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Erik Estrada Joins Andrus Family Fund

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12/14/2015

... Officer and he joins Andrus from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ’ s New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) in Camden New Jersey. ... social issues including for young men of color. Erik' s...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/03/2016

... of researchers who generated stem cells from a patient' s skin cells and then repaired the damaged gene, RPGR, using ... the corrected tissue had been derived from the patient’ s own cells, it could...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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American Express-Supported NYFA Emerging Leaders Boot Camp Participants Named

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02/18/2016

... intensive professional-development program from New York Foundation for the Arts turns three, a new cohort of arts administrators has been selected. NYFA’ s Emerging Leaders Boot Camp is a free leadership...

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Howard Gilman Foundation

18 Mar 2016

The Global Goals in New York City

Friday, March 18, 2016 -

9:00am to 2:00pm

... and how the SDGs will be implemented and measured in the U. S . The afternoon will include table-top conversations ...

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Food Systems

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Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes

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03/16/2016

Carnegie Prize Honoring Genocide’ s Unsung Heroes Profiled in NYTimes They are four ... the only doctor for half a million people in Sudan’ s Nuba Mountains; a Pakistani advocate for indentured ... of the Carnegie...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

29 Sep 2016

501(c)4s - Increasing Your Impact with Creative Grantmaking

Thursday, September 29, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Strategic philanthropy is increasingly requiring advocacy and creative collaboration to achieve its goals. Funders, investors, and social entrepreneurs are eager to go beyond traditional grantmaking to employ innovative approaches to achieving...

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Nathan Cummings Urges Firstenergy Shareholders to Vote for Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Lobbying Expenditures

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05/06/2016

Nathan Cummings Foundation Urges Firstenergy Shareholders To Vote For ... that you will be asked to vote on at the Company’ s May 17, 2016 annual meeting. We urge you to vote FOR ... communications. It also...

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NYS Health Announces Funding Opportunity in Its Newest Priority Area, Empowering Health Care Consumers in New York State

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05/06/2016

... Care Consumers in New York State The New York State Health Foundation is pleased to launch a Request for Proposals (RFP) ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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09 Jun 2016

"The Trans List" - A Special Film Sneak Preview

Thursday, June 9, 2016 -

5:00pm to 8:00pm

... ; and Chase Strangio , staff attorney for the ACLU' s LGBT & HIV Project. Designed for Philanthropy New York .....

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Surdna’s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest

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05/12/2016

Surdna’ s Garcia Interviewed in Philanthropy News Digest You don't ... scientist to tell you something is amiss in America. It' s there, lurking, in the presidential primary campaigns of ... Local...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Four Ways Philanthropy Can Support School Integration

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06/09/2016

... School Integration By Halley Potter, Fellow at The Century Foundation This is an exciting time for school integration, ... school integration are growing. At the federal level , U. S . Secretary of Education...

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NY Community Trust Teams Up with Muslim-American Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes

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08/09/2016

... including New York. More than 80 percent of the media’ s coverage of Muslims is negative, according to reports from ... beyond. “Thanks to money to left to us by New Yorker’ s bequests, we fund programs that...

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Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist

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08/24/2016

... by acquirers. Compare that investment approach with a foundation program officer’ s , or that of someone working for an individual ...

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Finance & Asset Management

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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New York Life Donates $100,000 to Flood Relief Efforts in Louisiana

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08/25/2016

... American Red Cross, a $25,000 donation to Baton Rouge Area Foundation Flood Relief Fund and $25,000 to the Greater Baton ...

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Disaster Relief

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Ford's Darren Walker Writes, "Let America Be America Again"

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01/06/2017

... Be America Again by Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation . Let America be America again. Let it be the ... recent weeks, I’ve found myself ruminating on Hughes’ s Let America Be America Again,...

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President Of Montauk-Based Environmental Advocacy Organization Stepping Down

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02/02/2017

... be a part of the Montauk community and to work with CCOM' s members and Board of Directors in protecting our natural ... was awarded a $20,000 grant by the Long Island Community Foundation (LICF) to help...

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06 Mar 2017

Resistance Strategies: Building Power, Forging New Collaborations and Organizing to Win - A First Monday Discussion Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, March 6, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... for Popular Democracy Farhad Ebrahimi , Founder, Chorus Foundation Roxanne Stachowski , Senior Manager for Executive ...

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Rockefeller Supports Training Workshops on Impact Investing in Ghana and South Africa

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03/03/2017

... in Ghana – together with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and IDRC, we developed and delivered executive ...

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Bloomberg Fact Checks NYTimes on Climate Change

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03/20/2017

... “ Trump Using Detroit as Stage for Loosening Obama’ s Fuel Economy Standards ” ( nytimes.com , March 15) ... it impossible for the United States to meet Mr. Obama’ s commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement...

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