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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Five New Board Members

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07/01/2021

Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Five New Board Members NEW YORK – ... Ms. Chapman’s volunteer work includes serving for 5 yrs as the Chairman of the Board for Mazescape, a...

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Take It From the Nonprofits: Even in a Crisis, Funders Are Falling Short on Equity

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07/29/2021

... This piece was originally published by the Center for Effective Philanthropy on July 20, 2021. CEP’s latest ... responsive, and communicative, this was not the experience for a great number of nonprofits that...

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Salesforce Gives $19M to Support Five School Districts Across the US and Education Nonprofits

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09/20/2021

... States and Europe. The grants support critical programs for education access and advancement, with a focus on racial ... learning.” “The past year and a half was a challenge for not only staff but also...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Zegar Family Foundation Among Leading Philanthropic Organizations to Partner and Commit Over $223M to Reducing Methane Emissions

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10/11/2021

... is the single fastest action we can take to keep a 1. 5 °C future within reach,” said U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry . “In 2016, philanthropy committed ... way to keep the planet’s...

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2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prizes Awarded to 10 Initiatives With Standout Potential, Shared Community Focus

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11/16/2021

... three years, plus $25,000 in technical assistance funds, for a total award of $175,000. Awardees also join a resource ... by leaders of trailblazing nonprofit and mission-driven for -profit organizations in all...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies ‘Summer Boost NYC’ Summer 2022 Learning Program Launched at New York City Public Charter Schools

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04/18/2022

... summer learning at public charter schools in New York City for approximately 25,000 K-8 students who have significant ... schools currently serving students in grades K-8 can apply for the program, which will...

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Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces their Newest Leadership Fellow

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09/27/2022

Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces their Newest Leadership Fellow The ... entrepreneurs are invited to spend a year developing new for -profit ventures, the Heckscher Leadership Fellows Program .....

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Simons Foundation Announces Historic Gift to Stony Brook University Endowment

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06/01/2023

... also expected to grow by up to $1 billion in contributions for Stony Brook University’s endowment by capitalizing on ... have a direct and positive impact on perpetual funding for student scholarships, endowed...

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Why Are Foundations Often Absent From Major Policy Shifts?

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08/13/2009

... not in major Congressional bills and hadn’t been indexed for inflation for many years) and removal of the poor from income taxation. ... on Aid to Families With Dependent Children, then and for...

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Moving to An Earned Knowledge Model of Philanthropy

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03/24/2020

... the Rockefeller Brothers Fund travelled to the U.S. South for a deep dive into our Democratic Practice portfolio. We ... Civil Rights history. “I was in the penitentiary for 30 years,” he said. He told us...

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Borealis Philanthropy Introduces Alicia Bell Announced as the new Director of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund

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11/04/2021

... at the intersection of media and organizing at Free Press for 5 years. She started there as an organizing manager and then ... Media 2070, an initiative to open up access to capital for media...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Partners with CARE to Support Women Small Business Owners in East Africa with Village Savings and Loans Associations

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02/23/2022

... existing Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) for agricultural funds in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Democratic ... businesses, ensuring long-term economic sustainability for themselves and their families...

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Borealis Philanthropy Introduces María Alejandra Salazar, the new Program Officer of the Communities Transforming Policing Fund

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04/13/2022

... that guide her work, and how she hopes to show up for our grantee partners. Learn more about María Alejandra ... of justice. My mom was very concerned with human rights for political prisoners in the 1980s, my...

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The New York Stem Cell Foundation Mourns the Loss of CEO Susan L. Solomon

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09/09/2022

... the United States. As CEO, Ms. Solomon raised over $400M for stem cell research, helping to catalyze the field and ... medical research. “This is the end of an incredible era for NYSCF,” said Dr. Roy Geronemus...

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Propel Democracy Launches Funding To Support Progressive Organizers’ Digital Pivot for 2020 Election

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04/23/2020

... Funding To Support Progressive Organizers’ Digital Pivot for 2020 Election WHAT: The COVID-19 pandemic has upended ... the fifth and most critical year of funding from the $ 5 million Propel Democracy fund...

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Vivian Tseng of The William T. Grant Foundation on Meeting this Moment (Part II): Unpacking Anti-Asian Racism

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03/31/2021

... of the country, I stood outside a hotel in Atlanta waiting for a ride share to take me to the airport. It usually took ... life, I have not worried about my own safety, so much as for my elderly mother’s. Even...

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