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NY Community Trust, Mellon, Ford Among Supports of New York Live Arts 2017-2018 Season

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07/03/2017

... today. Framing the season by the urgency of Creating in Confusing Times, Artistic Director Bill T. Jones explains ... programs. "New York Live Arts is a cultural organization in the intersection between...

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The New York Community Trust

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Rockefeller Supports Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste

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07/25/2017

... Food Tank’s Sold-Out NYC Summit on Food Waste Food Tank, in partnership with Rethink Food Waste Through Economics and ... summit on September 13, 2017, at the WNYC Greene Space in New York City (44 Charlton St...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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The 2017 National Center for Responsive Philanthropy Impact Awards Winners Announced

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09/05/2017

... for bold peer organizing This community foundation based in Baton Rouge is being honored for using its influence and expertise to address critical issues in the state, particularly its efforts around criminal...

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Carnegie Corp.’s Academic Leadership Award Recognizes Seven University Presidents

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09/12/2017

... Academic Leadership Award. The honor consists of $500,000 in support for each winner’s academic initiatives. The award recognizes educators who, in addition to fulfilling their administrative and managerial...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Ms. Foundation Speaks Out Against Trump Administration Changes to Obama Era Contraceptive Rules

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10/11/2017

... and CEO Teresa C. Younger released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s decision to roll ... this country into a backwards, regressive, and divided states of America. The Ms...

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Gender Justice

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Tow-Playwright-in-Residence Featured in New York Times

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11/02/2017

Tow-Playwright- in -Residence Featured in New York Times A year ago, the actress and playwright ... a native New Yorker whose parents emigrated from Ghana in 1968, has made it her mission,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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29 Nov 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Fall Meeting

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... peer network of grantmakers who are funding or interested in the area of foster youth in New York. The purpose of the group is to keep our hand on ... of salient issues and initiatives impacting foster youth...

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All Funders

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Immigration

Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning

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12/05/2017

... that there are a pretty good number of options for states and districts to consider when they want to adopt ... and emotional learning,’ but there’s a lot of language in there that suggests opportunities to...

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Markle Foundation President and CEO Zoë Baird Writes About Where Amazon Should Build Their New Headquarters

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12/05/2017

... have trumpeted the tax incentives being offered to Amazon in an effort to woo its new headquarters. As it eyes a home ... policies will help them gain a competitive advantage in the future of work, Amazon has...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Surdna Foundation Celebrates Centennial Year with $4.5 Million Commitment to Equitable Community Development

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12/06/2017

... Surdna Foundation announced a new, $4.5 million investment in equitable community development led by community members. ... pooled fund to put neighborhood development in the hands of the residents of those...

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Community Development

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With Support from Gerstner and Heckscher Foundations, SUNY Announces Emergency Aid to Support Degree Completion Among Students

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12/19/2017

... manage this grant program to provide aid to our students in the short-term, and assess the impact on retention and ...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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Carnegie Corporation Funds Report Revealing 4 Actions to Improve the Future of Higher Education

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02/07/2018

... of Undergraduate Education, The Future of America , zeroes in on four national priorities that offer actionable ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Newman’s Own Saved from Major Tax Hit

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02/12/2018

... crippled the company. Language included by the senators in the budget act relieves Newman’s Own Foundation and ... ruin, they said. "Newman’s Own Foundation is a leader in philanthropy and business...

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Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors

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02/22/2018

... drugs and deliver them locally to tumors in a sequential manner. The results in animal models so far suggest this approach could one day ... removal of the primary tumors. The research, published in...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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OSF Report Finds That Women Are Vastly Outnumbered at Europe’s Top Policy Events

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03/08/2018

... affect women and men equally—it’s perplexing that in 2018 women still don’t have an equal opportunity to ...

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Gender Justice

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Open Society Foundations

Bloomberg Philanthropies Publishes Results of Largest Survey of American Mayors

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04/05/2018

... and challenges that are top-of-mind for local leaders in the U.S. It is the first to include small cities ... forward. The findings will help promote bold leadership in America's cities, advance critical...

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Community Development

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards Three Year Grant to Cornell University to Study Opioid Use in Rural Upstate New York

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04/11/2018

... Three Year Grant to Cornell University to Study Opioid Use in Rural Upstate New York The College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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OSF May Exit Hungary as Orban Purges Civil Groups

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04/20/2018

... group that funds dozens of non-governmental organizations in Hungary, may move its staff out of Budapest amid a ... dramatically restrict the activities of civil society in Hungary,” the charity said ...

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George Soros Outlines His Plan to Save Europe

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05/29/2018

... billionaire George Soros has offered a three-point plan in order to preserve the status of the European Union. ... countries demand that those with struggling economies rein in their spending to reduce debt...

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