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30 Jan 2018

Exchanges, Scholarships, and Fellowships: Examining a Century of Foundation Funding of Individuals

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

For over a hundred years, foundations have embraced giving to individuals via fellowships, scholarships, and exchanges. Funders have long recognized the value this type of giving brings: to connect individuals and their ideas across national,...

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23 Jan 2018

Designing Programs to Maximize Impact - How Behavioral Science Can Help

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Humans can be quirky. Yet many foundations and nonprofits design interventions that assume humans will act “rationally,” which can undermine program effectiveness.

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Newman's Own Tax Break Matters Far Beyond Just One Foundation

Release Date:

11/27/2017

The carveout, sponsored by Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.), could spare another 20 to 30 foundations that would face a similar fate in the future.

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OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

Release Date:

11/27/2017

Hungarian-American financier and philanthropist George Soros has denounced a Hungarian government campaign against him as "distortions and lies" designed "to create an outside enemy to distract citizens."

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SeaChange Capital Partners Co-Authors Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia

Release Date:

11/27/2017

The report touches on universal themes—among them, the need for nonprofits to build reserves, the importance of contingency planning by nonprofit executives and boards, and the need for funders to support nonprofit overhead—its natural focus was on...

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Mario Luis Small Joins Russell Sage Foundation Board of Trustees

Release Date:

11/27/2017

The Russell Sage Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of sociologist Mario Luis Small to its board of trustees. Small is currently Grafstein Family Professor at Harvard University. He is a contributor to the RSF volume The Colors of...

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Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

Release Date:

11/26/2017

Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. health care system in decades. It was enacted with the goals...

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Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

Release Date:

11/26/2017

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

Release Date:

11/22/2017

American Diabetes Association Issues Consensus Report to Standardize Definitions and Outcome Measures Beyond HbA1C for Type 1 Diabetes in Special Diabetes Care Section

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Bloomberg Philanthropies' Partnership for Healthy Cities Helping Cities Grow More Powerful

Release Date:

11/22/2017

The world is becoming more and more city (as opposed to any other word that may rhyme with the word "city"). And that could be good for your health, if the impact of the Bloomberg Philanthropies' Partnership for Healthy Cities continues to grow.

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Community Development

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker, One of Rolling Stones 25 People Shaping the Future

Release Date:

11/22/2017

Under the leadership of Darren Walker, the Ford Foundation is taking a different tack.

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Tow Foundation Funded CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Announces First-Ever Endowed Chair, Professor Jeff Jarvis

Release Date:

11/21/2017

The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is excited to announce its first-ever endowed chair, in journalism innovation, and the first designee will be Professor Jeff Jarvis, a world-renowned thought leader on the future of the news business.

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New York Women's Foundation Joins Female-Led Investor Groups Targeting Weinstein Co. Acquisition

Release Date:

11/21/2017

As the Weinstein Company struggles under the weight of scandal and debt, two competing female-led investor groups are hoping to acquire the studio in an effort to turn its assets into a source of funding for victims of sexual abuse and harassment.

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Gender Justice

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New York Life Foundation Release New Survey on Childhood Grief

Release Date:

11/21/2017

Those who lose a parent growing up feel an impact that resounds over a lifetime – but usually only receive support from family and friends for a few short months, according to a new survey on bereavement from the New York Life Foundation.

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"Be the Change" an Interview with Arabella Advisors' Eric Kessler

Release Date:

11/21/2017

Eric Kessler’s Arabella Advisors helps philanthropists focus their giving for a new goals-oriented age.

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24 Jan 2018

Through the Eyes of the Caregiver: “Care” Screening & Panel with Ai-jen Poo

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Please join us for a screening and panel discussion of the deeply poignant documentary film Care , which provides an intimate vantage of the home-care industry, and of the people who — whether because of disability, disease, or advanced age — rely...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky

Release Date:

11/20/2017

The next generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V), directed by Juna Kollmeier of the Carnegie Institution for Science, will move forward with mapping the entire sky following a $16 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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Dana K. Bezerra Named President of Heron Foundation

Release Date:

11/20/2017

Dana K. Bezerra will assume the role of President at Heron as of December 31, 2017, the Heron Foundation announced today.

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14 Feb 2018

Roundtable on DREAMers: How Do We Protect and Support DACA Recipients, Dreamers and Their Families Now?

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The deadline for certain Dreamers to renew their immigration status as part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has passed, the DACA program has been terminated, and as every day passes, DACAmented immigrants are losing...

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New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"

Release Date:

11/20/2017

NYSHealth grantees and partners are working together with residents and local organizations in Brownsville to increase access to healthy and affordable foods and empower residents through urban farms and gardens, farmers markets, and other nutrition...

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