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Ford and MetLife Work to Measure Impact of Community Investing

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06/09/2015

The foundations will work with the Global Impact Investing Network.

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Community Development

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Initiative to Increase Arts Integration in Research Cirricula

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08/06/2015

... from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will fund the SPARC Project: Supporting Practice in Arts, Research ...

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Ford Foundation Head in India Moves On, Hints at Discord with Government

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09/08/2015

The foundation has had its funding frozen after the government announced a probe into a $250,000 grant it had given to a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller

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03/21/2017

... sadness, the Trustees and staff of the David Rockefeller Fund note the passing of our co-founder, David Rockefeller, ... years of age. For 28 years, Mr. Rockefeller served as the Fund ’s generous inspiration,...

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Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News

Release Date:

06/28/2017

... a share of a $1 million prize through the Knight Prototype Fund . After a call for entries in March, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, along with the Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation,...

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To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead

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07/05/2017

One of Michael Bloomberg's main contributions to the global fight against climate change has been to help mobilize cities to curb greenhouse gas emissions, improving the quality of life for ciitzens. Now, he is looking to do the same with improving...

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Health

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Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice

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09/08/2017

... serve, Third Wave has recently launched the Own Our Power Fund and will be announcing their first round of grantees this fall. This fund will make one and two-year capacity-building grants of ... are quite...

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Gender Justice

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Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

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10/02/2017

The tech donor’s latest major grant is right in the sweet spot between the two fields, a $4 million commitment that will back the deep ocean probes monitoring how ocean temperatures are changing.

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How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing

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12/12/2017

... Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing Last week, the fund launched Propel Democracy, a new $5 million effort that ... power in states of critical electoral importance.' The fund has invested $1 million...

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Civic Engagement

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Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World's Most Innovative Companies

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02/21/2018

... spend just 5% of their endowments, putting 95% back into fund -related investments. In 2017, Ford pledged that it would ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Duke University $3M to Grow Liberal Arts Colleges and HBCU Visiting Faculty

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05/07/2018

... black colleges and universities. The grant will fund a five-year initiative called Humanities Unbounded, ...

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Education

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Arcus Opens Call for Social Justice Grant Applications

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12/04/2018

Arcus today publishes a Request for Concepts, the initial step in a streamlined process for organizations to apply for Arcus funding to support LGBTQ social justice work. The deadline for responses to this open call is January 22, 2019. Subsequent...

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Surviving COVID-19: 6 Recommendations for Nonprofits and Funders

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03/17/2020

We are in the midst of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and our lives are evolving on an almost daily basis.

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History of U.S. Philanthropy

Publication date:

08/2008

A brief history of U.S. philanthropy, along with key facts about philanthropy in New York.

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Red Hook Autumn: Losing and Gaining Power During the Disaster

Release Date:

01/18/2013

... routes into or out of the neighborhood. Our over-extended Executive Director and working board struggle to meet our budget of ...

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A Weak Foundation

Release Date:

03/09/2011

... to Senior Program Officer and in 2005 was made the Program Director , Grants. She retired from the Foundations in ...

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30 May 2018

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Spring Meeting

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... recommendations, the jointly-funded Foster Care Excellence Fund for kin and foster parent recruitment/support, and of ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Expands Career Development Award

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06/24/2020

Research to Prevent Blindness is increasing both the amount of funding and the number of awards funded through its flagship grant in order to better support early-career vision scientists.

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