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Listen: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Hosts a Conversation On The Value Of Workplace Diversity

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02/28/2018

Listen: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Hosts a Conversation On The Value Of Workplace Diversity We spent the hour hearing a panel ... about workplace diversity was part of the Andrew W. Mellon...

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Workforce Development

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The Prudential Foundation Honors Teen for Efforts to End Gun Violence

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05/01/2018

The Prudential Foundation Honors Teen for Efforts to End Gun Violence Brandon Warren, who launched the We LIVE ... Indianapolis, has been honored in Washington, D.C., as one of the top 10 youth...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Women's Foundation Launches Fund to Support MeToo Movement

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05/10/2018

New York Women's Foundation Launches Fund to Support MeToo Movement Tarana Burke and her MeToo movement ... and the movement she founded 12 years ago, with a goal of raising at least $2...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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New Grant from Mellon Foundation Launches Boston Classical Music Initiative

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09/27/2018

New Grant from Mellon Foundation Launches Boston Classical Music Initiative The ... W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $2.5 million grant to New England Conservatory, in consortium with the...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $3.9 Million to Oxford University

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05/12/2019

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $3.9 Million to Oxford University The University of Oxford has announced a £3 million ($3.9 million) gift ...

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MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research

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06/04/2019

MIT Receives $8 Million From Simons Foundation for Quantum Research The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a four-year, $8 million grant ... The Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter will...

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Open Society Foundations Commits $5 Million for Accountable Governance

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06/02/2019

... Foundations has announced a $5 million challenge grant to the Open Government Partnership in support of accountable, responsive, and inclusive governance ... OSF will advance shared policy priorities in the...

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Former Brazilian Secretary of Justice Pedro Abramovay to Join Open Society Foundations

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08/22/2013

... In 2012, Open Society spent more than $28 million to promote drug policy, criminal justice, human rights, ... to gun control,” said George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society...

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Relinquishing Purse Strings: Orlando Bagwell Leaves Ford Foundation’s JustFilms

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02/15/2013

Mr. Bagwell, a director and producer of some of the most influential documentaries about the civil ... movement and the black American experience, will leave the foundation in June to...

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New York Life Foundation Awards $1 Million to Comfort Zone Camp

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07/13/2013

The two-year, $1 million grant is in support of organizational capacity building for Comfort Zone Camp, a ... the ages of 7 and 17, and a new program model designed to increase the number...

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Children, Youth and Families

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24 Apr 2012

Foundation Assets as Social Change Agents: Sustainable Investing for the Public Benefit

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8:45am to 11:00am

When it comes to foundation assets, the continuity of public benefit and ...

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08 May 2013

The Trustee Education Institute: An Intensive Seminar for Family Foundation Trustees

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 12:00pm to Friday, May 10, 2013 - 2:00pm

Pew Charitable Trusts Conference Center, 901 E St NW, Washington, DC

... Education Institute provides a comprehensive introduction to all of the key legal, investment, ethical, grantmaking, and family dynamics issues facing family foundation board members. This...

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

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08/06/2015

Ford Foundation Awards $1 Million to Help Prisoners Get a College Education $1 million over ... best ways to help people after they leave prison.... Ford Foundation Awards $1...

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Rita Allen Foundation Passionate About Funding Breakthrough Solutions to Significant Problems

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08/26/2015

Rita Allen Foundation Passionate About Funding Breakthrough Solutions to Significant Problems The view from the third-floor corner office at 92 Nassau St. is one of the best that Princeton has...

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Henry Luce Foundation Finances Archiving of Time, Inc. Trove

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11/09/2015

Henry Luce Foundation Finances Archiving of Time, Inc. Trove Time Inc., on the verge of leaving its ... headquarters after 55 years, has donated its archive to the New-York...

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Sloan Foundation Awards Honor 7 NYC Teachers for their Creativity in Science, Math Instruction

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12/02/2015

Sloan Foundation Awards Honor 7 NYC Teachers for their Creativity ... Going by the book isn’t enough for a select group of city teachers being honored Wednesday with the annual ... complex problems such as high...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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'Embrace of the Serpent' Wins Sloan Foundation Prize at Sundance for Portrayal of Science

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01/29/2016

'Embrace of the Serpent' Wins Sloan Foundation Prize at Sundance for ... Sundance Film Festival. The prize is given out annually to the movie that best portrays science and technology,...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Rockefeller Foundation Grants 'Hamilton' Tix to Bronx Theatre High School Students

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04/07/2016

... and Wisdom From Its Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” spent a ... 20,000 New York City public-school students given access to $10 ‘Hamilton’ tickets through a nearly $...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Century Foundation President Comments on New Proposal Offering Debt Forgiveness

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07/22/2016

Century Foundation President Comments on New Proposal Offering Debt ... What makes you a public servant? For the purposes of the federal student loan program, 10 years working for the ... challenging that...

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