Surdna Foundation Announces Over $600,000 in Impact Investing Grants
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01/11/2018
Five national organizations awarded grants, advancing the Foundation's $100 million commitment to impact investing
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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 5 Winners of Annual Spark Prize
Release Date:
01/11/2018
The Brooklyn Community Foundation announced the five Brooklyn nonprofit organizations selected to receive its annual Spark Prize, the only honor of its kind celebrating excellence and impact in the borough's thriving nonprofit sector.
Ins and Outs of Forming Early Childhood Education Research-to-Practice and Policy Partnerships
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01/11/2018
Sara Vecchiotti, Chief Program Officer, Foundation for Child Development outlines key strategies for ECE and K-12 Funders.
Points of Pride from 2017
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01/10/2018
Before we get too far from last year, we thought it would be a good idea to draw your attention to some PNY highlights from 2017.
New Tax Law Might Force Newman's Own to Put Itself up for Sale
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01/10/2018
Newman's Own, the popular purveyor of philanthropic pasta sauce, will be forced to put itself up for sale or pay crushing fines this year due to an obscure provision in the tax code.
New Report Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies Details Macro-Economic Benefits of Reducing Road Traffic Crashes
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01/10/2018
Cutting road traffic deaths and injuries by half could boost the economy and result in substantial long-term income gains in developing countries -- potentially adding 7 to 22 percent to GDP per capita over 24 years in some – as well as greatly...
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund Stands By City Officials In Their Commitment to Divest NYC Pension Funds From Fossil Fuels
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01/10/2018
New York City officials are citing climate change as their motivation to join a growing number of investors ridding themselves of financial interest in fossil fuels.
Rockefeller Foundation's Dr. Raj Shah’s First Visit to Southeast Asia
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01/10/2018
In his travel to Bangkok, he explored the Foundation’s current critical work, discovered the deep and respectful partnership with the region, and states why the Asia-Pacific region is a land of promise.
Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid
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01/09/2018
For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and collaborators solved the crystal structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like compound...
The University of Washington Commits to Recruiting and Retaining Low-Income Students Through Bloomberg Philanthropies-Funded American Talent Initiative
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01/09/2018
Guerra and Hall were excited that the UW announced its commitment to graduate an additional 125 low-income students per cohort by 2025 through the American Talent Initiative (ATI). Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the ATI brings together a group...
Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database
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01/09/2018
Michigan State University, supported by nearly $1.5 million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will create a unique online data hub that will change the way scholars and the public understand African slavery.
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Launches Network of Cross-Sector Leaders To Advance Economic Mobility In New York City
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01/08/2018
City leaders across nonprofit, government, and business sectors join forces to make systems impact
New York Magazine Profile, "The Rockefellers vs. the Company That Made Them Rockefellers"
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01/08/2018
The New York Magazine article profiles the family that pioneered the oil industry in America wants to expose what Exxon hid from the public about climate change.
Unrest Will Premiere on PBS | Independent Lens this Monday, January 8th
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01/08/2018
Follow filmmaker Jennifer Brea’s struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in this intimate documentary.
Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor
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01/08/2018
A recent report by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, found that Bay Area sheriffs were four to 16 times more likely to book African Americans and Latinos into...
The Heumann Perspective: Ford Foundation
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01/05/2018
Ford Foundation Senior Fellow and human & disability rights advocate Judy Heumann investigates how our grantmakers are including a disability lens in their areas of work.
Johnson & Johnson Joins the Coalition for the American Dream
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01/05/2018
Johnson & Johnson is joining the Coalition for the American Dream—not only to advocate for the protection of America’s Dreamers and find a bipartisan, long-term solution to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), but also as an...
Arcus Winter Grantees Work for LGBTQ Equality Across the Globe
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01/05/2018
Advocating for the rights of LGBTQ persons across the globe and through a variety of channels is the goal of the grants in the winter Arcus Foundation portfolio. From working with transgender and intersex groups to faith leaders and regional...
Surdna Foundation Funds Exhibit Mapping 150 Years of Activism in New Orleans
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01/05/2018
Points on a large "resistance map" in the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design show the locations of more than 300 rallies, demonstrations and marches across New Orleans.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Sponsored Research Reveals How Cities Can Embrace Innovation Without Sacrificing Public Health and Safety
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01/05/2018
The real work for city leaders today is to create not just new rules, but new ways of writing and adjusting regulations that better fit the dynamism and pace of change of cities themselves.