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Pamela Shifman, Executive Director of the NoVo Foundation, to Step Down at the End of 2019

Release Date:

11/07/2019

... sector: she led efforts to create more and better resources for girls’ and women’s rights work by creating ... partners to meet the momentum of the #MeToo movement through the creation of the Collaborative...

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UJA-Federation of New York Announces More Than $23 Million in Grants and Loans to Meet Needs of New Yorkers Affected by COVID-19

Release Date:

03/23/2020

... Flu, two World Wars and the Great Depression. We’ll get through this latest challenge in the same way: By serving as ... some of the most pressing problems facing our community. Through UJA, more than 50,000...

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NYCHA Now

Release Date:

02/11/2021

... to join together in unity to make an impact on our city through the “power of our example”. Fund for Public ... residents of NYCHA. Our mission is to create and leverage resources and relationships to enhance...

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MetLife Names Tia Hodges Head of Corporate Giving and Employee Volunteerism and President and CEO of MetLife Foundation

Release Date:

07/13/2021

... Wisconsin, where she led strategic partnerships and resources to distribute 15 million pounds of food annually to ... Report . About MetLife MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), through its subsidiaries and affiliates...

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New York Life’s Impact Investment Initiative commits $50 million to Enterprise Community Loan Fund.

Release Date:

11/10/2021

... of systemic racism, strengthens development businesses through non-financial support, and increases the talent pool ... disparities and provide equitable access to the capital resources required to gain power...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Announces Request for Proposals for COVID-19-related Arts & Mental Health Program

Release Date:

07/14/2021

... especially in need of increased mental health and other resources because of long-standing challenges, stressors, ... In response to the increasing need for mental health resources brought on by the COVID-19...

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Philanthropy as Backer of Brains

Release Date:

05/02/2013

... to fund a Dartmouth conference on computational science in 1959... Philanthropy as Backer of Brains ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Why Don’t Corporations Give to Charity?

Release Date:

08/08/2013

... chaperoned my son’s preschool field trip to the Maryland Science Center. As we entered the lobby, the kids were drawn ...

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Simons Foundation Names Boyana Konforti Director of Education & Outreach

Release Date:

09/02/2014

... initiative designed to enrich public understanding of science and mathematics. Konforti comes to her post with broad and extensive experience communicating life science to audiences both lay and scientific, as...

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Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million

Release Date:

09/12/2014

... organization founded and run by the couple, funds math and science research and has given millions of dollars to SBU. ...

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08 Jun 2016

Beyond Reporting: How Data Can Build A Better Future

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... work tirelessly to address tough social issues and data science can help them do even more. While many organizations ... Jake Porway to learn how your grantees can use data science to maximize their impact and...

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Rita Allen Foundation Funds Study to Understand Rejection of Climate Change

Release Date:

04/27/2016

... beliefs, in particular those surrounding climate science . The project is partly funded by the Rita Allen ...

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Russell Sage-Supported Study Explores Effects of Education Level On Genetic Make-Up of US Population

Release Date:

05/31/2016

While the latter half of the 20th century showed a widening gap between the more and less educated with respect to marriage and fertility, this trend has not significantly altered the genetic makeup of subsequent generations.

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Rockefeller Family & Brothers Fund, Green Groups Subpoenaed on ‘Coordinated’ Climate Efforts

Release Date:

08/03/2016

... to comply with subpoenas from the House Committee on Science , Space, and Technology came and went July 27 without ...

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Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors

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10/05/2016

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Assistant Professors Sarah Post and Rob Harron were each awarded a collaboration grant for mathematicians from the Simons Foundation.

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Liberal Arts to Fight Climate Change

Release Date:

10/14/2016

The Mellon Foundation believes that the liberal arts—and more to the point, the liberal arts skillset—have a lot to teach the sciences. In other words, the world needs people who can communicate effectively, think critically, and grasp the nuances...