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In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, The New York Times reported that I-House ordered its South Building residents to vacate within one week after a staff member tested positive for the virus and one resident died from complications of the virus, leaving 300-500 students and young professionals, many of whom had recently arrived in the United States, without housing. [6]
President Dwight D. Eisenhower laying the Interchurch Center's cornerstone on October 12, 1958. The center was built in 1958 with gifts by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and other donors, together with a consortium of religious denominations, with the objective of encouraging cooperative work among such diverse religious groups as the Orthodox, African-American, and mainstream Protestant ...
The Simons Foundation is an American private foundation established in 1994 by Marilyn and Jim Simons with offices in New York City. [2] As one of the largest charitable organizations in the United States with assets of over $5 billion in 2022, [3] the foundation's mission is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and basic sciences.
International House of Chicago, at the University of Chicago, in Illinois; International House of New York, an independent residential facility and programs center near Columbia University, in New York; International Student House of Washington, D.C., an independent residential facility in the District of Columbia
The Harmon Foundation was established as "a medium through which constructive and inspirational service for others may be rendered." [2] William Harmon, who had for years been making secret philanthropic donations in the guise of his alter ego, "Jedediah Tingle", [3] began his foundation's work with a test of the efficacy of loans vs. scholarships in college education, [4] and outright grants ...
The International House Berkeley was part of a larger "International House movement", founded by Harry Edmonds. [2] Edmonds decided to investigate the situation of foreign students in New York City. With the funding and support of John D. Rockefeller Jr., the first International House opened in New York in 1924. [5]
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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]