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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names Second Class of Doris Duke Impact Award Recipients

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06/16/2015

... Artist Awards, launched in late 2011 as a special 10 -year initiative of the foundation to empower, invest in ... jazz, dance and theatre. Ben Cameron, program director for the arts at the Doris Duke Charitable...

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Foundations Vow to Invest in Clean-Energy Technology

Release Date:

06/17/2015

... more than $1 billion from institutional investors for clean-energy investments. In addition, a coalition of ... endowment assets each — and in many cases more than 10 % — to investments in new energy over the...

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The Overbrook Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Survey Shows Afterschool Participation Grows but Unmet Demand Nears 20 Million Children

Release Date:

07/07/2015

... dramatically, from 6.5 million children in 2004 to 10 .2 million today. Unmet demand has increased, as well. The ... by participating in many more activities that prepare them for college, career and life. But...

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Robert Bowne Foundation

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Ford Foundation

Wall Street Not Giving Up On U.S. Social Impact Bonds

Release Date:

07/30/2015

Wall Street Not Giving Up On U. S . Social Impact Bonds Social-impact bonds allow private ... had failed to hit its goal to cut repeat offenses by 10 percent. As agreed at the outset if the program did not ... that...

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Goldman Sachs

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Ten New York Nonprofits Selected as Semifinalists of 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards

Release Date:

08/04/2015

... boroughs and Westchester have been chosen as semifinalists for the 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence ... to win $60,000 in prizes as well as tuition scholarships for the Columbia Business...

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PNY News

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The New York Community Trust

A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

Release Date:

08/28/2015

... people from around the world will commemorate the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Although many people will tout the city’ s recovery, few people in black working-class neighborhoods .....

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North Star Fund

Research to Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Finds Possible New Target for Glaucoma Therapy

Release Date:

09/11/2015

... Prevent Blindness-Funded Study Finds Possible New Target for Glaucoma Therapy Scientists at the University of ... blindness. The findings, published in the September 10 online issue of Molecular Cell, suggest...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Metropolitan Museum's Launch of Kid-Targeted Web Initiative

Release Date:

09/11/2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Metropolitan Museum' s Launch of Kid-Targeted Web Initiative Thomas P. ... today the launch of #MetKids, a new online feature made for , with, and by kids. The feature on the Met...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Grantees Of $30 Million Arts Innovation And Management Program

Release Date:

09/16/2015

... recognized groups that have been in existence for at least two years. Bloomberg Philanthropies worked ... exhibited a potential for growth in their organization' s management capacity...

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Hartford and Atlantic Funded Study Finds Four in Ten Older Adults Have Trouble Managing Health Needs

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10/14/2015

... Have Trouble Managing Health Needs Nearly four in 10 older adults say that managing their health care needs is difficult for them or their families, that medical appointments or ...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

The Atlantic Philanthropies

New York Community Trust to Receive $650K from AG’s Settlement with Fraudulent Clothing-Bin Operator

Release Date:

10/30/2015

New York Community Trust to Receive $650K from AG’ s Settlement with Fraudulent Clothing-Bin Operator Three ... to used clothing collection boxes that drove more than $ 10 million into the coffers of a Yonkers...

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AOL Charitable Foundation Joins Others in Event on the STEM Workforce

Release Date:

11/03/2015

... in Event on the STEM Workforce In the United States, it ' s estimated that 75 percent of all jobs will require STEM ... 24 percent of the world' s STEM workforce is women and only...

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Johnson & Johnson

Rockefeller Foundation Adds Donald Kaberuka to its Board of Trustees

Release Date:

11/05/2015

... The 14-member board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the grant-making, budget and investment ... Kaberuka was the seventh AfDB president, completing his 10 -year tenure at the end of August after...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Newman's Own Foundation Awards $1.5 Million in Grants to Military Service Organizations

Release Date:

11/20/2015

Newman' s Own Foundation Awards $1.5 Million in Grants to Military ... In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Newman' s Own Foundation today announced that it is awarding $1.5 million...

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Newman's Own Foundation

Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for Climate Change

Release Date:

12/09/2015

Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for Climate Change In ... still only going to get part of the way there and there’ s still going to be a big gap to fill.” Such...

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A Sensible Makeover for the Ford Foundation Workspace

Release Date:

12/16/2015

A Sensible Makeover for the Ford Foundation Workspace Going to see the ... little reason to stand on ceremony now. So the president’ s suite will be among the amenities sacrificed in a $190 ... East 43rd Street in...

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DNAinfo Highlights Senior Profiles Supported by New York Community Trust

Release Date:

02/04/2016

... and family — three children, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren — feasting on sopa de gandules and ... . . Cajigas' life, and his insistence on living it despite a painful hernia and heart...

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Peterson Foundation Cited in 'Public Worry Over Budget Easing'

Release Date:

02/10/2016

... Washington gets set to scrutinize President Barack Obama' s final budget plan, there are signs the public is ... report, the CBO said the deficit was set to widen in 2016 for the first time since 2009 and...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy'

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02/18/2016

... Jewish Philanthropy' My grandfather, may his memory be for a blessing, used to receive hundreds of envelopes from ... of solicitations and joyfully write out checks for $5, $ 10 or $18...