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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Partners with Echoing Green to Invest in Social Innovators of Color Addressing Racial Equity and Immigrant Justice

Release Date:

02/16/2022

Support from the WES Mariam Assefa Fund furthers the efforts of Echoing Green’s Racial Equity Philanthropic Fund which seeks to ensure that the social innovation field is an essential actor in the racial justice movement.

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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2022 Sloan Research Fellows

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02/15/2022

118 outstanding early-career researchers honored across seven fields

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Science

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Owning My Expertise & Embracing My Leadership

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02/10/2022

Danielle Pulliam, Senior Program Officer, The Pinkerton Foundation, speaks on "Owning My Expertise' and Jenny Negron, Program Officer, The Pinkerton Foundation shares how she is "Embracing My Leadership"

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Renowned Scholar and Author Carolyn Dinshaw Joins the Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer for Higher Learning

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02/10/2022

The position, which Dinshaw will start February 14, supports efforts to shape and direct funding for higher education, specifically in the humanities and liberal arts.

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The Open Society Foundations Announce Justice Rising Awards

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02/10/2022

The Justice Rising Awards is a new investment in leaders working towards racial justice and equality in the Black community in the United States.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Welcomes Four Members to Board of Directors

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02/09/2022

Effective Friday, February 4, 2022, the new members are Michelle DeFossett, Lesleigh Irish-Underwood, Lawanna Kimbro, and Andi Phillips.

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Robin Hood, in collaboration with Columbia University's Center on Poverty and Social Policy and The Helmsley Charitable Trust Released its latest Poverty Tracker report, "Special Series on Health and Health Care in New York City"

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02/09/2022

A longitudinal study and series of reports will aim to better understand the more than two million New Yorkers living with high health care needs

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Simons Foundation Supports CUNY Graduate Center to Diversify Astrophysics Education

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02/09/2022

The Simons Foundation grant will cover students’ tuition and will provide students with a stipend for living costs as well as health care benefits.

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced grant funding through its Creative Inflections program to support leading jazz artists

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02/08/2022

A first-of-its-kind initiative to support leading jazz artists and presenting organizations in innovative collaborations that enable artists to take creative risks and expand the genre’s listenership by attracting younger and more diverse audiences.