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Mellon's “Humanities for All Times” Awards More Than $16 Million to Liberal Arts Colleges for Social Justice-Oriented Humanities Curricular Development

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01/26/2022

... newly developed curricula that both instruct students in methods of humanities practice and clearly demonstrate ... submit proposals, 12 institutions were selected to receive a grant of up to $1.5 million to...

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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 ... the black American experience, will leave the foundation in June to make his own documentaries once again. As a .....

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Commits $136 Million to Create Youth Job Opportunities in Greece

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10/07/2013

The foundation will also convene a conference in New York City in early 2014 to explore proposals to combat the ongoing socioeconomic crisis in Greece. The...

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Rockefeller Foundation Launches YieldWise, a $130 Million Initiative to Halve Post-Harvest Loss

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05/26/2016

Rockefeller Foundation Launches YieldWise, a $130 Million Initiative to Halve Post-Harvest Loss The earth’s global food system is facing a quiet crisis —one-third of all food produced is never...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic

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10/26/2016

... entitled Healthy NJ: New Jersey’s Drug Addiction Crisis . NJTV challenges members of the public to write an ...

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Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved

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11/17/2016

... to Work Unobserved The Pinkerton Foundation, formed in 1966 by the family that made its fortune in private ... gave 35 million dollars to 300 organizations for a range of projects, including...

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Rockefeller Cited As Trendsetter in Focusing on Resilience Over Climate Change

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03/06/2017

Rockefeller Cited As Trendsetter in Focusing on Resilience Over Climate Change ... for climate change and other disasters. Sam Carter, a director at the foundation who works on resilience, ... events in...

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COVID-19 Could Mean Extinction for Many Charities

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03/23/2020

... been forced to close their doors. Organizations working in and around public schools or in senior centers cannot ... have the type of hard, tangible assets that can survive a gap in...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Deepens Commitment to Moving the World Beyond Coal with Plan to Turbocharge Clean Energy Finance in Global South

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11/07/2022

... Beyond Coal with Plan to Turbocharge Clean Energy Finance in Global South CEO and Special Representative of the UN ... coal. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require a significant scale...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Fights Climate Change By Backing New Resource Center

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06/10/2015

... Climate Change By Backing New Resource Center The Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the ... through a robust and multifaceted website,...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness A few years ago, the Hudson River Park Trust floated an idea for a new island. Called Pier 55, it ... most of the construction and operational costs; he...

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A New Compass

... our members. We are excited to begin this next decade with a new statement of organizational values that reflect the ... what our members, you, can expect of us. They are rooted in our fundamental goal – to...

06 Jan 2012

Young Leaders Breakfast Club Info Session

Friday, January 6, 2012 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... New York’s Young Leaders Breakfast Club! Piloted in 2010-2011 with the support of American Express, the Young Leaders Breakfast Club is a peer-to-peer networking and group-based mentoring program ... with...

21 Oct 2013

Sandy Bus Tour Site Visit – The Rockaways and Long Beach, L.I.

Monday, October 21, 2013 -

9:00am to 5:00pm

What Funders Can Expect from Participation A bird’s eye view of two communities deeply impacted by ... including government relief workers concentrated in the area, community development leaders...

Advancing Racial Equity in Arts and Culture, Part 1

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08/28/2015

... Program Associate, New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust The New York City Cultural Agenda Fund made a grant to Race Forward , an organization that advances ...

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J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces Open Call for Applications to 2019 Innovation Prize

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02/06/2019

... with Potential for Large-Scale, Transformative Results in Environment, Social Justice and Heritage Conservation New ... new organizations or nascent initiatives that involve a certain amount of measured risk...

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The 'Active (Read: Ongoing) Practice' of Equitable Evaluation

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10/23/2019

... and Community Director, Northern California Grantmakers As a kid, I practiced all the time – piano, soccer, reading ... lead us on a better path, towards better results. Embedded in this...

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United Hospital Fund Report Details How the American Rescue Plan Act Helps New Yorkers Maintain Affordable Health Coverage

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08/04/2021

... health coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a HealthWatch brief released by United Hospital Fund ... on traditional safety net programs tied to unemployment in order to help consumers afford...

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Philanthropy New York Announces 2022 - 2027 Strategic Framework

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11/08/2022

... racial inequity that has gripped our nation has led many in the philanthropic sector to examine how our systems and ... both deliberately and inadvertently upheld and perpetuated a racially inequitable society...

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13 Jun 2023

Three Years Later, Funding Social Movements Matters More Than Ever (Two-Part Series: May 9 and June 13)

Tuesday, June 13, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... the 2020 uprisings against anti-Black racism and amidst a global pandemic, every sector in the United States, including philanthropy, condemned ... reimagining of a philanthropic ecosystem...