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Research to Prevent Blindess Finds New Clues to Vision Loss in Macular Degeneration

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09/02/2015

Research to Prevent Blindess Finds New Clues to Vision Loss in Macular Degeneration Scientists have identified a ... of atypical blood vessels that can cause blindness in people with age-related macular...

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For Profound Change in America, Think Local

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01/29/2014

... U.S. Programs, Open Society Foundations We live in an age defined by profound changes: New technology has ... knowledge and experience, each Open Places site took the lead in determining the...

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Young Black Males and the Urgency of Now

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11/26/2012

... and CEO, The Schott Foundation for Public Education In April 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King reminded the country ... data on graduation rates for black and Latino males and in the spirit of Dr. King’s warning,...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to the Bard-Brooklyn Public Library College Degree Program

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10/30/2019

... Students Earn Free Liberal Arts Degrees at the Library in Partnership with Bard College Brooklyn, NY –The ... Bard at BPL, the only library-based college degree program in the nation. The program is designed...

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Hispanics in Philanthropy COVID-19 Rapid Response Migration Fund- Funder Note

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03/18/2020

Hispanics in Philanthropy COVID-19 Rapid Response Migration Fund- Funder Note Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) invites our members to contribute to ... limit migrants’ access to healthcare or otherwise lead...

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Can Flexible Funding Become Our New Normal?

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07/15/2020

... Foundation While there is a growing belief among funders in the value of general operating support (GOS) and capacity building (CB), this funding practice has not been widely adopted. As recently as 2018, .....

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The Burke Foundation Awards Support to Help Young Children and Families Thrive

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01/21/2021

... Families Thrive The Burke Foundation awarded $2 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 to non-profit organizations in New Jersey working to improve prenatal and child health. ... life has been shown to bolster...

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Surdna Foundation Announces a Reorganization and Promotions

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07/11/2023

... large foundations devoted to advancing racial justice in the U.S., Surdna has an opportunity and responsibility to ... Environments program. We’re excited to have her lead our environmental and climate justice...

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Arcus Releases Statement Responding to United States Supreme Court Marriage Ruling

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06/26/2015

... promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, today released the following statement in response ... equality here in the United States is a major step forward...

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Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Award 16 Jewish Camps With Grants to Increase Accessibility

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04/01/2019

... With Grants to Increase Accessibility Sixteen Jewish camps in North America have been awarded grants to increase ...

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How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change

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11/07/2014

... per year—and fragmented, with a majority of the labs in the global north. While still early in its development, the innovation lab sector is growing ... labs, The Rockefeller Foundation decided to demystify...

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Your Foundation in Crisis: Will You Be Ready?

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06/18/2013

... “new normal” for most organizations and corporations in this post-recession era. And foundations are as vulnerable ... be both very private and extraordinarily public. In my practice , I have...

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18 Nov 2015

Policing Reform: Building on NYC Successes for a National Reform Movement

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1:45pm to 3:30pm

Missed this session? View materials and recording here. In the past two years, Communities United for Policing Reform (CPR) has played a critical role in leading a campaign to pass landmark police accountability...

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Health Department, United Hospital Fund, and Partners Release Plan to Promote Health Equity

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08/26/2016

... Mental Hygiene, United Hospital Fund (UHF), and partners in the Population Health Improvement Program (PHIP) released ... as health plans, policymakers, and other stakeholders, in the adoption of a delivery...

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The Wallace Foundation Announces Promotions of Five Staff Members to Senior Program Officer

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12/18/2017

... responsibilities. Claudia DeMegret Claudia joined Wallace in September 2012, bringing to our work her deep field ... of programs; establishing relationships with key partners in government, schools, and non-...

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Philanthropy and the Interfaith Imperative

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05/24/2018

... opportunity for human flourishing. This plays out strongly in the United States, as we experience a moment of political transition in which religious bigotry has been on the rise. Some have ... priority...

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Blended Finance "Plus”: Enhancing Support With Blended Knowledge

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09/04/2018

... businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand- in -hand, we can achieve great things.” Partnerships have ... have been, about much more than financial resources. In addition to bringing funding...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Welcomes Three New Trustees

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06/22/2020

... of New Jersey. “Ms. Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for leading a women's peace movement that helped bring an end to a four-year civil war in Liberia. Ambassador Guéhenno is a former French...

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Powerful Networks: Working Across Borders to Reconnect Separated Families

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01/20/2021

... organizations (and Tinker Foundation grantees) Justice in Motion and the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International ... cross-border alliances central to their work. Networks in Action The staff of Brooklyn-based...

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