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Rockefeller Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Noted As Supporters of Impact Investing

Release Date:

11/17/2015

... aid and charitable philanthropy, financial institutions can help solve some of the world’s social problems. Over ... and assets that hold similar values to themselves. This can include investments towards...

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Goldman Sachs Bank USA [Corporate]

MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research

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06/04/2019

... consisting of many atoms or electrons — matter — can behave in an essentially quantum way. Such ultra-quantum ... matter (UQM) allows for quantum phenomena beyond what can be realized at the level of the...

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Mayor must focus on city's resiliency

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01/03/2014

... puts resilience front and center, Mayor Bill de Blasio can accomplish both. Resilience is the ability of people, ... preventable, but the degree of destruction and devastation can be... Mayor must focus on...

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The Burke Foundation Announces Three New Staff Members

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11/18/2020

... stress by connecting families to important community resources . Before her time with the Burke Foundation, Renée ...

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Manage Difficult Workplace Conversations Like a Jedi

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04/13/2017

... the real issue or not actively listening. These mistakes can cause one or both parties to leave the meeting feeling ... Know what your personal triggers are and think about how you will handle yourself if you...

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Nourishing Strong Communities: Thoughts on Food Policy from Karen Karp

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05/03/2010

... in New York City and the role nonprofits and funders can play in improving and supporting them. We are pleased to ... one of the presenters, Karen Karp , President of Karp Resources , share her thoughts with...

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JPMorgan Chase Launches Global Think Tank Dedicated to Delivering Data-Rich Analyses and Expert Insights for the Public Good

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05/21/2015

... Chase to provide one of the most in-depth views into how Americans’ income and spending habits fluctuate ...

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Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/11/2016

... scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a key to how these tumor cells proliferate so quickly --and ways to ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Why We Support Media

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07/05/2018

... We put a high value on education journalists who can be objective also—to side-step polarization, resist ... the voting public into making up their own minds about how to create an education system that works...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

9 Leading Nonprofit Groups Urge Foundations to Dig Into Endowments to Support Charities

Release Date:

04/02/2020

... to last in perpetuity limit their grant making so they can maintain and grow the size of their endowments. It’s a ... United Philanthropy Forum. But given that nonprofits are facing a "double whammy...

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Mellon Announces $125 Million "Creatives Rebuild New York" Initiative to Reactivate the State's Creative Economy and Provide Artists with the Critical Support They Need

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06/03/2021

... artist-centered initiative and evaluating its impact, we can better determine how to ensure artists are represented as national workforce ...

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27 Mar 2024

2024 Financial Series: Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

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10:00am to 12:00pm

... field for an otherwise diverse sector. What information can be gleaned from the form? What are the critical focus ... at Philanthropy New York that help funders understand how to assess organizational health...

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Surdna Foundation President Don Chen Named Co-Chair of Presidents' Council on Impact Investing

Release Date:

11/30/2020

... requires foundations to come together with all of our resources —our voice, vision, grantmaking, impact ... Alliance seeks to lift up the thousands of individual and institutional investors committed to...

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OSF Backed Nonprofit Helping India Move to a Low-Carbon Energy Economy

Release Date:

11/03/2014

... Moving to a low-carbon energy economy, the country can free up a whopping USD 600 billion for investments for ... goals as well as development needs with finite financial resources , moving to a low-carbon...

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Open Society Foundations

Brooklyn District Attorney Candidates Differ on Immigration Policy

Release Date:

09/06/2017

... to low-level charges like marijuana possession, which can have collateral consequences on non-citizens. He said he ... hired two immigration attorneys to advise his staffers on how to protect green card...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Program Explores DNA Damage Response to Find New Cancer Treatments

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08/28/2015

... -- must protect its DNA at all costs, but precisely how a cell distinguishes between damage to its own DNA and ... at the Salk Institute have discovered critical details of how a cell's response system...

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Technology

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UHF Honors 63 Health Care Quality Improvement Leaders at Tribute to Excellence Today

Release Date:

07/15/2020

... their institutions. More information about the honorees can be found at UHF’s website here. AdvantageCare ... MBA, MPH, Vice President, Academic Affairs and Designated Institutional Official MediSys Health...

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Resilience Begins at Home

Release Date:

07/30/2013

... supported the survey because we wanted to learn more about how neighborhood characteristics and social factors relate to ... neighborhoods are less likely to believe that people can be trusted (31 percent vs...