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The Teagle Foundation Announces Nearly $4 Million in New Grants for Liberal Arts Education

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06/07/2022

The grants are distributed through three initiatives: Cornerstone: Learning for Living ; Education for American Civic Life ; and Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts .

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Arts

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Donor-Advised-Fund Tool Sends Gifts Directly to Charities

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04/09/2013

... funds allow people to establish a charitable account, get an immediate tax deduction, and help decide later which ...

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African Philanthropy Forum to Promote Transformation of the Continent 'From Within'

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04/22/2013

... Rockefeller foundations have pledged financial support to get the forum off the ground. The Global Philanthropy Forum ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Voices Of Brooklyn Communities Helping Refine Foundation's New Strategy

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07/02/2014

Brooklyn Community Foundation, which already gets high marks for putting residents' voices at the forefront of its work, is taking that commitment to a new level.

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Primary Care Doctors on the Front Lines of Medicine Are Burning Out

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10/20/2014

... experience suicidal thoughts. Unfortunately, it doesn’ t get much better once these students become full-fledged docs. ...

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Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids

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03/30/2015

Close That Gap: William T . Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids Once ... few of these scholars are getting support from the William T . Grant Foundation, which lately has been zeroing in on kids .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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ASPCA Cautions Against Using New Cannabis Treats for Ailing Pets

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04/23/2015

... and anti-inflammatory supplements. But these products aren' t getting Fido stoned, claim proponents.... ASPCA Cautions .....

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Animal Welfare

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United Hospital Fund Explores the Struggles of Family Caregiving

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07/31/2015

... loved ones need many types of assistance that are hard to get from one provider, and because of a lack of affordable ... have been well documented,” Levine, who wasn’ t involved in the study, said by email...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids

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08/21/2015

... and learning disorders. But the majority of them do not get treatment. The Healthy Brain Network (HBN) is a ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens

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10/09/2015

... who are part of Jamaica's thriving arts scene may soon get the chance to live in more affordable apartments. .....

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Housing and Homelessness

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New York Community Trust Adds Funds to the QueensWay Plan

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10/16/2015

The QueensWay gets greener even as the leaves on the trees growing along the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line turn orange and red.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Philanthropy Must Move Fast on Climate Change, Robertson and MacArthur Leaders Say in Chronicle

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12/02/2015

... economy — will be critical as Paris climate talks get under way this week. . . Philanthropy Must Move Fast on ...

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JPB Foundation Measures Bike-Share Equity in the U.S.

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04/26/2016

... of equity ignores the reality that bike-share programs get the highest ridership when they are in dense areas, ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments On Colleges Still Giving Preference to Legacy Students

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05/02/2016

Legacy preference is the practice of providing qualifying students who have some sort of family connection to the school with an advantage in the college admissions process.

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Education

Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Report On Women in Leadership & Why It Matters

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05/16/2016

... Foundation, indicates that this reality doesn’ t line up with Americans’ perceptions. Polling 1,011 adults ... a greater likelihood that humans would colonize Mars than get gender parity in the C-suite.....

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Gender Justice

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Rockefeller Assists Global Resilience Partnership With New Ideas In Flood Risk Management

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05/24/2016

To encourage new ideas and actions in flood risk management, Zurich Insurance Group has teamed up with the Global Resilience Partnership, a public-private initiative spearheaded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Agency for...

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Scherman, Altman, Lily Auchincloss, NY Community Trust and Supporters Launch QueensWay Design Phase

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06/06/2016

The QueensWay project involves converting the long-abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line of the Long Island Rail Road into a $120 million public park.

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Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity

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09/02/2016

... “Where does this disorder develop from? How do kids get autism? And the second question is why are kids with ...

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NYS Health's Derek Coy Explores the Role of Private-Public Partnerships in Serving Veterans

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11/11/2016

In a new post on the GrantWatch section of Health Affairs Blog, NYSHealth Veterans' Health Officer Derek Coy discusses one of the biggest hurdles that veterans face: finding resources that both they and their families can use.

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