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Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously

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06/21/2016

... agreed to at the global level for getting the world off of its self-destructive, unsustainable path. The 17 goals ... solutions that address the human development, health and economic and environmental needs...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

COVID-19 Could Mean Extinction for Many Charities

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03/23/2020

... cannot be delivered remotely and pose particular risks of infection, increasing the costs of keeping staff safe. Unless government, funders and ... be so easily replaced or restarted. Few have the type...

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We Cannot Let COVID-19 Be a Death Sentence For Refugees

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08/12/2020

... Assistance Project (IRAP) For those working in the fields of protecting the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, the last few years have been ... restrict travel, purportedly for the sake of...

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The Weight of Privilege in Crisis

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08/19/2020

The Weight of Privilege in Crisis By: Donita Volkwijn, Manager, ... it, what may actually break us is the price that mental health will exact. For those who are suffering because ... of us who...

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Centering Racial Equity for Generational Impact

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06/24/2021

... (CEP) report New Attitudes, Old Practices: The Provision of Multiyear General Operating Support , several findings ... support (GOS) would result in many benefits to the health of their...

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Schott Foundation, Race Forward, and NYU's Metro Center Announces First Grants to Support Anti-Racist, Culturally Responsive Schools and Defend Against Attacks on Public Education

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04/06/2022

... and NYU’s Metro Center, announce the first five grants of a united organizing effort to defend against ... them equitable access to resources available to citizens: health resources, educational resources,...

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Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Centro de Economía Creativa and Mellon Foundation Announce "Maniobra" in Puerto Rico

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05/02/2022

... artists while strengthening the administrative bandwidth of community-based cultural organizations across Puerto Rico. ... – is providing support including salary, training, health and other benefits, and more...

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ASPCA Board of Directors Names Matthew Bershadker President and CEO

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05/01/2013

The ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) has announced that it has named ... President and CEO. Bershadker is a 12-year veteran of the ASPCA, serving most recently as Senior Vice...

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A Consequential Myth

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04/09/2019

... presence, I am intimately familiar with the tangibility of the myth. Although many anthropologist and geneticists ... ignorance or hate, but Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning: The...

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Ford Foundation

Humanizing Immigration: A Three Part Conversation Recap

HI Speakers.png Over the course of three weeks in May 2020, Philanthropy New York held ... Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and Director of MPI's office at NYU School of...

So, You Want a Job in Philanthropy?

... hope that this webpage can contribute to the development of a capable and well-informed job seeking pool, and that you ... 2024 - Interested in Working in Philanthropy? What types of jobs exist? Where can I...

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 2014 1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF SERVICE These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement ... has registered an agent with the United States Copyright ...

Four Reasons to Champion Leadership Development

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06/11/2014

... Review discusses findings from a recent evaluation of an American Express program to develop leadership skills ... the nonprofit sector. Timothy J. McClimon, president of the American Express Foundation and...

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Open Society Foundation-funded Report Finds Bias Warps the Way African-American Girls are Treated at School

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11/06/2015

... Treated at School Our education system is a reflection of our society, along with all of its attendant biases, belief systems, and norms. ... and non-compliant. These are all code for stereotypes of...

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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th Century Fortune Tackles 21st Century Problems

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05/17/2017

... left its mark on America. Founded in 1940 by five sons of John D. Rockefeller Jr.–John 3rd, Nelson, Laurance, ... Winthrop, and David–it has been a major supporter of New York’s Riverside Church (where the...

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New Research Supported By Simons Foundation Points to Cellular Roots of Autism

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12/05/2017

... Supported By Simons Foundation Points to Cellular Roots of Autism Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new genetic model of autism, using neurons created in the lab from patients’ ... in the...

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Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

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02/06/2018

... Body New scientific research has revealed how a small part of the brain singlehandedly steadies the body if it is thrown ... kneejerk response that first widens the animal's center of gravity, and then...

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Simons Foundation Announces Simons Collaboration on Localization of Waves

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08/06/2018

... Foundation Announces Simons Collaboration on Localization of Waves The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Simons Collaboration on Localization of Waves,...

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Study Funded by The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Shows No Early Dementia in 21 Past NHL, NFL Players

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08/09/2018

... NFL Players In a new study, researchers found no evidence of early onset dementia in a small sample of retired professional hockey and football players. The new ... to the body of knowledge...

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Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night

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04/05/2019

... Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night The new analysis of a 40-year record of more than 70,000 nighttime songbird collisions in Chicago ... the ecology and evolutionary department at the University ...

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