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Backed by Mellon Grant, UVA Establishes New Center to Study Indigenous Art

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02/16/2016

... New Center to Study Indigenous Art The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia announced a grant of $815,000 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , which will be...

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New Biomarker Identifies Uveal Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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03/07/2016

... M.D., associate director for Basic Research and leader of the Eye Cancer Site Disease Group at Sylvester ... Miller School of Medicine, and colleagues published today in Clinical Cancer...

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Revson Fellowship Produces Research on Female Face of Genocide

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03/16/2016

Revson Fellowship Produces Research on Female Face of Genocide Woodstock Academy welcomed Dr. Sarah Cushman as its third guest in a Genocide Speaker Series on March 7. Cushman is the ... Fellow in...

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NCRP Reviews New York Community Trust

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04/13/2016

... The New York Community Trust is committed to investing in underserved communities and equity, and mostly follows ... found. The Trust is the third-largest community foundation in the U.S. The...

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Alfred P. Sloan, Time Warner 'Fast Track Grant' Goes To Film That Explores Science and Technology

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06/07/2016

... organizations, and production companies. During three days of intensive meetings, participants gain valuable exposure ... Independent Artist Development lead funder Time Warner Foundation , the Alfred P. Sloan...

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Carnegie Backs New Learning Pilot Targeting Interstate Passport Initiative

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06/10/2016

... for Higher Education (WICHE) and Taskstream – a provider of assessment management and e-portfolio solutions for higher ... formation of a new partnership to pilot a mapping process in support...

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NYS Health Launches Challenge Calling for NY Residents to Submit Ideas to Create Healthier Communities

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06/10/2016

... Healthier Communities One nonprofit is asking residents in neighborhoods across New York City and New York State to ... ideas that will bring change right to their backyards. In partnership with the New York...

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Rockefeller Supports Research on Farming Adaptations to Combat Climate Change

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09/06/2016

... strategies is particularly difficult for sorghum farmers in West Africa where seed varieties and fertilizer are ... Kaiyu Guan, an environmental scientist at the University of Illinois. Guan and his colleagues...

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09 Mar 2017

Equity, Inclusion, and Connecting with Community in Family Philanthropy - Webinar

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* What does inclusivity ... engagement, and openness while retaining the family focus of our giving practices? This...

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10 Aug 2017

Good Governance: How to Use Board Committees Effectively - Webinar

Thursday, August 10, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family foundation staff and trustees only.* There is more than one approach to effective governance in family philanthropy, and the use of...

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Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, Communities

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03/16/2017

Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, ... a $3.8 million grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support programs focused on reviving local ... with Bank...

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Supported by Capital One, Bloomberg and Other Funders, Apache Recognizes Innovations Integral to Panama Papers Investigation

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04/17/2017

... to Panama Papers Investigation The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, ... announced today the role...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach

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05/01/2017

Atlantic Philanthropies' Report Examines the Effectiveness of the Limited-life Approach Limited-life foundations are based on the premise that if a foundation ’s grants generate a social return, and that...

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The Peterson Center on Healthcare Aims to Transform U.S. Healthcare

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05/15/2017

... on Healthcare has big plans for transforming healthcare in America. It's looking to improve quality while lowering ... in late 2014 with an initial $200 million gift by the foundation...

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Wallace, Ford, and Mellon on Strategies that Boost Arts Engagement Across Diverse Communities

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06/09/2017

... Across Diverse Communities The foundations weigh in on the challenges and strategies in reaching a diverse ... relevant, and inspiring forces in the daily lives of diverse...

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The Wallace Foundation

A Better Gala—Here's How Pershing Square Marked a Key Milestone

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06/19/2017

... founder, was unable to attend the Pershing Square Foundation ’s recent 10th-anniversary gala, he conscripted me to go in his stead. He told me the foundation , started by the hedge funder Bill...

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

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06/28/2017

Rita Allen SupportedPrize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News ... bolstering the public’s trust in journalism is the aim of a Vanderbilt research project that was...

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NoVo’s Radical Hope Fund a Result of Radical Listening

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08/17/2017

NoVo’s Radical Hope Fund a Result of Radical Listening NPQ has written in the past about the NoVo Foundation ’s constituent-centric approach to funding (here, ...

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Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control

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08/28/2017

... Arms Control Alexander Glaser, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and international ... the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the MacArthur Foundation . Their...

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Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice

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09/08/2017

... Our Power Fund and will be announcing their first round of grantees this fall. This fund will make one and two-year ... for projects that seek to increase self-representation in the nonprofit arena, and...

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