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Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding

Release Date:

03/17/2015

... and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding An ambitious funding drive aims to funnel a billion dollars of private ... and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science ...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and F.B. Heron Foundation Place More Emphasis on Impact Investing

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03/19/2015

Impact investing increases capital while creating socially responsible results.

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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New York Community Trusts and Partners Fund Grants Bringing Digital Media Learning to More Youth

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11/04/2015

New grants will help NYC young people to use digital media and technology to compose and record original music, research civic and political issues, and reduce pollution in their communities.

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Children, Youth and Families

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The New York Community Trust

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Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building

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11/11/2015

A new report, “Cities Building Community Wealth," defines and names a movement that has been brewing beneath the radar for at least 40 years: the community wealth-building movement.

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Community Development

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Funded by Research to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050

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05/19/2016

Older women, minorities, especially Latinos, most at risk; aging baby boomers contribute to increase.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis Writes About the Absence of Federal Arts Funding

Release Date:

03/17/2017

... Earl Lewis Writes About the Absence of Federal Arts Funding Since President Lyndon Johnson and a bipartisan ... Earl Lewis Writes About the Absence of Federal Arts Funding ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts

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12/15/2017

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Minneapolis Institute of Art, or MIA, a $750,000 grant, to fund a five-year project to build empathy in order to affect positive social change.

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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Michigan Researchers Building System to Safeguard Confidential Data

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06/07/2018

The Researcher Credentialing for Restricted Data Access project, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, aims to increase the willingness of other data research centers to share data and the ability of scientists to undertake new creative research...

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The Leon Levy Foundation and Charles H. Revson Foundation Fund New Nonprofit Local News Entity in New York City

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09/28/2018

... Fund New Nonprofit Local News Entity in New York City Funding from Charles H. Revson Foundation, Leon Levy ...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Communications/Media

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The Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches The Just Brooklyn Prize in Partnership with The Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation's Social Justice Fund

Release Date:

04/10/2023

Leaders are submitted for consideration through a public nomination process and chosen by a Selection Committee of distinguished Brooklynites.

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Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign Makes Progress in El Paso

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08/04/2016

Since 2010, 238 coal-fired power plants nationwide have been announced to retire.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Partially Funded by Mertz Gilmore, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Announces 'World of Dance' Series

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08/05/2016

Since its inception in 1966, this series has showcased new works by more than 175 regional, national, and international companies.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Report on Why Cities and Businesses Should Partner to Achieve Climate Goals

Release Date:

10/04/2016

Cities and corporations are increasingly working together to address climate change — and finding these partnerships present “huge economic opportunities” for both the public and private sectors, according to a CDP report released today.

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Environment and Climate Change

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MAC AIDS Fund Contributes $1 Million to New HIV Treatment Effort in Washington, DC

Release Date:

12/01/2016

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is set to announce a new effort to fight HIV and AIDS.

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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United Hospital Fund President James Tallon Steps Down from NY Board of Regents

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02/02/2017

Regent James Tallon will not seek another term on New York state’s education policymaking body, opening up an empty spot on the board and continuing the transformation of the 17-member group.

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Commonwealth Fund Research Cited in NYTimes Fact Check on White House OMB Claim

Release Date:

03/10/2017

President Trump’s spokesman on Wednesday deflected concerns that a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act had yet to be scored by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office by questioning the agency’s track record.

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Health

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Con Edison, Mertz Gilmore, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Support Radical Comedian's Latest Work at New York Live Arts

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03/21/2017

FCA Recipient and 2014 Doris Duke Impact Awardee Adrienne Truscott , the radical comedian, activist and performance artist best know for her blistering satire about rape culture, will premier her latest work THIS at New York Live...

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