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The Pocantico Center at The Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces Summer Performance Series to Support Artists and Honor Local Frontline Communities Impacted by the Pandemic

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06/07/2021

... 15 months.” “The opportunity to lift spirits again through our art at such a beautiful location as the Pocantico ... to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Through a robust slate of programming—...

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Philanthropy New York Welcomes Two New Philanthropy Fellows, Ariane Cruz and Javon Robinson

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07/13/2021

... the organization as it experienced transformational growth through the launch of the Bard Microcolleges, a reimagination ... she supported BPI’s institutional advancement through prospect research, grant...

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PNY News

Ford Foundation appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as regional director for West Africa

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10/07/2021

... and furthering women and girls’ empowerment—all through engaging civil society as well as the public and ... At Oxfam, she led strategies on reducing inequalities through initiatives on tax and gender justice...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Celeste Ford Appointed Chief Communications Officer of Carnegie Corporation of New York

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07/24/2023

... In this role, she helped build the Corporation’s profile through content partnerships with media and a greater focus ... me every day, making it a pleasure to share our story through the efforts of our...

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Five Qs for…Douglas Bauer, Executive Director, Clark Foundation

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03/30/2012

... filling some of these gaps. We all know, however, that the resources available to private philanthropy pale in ... $50,000 to legally break the lease so that a merger can go through , NYMAC is in a position to...

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For Jobseekers: What is a foundation?

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04/2014

... be used interchangeably, and grantmaking refers to the practice and process of awarding grants. A nonprofit ... activities serving the common welfare, primarily through grantmaking. U.S. private foundations are tax-exempt ... giving programs include American Express and Time Warner ( through their Office of Corporate Responsibility). Number of ...

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United Hospital Fund Fellows Tackle Disparities on the Frontlines of Pediatric Care

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06/28/2023

... UHF senior program manager Susan Olivera. “Their eight practice improvement projects represent five counties across ... that will focus on reaching minority and diverse families. Through collaboration with...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Appointments & Transitions

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United Hospital Fund

Chris Cardona to Run Ford Foundation's Philanthropy Sector Portfolio

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03/09/2015

... was country coordinator in the Department of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. While ... where he graduated cum laude with a degree in Political Science . He also received a masters...

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Communications/Media

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Eighteen Cultural Institutions Receive Support from Carnegie Corporation of New York

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05/07/2015

... including museums, libraries, and performing arts and science centers. The organizations are: American Museum of ... Hall; Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; Liberty Science Center; Lincoln Center for...

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Arts

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Simons Foundation Sponsors "The Eternal Sky," A Short Film about Building the Simons Observatory

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03/09/2017

... is the first of several short films to highlight the science and the people behind the project. Placing critical ... with cosmology, Kellner strikes a balance between art and science . “Not being a ...

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Science

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops

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08/15/2017

... A new study conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science , published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Scholarship Program at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines

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01/18/2018

... population of underrepresented minority students studying science and engineering at the graduate level. Funded by a $1 ... chemistry, civil and environmental engineering, computer science , electrical and...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Mellon Foundation Renews Support for Open Graduate Education at Brown

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09/17/2018

Launched in 2011 with prior support from the Mellon Foundation, the program enables doctoral students to simultaneously complete a master’s degree in a different field of study.

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Sloan Foundation Awards Fellowships to Four Georgia Tech, Emory Faculty

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03/12/2019

... be a Sloan Fellow is to be in the vanguard of 21st-century science .” Past Sloan Research Fellows include many towering figures in the history of science , including physicists Richard Feynman and Murray ... in...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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To Achieve Equity, We Must Accurately Measure Need

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10/06/2022

... measurement could also be used to inform program and policy decisions. The TCL measure would include essential ...

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For Funders Focusing on Developing Countries, Impact Bonds Present Fresh Opportunities

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08/04/2016

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Sophie Gardiner of The Brookings Institution encourage philanthropic actors to consider the high potential impact of contributing outcome funds to supplement government funding.

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The Brookings Institution

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How Philanthropy Can Turn the Tide on Violence

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08/14/2019

Funders run the risk of being reductive to addressing violence if they don’t challenge themselves to be in solidarity with the people affected by their work.

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New York Health Foundation

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Ask the Right Questions: Funders Toolkit

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02/2015

... tool that can help affinity groups engaging in policy work determine how well they're set up for success. ... of planning checklists that affinity groups can use to do policy work and regional associations can use to support that .....

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Aetna Foundation Partners with US News & World Report to Study Healthcare Access in American Communities

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06/09/2017

Aetna Foundation and US News & World Report launch a project to research, analyze and report how communities with inventive policies and partnerships are changing citizens' health.

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