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Jeff Trandahl Joins Arcus Foundation Board

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03/01/2013

The Arcus Foundation has announced that Jeff Trandahl has joined its Board. Trandahl is the Executive Director and CEO of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), where he leads efforts to protect and restore native species and habitats in...

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NEO Philanthropy Promotes Melinda Fine to Vice President

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01/14/2015

Melinda Fine was formerly the Director of Education and Director of the Communities for Public Education Reform Fund.

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Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published

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07/26/2017

... Recently the Foundation conducted research on government funding of early childhood, early education and related ...

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George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations

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10/18/2017

... has increased its attention on the United States, investing in programs to protect gays and lesbians and reduce ...

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With Support from Gerstner and Heckscher Foundations, SUNY Announces Emergency Aid to Support Degree Completion Among Students

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12/19/2017

Starting next year, University at Albany students who are at risk of dropping out due to sudden financial hardship or some other emergency situation could be eligible to apply for emergency aid.

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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Dyson Foundation Names Jennifer Killian New Program Officer

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11/09/2015

... and assessing programs, grants and scholarship funds, as well as the development of new initiatives. “Jennifer ... New York's Dutchess County and Mid-Hudson Valley, as well as outside the Hudson Valley...

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Markle Foundation Among Those Stepping Up To The Worker Retraining Challenge

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02/06/2018

... you feel relatively sanguine if your job were at risk of being automated? You might if you lived in Sweden . That's ... states that millions of jobs worldwide are at risk of being automated by 2030. As...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Salesforce.org And United Way Are Teaming Up To Change Corporate Giving

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02/27/2018

... more volunteering, and more connection to the causes being funded. It’s being piloted this month at a handful of major companies, ...

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Technology

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CUNY Receives $10 Million from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Expand Pandemic and Racial Justice Initiatives

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08/13/2020

... underscores the Mellon Foundation’s fierce commitment to funding vibrant institutions intent on fostering racial ... interns to support their staffing needs. Mellon’s vital assistance will help CUNY continue...

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Congratulations to the 2018 Young Leaders Breakfast Club!

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01/15/2019

... Advisors Nupur Chaudhury, Program Officer, New York State Health Foundation Juliana Chessin, Grants Associate, The ...

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The Next Five Years: Three Reasons We Must Adapt

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05/01/2018

... money away;” and we’ve explored new approaches to investing for impact, including recoverable grants and ... of the growing demand for more flexible and creative funding mechanisms in the social sector. We...

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Verizon Supported Study Finds Smartphone App Can Improve Self-management for Some with Spina Bifida

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12/10/2015

... according to a pilot study of the interactive Mobitle Health & Rehabilitation app. Findings were published Oct. ... the Verizon Foundation and the National Institutes of Health . . . Verizon Supported Study...

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Children, Youth and Families

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UHF Medicaid Conference to Focus on Value-Based Payment

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05/06/2016

... York State Medicaid director and deputy commissioner for health insurance programs, will present the keynote, an ... Koller, president of the Milbank Memorial Fund and former health insurance commissioner for...

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EAC Network Teams Up with Bank of America, Long Island Community Foundation for “Fresh from the Garden” Senior Initiative

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03/15/2017

... conjunction with the Town of North Hempstead and with funding from Bank of America and the Long Island ... is promoting the power of good nutrition to kick start the health of older New Cassel residents,” said...

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Gerstner Philanthropies Makes New $15 Million Commitment to Create the Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics at the Broad Institute

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02/20/2019

... already given rise to a major project with IBM Watson Health to understand and prevent cancer progression, supported by $50 million in funding to create and make freely available to the scientific ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard Announce Grants to Streamline Access to Benefits for 5 Million People Living in Poverty

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10/21/2019

... Benefits Data Trust (BDT) totaling $7.5 million to improve health and economic mobility for at least 5 million ... and important ways to improve their economic security, health , and mobility out of challenging...

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Urban Agriculture & Social Justice Activism

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5:30pm to 7:30pm

... Cohen, Author, Associate Professor, CUNY School of Public Health Kristin Reynolds, Lecturer, The New School and Yale ... food systems, racial and social justice, public health , neighborhood revitalization, and...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Releases Results of 4-Year Study of Restorative Justice Implementation in Schools

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10/08/2020

... schools, an increase in students’ sense of safety, as well as equitable access across student populations to ... the fall of 2015, when Brooklyn Community Foundation began funding nonprofit organizations to...

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New York Women's Foundation Appoints Patricia Eng Vice President of Programs

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06/12/2014

... and experience, both from community-based work, as well as from philanthropy, as a grant maker in the areas of economic justice, women’s health and ending violence. Most recently, Patricia was ... coordinated...

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