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Bloomberg Philanthropies Publishes Results of Largest Survey of American Mayors

Release Date:

04/05/2018

Bloomberg Philanthropies Publishes Results of Largest Survey of American Mayors Bloomberg Philanthropies ... time, more mayors say that their relationship with the new administration has gotten...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology

Release Date:

04/27/2018

... Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a new HD video streaming method...

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Technology

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

ASPCA Opens Permanent, State-of-the-Art Behavioral Rehabilitation Center

Release Date:

05/10/2018

ASPCA Opens Permanent, State- of -the-Art Behavioral Rehabilitation Center The ASPCA ® t oday announces the official opening of its Behavioral Rehabilitation Center in Weaverville, N.C, ... are victims of...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Commonwealth Funded Study Shows Impacts State-based Individual Mandates Would Have in 2019

Release Date:

07/25/2018

... to the penalty structure under the ACA before the passage of The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017. Currently only three states have implemented ... mandates. Massachusetts implemented its mandate in 2006. ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

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

Release Date:

08/09/2018

... Shows No Early Dementia in 21 Past NHL, 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...

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Health

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group Announce Joint Project to Increase Economic Mobility in Local Communities

Release Date:

11/15/2018

... Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group announced today a new $12 million project that will help communities analyze ... barriers to economic mobility, understand the impact of potential interventions, and share...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Arabella Advisors Report Calls on Philanthropy to Catalyze Inclusive Investment

Release Date:

03/04/2019

... that ensure equitable access to capital for people of color and women, a report from Arabella Advisors and the New Venture Fund argues. According to the report, An ... Unlock Capital for Women Entrepreneurs...

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Arabella Advisors

OpEd: CEO Lori Bezahler on Edward W. Hazen Foundation’s Decision to Empty Its Coffers

Release Date:

03/06/2019

... an increase in philanthropic support for a diverse range of nonprofits advancing a progressive agenda. Grant makers ... who have just started awarding money to these causes, as well as...

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JPMorgan Chase Gives $350M to Workforce Training, Community Colleges

Release Date:

03/19/2019

... to provide the training panacea for the current skills gap as well as affordable ways for people to refresh or add to ... public institutions at scale" rather than rolling out " new...

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Economic Security

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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

Release Date:

04/05/2019

... Light 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 ...

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Animal Welfare

Environment and Climate Change

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Leon Levy Foundation

Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Helps Fund Research to Find Personalized Treatment for Crohn's Disease

Release Date:

05/03/2019

... environment. These miniature systems, which serve as accurate models of various organs from the heart and lungs to the gut and the ... upstream initiator of gut inflammation. Now, thanks to a...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Research of Human Impact on Indoor Climate

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06/04/2019

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Research of Human Impact on Indoor Climate Human impact on the indoor ... that have previously been used for measurements of the atmospheric climate and registration of...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Milbank Memorial Fund, John A. Hartford Foundation, Commonwealth Fund Support Study That Reveals How ACOs Use Home Visits to Improve Care and Reduce Hospital Use

Release Date:

06/21/2019

... Use Home Visits to Improve Care and Reduce Hospital Use A new Dartmouth-led study, published this week in the June issue of Health Affairs, offers new details about how one key ... while...

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The Commonwealth Fund

Open Society University Network Launches to Transform Higher Education

Release Date:

01/23/2020

... Soros announced today that he is creating a new university network to better prepare students for current ... students who need it the most and to promote the values of open society—including free expression...

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Open Society Foundations

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Increases Spending to Seize ‘Hinge Moment in History’

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... justice crisis. The funds, approved with unanimous support of the board, will work to advance racial justice, strengthen U.S. democracy, and generate new economic thinking to address global climate change and...

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Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Disaster Relief

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

25 Mar 2021

Federal Immigration Policy Scorecard and Playbook - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, March 25, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... be granted on a first come, first served basis.* With the new Biden administration taking steps to expand legal relief ... with loved ones, to migrants seeking the protection of asylum. With conventional...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Immigration

Social Justice

12 Dec 2018

Stronger Together Part II: Building the Capacity of Social Movements – December Webinar Hosted by HRFN

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... a first come, first served basis.* This webinar is a part of a three-part series: December 12 – How do we as grantmakers foster, support, and strengthen new or growing movements? February 13...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Social Justice

Legacy Foundations and Risk-Taking: Different Approaches to Empowered Philanthropy

Release Date:

06/07/2017

... conditions – including government devolution, the rise of the knowledge economy, the dramatic deepening of inequality, new players, new opportunities and a growing popular...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

An Update on Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's Limited Life

Release Date:

10/23/2018

... Clark Foundation is entering the next and final stage of our limited-life strategy. But EMCF’s work is not yet ... evaluation this summer, Propel Next is launching two new cohorts this fall―one in Northern...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

28 Feb 2019

On Nonprofit Leadership Transitions - A Roundtable Discussion

Thursday, February 28, 2019 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... meeting originated from our observations that a number of executive level transitions are taking place in nonprofit social justice groups. We see this as both a challenge and an opportunity. The exit ...