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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

... Officer, Polk Bros Foundation Jocelyn Bissonnette, Director of the Funders Census Initiative, Funders Committee ... Committee for Civic Participation Meghan Murray, Policy Director , National LGBTQ Task Force...

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Housing and Homelessness

Kiva City Launches in Washington, D.C.

Release Date:

01/11/2013

Kiva, the Latino Economic Development Center and Capital One Bank have announced the launch of Kiva City D.C., a website that will provide small business owners in the greater Washington, D.C., area with access to crowdfunded microloans.

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Economic Security

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Capital One Foundation

Education Tech Nonprofit Launches with Gates, Carnegie Support

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02/06/2013

The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have provided startup funding for the new nonprofit, inBloom, which aims “to make personalized learning a reality for every U.S. student by improving the effectiveness...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill

Release Date:

06/01/2013

The Commonwealth Fund ’s recent report on health care spending in 13 ... U.S. spends more on health care than any other country. ( Fund President Dr. David Blumenthal is also quoted in this ...

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RE.invest Initiative to Partner With Eight Cities to Develop Resilient Stormwater Systems

Release Date:

05/29/2013

The Rockefeller Foundation-funded initiative is a two-year effort to help municipalities rethink the way they design, plan, implement and finance infrastructure.

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Disaster Relief

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Fidelity Charitable Reports Record Results in First Three Quarters in 2013

Release Date:

10/26/2013

... Fidelity Charitable, the nation's largest donor-advised fund program, has announced record results through the first ... that donors continued to leverage appreciated assets to fund their giving accounts...

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Finance & Asset Management

Astor Estate Donates Money to New York Education

Release Date:

12/08/2013

... a first round of charitable donations has been made from a fund created with the assets from her estate, representing ...

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The New York Community Trust

Opportunity International and The MasterCard Foundation Plan To Help 7M Out of Poverty With $22.7M Partnership

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03/25/2014

Opportunity International andThe MasterCard Foundation plan to help 7 million out of poverty with $22.7 million partnership, reports Forbes.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Economic Security

International/Foreign Affairs

Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Sigma Theta Tau International Partner on New Global Health Initiatives

Release Date:

05/29/2014

... honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co- fund doctoral nursing students and establish new educational ... honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co- fund doctoral nursing...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

Richard Rockefeller Killed in Plane Crash

Release Date:

06/13/2014

... an advisory trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and a past president of the Rockefeller Family Fund , was family physician in Falmouth, Me., and before that ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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With Help From Rockefeller Brothers, Ploughshares Pushes Better Ties with Iran

Release Date:

06/18/2014

... Iran and the U.S. and its allies than the Ploughshares Fund , which has been investing heavily this year in work with hefty support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund . In March, RBF gave Ploughshares a one-year...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Weinberg Foundation To Make $700,000 in Emergency Grants to Nonprofits in Israel

Release Date:

07/29/2014

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced today it will donate $700,000 to support many of its active grantees that have provided crucial social services to those affected by rocket attacks on cities in Israel.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Donors Education Collaborative Awards $995,000 For Education Reform

Release Date:

08/04/2014

... Reform The Donors’ Education Collaborative, a fund at The New York Community Trust established to improve ... opportunity for all students. Current members to the fund include the Catherine and Joseph Aresty...

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Booth Ferris Foundation

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

Ford Foundation

The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, Inc.

Fordham Street Foundation

The New York Community Trust

NoVo Foundation

The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Trinity Church Philanthropies

Financing the Social Sector

Release Date:

09/15/2014

The American Express Corporate social Responsibility Blog explores the top 10 things foundations and corporations should do when considering whether to support nonprofit organizations.

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PNY Members Among Top Ten Funders of LGBTQ Education and Safe Schools Work

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09/18/2014

Ford, Open Society and Arcus are among the top funders for LGBTQ education and safe school works.

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Mellon Foundation Partners with NFF to Build Financial Health of Arts Organizations

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03/12/2015

Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is partnering with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ... Clement McKinley, Vice President of Nonprofit Finance Fund . "Continued artistic excellence is best served by a .....

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco

Release Date:

03/19/2015

... Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg have set up a $4 million fund to help poor countries resist pressure from big tobacco ... sales in mature economies by expanding elsewhere. The fund , to be backed by Bloomberg...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries

Release Date:

04/06/2015

Julie Sandorf takes de Blasio to task in a NY Daily News editorial for reducing library funding in his preliminary operating budget.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts with Preschool

Release Date:

04/30/2015

The report was released by the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University.

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

JPB Foundation Champions Bike Share Access for Underserved Communities

Release Date:

06/02/2015

“These grants allow cities, systems, and non-profit partners to test interventions and help us develop best practices for encouraging more people to use bike share."

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Environment and Climate Change

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Freedom Together Foundation

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