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Ford Foundation Heads Group of Philanthropic Leaders to Save Detroit

Release Date:

11/10/2014

Ford Foundation Heads Group of Philanthropic Leaders to Save Detroit Late one afternoon last November, leaders of some of the nation’s top foundations were invited into a private ...

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Kress Foundation Invites Applications for Scholarly European Art Projects

Release Date:

05/09/2016

... Foundation is accepting applications for its History of Art grant program, which supports scholarly projects that enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture, from antiquity to...

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Campuses Confront Hostile Acts Against Minorities After Donald Trump’s Election

Release Date:

11/11/2016

... off that diversity garbage.” A year after students at campuses nationwide pushed for greater sensitivity toward cultural differences, the distribution of the Texas State fliers was just one of...

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More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are Appointing Chief Resilience Officers

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07/28/2017

... Cities employed a "chief resilience officer." As of late July, there were officially 79 within the initiative’s namesake cohort — most of which have survived local political transitions. Given .....

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DACA Recipients Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... Recipients Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible At a meeting in Jackson Heights, under the rumble of the 7 train, about 40 DACA recipients learned that their ... expire before March 5th can reapply...

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Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project

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09/25/2017

Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project For Barry Diller, the turning point came at a Sept. 5 settlement meeting with the small band of opponents who had tied up his plans for...

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Senate Republicans Say They Will Not Vote on Health Bill

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... defeat in their last-gasp drive to fulfill a core promise of President Trump and Republican lawmakers. The decision ... 24 hours after a pivotal Republican senator, Susan Collins of Maine, declared her...

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Rockefeller Foundation Partners with African Development Bank to Open Doors for Nigerian Women in ICT

Release Date:

04/04/2019

... Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook announced the holding of the class in March on International Women's Day, as part of a concerted push to close the gender gap in the ... of young...

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More than Test Scores: What Young People Need to Succeed

Release Date:

03/23/2015

... are based on the belief that young people need a variety of high-quality opportunities to support their development ... attitudes like self-confidence and openness to new ideas; and abilities like self-control...

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16 Mar 2016

Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 3 - Webinar

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

Join us for the third webinar, of a four-part series, that will explore the Campaign for ... ways to solve this problem. Find out how funders in the New York State GLR Network are working with partners in their...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Education

Children, Youth and Families

HSBC Gives $1.5M to Scale Up Horizons Learning Programs

Release Date:

05/16/2017

... Learning Programs HSBC today announced a charitable grant of $1.5 million to help bring Horizons multi-year learning programs to new communities and serve more low-income children across the ... that, while...

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HSBC Bank USA

Arcus Foundation's Support of Mighty Earth Has Major Impact on a Destructive Cacao Industry

Release Date:

03/29/2018

Arcus Foundation's Support of Mighty Earth Has Major Impact on a Destructive Cacao ... and environmentally critical rainforests. If you look at satellite images of the Cote d’Ivoire’s...

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28 May 2019

Technology, Inequality and the Future of Work(ers)

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... American jobs facing "high exposure" to automation, to new jobs being created, to the changing relationship between ... look like from advocates working on the frontlines of these issues and explore...

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Workforce Development

The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grant to Expand Access to Covid-19 Testing and Tracing in Africa

Release Date:

01/28/2021

... JANUARY 2021— The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new grant of US$12 million to the Africa Public Health Foundation to ... grateful for the leadership and support of the team ...

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Research for a 21st Century Child Welfare System

Release Date:

03/24/2022

... Casey Family Programs, and Krik O'Brien, Senior Director of Research, Casey Family Programs. The outcomes for children ... this goal. You can hear more about why we need this new research agenda in this...

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William T. Grant Foundation

David K. Mineta Joins Board of Directors of Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

Release Date:

02/08/2023

David K. Mineta Joins Board of Directors of Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) New York, Feb. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Foundation ... diversity of projects...

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Modernizing the 990-PF to Advance the Accountability and Performance of Foundations: A Modest Proposal

Publication date:

03/2011

In this essay, Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President and COO John E. Craig analyzes the shortcomings of the tax return form for private foundations and discusses ... the 990-PF to Advance the Accountability and Performance of Foundations: A Modest Proposal ...

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Private Foundation

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The Commonwealth Fund

Which Nonprofits Are Most Ready for Capacity Building?

Release Date:

07/20/2012

... Alice Hill shares her experience managing the Challenge Fund for Journalism (a funder collaborative of the Ford, Knight, McCormick and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism foundations) and learning some...

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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TCC Group

Grants to Individuals: Investing in People and Their Communities

Publication date:

09/2008

... guide, grantmakers talk about the rigors and rewards of investing in people. Learn how to design and manage a ... program, including developing a theory of change, using the right funding mechanism, and finding the ...

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Report

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Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Funding Area

Community Development

International Grantmaking: A Closer Look

Publication date:

06/2004

... through an intermediary is often the simplest way to fund internationally, and sometimes the most effective. GrantCraft asked a handful of experienced grantmakers and experts about the keys to ...

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Report

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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International/Foreign Affairs

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