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Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers

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04/04/2016

Climate Adaptation Fund, Supported by Duke Foundation, To Enable Conservation Projects In Urban Centers A grant ... from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. This year’ s round of grantmaking will extend the...

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Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’

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04/18/2016

... falls on April 16 every year, offers a chance for people to discuss end-of-life care decisions with their families, ... physicians surveyed reported having formal training on how to talk to...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Selects Loren Harris as Vice President of Programs

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04/19/2016

... The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that Loren S . Harris, a philanthropic leader with more than 20 years experience challenging structural barriers to equality and creating economic...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers

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04/20/2016

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Spark Prize to Honor Nonprofit Changemakers Brooklyn Community Foundation ... of its kind celebrating changemakers in the borough’ s thriving nonprofit sector. Five...

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RFPs Etc

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Carnegie President Says Humanitarians Can Have Impact on Refugee Crisis

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04/26/2016

... they had actually donated time or money in the past year to help refugees and many questioned their ability to make a real difference. Of those who have taken action, ... research shows that although...

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Peterson Foundation's Fiscal Summit Convenes Leaders To Discuss Economic Priorities for Next President

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05/11/2016

Peterson Foundation' s Fiscal Summit Convenes Leaders To Discuss Economic Priorities for Next President Leading ... on what needs to be accomplished in the next four to...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

NY Women’s Foundation President and City Council Speaker Announce $20M More for Young Women’s Initiative

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05/16/2016

NY Women’ s Foundation President and City Council Speaker Announce $20M ... $20 million in the Young Women’ s Initiative over two years , funding programs and services that support young women...

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At the Rockefellers’ Kykuit, Painterly Gardens and a Rosy Legacy

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05/23/2016

... like the Standard Oil monopoly, Nelson Rockefeller’ s stewardship as governor of New York and the family’ s charitable giving in medical research and modern art. More ... family’ s estate in...

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F.B. Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the 21st Century

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06/08/2016

F.B. Heron Foundation' s Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the 21st Century For over fifty years , the global economy (and that includes the U. S . ... of the pull of place (...

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Capital One Foundation Sees Departure at the Top, Appoints New President

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06/09/2016

... long-serving President Carolyn Berkowitz stepping down to pursue other opportunities. Berkowitz, who had served as ... the vice president for programs and operations for seven years , was named president...

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Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia

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06/17/2016

Rockefeller Family Fund Leads Summit To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia Anti-pipeline activists from across the country met in Atlanta this week to talk strategy. The summit brought together two groups that ... that...

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With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence

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06/17/2016

... Composer-in-Residence In collaboration with New York’ s Music-Theatre Group, Opera Philadelphia is proud to announce that Rene Orth has been selected as its sixth ... Foundation, the three-year program fosters...

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Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building

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07/05/2016

Ford’ s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building Over the past five years , more and more foundations have come to understand that their nonprofit...

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Marist College, Rockefeller Archive Center Partner on Open-Source Technologies for Digital Archival Processes

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08/24/2016

... and the Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) have partnered to develop and implement a sustainable and robust platform ... records. This joint initiative builds on the College’ s long-standing tradition of...

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Surdna Foundation’s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures

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08/25/2016

Surdna Foundation’ s Cordery: Communities Should Define Their Futures When people have asked me what compelled me to join the team at the Surdna Foundation more than a year ... and supports their leadership.....

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Community Development

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Backs Promising News Collaborative

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08/25/2016

... News Collaborative After fits and starts going back to the previous decade, are local and community news sites ready to get serious about collaboration to meet the demands of ... print-...

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John A. Hartford Foundation's Fulmer to be Honored by New York Academy of Medicine

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08/25/2016

John A. Hartford Foundation' s Fulmer to be Honored by New York Academy of Medicine Dr. Terry ... on November 3, 2016. The recipients of the Academy' s prestigious annual awards...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

... they need — most of it made freely available — to tackle the complex leadership and management challenges ... in executive training programs over the next four years . The initiative also will establish student...

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Suzette Hunte Joins United Way of New York City as Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

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09/08/2016

... as Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives. Reporting to Sheena Wright, President & Chief Executive Officer, and as ... design, coordination and implementation of the President' s initiatives,...

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Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations

Release Date:

09/09/2016

... the myriad responses that animals, including humans, use to lower their temperature—from “automatic” ... range. Experiments on these questions dating back 80 years , using rats and mice, have repeatedly pointed...