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Open Society Foundations Supports Climate Change Glossary

Release Date:

03/01/2017

... weather, or moan about the fumes belched from the vehicles in our cities, climate change still feels a distant problem. ... on the issues. The obscure and impenetrable language of climate change does not help...

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PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem

Release Date:

04/18/2017

PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem One of the ...

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Gender Justice

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The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

Release Date:

08/11/2017

The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism The ... an underperforming U.S. environmental movement. Starting in 2013, Overbrook embarked on an effort to address some of the...

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Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

Release Date:

09/29/2017

Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education ... by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation . The grant is the first of its kind pairing a community college system with a .....

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Ford Foundation Supports Progress on Impact Investing

Release Date:

10/13/2017

Ford Foundation Supports Progress on Impact Investing Ford ... large fund managers acuntable for delivering on wide range of impacts. Community Capital Management’s CRA-Qualified ... “impact-washing” — dilution...

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Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems

Release Date:

10/26/2017

Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems The ... communities that propose new ideas for meeting the needs of diverse student populations. "This approach emphasizes the .....

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Aetna Foundation Supports Anti-Bullying Campaign

Release Date:

11/17/2017

Aetna Foundation Supports Anti-Bullying Campaign Aetna Foundation ’s Cultivating Healthy Communities program has ... own experiences. The finished series will be distributed in local schools...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Rockefeller Foundation Funds Denver Food Action Plan

Release Date:

07/06/2018

Rockefeller Foundation Funds Denver Food Action Plan Denver's Department of Public Health & Environment has launched its Food Action ... Defense Council (NRDC) has created the two-year pilot, in...

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Environment and Climate Change

Food Systems

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The Mayday Fund Provides Planning Grant to UConn Foundation

Release Date:

07/06/2018

The Mayday Fund Provides Planning Grant to UConn Foundation At a time when the danger of opioids is clear, UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory ... projects to close the gap between knowledge and practice...

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Health

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Markle Foundation Selects Indiana as Next Skillful State

Release Date:

10/12/2018

Markle Foundation Selects Indiana as Next Skillful State A new ... aims to help Hoosier employers recognize the value of skills training when hiring employees for their ... skills to meet employer needs. Officials...

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02 Dec 2022

Philanthropy 101 - Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, December 2, 2022 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... knowledge they need to understand and navigate the field of philanthropy, as they begin to build the relationships in the sector that will support their growth in the arc of...

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Professional Development

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Breakout Discussion

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All Funders

New Staff

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Foundations Moving On: Ending Programmes and Funding Relationships

Whether you are part of a family foundation that runs its own programmes, a big corporate ... NGO that re-grants resources from a back-donor, or a mix of any of the above, exits are inevitable. Funders move on, ...

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Report

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

JPMorgan Joins Gates Foundation, Drugmakers in Fund

Release Date:

09/23/2013

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have formed The Global Health Investment Fund, which will back late-stage development of technologies to fight diseases including malaria, .....

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Foundation Assets Are Climbing, but Grants Are Still Competitive

Publication date:

03/2014

A skyrocketing stock market helped boost the assets of the Gates, Hewlett, and other big foundations last year to ... new grant-making efforts to deal with vexing problems…. Foundation Assets Are Climbing, but Grants Are Still ...

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Simons Foundation Supports Collaboration of Libraries in Digital Era

Release Date:

10/17/2016

Simons Foundation Supports Collaboration of Libraries in Digital Era ...

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Communications/Media

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David Rockefeller's Death Increases Foundations' Endowments

Release Date:

03/27/2017

... Death Increases Foundations' Endowments With the death of David Rockefeller, the fund he created with his siblings in 1940 will be catapulted into philanthropy’s exclusive ... club. The Rockefeller...

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George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations

Release Date:

10/18/2017

... has given $18 billion to his Open Society Foundations, one of the largest transfers of wealth ever made by a private donor to a single foundation . The gift, made quietly over the past several...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation Partners With Calvin Klein

Release Date:

11/29/2017

The Andy Warhol Foundation Partners With Calvin Klein Calvin Klein has ... access to the late artist’s life work - much of which remains unpublished. The partnership comes after ... Chief Creative Officer Raf...

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Arts

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Whiting Foundation Announces 2019 Literary Magazine Prizes

Release Date:

07/18/2019

Whiting Foundation Announces 2019 Literary Magazine Prizes Today the Whiting Foundation announced the winners of its 2019 Literary Magazine Prizes, the largest national ... development grants to...

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27 Jul 2023

Foundation Financial Managers Group - July Meeting

Thursday, July 27, 2023 -

9:30am to 11:00am

Group: Foundation Financial Managers Group The Foundation Financial Managers Group is comprised of executives, officers and senior financial managers of private and community...