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The Right Starting Point for Productive Grantee Relationships is Putting Power Points Aside

Release Date:

09/03/2014

... fun at all. That hit home to me a few years ago when our new president Rick Smith joined the management side of the ... A former journalist, he asks everyone to tell their two -minute life story, from childhood...

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Changing the Conversation about Inequality

Release Date:

09/23/2014

... are we seeking? We are looking for research that uncovers new levers for reducing inequality. We are looking for ... to schools designated as low-performing. This study has two goals: (1) to look at how these...

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William T. Grant Foundation

American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation Award More Than $1 M to National Treasure Sites

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11/10/2015

... receiving grants are: Hinchliffe Stadium (Paterson, New Jersey): Opened in 1932, the cast concrete, art-deco ... of funding and structural issues. This grant will preserve two original ticket booths at the...

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American Express

Patients with Macular Degeneration Show Improvement with High-dose Statin Treatment (Research to Prevent Blindness)

Release Date:

02/08/2016

... Their findings were published in EBioMedicine--a new online journal led by editors of the journals Cell and ... or blindness in the center of the visual field. There are two forms of AMD: "wet" and...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

20 Apr 2016

Strategy, Struggle and Participation: Three Questions to Improve Your Social-Change Stories

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... panel of experts in social-justice storytelling will help two nonprofits think through that very question. Join us for ... print copy of “ Storytelling and Social Change ,” the new second edition of the guide...

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Investing in our Mission: A Five-Year Case Study of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Release Date:

05/11/2020

... Fund (RBF) released Investing in Our Mission , a new case study detailing how its investment returns beat ... for the bottom line,” said Heintz. “COVID 19 did it in two months.” The Rockefeller Brothers Fund...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

The Century Foundation Releases Report - Here Is What School Integration in America Looks Like Today

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12/02/2021

... economically segregated, underfunded schools.4 Nationwide, two out of five Black and Latinx students attend schools ... school integration efforts across the country. Combining new research with federal...

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The Century Foundation

Weinberg Foundation Details Chief Investment Officer Transition

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03/22/2022

... years ago, Mr. Hook served as chief investment officer for two universities, Baylor University in Waco, Texas and The ... estate holdings in Hawai’i—we needed to quickly build new , external investment...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Mexico’s Muxe Leaders Assert Rights and Strengthen “Social Armor” Through Visibility - Work Supported by The Arcus Foundation Grantee

Release Date:

02/21/2023

... of Tehuantepec. A majority of the 128 respondents to two surveys conducted as part of Transformándome’s 2020 ... the district attorney to correct terminology and create new tools for collecting information.”...

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Arcus Foundation

University of Montana Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Expand Native American Humanities

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07/13/2023

... “This award can help to transform NAS and to create a new vision for Indigenous studies at UM. As we all seek to ... support the hiring of a tenure-track faculty member for two years in Native American...

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Mellon Foundation

31 Jan 2024

Rapid Response Funder Call: Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court Johnson v Grants Pass Case - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... impacts we can anticipate based on how SCOTUS rules How philanthropy can support immediate needs leading up to a ... messaging and power building campaign, and what actions philanthropy can take beyond...

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All Funders

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Housing and Homelessness

Proactive Support Pays Off: The American Art Renewal Fund

Release Date:

04/11/2012

... to afford the specialized personnel they needed to install new exhibitions. Because they lacked sufficient operating ... track records fulfilling Luce-funded projects. After only two application cycles, 72 of...