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The Simons Foundation

Mellon Announces Funding for Higher Education in Prisons

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06/06/2023

... to seven colleges, universities, and more as part of the Foundation’s commitment to expanding opportunities ... for higher education in carceral environments. These new grants—part of Mellon’...

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Mellon Foundation

04 Nov 2019

The Divest/Invest Framework: What Does It Mean for Funders Working in Housing and Homelessness? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Monday, November 4, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... be granted on a first come, first served basis.* Cities of all sizes across the country are facing gentrification and ... about their grantmaking and to talk about the intersection of the criminal justice and...

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12 Dec 2019

Philanthropy & the 2020 Census: What a Fair and Accurate Count Means for Ending Homelessness - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Thursday, December 12, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... prepares for Census Day on April 1, 2020. All a driver of important funding and policy decisions, the Census also ... states and communities to ensure a fair and accurate count of people experiencing...

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Housing and Homelessness

Philanthropy Should Support Frontline Workers During Pandemic and Beyond - from Arabella Advisors

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03/27/2020

... Gwen Walden and Eric Kessler Every disaster brings stories of everyday heroes: first responders, service providers, ... necessary to save lives during a catastrophic event. Many of the everyday heroes emerging...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Arabella Advisors

Edna McConnell Clark Announces Spend-Down, Major Investment in Blue Meridian Partners

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12/14/2016

... President and CEO With a deep desire to improve the lives of many more disadvantaged children and youth, the Edna ... have decided to "sunset" the Foundation and spend all of its resources (...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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As the White House Changes Hands, Philanthropy Must Change Too

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01/26/2017

... Must Change Too By Liz Sak, executive director of the Cricket Island Foundation and Allison R. Brown, executive director of the Communities for Just Schools Fund Originally published ... into inertia, leaving...

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The Cricket Island Foundation

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Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far

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05/09/2017

... Rights Fund in late 2016 to defend and protect the rights of immigrant communities in the face of exclusionary and unjust policies under the new Trump Administration. With the Fund, we have...

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Brooklyn Org

What Philanthropy’s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic Engagement

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06/15/2017

... Engagement This pieces originally appeared on the website of the Center for Effective Philanthropy and is reposted with ... many foundation leaders have felt as we make sense of the swiftly changing context in...

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Blended Finance "Plus”: Enhancing Support With Blended Knowledge

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09/04/2018

... have the resources to solve the most pressing challenges of our time. Finding new funding mechanisms to achieve the Millennium Development ... success stories that effectively harnessed the power of...

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Johnson & Johnson

09 Oct 2014

Mission and Impact Investing: Overcoming Resistance and Getting Started - Webinar

Thursday, October 9, 2014 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... conversation about the options and added benefits of the impact investing approach? What are some of the best ways to get started with impact investing, and ... especially those with limited staff capacity,...

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Family Foundation

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Innovative Finance and the Search for the Next Big Idea

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10/17/2014

... Capital Markets (SOCAP) Conference. A longtime supporter of SOCAP and a strong believer in the power of networks to identify solutions to the world’s most ... send us ideas, examples, and solutions that might...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Communications/Media

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Engaging Future Philanthropic Leaders: An Innovative Model from WRAG

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02/26/2013

... at an event hosted by the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers (WRAG). The panel was part of WRAG’s Philanthropy Fellows Program —an innovative ... and foundations to consider in the pursuit ...

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All Funders

Meeting My Philanthropy Peers in This Incredibly Small, Incredibly Big World of Ours

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03/07/2017

... Peers in This Incredibly Small, Incredibly Big World of Ours by David Biemesderfer, President & CEO, Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers Re-posted with ... One highlight...

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Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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09/12/2017

... Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients with any stage of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) carry signs of the ... be found...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Pamela Shifman, Executive Director of the NoVo Foundation, to Step Down at the End of 2019

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11/07/2019

Pamela Shifman, Executive Director of the NoVo Foundation, to Step Down at the End of 2019 Dear friends and colleagues, We are writing to share ... to support girls of color across the United...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports the ALYN Hospital to Establish the First Research Center in Israel for Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation

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01/24/2022

... rehabilitation facility, has been awarded a donation of $2.189 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley ... over $434 million to Israel, including a donation of $12.5M last year to help fight the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The Affordable Care Act: Keeping Our Eyes on the Ball

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10/24/2013

... provisions need to be modified? Without critical metrics of success, it will be tempting, but likely misleading, to ... glitch and anecdote, positive or negative. A couple of points provide essential context...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Overcoming Setbacks

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09/11/2018

... Brothers Fund annual review . In 2008, millions of Americans, including myself, were inspired by the campaign pledges of then-candidate Barack Obama, who promised not only to ... As president, Obama offered...

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