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Ford, JPB, Novo, Carnegie Corporation of NY Listed as Top Funders of Refugee and Migrant Issues

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02/15/2017

While foundation funding in support of global human rights initiatives rose to $2.7 billion in 2014, from $2.3 billion in 2013, the share of funding for migrants and refuges remained flat, a report from Foundation Center and the International Human...

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Immigration

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Fund for the City of New York Supports Conceptualization of Underground Maps and Models

Release Date:

02/15/2017

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is requesting information from interested parties to inform a Concept Development Study (CDS) that will assess the current state and future direction of information standards for modelling, mapping, and managing...

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Community Development

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Mellon Foundation Supports African, Latin American and Native American Collections Research at Princeton

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02/14/2017

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Princeton University a grant of $300,000 to support three years of specialist research in targeted areas of the collections as part of the Art Museum’s multiyear Collections Discovery Initiative.

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Arts

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Geraldine R. Dodge and Silicon Valley Community Foundations Accepted to Knight Community Information Lab

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02/14/2017

Foundations can apply now through March 24 to be a part of the Knight Community Information Lab, an 18-month process to apply the essentials of human-centered design training to better understand residents’ information needs, then prototype...

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Communications/Media

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Philanthropy 101: Re-Thinking Power Beyond the Grantmaking Role

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02/14/2017

In this interview, Nicole Thomas of Citi Foundation, talks about how she is re-thinking power after attending the Philanthropy 101 series at Philanthropy New York.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Simons Foundation Releases Statement on Executive Order on Visas and Immigration

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02/14/2017

As an organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific knowledge, the Simons Foundation stands united with the scientists and institutions we support in their opposition to the recently announced executive order on visas and immigration to...

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Supported by Stavros Niarchos, Global Nonprofit Will Bring Literacy Tools to Refugee Children and Families

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02/14/2017

Worldreader plans to launch Read to Kids Jordan in late 2017. The program will be made possible through a $1 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), with additional support from Jordanian social and education entities.

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Simons Foundation Backs Central Site for Life-Sciences Preprints

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02/13/2017

Coalition of scientists and research agencies argue for a one-stop shop server.

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Science

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Novo Foundation's Peter Buffett On The Power—And Limits—Of Art And Money

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02/13/2017

For much of his career, Buffett has recorded and written music for commercials, film, television, and theater. But for about 10 years now, Buffett has also served with his wife Jennifer as co-president of the NoVo Foundation, working to advance the...