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Noyes Foundation Launches New Funding Initiative: Building Power Across Movements

Release Date:

10/02/2015

... are directly affected by multiple systems of oppression in order to build a broad, progressive social justice ... change that speaks to the importance of social movements in bringing about a more just,...

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Civic Engagement

Food Systems

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Proteus Fund President Meg Gage Steps Down, Paul Di Donato Will Be Interim President

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12/03/2015

... Meg also co-founded the Peace Development Fund in 1981 and served as its Executive Director until 1992. The ... awarded Meg its inaugural Robert W. Scrivner Award in 1986 for Creativity by an Individual...

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LGBTQ

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

Bloomberg, U.S. Commerce Department To Host 2nd U.S.-Africa Business Forum In NYC

Release Date:

01/28/2016

... Commerce Department To Host 2nd U.S.-Africa Business Forum In NYC During the week of September 19, 2016, on the ... United States and Africa. As President Obama reiterated in Ethiopia last summer, “Africa’s...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

14 Sep 2016

Advancing Racial Equity: the Opportunity for Philanthropy

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... exist across all indicators for success, including in education, criminal justice, jobs, housing, public infrastructure and health , regardless of intent or region of the country. ... there are intentional and...

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Professional Development

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

21 Jun 2016

ComNetworkNY Kick-Off: Cocktails and Conversation

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 -

6:00pm to 8:00pm

... the new local group for communications professionals in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors: ComNetworkNY! PNY ... to develop substantial communications programming in the coming year. If you’re interested...

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Donzelina Barroso Named as Director, Global Philanthropy, for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Release Date:

09/28/2016

... has been promoted to Director, Global Philanthropy. In this role, she will lead RPA’s European advisory ... presence. Barroso has more than a decade of experience in international grantmaking and project...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Jack Rudin, Son of May and Samuel Rudin Foundation Founders and Patriarch of Real Estate Family, Dies at 92

Release Date:

12/06/2016

... at 92 Written by The Rudin Family and originally posted in The Association for a Better New York With great sadness, ... on the tradition of their parents, Samuel and May, in business and public service. Jack...

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10 Jul 2017

Countering State Preemption and Protecting the Power of Local Government - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, July 10, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... elections, state lawmakers have become more aggressive in their use of preemption to stop local lawmaking across a ... rights, broadband, environmental protection, and public health . Preemption is now being...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Civic Engagement

Community Development

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Social Justice

Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards $52 Million to Support the Global Platform for the Prevention of Autoimmune Diabetes

Release Date:

11/06/2017

... München and Technical University München. Launched in 2015, the Helmsley Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Prevention ... with T1D. Helmsley’s investment of over $52 million in grants has been awarded to the Helmholtz...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Ford Foundation Funded, "Zero Weeks" Director Ky Dickens, Interviewed By Women And Hollywood

Release Date:

11/07/2017

Ford Foundation Grantee, Director Ky Dickens Featured in Women And Hollywood Spotlight Interview Ky Dickens ... was inducted into the United States Library of Congress in 2011 for its instrumental role in...

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Study Supported By The Helmsley Charitable Trust Reveals Path to Normalize Blood Pressure Following Spinal Cord Injury

Release Date:

03/19/2018

... low blood pressure that negatively affects their health , their quality of life and their ability to engage in rehabilitative therapy. 'People with severe spinal cord injury - especially when it occurs...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Marc Benioff to Dedicate Salesforce Tower With Speech on Civic ‘Priorities’

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05/22/2018

... opens Tuesday. He’s got more down-to-earth things in mind for the dedication speech he’s set to give. He’ll ... create has met its fundraising goal and what it will do in the future. Making education the best...

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Salesforce

Mike Bloomberg Publishes Annual Letter on Philanthropy

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05/23/2018

Mike Bloomberg Publishes Annual Letter on Philanthropy In a letter on philanthropy released today as part of ... challenges here and around the world," including areas in which Bloomberg Philanthropies –...

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Bloomberg LP

In Bloomberg's New Education Push, a High-Stakes Test of His Big Philanthropy

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06/12/2018

In Bloomberg's New Education Push, a High-Stakes Test of His ... million over the next five years to improve education in the United States. He laid out his plans during a speech ... known for his...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

14 Dec 2018

Beyond Understanding: Listening for Emergence

Friday, December 14, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:30am

In these complex, challenging times, leaders and good ... own biases and assumptions, our own busy-ness – can get in the way of our truly listening. Yet we can learn to become ... , Director, Media and Narratives...

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U.S. Cities Will Be Able to Compete for Funding From JPMorgan

Release Date:

09/12/2018

... project Wednesday geared toward boosting economic growth in as many as 30 cities across the U.S. The five-year ... plans to invest, through public-private partnerships, in places where it can address...

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Community Development

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Launches New Blog Series on Trust-Based Philanthropy

Release Date:

10/17/2018

... philanthropy approach Robert Sterling Clark takes in its work. In the introductory post to the series Robert Sterling Clark ... which coined the phrase, and with the Headwaters Health...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, Study Funded by Ford Foundation Finds

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07/22/2019

A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, ... compounds are thought to suppress "free radical" molecules in the body that can age cells as a response to stress. These...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation

Spelman College Receives Funding from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Help Fuel the Field of Black Women Economists

Release Date:

08/29/2019

... programming to address the scarcity of Black women Ph.D.s in economics. thanks to funding from a Alfred P. Sloan ... Nationwide, there are very few African Americans in economics professions, and fewer than 10...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

05 Feb 2020

Democracy in 2020 and Beyond

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... and building countervailing power Philanthropy's role in ensuring the health of our democracy for future generations Speakers Joe ... All interested funders Registration 8:45 - 9:00 AM Check- in...