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What Is Effective Philanthropy?

Release Date:

06/05/2019

... of Special Projects, Siegel Family Endowment Siegel Family Foundation shares a belief with a number of other ... as a whole through practicing Effective Philanthropy can happen through supporting individual...

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Technology

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Siegel Family Endowment

02 Oct 2026

2026 Philanthropy 101 - Speaking the Same Language

Friday, October 2, 2026 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

What is Philanthropy 101? It is a five-part series that helps all staff new to ... , Senior Director of Programs and Planning, Howard Gilman Foundation Jennifer Ching , Executive Director, North Star ... 2026...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching

Release Date:

03/27/2018

Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation , Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral ... of scientists developed a "sun shield" that they hope can help prevent coral bleaching, which spread across...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art

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04/20/2017

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts recently awarded $100,000 to ... September 18, 2018. The primary focus of The...

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As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy

Release Date:

12/11/2017

As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led ... programs, a study from YouthGiving.org, an initiative of Foundation Center, finds. "We...

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Brooklyn Org

Folger Receives $1.5M from Mellon Foundation for Collaborative Research Project on Early Modern Foodways & Cultures

Release Date:

07/27/2017

Folger Receives $1.5M from Mellon Foundation for Collaborative Research Project on Early Modern ... a four-year, $1.5 million grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a collaborative research project...

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Food Systems

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Mellon Foundation

Paulina Helm-Hernandez, Former Co-Director of Southerners on New Ground, Will Join Foundation For A Just Society

Release Date:

02/01/2018

... Former Co-Director of Southerners on New Ground, Will Join Foundation For A Just Society Paulina Helm-Hernandez, ... former co-director of Southerners on New Ground, will join Foundation for a Just Society as...

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Foundation for a Just Society

Fair Futures: A Cross-Sector Partnership Transforming How New York City Supports Young People Impacted by Foster Care

Release Date:

06/28/2023

... for how to achieve these goals. Fair Futures , with the active support of the Foster Care Excellence Fund, is a ... have experienced foster care. The story starts in 2018 when the New York City Interagency...

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Trinity Church Philanthropies

13 Dec 2019

Philanthropy 101: The Great Debates in Philanthropy

Friday, December 13, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... the other modules: October 11 - So You're Working for a Foundation ... Power and Your New Community November 1 - Foundation Governance and Legal Issues November 8 - ... and opposition to granting general...

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New York State Health Foundation Survey Reports 92% of Newly Insured Obamacare Users are Happy with Coverage

Release Date:

11/11/2014

New York State Health Foundation Survey Reports 92% of Newly Insured Obamacare ... since becoming insured.... New York State Health Foundation Survey Reports 92% of Newly Insured Obamacare ...

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Supporting Leaders of Color? Insights from “Showing Up to Share Power: A Conversation with Building Movement Project”

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05/09/2022

... not end a leader’s struggles with racism, and in fact can often increase challenges and exacerbate inequity. ... is a leadership function,” Kunreuther said, “but it ’s not really taught to leaders, so people...

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Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan

Release Date:

03/20/2017

... an all-out push like the one progressive foundations made when the law was being created. Atlantic Philanthropies, a ... on a variety of domestic and international priorities. It announced its last grants late...

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Former Capital One Foundation President Forms Consulting Practice to Strengthen Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships

Release Date:

12/02/2016

Former Capital One Foundation President Forms Consulting Practice to Strengthen Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships When Capital One Foundation President Carolyn Berkowitz stepped down earlier ...

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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Two New Grants to Better Relate Research to Action

Release Date:

04/13/2018

William T. Grant Foundation Announces Two New Grants to Better Relate Research ... grantees who were studying research itself: how to improve it , how it ’s incentivized, and most importantly, how...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population

Release Date:

08/04/2016

... who was tapped to head the Campaign for Smart Justice when it was launched in November 2014 with a $50 million gift ...

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Open Society Foundations

Hartford Foundation-Supported Survey Finds Most Doctors Ill-Equipped to Give End-of-Life Care

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04/15/2016

Hartford Foundation -Supported Survey Finds Most Doctors Ill-Equipped ... to Give End-of-Life Care Nearly all doctors believe it ’s important to talk with patients about the care they ... little help, and often they...

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Mellon Foundation Features Harlem Studio Museum Director on How Art Helps Us Understand Diversity

Release Date:

02/23/2017

Mellon Foundation Features Harlem Studio Museum Director on How Art Helps Us Understand Diversity At a time when society is swiftly being transformed, Our Compelling ... writers, intellectuals, and commentators...

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Whatsapp Co-Founder Brian Acton Is Leaving The Company To Start His Own Foundation

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... Brian Acton Is Leaving The Company To Start His Own Foundation WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton is leaving the ... start his own non-profit. Acton, who started at Facebook when WhatsApp was acquired for $19...

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10 Mar 2022

Financial Series: Looking at the 990 Part I (March 10) and Part II (March 17)

Thursday, March 10, 2022 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... field for an otherwise diverse sector. What information can be gleaned from the form? What are the critical focus ... CEOs, and other staff, as well as trustees. It is also recommended for...