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American Liver Foundation Elects Nicholas DeRoma as Chairman to its Board

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10/13/2017

... from the Harvard Business School at Harvard University. About the American Liver Foundation Founded in 1976, the ... of turning patients into survivors. For more information about ALF, please visit www...

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Ford Foundation Funded, "Zero Weeks" Director Ky Dickens, Interviewed By Women And Hollywood

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11/07/2017

... the film for us in your own words. KD: “Zero Weeks” is about America’s paid family leave crisis and the cost of ... injured or sick — it matters to all of us. We talk a lot about family values in America but...

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The Century Foundation Has Obtained New Data Showing 99 Percent of Student Fraud Claims Concern For-Profit Colleges

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11/13/2017

... obtained new data from the U.S. Department of Education about nearly 100,000 “borrower defense ... of predatory behavior, and raising serious concerns about the federal government’s current approach to ...

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Carnegie Corp. Reviews Callahan’s The Givers

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12/04/2017

... making. “What we have here is another complicated story about philanthropy and influence in a new Gilded Age,” he ...

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How Surdna Foundation Is Using its Grantmaking to Champion Impact Investing

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01/18/2018

... we saw the foundation make a $100 million commitment ( about 10 percent of its endowment) toward investing that ... for grantmaking, but also to make investments that bring about both social and financial gain...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The New York Community Trust, Commissioned A Report on what Cultural Institutions of Color Need to Thrive

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02/20/2018

... and philanthropy, and there is also a need for information about how they might make shifts in their portfolios to move ... is full of arts agencies making work by, for, and about communities of color. These...

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Salesforce.org And United Way Are Teaming Up To Change Corporate Giving

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02/27/2018

... but a social networking app that allows you to learn more about causes, suggests new ways for you to get involved, and ... have to seek the app out.It would be available to just about every paycheck earner as...

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Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages

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03/13/2018

... less than comparable workers who had not been displaced. About 45 percent of these long-term earnings losses resulted from reduced work hours, and about 55 percent from lower hourly wages. The majority of ...

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01 Jun 2018

Overstepping? When Should Foundations Weigh In On Grantee Governance

Friday, June 1, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

"We fund this organization, but I'm worried about their board." You've likely heard this sentiment ... mission completely. But what can and should a funder do about it? This session is designed...

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Participate in the 2018 Grantmaker Salary & Benefits Survey

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04/03/2018

... a Foundation Center staff person who will answer questions about the survey and user accounts. The Grantmakers Salary ... and usage policies are unchanged. For any questions about survey policies, please...

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The Rockefeller Foundation has Announced the Launch of The Communities Thrive Challenge

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04/05/2018

... of the Rockefeller Foundation and CZI will visit about a dozen communities, where they will meet with local ... policy makers , and others identify and learn more about approaches that are already making a...

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Funded by Heckscher Foundation for Children, Behavioral Science Meets College-Bound Student Success in Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions

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05/08/2018

... can seem simple and easy to implement—a reminder about a financial aid deadline, a prompt for students to plan ... to take in the coming semester, or student testimonials about their college experiences. But...

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How the Art For Justice Fund Hopes to Reduce Mass Incarceration

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08/16/2018

... transform hearts and minds and transform the way we think about criminal justice in America." Extending this line of thinking a bit further, I asked Huang about the fund's plans to change the hearts...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Launches New Blog Series on Trust-Based Philanthropy

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10/17/2018

... to know what trust-based philanthropy is and what it is about . We’re also being asked to speak about it with increased frequency." Visit Robert Sterling .....

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Funding From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Helps Find First Evidence of Transitive Inference in Lowly Paper Wasp

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05/14/2019

... Paper wasps have a nervous system roughly the same size-- about one million neurons--as honeybees, but they exhibit a ... they seem to use known relationships to make inferences about unknown relationships,...

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Environment and Climate Change

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First Phase of Love My Air Denver Program Measures Air Quality to Tackle Asthma Rates and Track Pollution with Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies

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10/17/2019

... and a nurse with Denver Public Schools. “So this is about educating and empowering school communities.” The ... for tiny shards of particulate matter. These particles — about 3 percent of the width of a human...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Leadership in Government Fellows

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03/02/2020

... careers and share insights, with advocates and others, about how to make policy change during a time when public ... also have the opportunity to learn from the fellows about how to better navigate government...

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Cutting Through the Jargon: How the CARES Act Works for Nonprofits

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04/01/2020

... Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle already are talking about yet another major coronavirus response package. Let’s ... on the SBA’s popular 7(a) process, which is run through about 1,800 local lending...

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25 Jun 2020

Meet-and-Greet with Grantmakers in Health's Cara V. James

Thursday, June 25, 2020 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... and CEO of Grantmakers in Health (GIH) in March 2020, just about the time the country began its shut-down due to ... virtual meeting also gives Dr. James a chance to learn about GIH’s membership in New York...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Expands Career Development Award

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06/24/2020

... vision research pipeline and RPB remains enthusiastic about meeting that need in the service of our mission.” CDA ... as to launch and sustain research careers. To learn more about the impact of the CDA...

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