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Ford Statement on Importance of Arts Amidst Pressing Poverty

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08/18/2015

... an audience at the Ford Foundation: “Is it right to fund art when there is still so much hunger and homelessness ... by the court to commission artwork to decorate its new building. At the time, some asked...

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Rockefeller Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Noted As Supporters of Impact Investing

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11/17/2015

... as the formation of the venture capital industry ushered a new approach to funding the private sector, impact investing ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Goldman Sachs Bank USA [Corporate]

Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%

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03/04/2016

... in the group. UIA recently received $3.85 million in new funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

... create on-demand programming for participating cities, fund new research on innovations in city government, and launch an ...

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The Blaustein Foundation Focuses on Mental Health Diversion

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07/28/2017

... rooms for people who would be better served in treatment. New city police recruits have for years undergone some crisis ...

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The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation

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Health

Justice Reform

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A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

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09/27/2017

... benefits from federal commodity checkoff programs that fund marketing (“Beef, it’s what’s for dinner”). They ... all these policies, and what, if any, are the benefits? A new nonprofit organization called The...

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Food Systems

Joan Mitchell Foundation Names Recipients of 2018 Painters & Sculptors Grants

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12/12/2018

... to apply for residency at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans. “Thanks to Mitchell’s vision and our own ...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Partners with Gucci for Next Phase of Chime for Change

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01/29/2019

... out for gender inequality globally – and has managed to fund more than 425 non-profit projects, directly benefitting ... Chime for Change will be supporting the following six new projects: Equality Now, Global...

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Gender Justice

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UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies Receives Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/02/2019

... studies are conceptualized and taught. The grant will fund workshops, faculty-graduate student research groups and a conference to inform the development of new curricula and teaching models on the Middle East...

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Peterson-Kaiser Dashboard Provides Key Data on U.S. Health System Quality, Spending, Access, Outcomes

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05/25/2017

... U.S. Health System Quality, Spending, Access, Outcomes A new feature launched this week on the redesigned ... access and affordability, and health and wellbeing. A new brief on the Tracker, U.S. Health System...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare

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Health

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While Announcing Main Branch Renovations, NYPL Notes Mid-Manhattan Library to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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11/16/2017

... At a Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday evening, The New York Public Library revealed the $317 million master plan ... historic spaces for research and programs, including the new Lenox and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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05 Oct 2012

Public Policy Communicators NYC: Twitter Today

Friday, October 5, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... contact with experts for full conversations that generate new ideas. This session will delve deeply into how ... found real success using Twitter. We’ll talk about new ideas and the latest tools to optimize...

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Arcus to Unveil Social Justice Request for Concepts on Dec. 3

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11/05/2018

... This year, staff across the foundation have prepared for a new grantmaking process that aligns with our updated Social ... in advance to prepare prospective applicants for this new process. The shift from a...

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Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring

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03/13/2015

The CDC Foundation has announced a two-year, $14 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to conduct tobacco-usage surveys in eleven countries.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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20 Jul 2021

2021 Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network (PACNET) Summer Meeting

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a confidential setting. Join your ... opportunities and challenges as we transition back to a new hybrid model of working. This...

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Ford Foundation’s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride

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08/14/2018

... week on the job she said that her goal was to change the default way Ford makes grants, and foundation president ...

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26 Jul 2018

Interested in Working in Philanthropy?

Thursday, July 26, 2018 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York hosts group informational interviews to explore career ... in both the philanthropic sector. Philanthropy New York members who receive requests for...

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Carnegie Corporation and Ford Foundation Honored at Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary

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06/10/2019

... Foundation Honored at Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary NEW YORK - At Sesame Workshop's 17th annual benefit dinner on ... always out there observing, and learning, and creating new...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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