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EdFunders Case Study Identifies Unusual Model for Philanthropic Collaboration

Release Date:

08/11/2015

“We felt it was important to support the creation of this case study to advance the conversation about collaboration in philanthropy, demonstrate just how much work it really is and encourage funders who believe that finding common ground on...

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PNY News

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Education

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Education Funders Research Initiative

Ford Foundation

Trinity Wall Street

OSF to Continue Grantmaking in Russia

Release Date:

08/10/2015

Even after being placed on a "patriotic stop list," Open Society Foundations will still support grantees located in Russia.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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International/Foreign Affairs

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Society Foundations

To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures

Release Date:

08/10/2015

For many, tooth lost is a symptom of poverty. Statistics from the Commonwealth Fund report that nearly one in five working age adults in some Southern and Appalachian states have lost at least one tooth.

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Health

Workforce Development

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The Commonwealth Fund

What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond

Release Date:

08/10/2015

Goldman Sachs lent $7.2 million to New York City and Bloomberg Philanthropies guaranteed $6 million.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Justice Reform

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Goldman Sachs

Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

Release Date:

08/10/2015

By applying behavioral economics theory to philanthropy, we can better manage grantmaker tendencies toward loss and risk aversion, and the effects of other decision-making patterns.

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Insights

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Reader's Digest Partners for Sight and Research to Prevent Blindness Launch Low Vision Research Initiative

Release Date:

08/07/2015

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is launching a new research initiative to address urgent needs in understanding and treating low vision. The $1.2 million, two-pronged initiative involves funding partnerships with Lions Clubs International...

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Aging

Health

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

Research to Prevent Blindness

30 Mar 2016

The IRS Form 990 as a Tool for Understanding Organizational Capacity

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Nonprofit organizations face increasing challenges in today’s operating environment. In order to better understand the realities facing nonprofits and make sound funding decisions, grantmakers must have a firm grasp of the story told by the numbers...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

HR & Operations

Nonprofit Financials

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Initiative to Increase Arts Integration in Research Cirricula

Release Date:

08/06/2015

The $800,000 grant will support a three-year initiative that will disseminate best practices in the integration of arts practice at research universities.

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Arts

Education

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Mellon Foundation

Ford Foundation Awards $1 Million to Help Prisoners Get a College Education

Release Date:

08/06/2015

The Bard Prison Initiative will support education and other services that better prepare prisoners for reentry into society.

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Member News

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Education

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Ford Foundation

25 Aug 2015

Peace, Conflict, and the Scale of the Climate Risk Landscape - Webinar

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 -

1:15pm to 2:45pm

The opening webinar to the Global Climate Security series will examine the security implications of climate risk to provide a context for the subsequent place-based and sector-based webinars to follow. This webinar will address climate risk and...

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Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Economic Security

Environment and Climate Change

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces First Cities Selected to Join What Works Cities Initiative

Release Date:

08/05/2015

Over 100 cities applied to the initiative, which will help city halls use data and evidence to deliver better results for residents.

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Community Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Andrew W. Mellon Study Examines Demographic Composition of Museum Staff

Release Date:

08/05/2015

The study is thought to be the first of its kind to measure diversity in art museums around the U.S.

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Member News

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Palette Fund Helps Launch TRUTH Campaign to Spur Storytelling Movement for Trans Youth

Release Date:

08/05/2015

TRUTH combines public education, guidance for families, support and community-building for young people to address the hostility and stereotypes transgender and gender non-conforming youth often face.