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How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing

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12/12/2017

... Propel Democracy, a new $5 million effort that seeks ' to catalyze investment in local organizing strategies that ... isn’t the only example of an equity-minded funder that’ s lately swung behind edgier...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds First-Ever Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts

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12/15/2017

... Minneapolis Institute of Art, or MIA, a $750,000 grant, to fund a five-year project to build empathy in order to ... within an art museum. The institution will collaborate with...

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Rockefeller Releases Findings from Intergenerational Conference

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12/20/2017

... residents themselves ranged in age from those in their 20s to those in their 70s— with every decade in between represented. Over the course of ... youth to clamor for transformative change—if...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers

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02/02/2018

... supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies finds that patients with an inherited form of colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that collaborate to encourage development of the disease, and the same species .....

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Appoints Distinguished Writer, Poet, Scholar, and Arts Advocate Elizabeth Alexander as President

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02/07/2018

... W. Mellon Foundation have elected Elizabeth Alexander to be the Foundation’ s next President, effective March 2018. Alexander will ... and partnerships, and dedicated herself consistently to...

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How Salesforce is Innovating Corporate Philanthropy and Workplace Giving

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03/09/2018

... Philanthropy and Workplace Giving Salesforce, along with its nonprofit arm Salesforce.org, is leading Silicon Valley’ s charge toward more integrated models of corporate ... widely used customer relationship...

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Russel Sage Foundation Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security

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03/09/2018

... Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security A recent study published in the Russell Sage ... in SNAP benefits would be needed in order for households to become food secure. Craig...

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Teagle Foundation Names Andrew Delbanco Next President

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03/22/2018

... the foundation, whose grants support liberal education, with a strong emphasis on the teaching role of faculty ... the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’ s Soul From the Revolution to...

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Citi Foundation Launches RFP for $4.5MM Youth Workforce Fund

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04/10/2018

... for Nonprofits Focused on Connecting Young Adults with Employment Opportunities The Citi Foundation invites leading youth-focused community organizations to submit their innovative ideas for connecting low-...

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The United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Positive Impact of Home Health Care

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04/30/2018

... they are discharged from inpatient care. Such refusals can lead to higher rates of readmission to the hospital and a lower quality of life. Although ...

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The JPB Foundation Supports Creation of ParkServe Database

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05/01/2018

... Land launched www.ParkServe.TPL.org , providing free, easy- to -navigate access to the most comprehensive database on ... assembled. The site includes information for 14,000 cities with a...

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Daggett Announces Retirement from Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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06/07/2018

... Foundation After eight years leading one of New Jersey’ s largest and most well-known philanthropic organizations, ... about the strategic plan, and believe it will enable Dodge to help citizens and nonprofit...

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Forbes Women's Summit: Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social Impact

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06/20/2018

Forbes Women' s Summit: Pfizer Shares 'the Way Forward' to Driving Social ... as part of a panel titled, “The Visionaries: Leading With Purpose,” Caroline shared insights from...

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Don Chen, Social Justice Veteran, Selected as Surdna Foundation’s Third President

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08/20/2018

... has the track record, experience and deep commitment to social justice values that we were looking for,” said ... Peter Benedict II, board chair. “Don has collaborated with the foundation for over 20 years,...

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Impact Shares Gets $1M from Rockefeller Foundation

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10/26/2018

... The Rockefeller Foundation has given a $1 million grant to Dallas-based Impact Shares, which says it is the first ... Shares will use the money to expand its partnerships with leading...

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Farhad Asghar Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Officer for Pathways to Postsecondary Success

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11/29/2018

... New York as Program Officer for Pathways to Postsecondary Success Carnegie Corporation of New York is pleased to announce that Farhad Asghar will ... overseeing part of our education portfolio. Farhad’...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50 million to Fight Opioid Epidemic

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11/30/2018

Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates $50 million to Fight Opioid Epidemic Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’ s charity has announced a $50 million donation to help fight ... treatment programs...

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Rini Banerjee Welcomed as New President of The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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12/10/2018

... Foundation The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation is pleased to announce that Rini Banerjee will join the Foundation as its fourth president and first woman to lead the foundation. Banerjee’...

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New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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01/29/2019

New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related ... Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences , along with collaborators from the University of Iowa, have .....

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