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Foundation Assets Are Climbing, but Grants Are Still Competitive

Publication date:

03/2014

... to a new Chronicle survey. Yet grant makers still aren’ t as rich as they were before the downturn, and that’s putting a damper on their giving. What it’s not doing though: crimping ambitious new ...

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Evaluation

Kindness, Charitable Behavior Influenced by Amygdala, Simons Foundation Supported Research Reveals

Release Date:

12/15/2015

... also influence positive social functions like kindness and what might be called charitable giving in humans. Such a ... or anxiety-related disorders, Platt said. " What we're trying to do is both...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Science

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The Simons Foundation

Bessemer Trust's Paul Connolly Wants Better Advice for Wealthy Donors

Release Date:

01/04/2017

... 2016 election just weeks behind us, it is still uncertain what the Trump administration’s influence on philanthropy ...

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Bessemer Trust

Avila Kilmurray, Global Fund for Community Foundations, Talks About Philanthropy Outside North America

Release Date:

06/08/2015

... America In many ways, it's been a bit of a hidden story, what 's going on in the global south, and indeed in Eastern .....

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PhilTalks

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Whitney Biennial Artists Take A Hard Look At America, And Find Ways To Connect

Release Date:

03/23/2017

... creativity and sometimes a reflection of our culture. What moods and themes did curators find when putting together ...

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Arts

Patient Voices: Childhood Cancer

Release Date:

09/15/2017

... cope with a disease they can hardly understand? And what happens to a family after losing a child to cancer? ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

18 Nov 2025

Prefiguring the Future We Want: Practicing Liberation & Sovereignty

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Confounded by what to do and how to be in your role right now? What does it ... cultivating belief, and bridging communities. Whether you are an evaluator seeking to disrupt existing mental .....

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Leadership Development

13 Sep 2012

--POSTPONED-- Innovative Action: Promising New Initiatives to Stop HIV Transmission

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Despite effective treatments and increased testing, HIV is still a threat in New York City — but there are promising initiatives to increase the number of individuals who know their status and receive timely medical care and related support. The NYC...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Organizations Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint and Improve Health

Release Date:

04/20/2018

If the U.S. health care system were a separate country, its $3.3 trillion GDP would give it the fifth-largest economy in the world. It is also the world’s seventh-largest producer of carbon dioxide, making it a major contributor to air pollution.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Commonwealth Fund

Artist Paul Rucker Has Received Grants from the Mellon Foundation and the Art for Justice Fund to Open a Permanent Museum About the History of Racism in the U.S.

Release Date:

11/15/2022

Paul Rucker plans to use the money to open a multidisciplinary arts space and lending library in Richmond, Virginia, to house, display, and share this archive.

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Arts

Social Justice

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Mellon Foundation

16 Nov 2011

Role Models in the Classroom: Creating Teaching Pipelines for Black and Latino Males

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 -

1:30pm to 5:00pm

Over the past decade, the achievement gap in New York City schools has remained almost constant, with Black and Latino males at the low end of that gap. While the City takes pride in a 2010 graduation rate of over 65%, less than 40% of Black and...

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New Grants Totaling $4.5 Million Approved by John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees

Release Date:

06/11/2020

The Board of Trustees has approved funding for eight grants to address COVID-19 in nursing homes, spread age-friendly care, support family caregivers, and increase access to serious illness care.

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Aging

Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies: Partnership for Healthy Cities Launches Online Platform to Support City Leaders Responding to COVID-19

Release Date:

04/15/2020

... Response Center includes the latest tools and technical resources geared toward urban challenges, ranging from ... to provide city leaders with important tools and technical resources to take on the crisis and...

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Civic Engagement

Community Development

Disaster Relief

Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

GoVoteNYC Fund in The New York Community Trust Announces $1 Million in Grants for Voter Engagement

Release Date:

04/26/2022

... $1 million in grants to nine nonprofits for nonpartisan get -out-the-vote education and activities. These nonprofits ... Queens Public Library. The groups will conduct intensive get -out-the-vote activities and...

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Member News

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Public Policy

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The New York Community Trust

Lata Reddy Elevated to Chair of The Prudential Foundation

Release Date:

06/14/2017

... that lead to new markets or expand Prudential’s own workforce . Reddy leads these efforts by harnessing impact ... in El Paso, Texas, is helping to build the next generation workforce in the city, specifically...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Prudential Foundation

History of U.S. Philanthropy

Publication date:

08/2008

A brief history of U.S. philanthropy, along with key facts about philanthropy in New York.

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Article

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

17 May 2017

The Price of Justice: America’s Unfair Bail and Prosecution System

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... of society – sit in jail simply because they cannot pay bail or post-conviction fines and fee. This happens ... ruling that outlawed jailing individuals for inability to pay fees, and a 2016 White House...

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Community Development

Justice Reform

Social Justice

Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Transformative Partnership With Civica Foundation to Make Insulin More Affordable to Americans With Insulin-dependent Diabetes

Release Date:

03/03/2022

... the world where individuals who have the least ability to pay for insulin are the ones who pay the most. As a result, day-to-day management of this ...