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The Revlon Run/Walk for Women was a 5km walkathon event dedicated to fighting cancer. Two run/walk events were held annually in Los Angeles, California and New York City . Participants could run or walk and it was often attended by celebrities and well-known community figures.
Five women have participated in the Run for Women every year since it began, including Denise Herman, a local runner who won the 5k in 1984 and again in 1987. [4] Lynn Jennings is the race's most successful runner, having won the 10K race twice and the 5K race a further six times over the period between 1987 and 1998.
NYCRUNS, sometimes styled NYCRuns and formally New York City Runs, Inc. is a private for-profit New York City race organization company founded by Steve Lastoe that produces races throughout the five boroughs. [1] [2] The company averages three dozen races that serve 50,000 runners each year. [3]
New York Road Runners (NYRR) is a non-profit running organization based in New York City whose mission is to help and inspire people through running. It was founded in 1958 by Ted Corbitt with 47 members and has since grown to a membership of more than 60,000. As of 2012, it was considered to be the premier running organization in the United ...
The Corporate Challenge was founded in 1977 by Manufacturers Hanover with a single race in New York City, with 200 runners from 50 companies. It has since grown to include 13 races in seven countries on five continents, with total participation in 2017 of 248,937 entrants from 7,334 companies.
Aboard her 40-foot racing boat First Light, 29-year-old Cole Brauer just became the first American woman to race nonstop around the world by herself.. The New York native pulled into A Coruña ...
The foundation was the largest private donor for 45% of the programs it funded in the 2021 grants, and around 50% of the grants were $250,000 or more. [15] In 2022, the Foundation provided $2 million in funding for FoodMap NY, a project focused on long-term solutions for food insecurity, including support for farmers in New York state. [16]
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation United States: Westlake Village, California: $5.9 billion 1944 [38] 37 Nemours Foundation United States: Jacksonville: $4.6 billion 1936 [39] 38 Bloomberg Philanthropies United States: New York City: $4.2 billion 2004 [18] 39 Carnegie Corporation of New York United States: New York City: $4.1 billion 1911 [2] 40