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Opinion: Nonprofits Aren’t Doing What It Takes to Protect Civil Society in the Trump Era

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09/07/2017

... vast tidal changes in Washington are sweeping away decades of collaboration and interdependence that ties the U.S. government to America’s millions of nonprofits. While the news media is focusing on the latest...

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Bloomberg’s Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal Battles

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09/07/2017

... Trump agenda, they’ve typically done so through the work of NGOs. Michael Bloomberg’s taken some different angles so ... government, likely through lawsuits, over the gutting of environmental regulations. . ...

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Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards Accepting Applications

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09/11/2017

... and Evolution Awards Accepting Applications The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications for its Simons Early ... Ecology and Evolution Awards. The deadline for receipt of letters of...

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Chefs Learn to Influence Food-Systems Policy

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09/25/2017

... Farms have collectively earned an impressive list of awards, starred restaurant reviews, media features and TV cooking show appearances. But the main goal of their two days in Vermont did not involve knives or...

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Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program

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09/26/2017

... Program Stanford University Press is redefining the world of traditional academic publishing through an innovative ... The idea for the program, launched last year with the help of a $1.2 million grant from...

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What's So Interesting About This Walton Pledge for NYC Charter Schools?

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09/27/2017

... Walton Pledge for NYC Charter Schools? The Walton Family Foundation recently pledged to invest more than $2 million to ... interesting about this new $2.2 million gift is the type of charter schools the funder...

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Education

20 Nov 2017

Census 2020: Funders Are Getting Ready Now - November Meeting

Monday, November 20, 2017 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... Census is mandated by the US Constitution for the purpose of determining congressional districts The Census is the ... for determining financial and other resources for dozens of government programs The Census...

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Time To Revisit Reporting

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10/04/2017

... Myrick, consultants to Project Streamline an initiative of PEAK Grantmaking, was originally published by the Center ... . Back when Project Streamline — a project of PEAK Grantmaking — was a fledgling...

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Protesters Demand Affordable Housing Outside City Hall

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10/10/2017

... — organized by activists from the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation and attended by Comptroller Scott Stringer, Rep. ... a four-point plan that included building 15,000 units of affordable senior housing on...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Housing and Homelessness

07 Nov 2017

Protecting Our Precious Waters: New York City’s Impacts on the Long Island Sound and the Hudson River Estuary

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

What are New York City’s impacts on the health of its waterways and the Long Island Sound? How do combined ... and environmental justice dimensions? How is lack of progress on meeting infrastructure challenges...

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IRS Audit Guides Inform Nonprofits about Review Criteria

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10/13/2017

... Inform Nonprofits about Review Criteria The prospect of being audited by the IRS is as unsettling to nonprofit ... looking at 501(c)(3) public charities and other types of nonprofit organizations. (Importantly...

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Mellon Grant to Help Seattle Art Museum Establish Asian Paintings Conservation Center

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10/27/2017

... a $3.5 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish and endow a center dedicated to the conservation, mounting and study of Asian paintings. The Asian Paintings Conservation Center...

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The Art for Justice Fund, in Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Announces First Grant Recipients

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11/16/2017

... philanthropist Agnes Gund, today announced the first round of grant recipients in the areas of criminal justice reform and the arts. With awards ranging ... Fund, created by Ms. Gund in partnership with the...

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Casey Family Programs Launches New Mapping Tool to Help Advocate for Prevention of Abuse and Neglect

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03/16/2018

... Launches New Mapping Tool to Help Advocate for Prevention of Abuse and Neglect Casey Family Programs, a national grant ... promote well-being for families and children,” said the foundation , in a statement...

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TCC Group Releases New Report: (Un)precedented: Philanthropy Takes Action in the First Year of a New Political Reality.

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04/11/2018

... Philanthropy Takes Action in the First Year of a New Political Reality. The latest report from TCC Group ... Philanthropy Takes Action in the First Year of a New Political Reality – documents how philanthropy...

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Bank of America Grants $250,000 to Support Conservation Education Programs

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07/20/2018

Bank of America Grants $250,000 to Support Conservation Education Programs The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has awarded Wonders of Wildlife National Museum ...

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The Philanthropic Closet: LGBTQ People in Philanthropy

... Among Philanthropic Professionals (DAPP) Survey, a first- of -its-kind pilot study on diversity in philanthropy, ... Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund . Thirty-four percent of individuals responded to the survey, resulting in the highest response rate of any such survey SMU DataArts has conducted. As a result, ...

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Four Early Career Researchers Selected for 2019 William T. Grant Scholars Program

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05/15/2019

... Scholars Program We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 William T. Grant Scholars awards. Launched in ... the Scholars Program supports the professional development of promising researchers in...

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