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Is There an App for That? New Thinking on Kids and Digital Media

Release Date:

03/10/2016

... . Given philanthropy’s impact on education and workforce policy , it is imperative that funders try to understand and ... for them to complete homework, apply for jobs, and build social and professional...

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The New York Community Trust

New Member Spotlight: The Pilgrim Foundation

Release Date:

05/29/2009

... by Dambisa Moyo. What essential/interesting grantmaking resources would you recommend to a fellow funder? The Gathering and World Vision Report . New Member Spotlight: The Pilgrim Foundation ...

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New Member Spotlight: Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

Release Date:

09/11/2009

... sense, I think it’s good business for us as funders to practice what we preach. What has been your biggest ...

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Leigh Bonney Named Chief Financial Officer for The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Release Date:

03/01/2012

... retiring in early 2011. As Chief Financial Officer for Research and Development, she was responsible for developing ... managed merger planning and post-merger integration in Research and Development for...

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Pfizer

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

09 Apr 2014

School Diversity in New York City

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Fifty years of research suggests economic and racial segregation of schools ... racially integrated schools in New York City. Explore The research on school segregation and student outcomes Current ...

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Education

Ford Foundation Appoints John W. Bernstein as Chief Operating Officer

Release Date:

11/07/2014

... understanding the ancient world, and neuroscience research . During his tenure, the foundation initiated a $200 ... of the Ancient World, a PhD-level graduate school and research facility; renovated a...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Leon Levy Foundation

Ford Foundation

The Esteé Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign Global Ambassadors Elizabeth Hurley And William P. Lauder to Light the Empire State Pink in Honor of 25th Anniversary

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... – with more than $56 million funding 225 medical research grants through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF). Through The Breast Cancer ... Campaign’s unwavering support of funding breast cancer...

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13 May 2013

Conversations for Grantmakers: CORe — Community Opportunity and Reinvestment

Monday, May 13, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

New York State invests enormous resources in our cities. Despite these significant resources , certain urban neighborhoods face persistent ... to provide these local communities with three kinds of ...

08 Jun 2016

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network: Building Relationships - Managing Up

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 -

8:30am to 10:30am

... relationships with their staff as well as accessing resources that provide guidance and support, including human resources . We will also hear the perspective and experience ... manager. Presenters Valerie...

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All Funders

Executive Support Staff

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HR & Operations

Restoring and Extending Tax Incentives

Release Date:

11/17/2014

The end-of-year tax bill would restore several expired tax incentives.

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National Council of Nonprofit Associations

11 Aug 2016

Family Philanthropy and Media Perceptions - Webinar

Thursday, August 11, 2016 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Family foundations are passionate and dedicated to improving their communities and leading conversations that will help advance their missions.

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Family Foundation

Board & Trustees

NY Women’s Foundation Points Out Gender Issues that Need Addressing in Rikers’ Reform

Release Date:

05/11/2017

... Gender and the Pathway to Jail in New York City,” a report from the Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay ... of women at Rikers. It is a companion piece to the Rikers report from the Independent Commission...

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Gender Justice

Justice Reform

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The New York Women's Foundation

Hilton Foundation's Quest to Bring Safe Water to All

Release Date:

04/05/2018

In Ghana and elsewhere, Hilton is working on district-based programs to bring multiple disciplines together. The goal is simple: to “get the job done" and promote water-service delivery that can withstand time and regional political infighting and...

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Environment and Climate Change

Health

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Cited in NY Times on Disputed Timeline for When Whites Will Assume Minority Status in US Population

Release Date:

11/29/2018

... director, who saw it while looking through a government report . The graphic made demographic change look like a ... and could provoke a political backlash. So after the report ’s release three years ago, he...

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Census 2020

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Russell Sage Foundation

Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Coverage Gains Under ACA Have Stalled

Release Date:

02/13/2019

... a lack of adequate coverage in 2018. Underinsured adults report having trouble affording their care: Problems ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Announces New President

Release Date:

07/01/2013

... of independent secondary education and basic neuroscience research . John was the driving force behind the establishment ...

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79 percent in neighborhoods hardest hit by Sandy say rebuild even in face of risk

Release Date:

07/30/2013

... from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research examining resilience following Superstorm Sandy (and ...

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Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

New Commitments Totaling $10.8 Billion Announced During 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

Release Date:

09/28/2013

... United Nations foundations, the International Center for Research on Women, and Girls Not Brides, to include ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Service Through Philanthropy Dr. Starita Boyce Ansari

Release Date:

04/15/2014

... by Ford Foundation and W. K. Kellogg Foundation for her research in philanthropy. Dr. Boyce Ansari is a trainer and ...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Opens in Berkeley

Release Date:

04/16/2014

The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, established in 2012 by a grant from the Simons Foundation, brings together leading researchers to explore both the theoretical underpinnings of computer science and its potential to shed light on a...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Science

Technology

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The Simons Foundation

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