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Open Society Foundations Commit $15 Million to Gender Equality in Africa

Release Date:

05/08/2020

The Open Society Economic Justice Program, via its impact investing arm, the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), has committed $15 million to two women-led investment funds that advance economic and gender equity.

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants to Three New York City Nonprofits

Release Date:

05/07/2020

Part of a new program, these grants provide up to $60,000 in unrestricted general operating support over three years.

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Education & Youth

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National Grid Foundation to Help Communities Address Food Insecurity and Human Services Impacted by COVID-19

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05/04/2020

The National Grid Foundation Board of Directors today announced a $500,000 donation for 45 community organizations across Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island to help support hunger relief and human services for people in need and struggling...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Fast Tracks $2.8 Million in Grants to Support Grantees Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic in Communities of Color

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04/30/2020

The foundation is announcing and distributing grants that would have been made in the summer in order to provide organizations with resources as they ramp up programming to respond to the pandemic.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Distributes $31 Million First Round of Grants to Reach Areas Hardest Hit by COVID-19

Release Date:

04/30/2020

The funding is part of the Foundation’s $100 million global COVID-19 relief initiative; grants focus on food and shelter, mental health, artist relief, and frontline health care staff.

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Surdna Foundation Announces Nearly $13 Million Investment in Artists of Color to Advance Racial Justice

Release Date:

04/29/2020

Surdna's Artist Regranting Initiative will support up to 260 projects in communities across the nation over three years.

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Flamboyan Arts Fund and Mellon Foundation Announce $1 Million Puerto Rico Arts Emergency Relief Fund

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04/28/2020

The Flamboyan Arts Fund is a partnership between Flamboyan Foundation, Lin-Manuel Miranda, his family, and the Hamilton musical.

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The Rockefeller Foundation Shares National COVID-19 Testing Action Plan

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04/28/2020

Our National Covid-19 Testing Action Plan lays out the precise steps necessary to enact robust testing, tracing, and coordination to more safely reopen our economy.

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Governor Andrew Cuomo Names PNY Members Among Members of a Reopening Advisory Board

Release Date:

04/28/2020

PNY Members Among Members of Governor Cuomo's Reopening Advisory Board Governor Cuomo announced the creation of the New York Forward Re-Opening Advisory Board to help guide the state's re-opening strategy. The advisory board will...