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Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Opens Applications for its 2017 Prize

Release Date:

09/07/2016

... will open applications for its 2017 Prize on October 3rd, 2016 . At least five New York based scientists will each be ... The deadline to submit the Letter of Intent is November 7, 2016 . For more details on...

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RFPs Etc

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Science

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Pershing Square Foundation

Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Joins Conversation on Innovative Finance, New Investment Tools and Climate Change

Release Date:

12/08/2016

... its senior director of energy and climate change in early 2016 . OPIC, the U.S. government’s international development ... OPIC made $3.7 billion worth of investments in fiscal year 2016 , including $1.4 billion...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

CareConnect Pulling Out Of New York Insurance Market

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... a $48 million underwriting loss through the same period in 2016 . Revenues were growing steadily but were not keeping ... of 2017, up from $34 million during the same period in 2016 . Most troubling was the risk...

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Health

Black And Hispanic Students In New York City Most Likely To Be Arrested And Handcuffed, Data Shows

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... and summonses. While just over two-thirds of students are black or Hispanic, they received about 87 percent of ... issued inside schools, according to an analysis of 2016 -2017 school year data by the Urban...

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Education

A Road Less Traveled....

Release Date:

11/01/2011

... supported a small group of juvenile justice-involved young adults as they created their own recommendations on how ... improve the system. The results were illuminating—and we are pleased to have Howard Knoll...

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Insights

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Community Development

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Casey Family Programs

Philanthropy New York

What It Means To Be A Philanthropist -- Gen Xers and Millennials Weigh In

Release Date:

04/01/2013

... to a family foundation. Massive recent donations by young entrepreneurs, such as those by Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin, are just the well-publicized tip of a much larger iceberg of ...

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To Be a True Practitioner of Democracy

Release Date:

05/22/2013

... 2013 on Sunday, May 19. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat visiting the United States saw a new ...

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Public Policy

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

05 Oct 2012

New Adolescent Brain Research and its Implications for Services

Friday, October 5, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Webinar

... calls for significant changes in the way older youth and young adults are treated in foster care. It suggests therefore that a new ... adolescent brain development and the implications for young...

Rockefeller Foundation Addresses Youth Unemployment by Connecting Employers with Untapped Talent Pool

Release Date:

10/24/2014

... by Connecting Employers with Untapped Talent Pool There are few things more depressing than being young , motivated, and unemployed. And while the problem of ... unemployment rate of around 12 percent, while...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Time Magazine Spotlights Walker's UT Austin Commencement Speech

Release Date:

05/27/2015

... in a little shotgun house in Ames, Texas; the story of a young man who made his way up the ladder in a new city, who ...

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Education

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Ford Foundation

JP Morgan Chase Report Addresses Summer Youth Employment Deficit

Release Date:

02/25/2016

... Deficit Around the world, youth unemployment rates are at or near historic highs – with a slow predicted ... recovery – including in the United States, where young people are experiencing...

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Children, Youth and Families

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PhilTV This Week Jan 13 Features Sloan, NY Women's Foundation, Novo and Atlantic Philanthropies

Release Date:

01/13/2017

... NoVo and 15 Other PNY Members Support Leadership of Young Women of Color with $2.1M Atlantic Philanthropies' .....

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Mayor De Blasio and The Rockefeller and Pinkerton Foundations Launch 'CareerLift'

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01/17/2018

... opportunities for formerly out-of-school and out-of-work young adults to help them stay employed and advance in their ... economy,' said Mayor de Blasio. 'CareerLift will help our young people...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Rockefeller Foundation

March For Our Lives

Release Date:

04/02/2018

March For Our Lives Inspiring voices of young people from RYSE (Richmond, CA) and Community Coalition ...

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Video

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

Eve Stotland Joins New York Community Trust as New Program Officer for Education and Human Justice

Release Date:

03/25/2019

... for seven years, helping thousands of struggling young people solve legal problems. She received her B.A. from ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Trinity Wall Street Appoints Rev. Canon Benjamin Musoke-Lubega As Director Of Faith In Action

Release Date:

06/03/2013

... and the Episcopal Service Corps, a formation program for young adults who live for a year in communities serving ... it is today. The partners we work with worldwide know they are cared for by the people of...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Religion

08 Jan 2015

Time is Illmatic - Documentary Film Series

Thursday, January 8, 2015 -

4:30pm to 8:30pm

... feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas’ 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social ... enduring spirit, and collective angst of a generation of young black men searching for...

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10 Jul 2018

The Power of Pooled Funding to Increase College Graduation Rates

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Explore Pioneering initiatives have the potential to help young people make great strides in obtaining a college degree ...

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Education

SNF Temporarily Pauses Submission of New Grant Requests for Projects in Greece

Release Date:

12/11/2018

... Greece, “taking a step back in order to assess where we are and where we need to be going.” Follows SNF’s ... many times over. Since the beginning, in addition to making grants around the world, the SNF has...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Simons Foundation, Stony Brook University Partner to Improve Diversity in STEM Fields

Release Date:

05/11/2022

... The Stony Brook Simons STEM Scholars Program will allow young people to reach their potential as they bring new, ... in 2023.” “We need scientists and mathematicians who are reflective of our diverse world,...