Arabella Advisors Launch "Good Food Ventures III" to Transform Food System
Release Date:
09/24/2019
"Good Food Ventures III" aims to connect new and experienced impact investors with companies that can disrupt food for good.
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Release Date:
09/20/2019
The Open Society Foundations is pleased to announce the 2019 class of Soros Equality Fellows, a diverse group of artists, advocates, lawyers, and organizers whose work inspires advances in racial justice and equality in the United States.
Lukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer, Research Supported by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award
Release Date:
09/20/2019
A drug used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia appears to be more effective at stopping a type of medulloblastoma in mouse models than existing treatments for the deadly pediatric brain tumor, reports a multi-institutional team.
Announcing the Salesforce.org Social Impact Report 2019
Release Date:
09/23/2019
We are excited to release the Salesforce.org Social Impact Report 2019. This report celebrates the strides that our technology trailblazers, our grantees, and our citizen philanthropists are making to advance social impact.
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Unfinished Business: Sustaining the Momentum of Justice Reform in NYS
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
In April 2019, the state of New York passed the most significant pre-trial criminal justice reforms in more than a generation, due to the advocacy efforts of community-based groups, directly impacted individuals and families, and reform-minded...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 -
9:00am to 11:00am
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2019
A Threat to Health and Wellbeing: Public Charge's Expected Impact and How Philanthropy Can Respond - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, September 26, 2019 -
10:00am to 11:15am
In August, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security filed and officially published its “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds” final rule. Unless blocked by litigation, the rule will go into effect on October 15 th .
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2019
2020 Election Series: Understanding Issue Advocacy through Interdisciplinary Approaches - Demystifying Canvassing, Organizing, and Ballot Initiatives - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Thursday, October 17, 2019 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
When looking at our issue advocacy funding strategies, how can we strengthen our understanding of evolving concepts like canvassing, movement organizing, and ballot initiatives that advance this work?
Salesforce Announces New Education Grants, Celebrates Bay Area Educators
Release Date:
09/17/2019
Salesforce Announces $18.2 Million in Grants to San Francisco and Oakland School Districts, Education Nonprofits
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards Second Round of Grants Through Sickle Cell Disease/Advancing Cures Program
Release Date:
09/10/2019
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation today announced the six projects receiving approximately $5 million through the second Sickle Cell Disease/Advancing Cures grant competition.
Dear Colleges: Take Control of Your Online Courses - New Report by The Century Foundation
Release Date:
09/12/2019
As public and nonprofit colleges have sought to expand their online course offerings, a major industry has developed to help them with that task.
AAPI Civic Engagement Fund and Groundswell Fund Collaborate on a Groundbreaking New Report - Ahead of the Majority: Foregrounding Women of Color
Release Date:
08/13/2019
Joint report by AAPI Civic Engagement Fund and Groundswell Fund reveals unprecedented mobilization by women of color in 2018 Midterms; demonstrates women of color’s influential role in setting nation’s policy agenda
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2019
Engaging the C-Suite: How to Build Internal Support for Your Corporate Citizenship Approach - A Webinar Hosted by TCC Group
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Successful corporate citizens not only have a clear purpose, well defined goals, and a strong portfolio of programs – they also have the clear support of the CEO and senior leaders that understand the importance of integrating corporate citizenship...
Reflections on Launching a Philanthropic Fund in Six Months
Release Date:
09/19/2019
Earlier this month, the WES Mariam Assefa Fund, a $30 million philanthropic initiative of World Education Services (WES), awarded over $1.2 million in funding to five inaugural grantee partners.
Robert G. Ottenhoff Stepping Down as President and CEO of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy
Release Date:
09/05/2019
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) announced today that its president and CEO, Robert G. Ottenhoff will be stepping down, effective April 1, 2020.
National Center for Family Philanthropy Names New President and CEO, Nicholas Tedesco
Release Date:
09/17/2019
Nicholas “Nick” A. Tedesco will become the next President and CEO of the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP), the NCFP Board of Directors announced today.
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Hurricane Dorian: Next Steps for Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by Center for Disaster Philanthropy
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Over the course of a week, Hurricane Dorian made a total of five landfalls – three in the Bahamas (twice on Great Abaco and another on Grand Bahamas Island), a U.S. landfall in North Carolina and a final one in Canada.
Continue Reframing Philanthropy With PNY
Release Date:
09/12/2019
I am pleased to be writing as the new Board Chair of Philanthropy New York.
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Nov
2019
Redistricting in 2021: Will the Fair Map Movement Catch On?
Thursday, November 7, 2019 -
11:30am to 2:00pm
In 2014, New York voters approved a constitutional amendment establishing a bipartisan commission for both U.S. congressional and NY State legislative redistricting. New York’s new redistricting process is untested , and there are major questions...
Kitty Green’s THE ASSISTANT Forms Partnership With the New York Women’s Foundation Ahead of Its Telluride Premiere
Release Date:
09/05/2019
Financial and programmatic partnership to promote gender equality and power parity.