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Simons, Gates Foundations, HHMI Announce Faculty Scholars

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09/26/2016

... the selection of eighty-four faculty scholars, early- career scientists at forty-three institutions who have great ... Program will award approximately $83 million over five years in support of the first...

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

John A. Hartford Foundation and Commonwealth Fund Support Journalism Fellowships That Recognize Top 'Age Beat' Reporters

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10/20/2015

... invaluable service by disseminating that knowledge to the American public," said Paul Stearns, MS, GSA's Senior ... Editor, Miami Times) Project: Profiles of largely African American...

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Open Society Foundations and Bloomberg Philanthropies Noted In Report Released By Foundation Center: Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys

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11/01/2017

... and organizations working to improve the life outcomes of African - American males totaled $45.6 million in 2013 — down from ... grant dollars), followed by human services (including youth...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Emma Bloomberg Center for Access and Opportunity Established at Princeton University Through Major Gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies

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04/19/2021

... success of talented students from first-generation, lower- income and underrepresented backgrounds, Bloomberg ... students attend selective colleges and universities. “My years at Princeton were tremendously...

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Supported By Many PNY Members, 2016 Creative Capital Awards Given In Literature, Performing Arts

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01/13/2016

... all stages of their careers with an age range of 28 to 65 years old. More than half are women; and more than half ... receive up to 50,000 USD in direct funding and additional resources and advisory services—...

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Arts

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

MetLife Foundation Seeks to Increase Financial Well-Being

Release Date:

10/06/2017

... that aim to increase financial well-being for 1.8 million low - to moderate- income (LMI) households in America. The Common Cents approach ... because they are a leader in this field. For the past two ...

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MetLife

42nd Annual Meeting Recap - Looking Back, Moving Forward

... and adapt to create a more equitable future. Why Reckoning? The philanthropic sector has the opportunity ... your funny paintings of horses on the street corner 30 years ago You are who I love-- blunt and...

Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

Release Date:

03/10/2020

... as well. The employee’s direct manager, human resources staff, and the employees who will be working with ... one of the best things they have been involved in at work, something they would not hesitate to do...

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SUNY Tuition to Rise $200 for Students not Eligible for Excelsior

Release Date:

06/23/2017

... $100,000 a year. So for those students whose household income is more than $100,000 and who attend four-year ...

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Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

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09/28/2016

... dedicated to making accessible materials that document the African - American and African diaspora. Ms. Brewer formerly served as an assistant ...

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Appoints Margaret Waldock to Executive Director of Duke Farms

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08/19/2020

... conservation leader, bringing to Duke Farms more than 20 years of mission-driven experience in the non-profit, ... New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the American Farmland Trust. “We are...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Innocent Chukwuma to Lead Its West Africa Office

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01/01/2013

... International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC), African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF), Open ... about what we can continue to accomplish in the important years that lie ahead.” For more...

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Chair Peter O. Lawson-Johnston Passes Gavel to Longtime Board Member Peter Lawson-Johnston II

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06/21/2023

... Lawson-Johnston II (NEW YORK) — After fifty-two years of leadership, Peter O. Lawson-Johnston is retiring as ... early stages of their careers, particularly through its African Fellows and Emerging Scholars...

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Movement Building and System Change

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05/18/2012

... populations that lack basic protections and rising income inequality. The city is home, however, to roughly ... in the health and human services field for over twenty years , developing programs for vulnerable...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Continues Pandemic Relief Efforts with New Grants Totaling over $27.7 Million

Release Date:

05/29/2020

... New Orleans, New York, and San Antonio that are pooling resources to most effectively serve local families in need. ... requiring urgent care, people experiencing homelessness, low -wage workers in need of...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The New York Women’s Foundation and the YWCA of the City of New York Partner for Girls IGNITE! Grantmaking Fellowship

Release Date:

11/22/2016

... and culturally diverse teenage girls and gender-fluid youth became the first recipients of the Girls IGNITE ... $30,000 to distribute. Each fellow will be encouraged to become a philanthropist by donating 10...

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RFPs Etc

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Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

The Sky Really is Falling…Now What? A New Working Group for Funders

Release Date:

04/03/2012

... support community-based social change work see five years of above-average investment returns, social justice ... challenges they are facing: increased need meets decreased resources . The trend of diminishing...

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Philanthropy New York Elects New Board Members and Board Chair; Announces 2021 -2022 Executive Committee

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06/03/2021

... the Groundswell Fund, and the Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing. Irfan Hasan is The New York Community ... Philanthropy New York’s Health Working Group and of the American Public Health Association...

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PNY News

For Profound Change in America, Think Local

Release Date:

01/29/2014

... that attempt to further the full inclusion of those with low incomes, people of color and other marginalized ... San Diego and Puerto Rico $1.9 million each over two years . Our commitment to them is long-term...

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Workforce Development

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Open Society Foundations

Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces the Addition of Four New Staff and Six New Board Members

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01/28/2015

... growing up in a quiet New Hampshire town and spending four years in Boston, Andrew moved to Brooklyn in fall 2014. He ... Fund, Inc. and a Marvin H. Karpatkin Fellow with the American Civil Liberties Union...