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Four Ways Philanthropy Can Support School Integration

Release Date:

06/09/2016

... brought together researchers, city leaders, and members from the philanthropic community to discuss school ... Nicole Mader, education policy research analyst from the Center for New York City Affairs at The...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Education

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The Century Foundation

Philanthropy New York's Listserv Policy

... that the archive will accurately capture all emails from a specific thread.) Philanthropy New York listservs are ...

Ms. Foundation for Women Selects Deborah Jacobs as Vice President, Advocacy and Policy

Release Date:

06/04/2012

... state. A talented and prolific writer, Jacobs has seen her opinion pieces printed in most if not all of New Jersey's ... B.A. in English Literature and an M.A. in Liberal Studies from Skidmore College in...

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Gender Justice

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Ms. Foundation for Women

18 Apr 2018

Immigrant Kids in School: Challenges, Progress and Potential

Wednesday, April 18, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... funders. Registration 8:45 - 9:00 AM Check-in 9:00 - 11 :00 AM Program Registration is required by April 17 . ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Risk, Resiliency and Super Storms: What’s Food Got To Do With It?

Release Date:

07/15/2013

... series to explore the effects of Hurricanes Irene and Sandy on local food systems and how we can increase the ...

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Insights

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Surdna Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Urban Institute Evaluate Rebuild by Design

Release Date:

09/04/2014

... the Rebuild by Design competition was limited to the Sandy recovery area, it has the potential to transform the ...

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Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Helmsley Trustee Becoming Known as ‘Israel’s Santa Claus

Release Date:

03/30/2016

... Santa Claus Renowned New York attorney Sandor “ Sandy ” Frankel serves as one of four trustees of the Leona ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Jewish Interests

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Sheena Wright of the United Way of NYC Talks About Removing Silos and Saving Lives

Release Date:

11/22/2016

... since she joined the agency on the same day Hurricane Sandy hit... Sheena Wright of the United Way of NYC Talks ...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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United Way of New York City

OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

Release Date:

10/03/2014

... one of the largest supporters of drug reforms ranging from medical marijuana use to the easing of sentencing for ... now a philanthropic powerhouse that has given about $ 11 billion towards causes including...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Public Policy

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Open Society Foundations

Morgan Stanley Employees Have Contributed Over 56,000 Volunteer Hours in U.S. Strategy Challenge Since 2009

Release Date:

06/05/2015

... The Headstrong Project, an organization that helps post- 9/ 11 combat veterans recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related ...

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Morgan Stanley

Studio Museum in Harlem Unveils Design for Expansion

Release Date:

07/06/2015

... contributing $35.3 million to the Studio Museum project, $ 11 .4 million of which was just allocated in the budget for ... Foundation donated $3 million. (The rest is to be raised from other sources....) Studio...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program

Release Date:

02/16/2016

... in 2013 with a gift of £4.5 million ($6.6 million) from the foundation, the program initially supported five ...

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Education

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Pershing Square Foundation

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

Release Date:

03/04/2016

... Boost Student Grad Rates by 20% An alliance made up of 11 major universities across the United States has knocked ... group. UIA recently received $3.85 million in new funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates...

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Ford Foundation

Sloan Foundation Among Funders of World’s Smallest Neutrino Detector That Found A Big Physics Fingerprint

Release Date:

08/08/2017

... physicist Jason Newby, technical coordinator and one of 11 ORNL participants in COHERENT, a collaboration of 80 researchers from 19 institutions and four nations. . . Sloan Foundation ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... Games for Change were awarded a $414,000 grant last month from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the MacArthur Foundation. Their project, one of 11 selected, seeks to “employ virtual reality for ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... between 1970 to 2010. As the population skyrockets — from 7.5 billion today to 9.8 billion by 2050, and 11 .2 billion by 2100, according to a recent United Nations ...

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Sector News

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Environment and Climate Change

Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have

Release Date:

12/11/2017

... by the Commonwealth Fund, included more than 23,000 people from 11 developed countries, and revealed that American seniors ...

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Member News

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Aging

Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Pfizer Foundation Fights Hunger and Supports the UN Global Goals at SXSW

Release Date:

03/27/2018

... By the time the last box had been stacked, more than 11 ,016 donated meals had been prepared. At Pfizer, we ... eliminate food insecurity. Last year Pfizer colleagues from around the world, including Peru,...