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Announcing the 2017 Sloan Research Fellows

Release Date:

02/21/2017

... Research Fellows are the rising stars of the academic community ," says Paul L. Joskow, President of the Alfred P. ... are transforming their fields and opening up entirely new research horizons. We are...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health

Release Date:

03/17/2017

... in a Quest for Better Health Aetna recently announced a new RFP for the latest cycle of its Cultivating Healthy ...

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Target Corporation Supports Water Harvesting Cistern to Transform Blighted Properties

Release Date:

03/29/2017

... transform blighted properties and vacant land into useful community assets. The all-volunteer organization will debut a new recreational space and water harvesting cistern this ...

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Target Corporation

Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

Release Date:

04/04/2017

... for Knowledge (SPARK) is an online scientific study and community of individuals with autism and their families. ... the research collaborative this year to include four new sites: the Geisinger Clinic of...

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The Simons Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation’s Focus on Food Waste Includes Food Summit and Pop-up at Blue Hill Restaurant Featuring Chef Dan Barber’s WastED Initiative

Release Date:

08/09/2017

... re-using foods that would otherwise be wasted. wastED is a community of chefs, farmers, fishermen, distributors, ... delicious out of the ignored or un-coveted and inspiring new applications in our food system...

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Food Systems

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At Google, She Oversees $100 Million in Giving. She Thinks Companies Should Do More.

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... commitments. In February, it announced $11.5 million in new grants focused on racial equity and the criminal-justice ... to create a Latino nonprofit accelerator with the Latino Community Foundation, which...

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7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... digital payments, just as a minister of health announces new HIV drug procurement plans that could help turn the tide ... These speak to deeper shifts within the global development community , and point to the...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

... Cuts Their Funding A coalition of nonprofit leaders and community activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of some 25,000 ...

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Schott Foundation Report Offers Framework Providing All Children Equal Opportunity To Succeed

Release Date:

03/01/2018

... an opportunity to learn and thrive. By providing this new framework, the Loving Cities Index helps cities evaluate ... opportunity gaps in areas like housing, health care and community involvement. These...

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Education

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UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies Receives Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

08/02/2019

... groups and a conference to inform the development of new curricula and teaching models on the Middle East and ... Africa region that can be shared with other universities, community colleges, high schools and...

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Mellon Foundation

11 Jul 2017

Writing Workshop: Insights that Inspire Action (Part 2)

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... and advice on next steps toward publishing in the New York PhilanthroPost and potentially other media outlets. ... Ford, Manager of Media Relations, Carnegie Corporation of New York Michael Hamill Remaley,...

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Professional Development

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Communications

Michael Bloomberg Is, Once Again, Thinking of Running for President

Release Date:

06/27/2018

... looms less than three years away, billionaire ex– New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is dropping hints about running for president. According to a New York CBS affiliate , Bloomberg has told associates that .....

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Bloomberg LP

19 Jun 2019

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

Wednesday, June 19, 2019 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... Sean Delany , Executive Director, Lawyers Alliance for New York Explore Relevant legal issues surrounding funding ... Sean Delany , Executive Director, Lawyers Alliance for New York Lukas Haynes , Executive...

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Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies

Publication date:

03/2011

This report analyzes how the humanitarian community and the emerging volunteer and technical ...

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Information Technology

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Disaster Relief

Technology

12 Oct 2023

Funding Low-Attention Disasters: From Preparedness to Long-term Recovery - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, October 12, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

This program is hosted by our partner, Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Disasters are increasing. But it’s not just big-name disasters that are more frequent. The biggest...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Disaster Relief

04 Nov 2015

Dear Board...Are You Reading This?

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... the COO’s office, the Communications Department? Can new technologies and communications platforms provide new opportunities in board communications? Presenter Eric ...

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Scientists to Create a "Gut Cell Atlas" with Funding from the Helsmley Charitable Trust

Release Date:

10/25/2019

... B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced $13 million in new grants to create a Gut Cell Atlas , cataloguing the many ... single-cell resolution and in spatial contexts – offer a new frontier for understanding...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Burke Foundation Co-Funds Inaugural Class of Safer Birth Cities: Tackling the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis

Release Date:

09/26/2019

... Through the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, a community -based organization working to improve maternal ... Across the Country As part of our work, we partner with community -based organizations which...

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Children, Youth and Families

Gender Justice

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The Burke Foundation

Schott and Arcus Foundations Partner to Empower Trans Students with Super Powers

Release Date:

06/17/2016

... Public Education joins the country and the international community in mourning all of the lives lost and injured ... recent shootings in Orlando targeting members of the LGBTQ community specifically, and our...