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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Helps Fund Research to Find Personalized Treatment for Crohn's Disease

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05/03/2019

... Personalized Treatment for Crohn's Disease To model human health and disease, organ-on-a-chip technology mimics the ... professor in the Department of Oncology in UT's Dell Medical School, has been...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Reduce Financial Barriers for Top Talent to Begin Careers in Public Service

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03/02/2021

... urban infrastructure to transportation systems, public health to public schools, now more than ever society’s ... of New York’s many municipal systems and the non -profit organizations which support them...

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Workforce Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Verizon Foundation-Funded Research Cited as Basis for Beyond the Bruises Campaign

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05/27/2015

The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR (R)), a national non -profit and thought leader in research on sex differences in health and disease, today announced "Beyond the Bruises,...

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Gender Justice

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Verizon

Despite Gridlock In Washington, Funders See Enormous Potential to Move the Needle on America’s Gun Crisis

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11/15/2016

... easy access to guns by those at greatest risk of violence; Improving police- community relations; Investing in at-risk ... the necessary research? NV: Given the sheer scope of the resources...

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Communications/Media

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Media Impact Funders

Surviving COVID-19: 6 Recommendations for Nonprofits and Funders

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03/17/2020

We are in the midst of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and our lives are evolving on an almost daily basis.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Disaster Relief

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Build Up Companies

12 Aug 2025

Anti-Authoritarian Funder Learning Series Part I: In Defense of Civil Society - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... democratic backsliding; and hone in on how philanthropic resources can support local-level defense of communities and ... of GCIR’s three-part series on philanthropy’s role in fighting authoritarianism, we...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Public Policy

Philanthropy Has a Duty to Respond Quickly to the COVID-19 Outbreak. Here's How We Can Do It

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03/18/2020

... children are losing school meals, safe space, and basic medical care—putting an even bigger strain on the limited ... food delivery and home supplies for quarantined staff and community members, and childcare...

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Disaster Relief

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18 Oct 2018

What Funders Need to Know about “Public Charge”: An Analysis of the Published Rule and How Funders Can Take Action - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, October 18, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... and those who use certain basic government supports—from medical care to food and housing assistance—even to weather ... on local nonprofits—combined with ripple effects on community health ,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

Immigration

Public Policy

... areas like youth and education, criminal legal reform, health , and environment. We monitor and address policy and ... affects the issue areas they fund, such as education, health , social justice and the arts...

Newly Established Phyllis Mailman Professorship Endowed by the Tow Foundation, Mailman Foundation, and Joshua Mailman Foundation

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06/24/2019

... disease research at the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. The endowed professorship will ... mother, Phyllis, has long been a strong advocate of public health . She is...

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The Tow Foundation

Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis To Step Down In March

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09/14/2017

... education, re-visioning the liberal arts, exploring the role of digital tools for learning, and connecting ...

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Mellon Foundation

01 Oct 2025

Anti-Authoritarian Funder Learning Series Part III: Local Responses in the Protection of Democracy - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... democratic backsliding; and hone in on how philanthropic resources can support local-level defense of communities and ... funders must consider their responsibility and the role they can play in the response...

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Immigration

Nursing Home Evacuations Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony

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09/21/2017

Speaking before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging today, University of South Florida professor Kathryn Hyer, PhD, MPP, FGSA, urged lawmakers to support actions that enable nursing homes and assisted living communities to better serve their...

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Aging

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11 Jun 2019

Grantmaking in a Diverse World – A Workshop

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -

9:00am to 1:00pm

... of how to work effectively with diverse populations, improving their grantmaking as well as how they manage, ... think about things – Individual, Institutional, Community or Policy. We will then discuss...

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Tools & Strategies

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Workshop

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Pooled Journalism Funds Could Help Save Local Newspapers

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03/24/2021

... permission from The Chronicle of Philanthropy. The civic health of communities across the country was dealt yet ... to operate the newspapers “for the benefit of the community ,” the Sun reported. The divergent...

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Communications/Media

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Citi Launches More Than $1 Billion in Strategic Initiatives to Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap

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09/23/2020

... well as the Citi Foundation are committing the following resources over the next three years: $550 million to ... $100 million in Citi Foundation grants to support community change agents addressing racial...

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Economic Security

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Mike Bloomberg Sends Statement to the United Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement

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06/06/2017

... his intent to work with interested subnational and non -state actors over the coming months to formally quantify ... I am communicating to the United Nations and the global community that American society...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

29 Apr 2026

Lessons from Year 1: How America Responded to Trump 2.0 and Philanthropy's Duty to Act - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... also share concrete recommendations on how philanthropic resources can be deployed to both mitigate community harm and ... and a philanthropic leader who will reflect on the role philanthropy...

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