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New York City's Community Foundation Carries Out Charitable Legacies of Brooke Astor and Many Others

Release Date:

06/07/2017

New York City' s Community Foundation Carries Out Charitable Legacies of ... Community Trust recently approved more than $12.3 million in grants to support 65 nonprofits that will help...

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The New York Community Trust

NYSHealth Foundation Testimony on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in New York City

Release Date:

12/09/2020

... Foundation Testimony on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in New York City The New York City Council Committee on ... in adverse short- or long -term consequences to a woman’ s...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Health Foundation

Driving Change in Public Policy: Responsible Budgeting in New York State

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02/29/2012

... Ward, Deputy Director, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government Change often takes time. For funders interested in public policy, an object lesson is unfolding right now in New York...

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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces the 12 Awardees of the Opportunity Challenge

Release Date:

09/24/2020

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces the 12 Awardees of the Opportunity Challenge NEW YORK – September 24, 2020 ... revealed an amazing amount of innovation and leadership in immigrant communities...

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New York Community Trust Announces Winners of 2019 Helen Merriill Award for Playwriting

Release Date:

06/19/2019

New York Community Trust Announces Winners of 2019 Helen Merriill Award for Playwriting (June 19, 2019) ... as the 2019 winners of The New York Community Trust’ s Helen Merrill Award for...

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Arts

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The New York Community Trust

Schott Foundation, Race Forward, and NYU's Metro Center Announces First Grants to Support Anti-Racist, Culturally Responsive Schools and Defend Against Attacks on Public Education

Release Date:

04/06/2022

Schott Foundation, Race Forward, and NYU' s Metro Center Announces First Grants to Support Anti-Racist, ... anti-democratic attacks on public education and invest in a proactive, offensive strategy for racial...

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Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

31 Oct 2019

Not One More: The Fight to Stop Southeast Asian Deportation - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, October 31, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... refugees from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos were resettled in the United States. This was the country’ s largest refugee resettlement program following the war in ... refugees experienced war,...

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All Funders

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Immigration

International/Foreign Affairs

New York State Health Foundation Report Finds NY State Premiums Are Among the Highest in the Country

Release Date:

04/02/2018

... Report Finds NY State Premiums Are Among the Highest in the Country As Albany lawmakers consider imposing costly ... Health Foundation offers a timely reminder: The state’ s premiums are already among the...

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Aetna Names Garth Graham, M.D., M.P.H. President of the Aetna Foundation

Release Date:

09/02/2013

... has appointed Garth Graham, M.D., M.P.H. as President of the Aetna Foundation . A national expert on health ... Graham served as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U. S . Department of Health...

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Aetna Foundation

Irene Diamond Fund to Close With Final Grants Totaling $40 Million

Release Date:

12/31/2012

Established in 1994, the fund' s grantmaking totaled nearly $286 million ... Diamond Fund is closing at the end of the year, ending a long run of major...

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Grantmakers Play an Important Role in Comprehensive Immigration Reform Efforts

Release Date:

02/20/2013

The Carnegie Corporation of New York’ s Geri Mannion is quoted in this article examining the work of funders (including the ... We Dream are tackling everything from finding new...

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Open Society Foundations

Sixteen Scientists Named 2014 Simons Investigators

Release Date:

07/25/2014

... has selected 16 scientists as the Simons Investigators in 2014 to support their studies in mathematics, theoretical ... theoretical computer science and the mathematical modeling of living...

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Prudential, Goldman Sachs and Brooklyn Community Foundation Among Funders Spurring Urban Revival in Brooklyn

Release Date:

03/10/2015

... Community Foundation Among Funders Spurring Urban Revival in Brooklyn Brooklyn' s success builds on its long history of diversity and creativity. From the .....

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Goldman Sachs

Brooklyn Org

Dodge Foundation President Weighs in on NJ Sewer System Challenges

Release Date:

03/13/2015

State Moves to Deal with Dirty Problem -- Raw Sewage in Waterways Final permits issued to force 25 cities to ... New Jersey yesterday issued final permits to deal with long -standing pollution problems from...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Peterson Foundation Calls Tax Extenders Legislation Fiscally Irresponsible

Release Date:

12/17/2015

... said, "This costly and unfunded bill is a big step in the wrong direction for our nation’ s fiscal and economic health. "Prior to this deal, over ... These tax breaks are not paid for, and would only...

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Public Policy

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Julie Floch, Nonprofit Finance Expert And PNY Policy Committee Member, Has Died

Release Date:

09/27/2016

... Policy Committee Member, Has Died Julie Floch, a leader in nonprofit accounting and finance, died on Friday after a years- long battle with cancer. Floch was the partner in charge of...

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Sloan Foundation Partners With Cornell, Georgia Tech, Penn State to Boost STEM Mentoring Among Minorities

Release Date:

08/05/2013

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’ s partnership with Cornell University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University will fund ... of Exemplary Mentoring for minority...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Education

Major Research Groups Are Given Low Marks on Disclosing Donors

Release Date:

05/06/2014

... The conservative-leaning Hoover Institution, based in California, and the liberal Center for American Progress, ... based in Washington, are polar opposites in terms of...

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Gifts From Buffett Include $150 Million For NoVo Foundation

Release Date:

07/15/2014

... The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the biggest recipient of Buffet' s latest gifts, received more than 21.7 million shares of ... of the Giving Pledge, which he...