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Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers

Release Date:

09/26/2016

... Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers As a first- of -its-kind human-digital platform, eKutir Global, a finalist ... category, has reached 70,000 farmers through a network of licensed community agents,...

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Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre

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03/10/2017

Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New ... with support fromSeason Sponsors Con Edison, Bank of America and Delta Air Lines as well as the New York City ... Additional support is...

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Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California

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05/11/2017

... Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California As the NoVo Foundation gets into its grantmaking from the $90 million in funds established to support young women and girls of color, one of its...

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Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups

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09/21/2017

... $20 Million to Women's Groups The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give $20 million during the next three years ... said the money will support research, training, and groups of other donors...

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International/Foreign Affairs

In Response to TCF Lawsuit, DeVos Begins to Release ACICS and ABA Documents

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02/22/2018

... In direct response to a lawsuit filed by The Century Foundation , the U.S. Department of Education has started to release documents regarding two higher education accrediting agencies with a history of...

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Education

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Closing Space for Open Society

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05/17/2018

... to 46 different groups in Hungary in 2016, that the foundation announced this week they will relocate their ... and visible statement, but it is only one small part of a more complex story about how a...

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Ralph Wilson's Biggest Gift Yet: $100m to Transform Lasalle Park, Trails

Release Date:

10/17/2018

... to Transform Lasalle Park, Trails The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation on Wednesday afternoon will announce the largest ... philanthropic gift ever made in Western New York. The foundation will give $100 million...

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William T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program

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06/05/2019

... Scholars Program The New York City-based William T. Grant Foundation supports research aimed at improving the lives of young people between the ages of 5 and 25 in the United States. To that...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Six Winners to Receive Help Setting Up Social Impact Bond Projects

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06/12/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance ... the Harvard Kennedy School have announced the six winners of a national competition to provide technical assistance to ... Kennedy...

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Science Studies Get a Big Boost

Release Date:

03/10/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted several foundation efforts to support education in science, ... math, including initiatives from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Leona M. and...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens

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03/13/2014

The John A. Hartford Foundation is seeking feedback on their Change AGEnts ... first hired at the John A. Hartford Foundation , I gave one of the then-Senior Program Officers a giant cup filled...

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Surdna Launches $18M Program Related Investment Fund

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04/15/2014

Surdna Foundation launched $18 million Program Related Investment (PRI) revolving fund to support its mission of fostering just and sustainable communities in the United ... upfront capital to contractors owned by...

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Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?

Release Date:

05/06/2014

F.B. Heron Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation discussed in Forbes ... to have the unique experience in my professional life of spanning different sectors – much of my career...

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Perpetuity, continued

Release Date:

04/24/2014

... and Civil Society at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy At a recent panel discussion organized by ... the rationale for perpetual foundations, one member of the audience taking careful notes was...

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Using Outsourcing To Help Alleviate Poverty In Africa and South Asia

Release Date:

06/19/2014

... Poverty In Africa and South Asia A small number of companies, nonprofits and foundations–-including The Rockefeller Foundation --want to see if the rapidly growing global supply ... “By responsibly and...

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NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project

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06/23/2014

... for Internet Access Project New York Public Library is one of the 19 winners in Knight News Challenge, co-sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation , Ford Foundation and the...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

Release Date:

07/24/2014

NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals Support from the Wallace Foundation is helping NYC partner with several organizations ... for the city's schools. Among the...

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Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting

Release Date:

08/28/2014

... Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting The Ford Foundation is among national and local funders exploring how ... justice issues that have surfaced since the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager...

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Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars

Release Date:

11/03/2014

... to its Last Billion Dollars The once ultrasecretive foundation funded by Chuck Feeney, who made his fortune as a founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group, is making good on its promise to give away all ...

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16 Moments of Pride for LGBTQ Philanthropy

Release Date:

06/30/2014

By Lyle Matthew Kan, Director of Communications and Education, Funders for LGBTQ Issues ... appeared on the Huffington Post here. While the work of the LGBTQ movement is far from done, Pride Month is a ... include...