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Justine Koch Joins Leon Levy Foundation

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05/01/2013

The Leon Levy Foundation has appointed Justine Koch as its new Controller. In this position, Koch works closely with the ... monitor and perform the due diligence for the foundation’ s investment portfolio. She is...

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11 Dec 2012

Wagner's Dream Screening and Q&A with Award-winning Filmmaker Susan Froemke and Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 -

4:30pm to 9:00pm

National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Avenue, NYC

... and media funders for a special reception, tour of the new National Opera Center and screening of Wagner' s Dream , followed by a Q&A session. Wagner' s Dream: Official .....

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Awards $100,000 for Community Arts Projects

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06/25/2014

... R. Dodge Foundation to support programs to help two New Jersey arts organizations, The Noyes Museum of Art in ... In addition, Noyes received $150,000 and Cooper' s Ferry $475,000 from ArtPlace as part of...

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Arts

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We're at a Tipping Point Over Climate Change

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09/23/2014

... in the global battle against climate change. After all , new technology is revealing the impact of our daily ...

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NYCT Funding Pilot Program for In-school STI Testing

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10/17/2014

... a sexually transmitted infection, or STI. About 20 million new cases of STIs are diagnosed annually. Despite being a ... shame, and stigma tend to characterize the nation’ s discussions about STIs—even though...

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The New York Community Trust

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Rockefeller's Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience

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01/28/2015

Rockefeller' s Rodin Urges Cities to Build Greater Resilience Judith Rodin’ s new book, The Resilience Dividend, begins with her surveying ... as ours,” she writes, “we have no choice: we...

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Disaster Relief

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Warns Against Education Tax Credit

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01/30/2015

... education tax credit, or ETC, a term unfamiliar to most New Yorkers. We would all do well to pay better attention, as the program could sap the state' s public education budget...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

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03/19/2015

... environmental causes, announced it would divest itself of all fossil-fuel investments. The decision was not just ... and then distribute a portion every year. But in today’ s world, this structure faces some...

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Citi Foundation and Technoserve Partner for Economic Opportunity in Africa

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07/20/2015

... growth in four sub-Saharan countries. Citi Foundation’ s African Youth and Women’ s Business Development programme ... of women and youth. Youth account for 60 percent of all Africans...

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Children, Youth and Families

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Backs Study Exploring Taskmaster Brain Region

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09/25/2015

... through a sequence of tasks, you aren’t far off. In new research, Brown University scientists report evidence ... This isn’t just an everyday aspect of psychology; it’ s an every minute one. Think of your...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Health

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Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality

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11/09/2015

... Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality Under a new strategy announced today, the Ford Foundation will double ... June, when the grant maker announced that it would direct all of its work toward reducing...

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Commonwealth Fund Offers Guidance on the Creation of a High-Performance Health System for the Sickest and Frailest

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11/10/2015

... Health System for the Sickest and Frailest New analysis from The Commonwealth Fund offers guidance on ... principles for improving care for this population—and all patients—starting with identifying people...

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The Nation Details Eric Holder’s Appearance at Ford Foundation

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12/14/2015

The Nation Details Eric Holder’ s Appearance at Ford Foundation Eric Holder was the ... were at the forefront of the public consciousness, from a new assault on voting rights to the Black Lives Matter ... these...

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Tow Foundation Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’s Struggling Newspaper of Record

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01/12/2016

... Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’ s Struggling Newspaper of Record “If newspapers are ... the entire Philadelphia Media Network (PMN), which runs all three of the outlets, to the nonprofit...

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Communications/Media

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Schools Are Finally Starting To Embrace Integration as a Method Of Closing The Achievement Gap (Century Foundation)

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02/11/2016

... rotating staff members and collecting and analyzing data, all with the goal of helping to close the achievement gap ... a proven educational innovation: school integration. A new report from The Century...

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IU Joins Center For Integration Of Research, Teaching And Learning (Sloan Foundation)

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03/11/2016

... engineering and mathematics fields. IU is among 25 new members to join the center. Membership will include both ... and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. All Center for the Integration of...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Share Research on 'The Theory of the Foundation'

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03/23/2016

... sets of assumptions related to the organization’ s environment, mission, and core competencies. Together, ... a “theory of the business.” Importantly, he noted that all organizations, not just corporations,...

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Ford’s Alexander Reviews ‘Incarceration Nations’ in Washington Post

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03/22/2016

Ford’ s Alexander Reviews ‘Incarceration Nations’ in Washington ... like: “There is no such thing as good guys and bad guys. All people do good and bad things, including you. You can ... the description offered in...

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Justice Reform

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Arcus Foundation Report Reveals Trans Discrimination Not Limited to Bathrooms

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05/13/2016

... Bathrooms With so much media focus on North Carolina‘ s anti-transgender bathroom law, LGBT advocates may be ... trying to live authentically in their true gender. A new report reveals transgender women and...

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