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Ford Foundation: The Equity Series- Cultural Equity

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03/14/2016

In a series of conversations on equity, the Ford Foundation presents a dialogue on cultural equity. Ford Foundation President Darren Walker and acclaimed poet and college administrator Crystal Williams discuss issues of inequity and access in U.S...

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Arts

Social Justice

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Teagle Foundation Gives $2M for College/Community Partnerships

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03/14/2016

The Teagle Foundation awarded more than $2 million in grants across 11 projects under its “College-Community Connections” program.

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Hartford Foundation's Amy Berman Receives 2016 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy

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03/11/2016

Amy Berman, Senior Program Officer at The John A. Hartford Foundation, has received the Grantmakers In Health's (GIH) 2016 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy. The award pays tribute to health grantmakers whose work is...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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IU Joins Center For Integration Of Research, Teaching And Learning (Sloan Foundation)

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03/11/2016

Indiana University has joined a national consortium, the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, to improve the teaching skills of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and to increase the diversity of future university...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Is There an App for That? New Thinking on Kids and Digital Media

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03/10/2016

New York Community Trust Program Associate Leigh Ross says funders have a unique opportunity to influence the way that youth engage with digital media and the web.

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19 Apr 2016

A New Vision for Gates: Bob Hughes Goes to Seattle

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 -

9:00am to 10:30am

Robert Hughes, the President of New Visions for Public Schools since 2000, and long-time advocate and champion of public education in New York City, will be joining the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as the new K - 12 Strategy Director in June...

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Bloomberg Report: 'Data Gap' at City Halls Across the Nation

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03/10/2016

Lack of training and resources challenge U.S. municipalities trying to improve their decisionmaking processes, according to a new What Works Cities report. Bloomberg Philanthropies funds What Works Cities.

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Community Development

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JPB Foundation Supports Best Practices, Models for Green Infrastructure in Underserved Communities

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03/10/2016

The Great Urban Parks Campaign: Green Infrastructure in Underserved Communities is bringing together thought leaders from around the country to explore solutions to stormwater management through the use of green infrastructure that also benefits...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Community Development

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JPMorgan Chase Report: Tech Jobs for All? Exploring the Promise & Pitfalls of U.S. Tech Training

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03/09/2016

JPMorgan Chase published, "Tech Jobs for All?: Exploring the Promise & Pitfalls of Technology Training in the United States,"a first-of-its-kind analysis that identifies the challenges faced by the rapidly evolving world of tech training...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Technology

Workforce Development

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Sarah Burton Appointed as Project Manager for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Marshall Institute

Release Date:

03/09/2016

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) and the Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship at the London School of Economics and Political Science appointed Sarah Burton as Project Officer on a joint research effort called...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Atlantic Philanthropies Funds Camden Coalition to Establish National Healthcare Center

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03/09/2016

The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers announced plans to establish a national center, funded by $8.7 million from AARP, The Atlantic Philanthropies and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Hospitals in Accountable Care Organizations Are Larger and in Urban Areas

Release Date:

03/09/2016

A new study comparing accountable care organizations (ACOs) that include hospitals in their networks to those that do not finds hospitals that are in urban areas, are nonprofit, or have a relatively small share of Medicare patients are more likely...

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WSJ Op-ed by Commonwealth Fund President Notes Potential Fallout to Repealing the ACA

Release Date:

03/08/2016

CDC data show that fewer Americans are missing out on needed care because of cost, and that last year more Americans had a usual source of care than in 2010, writes David Blumenthal of the Commonwealth Fund.

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Doris Duke Foundation Supports New Website Focusing on Refugees

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03/08/2016

Tuesday, March 15, will mark the debut of Refugees Deeply, an immersive single-topic website covering the refugee crisis, which will be run by Lara Setrakin, former ABC News and Bloomberg journalist.

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We Shouldn’t Be Batting 1000

Release Date:

03/07/2016

Arcus Foundation Executive Director Kevin Jennings says succeeding all or most of the time shouldn't be philanthropy's goal.

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14 Apr 2016

Coming to a Close: Lessons From Two Spend Down Family Foundations - Webinar

Thursday, April 14, 2016 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

If your foundation decided to spend down and cease operations in a defined period of time, what might the process look like? It’s a question more family foundation boards are facing, as entrepreneurs pursue philanthropy the way they conducted...

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Foundation for a Just Society Supports Report on LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa

Release Date:

03/07/2016

"We Exist: Mapping LGBTQ Organizing in West Africa," a report charting the growth of LGBTQ activism in Africa, assesses the challenges and opportunities activists face.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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LGBTQ

Social Justice

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Rauschenberg Foundation Eases Copyright Restrictions on Art

Release Date:

03/07/2016

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has decided to adopt a new policy of making images of Rauschenberg work much more widely available free.

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Arts

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New Biomarker Identifies Uveal Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness)

Release Date:

03/07/2016

New study published in Clinical Cancer Research details the discovery of a biomarker that puts patients at a higher risk for metastasis of uveal melanoma.

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