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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship

Release Date:

11/16/2021

New $25,000 Fellowship, Created by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund, Aims to Enrich and Sustain Literary Tradition in Puerto Rico and Across the US Diaspora

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prizes Awarded to 10 Initiatives With Standout Potential, Shared Community Focus

Release Date:

11/16/2021

Record Number of Submissions Demonstrates Surge in SocialImpact Projects and Innovation Through Collective Empowerment

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Environment and Climate Change

Social Justice

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Ford Foundation announces five-year, $25 million grant to women-led global worker networks calling for a just economic recovery for the world’s 2.1 billion informal workers

Release Date:

11/16/2021

Social and labor protections for world’s informal workers — who represent 60% of all the world’s workforce — seen as crucial to equitable global economic recovery

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Gender Justice

International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

Henry Luce Foundation Announces New Grants to Promote Full Participation of Women Across STEM Disciplines

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11/15/2021

The latest grants will benefit 85 women over the next six years.

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Gender Justice

Technology

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The Henry Luce Foundation

New York Life’s Impact Investment Initiative commits $50 million to Enterprise Community Loan Fund.

Release Date:

11/10/2021

A Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), Enterprise Community Loan Fund focuses on delivering high-impact capital to the people and places that need it most across the United States.

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Community Development

Housing and Homelessness

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New York Life Insurance Company

Jocelynne Rainey, Ed.D. Announced as New President and CEO of Brooklyn Community Foundation

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11/08/2021

Dr. Rainey’s appointment comes after an extensive search led by the Foundation’s Board Chairs, Nicole Gueron and Harsha Marti.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Brooklyn Org

Philanthropy Can Help Bridge the Gap Between the Idea of Disability Rights and the Reality

Release Date:

11/05/2021

This piece was originally published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy on July 27, 2021.

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Insights

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Disabilities

Health

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Doris Duke Foundation

Borealis Philanthropy Introduces Alicia Bell Announced as the new Director of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund

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11/04/2021

When Alicia Bell took leadership of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund at Borealis Philanthropy last month, she regarded this new assignment as a birthing process.