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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $80 Million

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04/19/2019

... inclusion and access efforts globally. Grants were awarded to ninety-five organizations in the United States, Greece, ... Kingdom, and elsewhere, including the incubator for Media Education and Development (...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Civic Engagement

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Give Cash a Chance

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02/24/2015

... know what works—it is that we lack the political will to tackle the issue. This is why The Century Foundation’s ... A study by Jane Waldfogel, sociologist at Columbia University , that followed the expenditure...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Century Foundation

Inaugural Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackle Problems with Creative Projects

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05/01/2013

Three innovators who will use unique approaches to tackle deeply-rooted social and economic issues were named ... across the country as cities cut budgets for services like education , health care and senior care...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Social Justice

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Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Craig to Retire at the End of 2014

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03/17/2014

... and in doing so, has shored up the Fund's capacity to continue enhancing "the common good" for decades to come. ... world."   A graduate of Davidson College and Princeton University...

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Health

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United Hospital Fund

What Foundations Can Do to Help Primary Care Succeed

Release Date:

03/13/2012

... consultation and contact with patients—will be central to lowering costs and improving healthcare quality, and will ... Senator Catherine Abate (now CEO of Community Healthcare Network ), and NYU’s Wagner...

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All Funders

12 Sep 2012

Pathways to Economic Mobility: How Can Philanthropists Help the Poor Build Wealth?

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 -

9:00am to 4:00pm

... with The Philanthropy Roundtable, will host this event to explore strategies to help low-income workers pursue economic independence ... Foundation Annika Little , Project Manager, Asset Funders ...

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ASPCA Elects Tim F. Wray to Chair of the Board

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07/02/2012

The Amer ican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has announced that Tim F. Wray, an investor and ... a Master's degree as a Sloan Fellow from the Stanford University Graduate...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Our Journey: Celebrating the Eighth Year of Philanthropy 101 and Sharing What's to Come

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09/13/2023

... the Eighth Year of Philanthropy 101 and Sharing What's to Come This is part 1 of Philanthropy New York’s ‘Our ... bigger sense of community and desire to build my own peer network ...

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Evaluation

Hartford Foundation Awards $6.7M for Monitoring the Healthcare Landscape

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03/17/2016

... better lives for all older adults. One of the keys to effective grantmaking is to partner with innovative ... a collaborative, led by Dr. Tony Back, co-director of the University of...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Aging

Health

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How Do I Master That Skill? LinkedIn, Markle Want To Help

Release Date:

03/18/2016

How Do I Master That Skill? LinkedIn, Markle Want To Help Living online is great fun. But pizza, the scent ... breeze — and some kinds of job training — still need to be experienced in the real world. While...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Community-Based Organizations Across The U.S. Receive $10 Million Through The Citi Foundation And LISC

Release Date:

02/20/2019

... funding and technical support through the Bridges to Career Opportunities initiative (Bridges) to expand ... technology, and construction. Through an expanded network of local sites across...

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Community Development

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Citi Foundation

The John A. Hartford Foundation Names Terry Fulmer President

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02/10/2015

... today announced that Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, University Distinguished Professor and Dean of the Bouvé ... join Hartford this May. “We are extremely pleased to have Terry Fulmer at the Foundation’s helm,”...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Health

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Foundations Join the White House in Expanding Opportunities for Young Men of Color

Release Date:

03/13/2014

... Philanthropies , Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Ford and Open Society foundations -- have announced their support for a new White House initiative, My Brother's Keeper , to create and...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Open Society Foundations

Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

Release Date:

03/10/2020

... One opportunity can change everything. The transition to adulthood, tumultuous for many, can be even more ... looks at inclusion in the workplace. When we have an open position that a manager seeks to...

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HR & Operations

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The Simons Foundation

Ford's VP of Communications Responds to WSJ OpEd

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07/08/2015

Ford's VP of Communications Responds to WSJ OpEd We share Andy Kessler’s view that Henry Ford ... Philanthropist,” op-ed, June 25). Ford helped transform America in part because he recognized his workers .....

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

IFC, Mastercard Foundation Extend Financial Inclusion for Millions in Africa

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05/16/2018

... learned from joint projects that have resulted in access to new digital financial services for more than seven million ... in Sub-Saharan Africa and outlines the challenges still to be tackled to...

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MasterCard Foundation

Is Nonprofit Board Service Worth It? Reflections from a One-Time Skeptic

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01/16/2014

... Marshall Fund, I joined the board of the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe, which included ... the funders who created the Trust — the Ford , Mott, and Open Society...

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Governance