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Open Letter to Grantees from Social Justice Funders

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03/19/2020

Open Letter to Grantees from Social Justice Funders The foundations listed below sent an open ... concerns that raising funds, making payroll, and meeting grant benchmarks may be deeply impacted...

Economic Recovery Through Racial Equity: Thoughts from Maya Wiley

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01/07/2010

... and accountability in government programs, leveraging grant dollars so that communities of color can compete for ... the Open Society Foundation —South Africa’s Criminal Justice Initiative...

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Driving Behavior Change Through Communications

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11/2016

Driving Behavior Change Through Communications Commissioned by the Arcus Foundation and designed as an open resource for grantees and the wider conservation and social justice movements by George Perlov Consulting, the report ...

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Borealis Philanthropy's Racial Equity in Journalism Fund Moves $4.9 million to BIPOC Newsrooms and Field Building Partners

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10/04/2022

... Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service MIWISCONSIN Media Inc MLK50 : Justice Through Journalism PULSO PushBlack QCity Metro Sahan ...

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Centering Disability Justice

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02/06/2019

Centering on Disability Justice By Catherine Hyde Townsend, Disability Inclusion ... disabilities and how can the work supported by an existing grant better include and address the right of people with ... to...

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Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

... with any idea I would end up as president. When I walked through the doors of this institution for the first time, it ... University. After high school, I attended a large land grant university — thanks to...

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Ford Foundation Announces New President

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08/22/2013

Darren Walker, who emerged from small-town Texas to an international career in law and ... guide us into that future.” Ubiñas led the foundation through the global economic crisis and the...

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces More Than $1.1 Million in Grants to Promote Early-Stage Approaches in Government and Journalism

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12/18/2015

... Grants to Promote Early-Stage Approaches in Government and Journalism Thanks to the growing use of digital ... as well as bringing expert analysis to general audiences through stimulating news stories. Recent...

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GroundTruth, Supported By The Henry Luce Foundation and Ford Foundation, Launches Report America, Designed To Reignite Local Journalism

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11/06/2017

... Launches Report America, Designed To Reignite Local Journalism Ben Schreckinger had just experienced the dinner ... case, that meant traveling north up the Burma Road through Myanmar to report on the country’s...

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Ford Foundation Announces $180 Million in New Funding for U.S. Racial Justice Efforts

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10/09/2020

... Announces $180 Million in New Funding for U.S. Racial Justice Efforts NATIONWIDE (October 10, 2020) — The Ford ... funds to groups creating structural and systemic change through strategic...

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Morehouse College, Prairie View A&M University & Spelman College Receive Grants from Carnegie, Mellon and Rockefeller Foundations to Support Faculty Development

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11/19/2019

... View A&M University & Spelman College Receive Grants from Carnegie, Mellon and Rockefeller Foundations to Support ... for African Americans. As a result, in 1900 he made a grant of $20,000 to Tuskegee...

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The Art for Justice Fund, in Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Announces First Grant Recipients

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11/16/2017

The Art for Justice Fund, in Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Announces First Grant Recipients The Art for Justice Fund, launched earlier this year...

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William T. Grant Foundation President Receives 2013 Spencer Foundation Award

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10/18/2013

... has selected Adam Gamoran , President of the William T. Grant Foundation , as the recipient of the 2013 Spencer ... Award, which recognizes noteworthy contributions through research and...

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Ford Joins Other Major Foundations in Requiring Funded Projects to Be Open Through Creative Commons License

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02/04/2015

... Major Foundations in Requiring Funded Projects to Be Open Through Creative Commons License The Ford Foundation ... today that it is adopting an open licensing policy for all grant...

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New Nonprofit Leaders to Receive Boost From Open Society

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06/16/2014

New Nonprofit Leaders to Receive Boost From Open Society The Open Society Foundations today announced it will fund nine nonprofits— from the U.S. to Ghana—to help their new leaders implement ... support leadership...

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Pooled Journalism Funds Could Help Save Local Newspapers

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03/24/2021

Pooled Journalism Funds Could Help Save Local Newspapers By: Julie ... foundation in the country committed 2 percent of its total grant making (nearly $76 billion in 2019 ) to local and ... In...

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Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP

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11/28/2017

Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial- Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP ... "NACP," will invest in companies that empower minorities through hiring, pay and...

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National Progressive Advocate Heather McGhee Receives Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Inaugural Fair and Just Fellowship

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05/16/2018

National Progressive Advocate Heather McGhee Receives Brooklyn Community Foundation ’s Inaugural Fair and ... and leadership initiatives aimed at advancing racial justice and social change...

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LGBT-Themed Films Receive Support From New Arcus Fund

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07/16/2014

LGBT-Themed Films Receive Support From New Arcus Fund Nine LGBT-themed documentary films ... progress," said Jason McGill, Vice President, Social Justice Programs. "LGBT people have benefited...

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