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Philanthropy’s Self-Appointed Critic Picks at PNY’s Fund for 2025, But Agrees It’s "Money Well Spent"

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11/04/2014

... It’s "Money Well Spent" Philanthropy New York, one of the premier regional associations of grantmakers, is hitting up its members for $2.5 million to ... The group's current lease at 79 Fifth...

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MasterCard Commits $25 Million to Expand UN Capital Development Fund’s Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) Program

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11/10/2014

... to increase access to microfinance and other forms of investment capital for small businesses and individuals in ... The expanded MM4P program will commence operations in mid- 2015 with the goal of...

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Aetna Foundation Initiative Promotes Healthy Eating in Inner-City Neighborhoods

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04/07/2015

... Roots program will support the creation and expansion of community gardens, urban farms, and farmers’ markets in urban, disadvantaged communities. During the course of 2015 , grants of...

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Community Development

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Arcus Develops Action Plan to Save Great Apes in Africa

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04/08/2015

... Action Plan to Save Great Apes in Africa The number of gorillas and chimpanzees in Central Africa continues to ... habitat loss, and disease, combined with a widespread lack of law enforcement and corruption...

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Animal Welfare

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Arcus Foundation

New York Life Sponsors TAPS Good Grief Camps and Provides Scholarships to Attend

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05/22/2015

... in Washington, D.C., over Memorial Day weekend, May 22-25, 2015 . They will participate in age-appropriate bereavement activities that help them cope with the loss of a loved one who served in the Armed Forces...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Veterans

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New York Life Foundation

San Diego Grantmakers Hires Beeta Jahedi as Senior Director of Learning and Programs

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06/22/2015

... and Elevate philanthropy in San Diego through the pursuit of several key objectives. One of those objectives included the hiring of a full-time staff ... Director of...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Bank of America Funds of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Program

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07/29/2015

Bank of America Funds of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Program The U.S. ... to this year’s projects. Other funding partners in the 2015 Five Star grant program include the U.S...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Ford's Walker Featured in NonProfit Times 'Power & Influence Top 50'

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08/04/2015

... honored as the sector’s most powerful and influential of the past 12 months. In one week alone, equity ruled the ... the overjoyed far exceeded the scornful. The honorees for 2015 were the lightning rods for...

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Citi Foundation Supports Young Entrepreneur Challenge

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11/03/2015

... own businesses. Every year NFTE brings together several of those young entrepreneurs into a series of competitions--two years ago, I profiled those competitions ... and business leaders gathered on October 6...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

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With Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Glacier Ice Art Installation Aims to Encourage Public Action Against Climate Change

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11/10/2015

... Minik Rosing, today announced the upcoming launch of a major public artwork on display during the UN Climate ... charity Julie's Bicycle, Ice Watch will showcase 80 tonnes of ice from a fjord outside Nuuk...

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Arts

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"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says

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12/10/2015

... costs. But the bonds do not help to lessen the size of catastrophe-related losses. . . Also, more on these ...

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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NPs Share Excellent Management Practices (New York Community Trust)

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01/19/2016

... (New York Community Trust) You could tell by the size of the crowd in the CUNY Graduate Center’s Proshansky ... in the seats between panelists’ comments that attendees of The New York Community Trust’s...

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Mortality Rates for Middle-Aged Whites Not Just About Drugs, Suicide, Says Commonwealth Fund

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02/01/2016

... About Drugs, Suicide, Says Commonwealth Fund At the end of 2015 , Princeton University economists Anne Case and Angus ... rising for non- Hispanic, white Americans between the ages of 45 and...

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Health

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WSJ Op-ed by Commonwealth Fund President Notes Potential Fallout to Repealing the ACA

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03/08/2016

... what many private surveys have shown: that the proportion of Americans under 65 who lack health insurance has plummeted ... fewer Americans were uninsured in the first nine months of 2015...

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NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements

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03/17/2016

... bus. Chinese student activists stand defiantly in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square. Pro-life advocates rally under the dome of the US Capitol. When we think of social movements, these .....

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Rockefeller Divestment in Fossil Fuels Leads Landmark Climate Accord Approved at U.N.

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04/25/2016

... Climate Accord Approved at U.N. The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), under the United Nations Framework ... 2° C above pre-industrial levels. The formal adoption of the agreement on Friday, April 22 by the...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Housing News Coverage Supported by Revson and New York Community Trust Wins Honors

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05/11/2016

... New York Press Club has recognized City Limits' coverage of housing issues and its investigation into the use of forced medication at a city hospital. A team ... for City Limits' extensive coverage...

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The New York Community Trust

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Housing and Homelessness

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Funded by Research to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050

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05/19/2016

... A study published today by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) Roski Eye Institute in JAMA ... to double over the next 35 years. By 2050, the number of Americans with a variety ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Stonewall Community Foundation Is Key Funder of Trans and Queer Storytelling

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12/09/2016

Stonewall Community Foundation Is Key Funder of Trans and Queer Storytelling Time magazine declared a ... garnered critical acclaim and media buzz, but not all of it was positive. Despite increased portrayal...

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