Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity Resource List
Publication date:
10/2017
... Initiative for Racial Equity are not exhaustive but do provide a range of resources that deal directly with the ...
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With Support From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, MIT Mathematicians Solve Age-Old Spaghetti Mystery
Release Date:
08/15/2018
... experiment: Pull out a single spaghetti stick and hold it at both ends. Now bend it until it breaks. How many ... is three or more, pull out another stick and try again...
2024 Operational Reports
Publication date:
04/2024
Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems
Release Date:
10/26/2017
Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Ford Foundation are teaming up with three national organizations ... Communities in Schools, and...
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Philanthropy 101 - Module 4: Great Debates in Philanthropy
Friday, December 9, 2016 -
8:30am to 11:00am
... 1: Speaking the Same Language October 28 - Module 2: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues November 18 - Module ... and opposition to remaining in perpetuity versus spending down over time Describe support...
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2017
Philanthropy 101: The Great Debates
Friday, December 8, 2017 -
8:30am to 11:00am
... 8 - Speaking the Same Language November 3 - Foundation Governance and Legal Issues December 8 - ... and opposition to remaining in perpetuity versus spending down over time Describe support and opposition to...
The Nation Details Eric Holder’s Appearance at Ford Foundation
Release Date:
12/14/2015
The Nation Details Eric Holder’s Appearance at Ford Foundation Eric Holder was the nation’s first black attorney general at a time when civil-rights issues were at the forefront of the public ... Eyez on Me.”...
New York Women's Foundation-Backed Report Sees Aging Immigrant Women as the 'Invisible Population'
Release Date:
07/08/2015
New York Women's Foundation -Backed Report Sees Aging Immigrant Women as the ... are picking up their grandchildren who depend on them, it can be all too easy to assume that these women are...
The Right Mix of Leaps and Refinements
Release Date:
05/04/2016
... we started to build out the Annual Meeting to become what it is today: a deep dive into a topic that cuts across many programmatic interests and is at a particular moment when heightened philanthropic sector...
Leon Levy Foundation Supports Bird Migration Forecasts
Release Date:
04/27/2018
Leon Levy Foundation Supports Bird Migration Forecasts For the first ... on the Cornell Lab’s BirdCast website. “Knowing when and where a large pulse of migrants will pass through is ... sources of light pollution...
Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy
Release Date:
05/29/2014
Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy The ... society and the economy. The special issue will consider both the determinants of these important economic and social changes as ...
Surdna Foundation Promotes Worker Co-Ops to Overcome Wealth Inequality
Release Date:
04/20/2016
Surdna Foundation Promotes Worker Co-Ops to Overcome Wealth ... in the United States over income and wealth inequality, can worker ownership be expanded meaningfully as a path to a more ...
NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents
Release Date:
07/10/2015
NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents Girls and young ... with the criminal justice system. Furthermore, even when they perform well in school, education simply does not pay the same ...
Inside Higher Ed Profiles Teagle Foundation Gathering on Liberal Arts and Online Education
Release Date:
04/12/2016
Inside Higher Ed Profiles Teagle Foundation Gathering on Liberal Arts and Online Education ... instructors sometimes clash with skeptics. But what can colleges do when their...
The Mayday Fund Provides Planning Grant to UConn Foundation
Release Date:
07/06/2018
The Mayday Fund Provides Planning Grant to UConn Foundation At a time when the danger of opioids is clear, UConn Health and The ... will focus on researching the causes of pain, as well as pain...
Heather Nesle Joins New York Life as President of the New York Life Foundation
Release Date:
12/11/2013
... has joined the company as President of the New York Life Foundation . Nesle also has been elected a vice president of ... charitable giving, and Corporate Responsibility, the unit active in focusing employee...
Ford Foundation Appoints Lourdes Lopez to Board of Trustees
Release Date:
03/12/2014
The Ford Foundation has announced the election of Lourdes Lopez to ... efforts to strengthen arts in America directly impacted my life and allowed me to fulfill my dream of a lifetime in ... are...
Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ May Explain Fragile X Learning Issues
Release Date:
01/24/2018
Simons Foundation Funded Research Finds That Neural ‘Tug-Of-War’ ... information. However, because the same neurons are active in both encoding and remembering, it ’s unknown...
5/19/2015 - Economic Inequality and Mobility: Looking at the Evidence to Inform Philanthropy’s Actions - Live stream recording & Presentations
Publication date:
05/2015
View materials and the live stream recording of the program, "Economic Inequality and Mobility: Looking at the Evidence to Inform Philanthropy’s Actions."
Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body
Release Date:
02/06/2018
... part of the brain singlehandedly steadies the body if it is thrown off balance. The study in mice found that a ... insight into the mechanics of how animals stay upright when unexpected changes occur beneath...