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Open Society Foundations Supports Climate Change Glossary

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03/01/2017

... on the issues. The obscure and impenetrable language of climate change does not help. So, as part of a project with the Open Society Foundations to help the media better report on (and for all of...

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PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem

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04/18/2017

PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem One of the ... empower all women and girls.” We combine our approach of servant leadership with our passion to end gender ...

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The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

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08/11/2017

The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism The ... in 2013, Overbrook embarked on an effort to address some of the issues that “hobble the progress of the environmental...

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My Brother’s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation

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09/07/2017

My Brother’s Keeper Merges with Obama Foundation My Brother’s Keeper, a White House initiative ... will merge with the Obama Foundation . MBK, arguably one of Barack Obama’s most personal White...

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Obama Foundation to Host Global Summit in Chicago

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09/14/2017

Obama Foundation to Host Global Summit in Chicago Former President ... empower people to change the world," Obama says at the end of his video message. "And we hope you'll be a part of...

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Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

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09/29/2017

Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education ... by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation . The grant is the first of its kind pairing a community college system with a ... and...

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Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems

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10/26/2017

Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems The ... communities that propose new ideas for meeting the needs of diverse student populations. "This approach emphasizes the needs...

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Aetna Foundation Supports Anti-Bullying Campaign

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11/17/2017

Aetna Foundation Supports Anti-Bullying Campaign Aetna Foundation ’s Cultivating Healthy Communities program has ... during the fall 2018 and spring 2019 semesters... . Aetna Foundation Supports...

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Rockefeller Foundation Funds Denver Food Action Plan

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07/06/2018

Rockefeller Foundation Funds Denver Food Action Plan Denver's Department of Public Health & Environment has launched its Food Action ... two-year pilot, in which Denver aims for a 57% reduction of...

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The Mayday Fund Provides Planning Grant to UConn Foundation

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07/06/2018

The Mayday Fund Provides Planning Grant to UConn Foundation At a time when the danger of opioids is clear, UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory ... said the consortium will focus on researching the causes...

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Markle Foundation Selects Indiana as Next Skillful State

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10/12/2018

Markle Foundation Selects Indiana as Next Skillful State A new ... aims to help Hoosier employers recognize the value of skills training when hiring employees for their ... skills to meet employer needs. Officials...

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02 Dec 2022

Philanthropy 101 - Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, December 2, 2022 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... knowledge they need to understand and navigate the field of philanthropy, as they begin to build the relationships in the sector that will support their growth in the arc of their careers. Who should attend?...

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03 Nov 2023

2023 Philanthropy 101 - Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, November 3, 2023 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

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Foundations Moving On: Ending Programmes and Funding Relationships

Whether you are part of a family foundation that runs its own programmes, a big corporate ... NGO that re-grants resources from a back-donor, or a mix of any of the above, exits are inevitable. Funders move on, ...

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At Ford Foundation, Vice President Rises to Top Job

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07/24/2013

Darren Walker will become the 10th President of the Ford Foundation this September. Darren Walker was born in a ... worked as a nurse’s aide and he was enrolled in one of the first Head Start...

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JPMorgan Joins Gates Foundation, Drugmakers in Fund

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09/23/2013

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have formed The Global Health Investment Fund, which will back late-stage development of technologies to fight diseases including malaria, .....

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Foundation Assets Are Climbing, but Grants Are Still Competitive

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03/2014

A skyrocketing stock market helped boost the assets of the Gates, Hewlett, and other big foundations last year to ... new grant-making efforts to deal with vexing problems…. Foundation Assets Are Climbing, but Grants Are Still ...

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Profiled in Financial Times

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04/07/2016

... might feel stepping into the cathedral-sized lobby of the Ford Foundation ’s headquarters in New York. But impressions of a remote, inaccessible institution dissipate on meeting ...

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Century Foundation Publishes Report on Reducing Economic Inequality

Release Date:

08/11/2016

Century Foundation Publishes Report on Reducing Economic Inequality ... not been this bad in almost a century—not since the end of the 1920s, just before the country crashed into the Great Depression. Today,...

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Simons Foundation Supports Collaboration of Libraries in Digital Era

Release Date:

10/17/2016

Simons Foundation Supports Collaboration of Libraries in Digital Era ... challenges. As the University prepares for the arrival of 800 more students over the next four years, ensuring that ...

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