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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits

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10/07/2009

... present a singular conclusion, story, or prescription for action . We recognize that our results were generated from a ... the coming months and years; and examine and consider the resources , mission statements...

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Brigadier General (Ret.) William T. Bester Joins Jonas Veterans Healthcare Program

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04/02/2012

... President for External Affairs at the Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences. Before that, he was ... for External Affairs at USU. He also served as the University ’s Acting Dean of the...

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Veterans

Capacity Building Begins At Home

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06/04/2009

... we should ask is “what is the best use of foundation resources ?” The whole independent sector would be better served if foundations invested resources more wisely in their own capacity to do a more ... and...

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FORE Awards New Grants to Catalyze the Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis

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05/31/2023

... findings of the project. A $380,000 grant to the Legal Action Center , based in New York City, to maximize the ... (OUD) or other substance use disorders (SUDs). The Legal Action Center (LAC) uses legal and...

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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

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The Helmsley Charitable Trust Appoints Kevin Cavanaugh Director of Communications and Public Affairs and Ryan Kelsey Program Officer for New Programs

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01/01/2013

... the firm’s global business development staff and resources . Prior to joining Davis Polk, Mr. Cavanaugh was the ... to the Trust, Kelsey spent thirteen years at the Columbia University Center for New Media...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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How Grantmakers Can Respond to the State Budget Crises

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09/28/2011

... Center’s new survey suggests that the foundation community understands the depth of the problems confronting ... operating support. In a time of seriously constrained resources , our grantees need as much...

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On The Foundation Freeway: Entering And Exiting Priority Areas With Caution

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08/02/2016

... funders, no matter their size, have big dreams and limited resources . I have yet to meet grantmakers—even the largest ... largely been met; we would see diminishing returns on our investment as the number of...

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New York Health Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Doubles Support To Prevent Global Road Traffic Deaths

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02/18/2020

... NEW YORK – Building on the success of 12 years of investment , Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a ... curb deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes. That investment has led ten countries (China,...

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Civic Engagement

Community Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Giving Thanks for What's Right With Our Health System

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11/26/2014

... in actually keeping people healthy, with many more resources focused on treating illness rather than preventing ...

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F.B. Heron's Clara Miller on Changing Operating Models to Expand Effectiveness and Impact

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06/10/2016

... (program side) and “extracting maximum profits” ( investment side) as embodied in most foundations is mirrored ... of operating model might we build if we focus all of our resources on achieving our mission,...

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Carnegie and Ford Plan to Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants

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03/30/2017

... spend “more than $1 Million” in “Public and Private investment ” to “provide services to meet the urgent legal ... announcement “to provide pro bono legal and additional resources for immigrants threatened by...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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Ford Foundation

Giving Away $100 Million: A Peek Behind the Curtain At Macarthur Foundation

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09/27/2017

... solved if they receive this kind of focused attention and resources at scale with need. Conversely, there are some ...

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Pete Peterson and Our Chaotic National Debates

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04/06/2018

... our current political chaos by shifting more political resources toward efforts to find sensible, consensus ...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Economic Security

Public Policy

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TCC Group Study Reinforces Importance of Funder Affinity Groups for Collaboration

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05/18/2018

... order, especially for nonprofits with limited time and resources . But grantmakers have more leeway if they choose to ...

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Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook Launch Coding for Employment Program

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06/07/2018

The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook have launched the Coding for Employment Program at the African Innovation Summit in Kigali, Rwanda which aims to put Africa’s youth on a path to prosperity

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Education

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces More Than $19 Million in Grants

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10/18/2018

The board of directors of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced today that 16 grants totaling more than $19 million were approved during the second and third quarters of 2018.

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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Human Services

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Simons Foundation Names Boyana Konforti Director of Education & Outreach

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09/02/2014

... degrees in New York, one with Anna Pyle at Columbia University , and the other with Magda Konarska at Rockefeller University , where she studied the mechanisms of RNA splicing. ... Konforti received her Ph.D. in...

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Education

Technology

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The Simons Foundation

Donzelina Barroso Named as Director, Global Philanthropy, for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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09/28/2016

... the Study of the Portuguese-Speaking World, at Columbia University . In 1998, her interview with Nobel Prize-winning ... She holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from Columbia University , a Master’s in Public...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Is the Help Helpful? Alternatives to Shelter for Families Headed by Domestic Violence Survivors

Release Date:

01/31/2018

... formed by Citizens’ Committee for Children, Enterprise Community Partners and New Destiny Housing to call attention ... and poverty. Otherwise, despite the significant public investment made in shelter, most...

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