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William T. Grant Foundation Opens Applications for Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants

Release Date:

09/04/2019

The Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants (YSCG) program supports activities to strengthen the organizational infrastructure of nonprofit organizations in the five boroughs of New York City.

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RFPs Etc

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Education & Youth

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William T. Grant Foundation

Leaders of the Ford, Open Society, MacArthur, Hewlett, and Packard Foundations Pledge to Do More to Help Charities Pay Overhead

Release Date:

09/04/2019

In an unusual move, five of America’s wealthiest foundations have joined forces to do more to help grantees pay for rent, decent wages, technology, and other overhead.

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New Report Funded by the Long Island Community Foundation Reveals the Economic Impact of Long Island's Opiod Crisis

Release Date:

09/04/2019

Today the Fiscal Policy Institute’s new report “The Staggering Cost of Long Island’s Opioid Crisis” revealed the economic impact of this health crisis and how the financial burden is borne by all of us.

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Long Island Community Foundation

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces Grants to Support Immigrant and Refugee Employment Initiatives

Release Date:

09/04/2019

The WES Mariam Assefa Fund today announced the award of USD$1.2 million in grants toward its goal of catalyzing economic opportunities and advancement for immigrants and refugees in the U.S. and Canada.

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Immigration & Immigrant Communities

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

Open Society Foundations Announce New Director of Foreign Policy Advocacy

Release Date:

09/04/2019

Sarah Margon, the Washington director at Human Rights Watch, to lead foreign policy advocacy for Open Society-U.S.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Open Society Foundations

Former President of the Surdna Foundation, Phillip Henderson, Appointed as CEO of The Robert H. N. Ho Foundation

Release Date:

09/02/2019

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation appoints Phillip Henderson as Chief Executive Officer.

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Surdna Foundation

Hyde and Watson Foundation Supports Vision Loss Alliance of NJ's Technology Learning Lab

Release Date:

08/31/2019

Thanks to grants from two foundations, Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey is on track to open its Technology Learning Lab in early 2020 and enhance both the personal and professional lives of people with vision loss.

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Health & Human Services

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The Hyde and Watson Foundation

Spelman College Receives Funding from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Help Fuel the Field of Black Women Economists

Release Date:

08/29/2019

The Department of Economics at Spelman College will develop curriculum and programming to address the scarcity of Black women Ph.D.s in economics. thanks to funding from a Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant.

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Education

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Cambia Health Foundation and The John A. Hartford Foundation Unite to Improve Awareness and Access to Serious Illness and End-of-Life Care

Release Date:

08/29/2019

Today, the Cambia Health Foundation and The John A. Hartford Foundation announced their partnership to co-fund seven national organizations working to improve care for older adults and other people facing serious illness and the end of life.

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Aging

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

Community-based Wildlife Carcass Surveillance Is Key for Early Detection of Ebola Virus, Study Supported By Arcus Foundation Finds

Release Date:

08/28/2019

Human Ebola epidemics, like the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are known to start from a contact with wildlife infected with Ebola virus.