan areas, according to new data analyzed by Rutgers University's Paul Jargowsky in a new report for the Century Foundation.... Century .....

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News Junkies Wanted for Editorial Board

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09/16/2015

... as the feature article for the September 2015 issue of the New York PhilanthroPost Policy Edition. You may have noticed that your daily, weekly or monthly New York PhilanthroPost got a little bit longer in...

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Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow

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10/07/2015

... over the past two decades. Her best-selling book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness ... will continue her advocacy efforts while working on a new book that addresses the...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia

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11/17/2015

... on aging populations: a $177 million grant to create a new institute to study dementia. The new organization, the Global Brain Health Institute, will be ...

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In Memoriam: J.M. Kaplan Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan

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01/25/2016

... Fund Trustee Richard D. Kaplan Richard D. Kaplan of New York and Palm Beach died on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, ... and senior trustee of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a private New York-based foundation noted for its...

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Mellon, Ford and NYCT Support WNYC Series on Gentrification

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03/03/2016

... process. Developers from all over the globe are hunting New York City, looking for deals that will allow them to ... by the Ford Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The New York Community Trust, and the...

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Rockefeller Brothers Supported Report: Wind Energy Could Get Cheaper

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03/18/2016

... Delaware released a report showing offshore wind energy in New England would be far less costly under projects that are ... 33 percent less than previous offshore wind contracts in New England by 2023. That...

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Bloomberg, Others Give Hopkins $125M for Cancer Research that Helped Jimmy Carter

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03/30/2016

... million in donations to Johns Hopkins University for a new institute focused solely on the therapy and accelerated ... Bloomberg, the businessman, philanthropist and former New York mayor, has agreed to donate...

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Newly-Named Soros Fellows for 2016 Include Six Indian Americans

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04/14/2016

... The 18th annual Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans were announced April 12 and included six Indian ... the 30 recipients. The graduate school Fellowship for New Americans — for immigrants and...

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Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign

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04/19/2016

... James L. Knight Foundation will contribute $1 million to a new $20 million operations endowment campaign in support ... Foundation, announced the campaign Monday night at the New World Center in Miami Beach...

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Leadership Doesn’t Just Happen

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05/12/2016

... first year of my two-year term as chair of Philanthropy New York’s board of directors. And wow, what a year it ... be chair as members got to see what we’d be doing in our new space at 1500 Broadway. I do feel...

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Ford Foundation"s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy

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05/12/2016

... Investing on Philanthropy Impact investing can lead to new strategies for entrepreneurs and mission-driven businesses. That means room for new people to receive investment. For the leaders of large ...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Obamacare Is Helping Millions Get Needed Healthcare

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05/25/2016

... are getting healthcare they couldn’t previously get, a new nationwide survey indicates. And consumers are broadly satisfied with the new coverage, despite some cost challenges and an ongoing ...

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