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Mike Bloomberg Sends Statement to the United Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement

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06/06/2017

... the United Nations and the global community that American society remains committed to achieving the emission ... The Paris Agreement recognizes the indispensable role of all these actors in...

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Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk

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05/13/2020

Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are investing in an effort to help ... in November 2017 by the G20 group of industrialized ...

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National Progressive Advocate Heather McGhee Receives Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Inaugural Fair and Just Fellowship

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05/16/2018

... of its Fair and Just Fellowship. During her year in the role , McGhee will inform the Foundation’s strategic ... 15 years, the last four as president. She will leave her post as president this summer and will...

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The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness

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09/13/2017

The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Ending Poverty And Homelessness ... the idea has been enshrined officially in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs as something ... 80-minute discussion in the...

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A Spotlight on Arts, Capacity Building, Diversity, and Women and Girls

... several issues in our programming this year--including Arts , Capacity Building, Diversity and Women and Girls. ... July 2014, we kick-off our first program in each series: Arts July 15th - Art, Technology and...

29 Oct 2019

Resiliency Finance: A Pivotal Role for Philanthropy

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9:00am to 11:00am

... The Scherman Foundation Resiliency Finance: A Pivotal Role for Philanthropy ...

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National Summit on Family Philanthropy

Monday, June 15, 2015 - 8:00am to Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 2:00pm

... and growing list of dynamic speakers . A special evening event will be held the first night at the brand new Whitney ...

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Mellon Grant Aims to Raise $75 Million for National Gallery

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03/18/2016

... a half times the pledged amount, reports The Washington Post . Made to mark the Washington institution's 75th .....

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OSF May Exit Hungary as Orban Purges Civil Groups

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04/20/2018

OSF May Exit Hungary as Orban Purges Civil Groups Billionaire philanthropist George Soros ’s Open Society Foundations, a group that funds dozens of ... may move its staff out of Budapest amid a crackdown on...

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Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast

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10/23/2015

Ford Foundation Launches Arts in a Changing America With Webcast The Ford ... of the Arts in a Changing America (ArtChangeUS) launch event . ArtChangeUS is a new national five-year project ... to...

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Kress Foundation Trustee to Lead Metropolitan Museum of Art

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03/12/2015

... will retire from the Met on March 31 after 10 years in the post , and nearly 40 at the institution. Dr. Weiss’ ... a special committee of the board. He will assume his new post at the Metropolitan this summer,...

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Ford Foundation, Borealis Philanthropy, Center for Cultural Power, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Launch "Reclaiming the Border Narrative"

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03/18/2021

... Hispanic Journalists, and National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Launch "Reclaiming the Border Narrative" ... Journalists , and the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures to...

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Post-Sandy Assistance Needed for Long Term

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05/22/2013

... Jersey Grantmakers President Nina Stack talks about the role funders can play in providing long-term relief after ... will remain after first responders leave our region. Post -Sandy Assistance Needed for Long...

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Money and Power in Post-Election America: Why This Conference?

... and more involved in matters of deep social and cultural conflict . Concomitantly, the Supreme Court’s Citizens ... not do) given the ongoing polarization? Money and Power in Post -Election America: Why This...

Grantmakers in the Arts Selects Edwin Torres as New CEO

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08/16/2017

Grantmakers in the Arts Selects Edwin Torres as New CEO Edwin Torres, deputy ... Affairs, has been selected by the Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) board of directors as the organization’s new ... not be more...

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OSF Report Finds That Women Are Vastly Outnumbered at Europe’s Top Policy Events

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03/08/2018

... three male speakers to every woman, according to an Open Society Foundations report published on Thursday. The ... could not achieve gender equality without more female role models taking the stage at key...

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Advancing Racial Equity in Arts and Culture, Part 1

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08/28/2015

... justice though research, media, and practice, to train 49 arts and cultural advocates on racial justice leadership. ... cultural sector. These ideas will come in Part 2 of this post . In the meantime, I’d like...

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Increasing Public Understanding of Muslim Societies Drives Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges Program

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03/16/2015

... to support their projects to engage communities through arts experiences that more accurately represent the vast ...

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