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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports the ALYN Hospital to Establish the First Research Center in Israel for Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation

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01/24/2022

... healthier futures for individuals and communities. Since 2010 , Helmsley has contributed over $434 ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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MTV Plans to Partner With Ford Foundation to Create a Mobile Voting Registration Unit

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08/20/2018

... in the percentage of young people voting. During the 2010 midterm election in President Barack Obama’s first ... estimated 24% of young people (ages 18-29) voted in the 2010 midterm elections, according to the...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight and Research to Prevent Blindness Launch Low Vision Research Initiative

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08/07/2015

... and visually impaired persons should have the tools and resources necessary to lead independent, productive lives,” ... of Trustees has made a strategic decision to leverage our resources by creating...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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Aging

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Research to Prevent Blindness

06 Mar 2018

Making Inclusion More Inclusive – Join This Interactive Session!

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

View the program resources here. As funders we talk a lot about inclusive ... Founder, Adaptive Design Association , MacArthur Fellow 2015 Susan Olivo (Moderator), Executive Director, Reader's .....

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06 Feb 2019

The Fight for a Fair Vote - A Food for Thought Conversation

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... How can philanthropy support the fight for a fair vote? Resources Links to articles exploring efforts to diminish or ...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Power of Partnerships: 25 Years of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City

Release Date:

07/24/2019

... New Yorkers from various walks of life to the vital public resources they deserve in safe and supportive spaces. In 2005 ... of women and children each year. Similarly, between 2015 and today we have increased...

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Grantees Report Back: Helpful Reporting and Evaluation Processes

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01/2011

Foundations often use grantee reporting and evaluation processes to gauge the effectiveness of their work. At the same time, many funders seek to simplify reporting and evaluation processes for grantees so that these nonprofits can spend more time doing their work. How do grantees experience reporting and evaluation processes? What makes them most helpful? How can foundations improve them?

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Irene Diamond Fund to Close With Final Grants Totaling $40 Million

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12/31/2012

Established in 1994, the fund's grantmaking totaled nearly $286 million for the performing arts and culture, AIDS research, public health, human rights and civil society, and education. Diamond, who died in 2003, intended for the fund to spend down...

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Though Enrolling More Poor Students, 2-Year Colleges Get Less of Federal Pie

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05/22/2013

... colleges have received a declining share of government spending on higher education over the last decade even as ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Public Policy

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Education

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Simplify: A New Data-Sharing Process for Funders & Grantees

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01/2014

Simplify is a data-sharing and standards-setting process that eliminates the repetitive elements of grant applications.

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Website

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Information Technology

Investing in Advocacy Work Is Good — for Everyone

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04/03/2014

... websites, brought workers to Washington, DC and to their state capitols to talk to legislators and policymakers, gave ... workers an urgently needed raise and boost the consumer spending that drives the U.S...

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The Century Foundation Releases Report on Achieving Financial Equity and Justice for HBCU's

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09/14/2021

... for a historic investment that will bring unprecedented resources to HBCUs, giving them the stability and financial ...

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Nobody Needs a ‘Shark Tank’ in Philanthropy

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03/27/2015

... distance between smart organizations’ great work and the resources they need to do that work. Already, grant makers do ...

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JPMorgan Chase Furthers Commitment to Closing the Housing Affordability Gap for Black and Latinx Households

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06/16/2021

... its unique set of business, data, policy and philanthropic resources , the firm aims to improve housing affordability and ...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Social Justice

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Hurricane Sandy Giving Stories

... Foundation to re-grant among nonprofits working in the Tri- State Area; $250,000 each to the UJA Federation of New York ... support to relief efforts and is putting additional resources and processes in place...

Leading With Race Equity: Building Stronger Culture and Practice 2024-2025

... need support to navigate the work between our current state of being and our vision for the future. This cohort ... designed to help foundation leaders gain the tools and resources to work towards equity...

Private Assets and Public Space: A Conversation with John Tyler, Steve Johnson, and William Dietel

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09/25/2009

... John Tyler (left) , co-author of a recent monograph examining the issue; Steve Johnson (center) , Vice ... questions on the table here: What are private foundation resources really about? Whom are they meant...

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