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Jerome Foundation Supports 32nd Annual Health and Humanitarian Awards in Genesee County

Release Date:

10/05/2016

The award recognizes volunteer men and women of Genesee County who have helped promote emotional, physical and spiritual well-being of the area’s residents.

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Health

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United Hospital Fund Checklist Helps Patients Fight For Rights At The Hospital — And Avoid Readmission

Release Date:

10/05/2016

When hospitals readmit aging patients more often than average, they can face stiff government penalties.

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Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors

Release Date:

10/05/2016

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Assistant Professors Sarah Post and Rob Harron were each awarded a collaboration grant for mathematicians from the Simons Foundation.

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2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease

Release Date:

10/05/2016

Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi, 71, won the 2016 Nobel Prize on Monday for his research on autophagy ― a metabolic recycling process in which cells eat parts of themselves to survive and stay healthy.

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Health

Soros Slams Putin For 'Heinous Crimes Against Humanity' In Syria

Release Date:

10/06/2016

Billionaire investor George Soros has vehemently condemned Russia's bombing campaign in Syria, accusing President Vladimir Putin of aggressively exploiting a power void in the White House ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential elections.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

Joan Minieri Appointed Executive Director of Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock on Long Island

Release Date:

10/06/2016

Joan Minieri has been appointed as the executive director of Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock on Long Island.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock

Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports Group to Register Dominican-American Political Power

Release Date:

10/06/2016

Dominican Americans are the largest immigrant group in New York, with a population of more than 673,000, according to the 2014 American Community Survey. That includes both foreign-born and native-born residents.

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Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966

Release Date:

10/06/2016

In addition to spotlighting revolutionary movements that now have an established presence in art history, the subjects of many of the works focus on social and political discussions from the era that have prominently re-emerged across the United...

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Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

Release Date:

10/06/2016

More young blacks and Hispanics feel that they can't depend on family to help them with financial needs, from big-ticket items like college tuition to smaller expenses, than do whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll.

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Mertz Gilmore, NY Community Trust and Howard Gilman Support Dancer's Residency at CUNY

Release Date:

10/06/2016

The residency and performance of Jeremy McQueen and the Black Iris Project at City College Center for the Arts is part of the CUNY Dance Initiative.

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Howard Gilman Foundation

NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep

Release Date:

10/06/2016

NYCT Program Director Shawn Morehead joins us to talk about this more recent initiative along with the Trust's long-standing work with immigrant communities.

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Education

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02 Nov 2016

New York Foster Youth Funders Group - Fall Meeting

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The New York Foster Funders Group has invited the leaders of the Fostering Youth Success Alliance (FYSA) to present on their legislative success, plans for the future and progress on implementation of the foster youth college financial aid and...

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Network Building

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All Funders

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Children, Youth and Families

Innovations in Open Grantmaking

Publication date:

10/2016

Of its $4.1 trillion fiscal year 2016 budget, the U.S. federal government and its grantmaking agencies will give out billions of dollars in the form of grants to states, localities, and individuals, supporting a dizzying array of activities, from scientific research and economic development to arts, culture, and education.

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans

Release Date:

10/07/2016

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer wants to force employers to offer their workers a retirement plan, a move that could provide more savings options for 1.5 million people.

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Economic Security

2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists Announced

Release Date:

10/07/2016

Three of these finalists will be selected as winners of the 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards and will be honored at a special Best Practices Workshop and Awards Presentation on December 2 at the New York Hall of Medicine.

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The New York Community Trust

Markle Foundation Study Finds Women in Sweet Spot of U.S. Economy

Release Date:

10/07/2016

Women still earn less than men, but they've narrowed the gap because they tend to work in jobs that require more social and analytical skills, a new study from the Pew Research Center and the Markle Foundation finds.

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Gender Justice

Workforce Development

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Guide to Collaborative Philanthropy

Publication date:

10/2016

This guide will not only support collaborative philanthropy at San Diego Grantmakers and in our work with you to coordinate statewide, but will contribute to the field nationally.

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Atlantic's Chuck Feeney Tops Forbes List of 'Most Generous' Givers

Release Date:

10/07/2016

A new ranking by Forbes puts Warren Buffett at the top the list of the fifty U.S. philanthropists who gave the most in 2015, while Chuck Feeney, co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group and founder of Atlantic Philanthropies, ranks as the most...