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Mike Bloomberg Offers to 'Match Every Donation' to Fight Gun Violence

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10/05/2017

... to Fight Gun Violence On Wednesday afternoon, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg took to Twitter to ... When the NRA introduced a bill earlier this year to legalize concealed-carry reciprocity, which...

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JPB Foundation Looks to Historically Black Colleges as Clean Energy Leaders

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03/29/2018

... (HBCUs). The foundation awarded $250,000 for a one- year planning grant to the Historically Black Colleges and ... with careers in solar and energy efficiency, and develop new businesses in the clean energy...

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Freedom Together Foundation

Andy Warhol Foundation Joins Growing Number of Organizations Condemning University of Kansas Over Its Removal of Josephine Meckseper’s Flag

Release Date:

07/25/2018

... artist Josephine Meckseper was commissioned by the New York–based nonprofit Creative Time as part of its ... to contemporary political issues. Over the course of the year , the flags were raised at partner...

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08 Mar 2019

Applied Finance Part 1 of 2: Grantee Financial Resilience for Nonprofits - A Framework

Friday, March 8, 2019 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

What does it take for a nonprofit to move from surviving to thriving? And, what kind of support can funders provide to meaningfully shift the trajectory of an organization? Financially resilient grantees are able to successfully navigate current...

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Inside the Joan Mitchell Foundation: How a Visual Arts Funder Is Evolving

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11/08/2018

... set an auction record for $16.625 million at Christie’s New York, while her work at Art Basel collectively sold for ... reckoning. ” None of this happened by accident. The 25- year -old Joan Mitchell Foundation...

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03 Oct 2019

Intergenerational Programming in Senior Housing: From Promise to Practice - A Webinar Hosted by Grantmakers in Aging

Thursday, October 3, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... into senior housing find it difficult to establish new social connections and/or integrate into the broader ...

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Announcing the Salesforce.org Social Impact Report 2019

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09/23/2019

... more about: How we think about our outcomes and results New ways we are measuring our impact and how we are deepening ... the more than $1B in donated technology we provide each year contributes to positive...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Leadership Transition

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01/08/2020

... to halt the climate crisis and bring about the Green New Deal Moral faith-based voices, artists, and journalists ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Releases Report: The Road Ahead for Smart Covid-19 Testing and Tracing in India

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05/20/2021

... threat of emerging variants. ABOUT THE REPORT Over one year since the pandemic began, we all have learned to think ... a critical moment. With a staggering wave of infections, new Covid-19 variants, and a...

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Arcus Foundation announces social justice and ape conservation grants

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07/02/2023

... conservation grants The Arcus Foundation has announced new grants through its Great Apes & Gibbons program and ...

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10 Oct 2024

Disaster Risk Reduction: How Philanthropy Can Empower a Resilient Future- A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, October 10, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... risk reduction (DRR) helps communities by “preventing new and reducing existing disaster risk and managing residual ... money and lives and reduce harm when a disaster hits. This year ’s DRR day theme, “...

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From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss

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01/15/2015

by C.D. Glin, Associate Director - Africa Region, The Rockefeller Foundation This ... necessary goal— feeding 9 billion people by the year 2050 —the need for an integrated approach to ...

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The Role of Philanthropy and Advocacy in Healthcare Reform Implementation

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02/21/2013

A report from Philanthropy New York’s “Money and Power in Post-Election America: ... health care reform, right? Not at all. Philanthropy New York, New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate...

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Carnegie Corporation Commits $15 Million for Rethinking School Design

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03/25/2013

... district-based school design work uses the principles in a new Carnegie Corporation report as a starting point. Carnegie Corporation of New York today published a new report, Opportunity by...

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Scathing Report Highlights Forgotten Role of Community Colleges

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05/26/2013

... Kahlenberg discuss the findings from the foundation’s new report. Scathing Report Highlights Forgotten Role of ...

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Philanthropists Lay Out Education Priorities

Release Date:

11/21/2013

Philanthropy New York President Ronna Brown, Ford Foundation Program Officer Fred Frelow and New York Community Trust Program Officer Shawn Morehead ... six priorities for the de Blasio Administration on ...

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MetLife Foundation, Sesame Workshop Launch Financial Knowledge Program

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11/22/2013

... Foundation and Sesame Workshop have announced a five- year , $20 million partnership to improve financial knowledge ... Foundation and Sesame Workshop have announced a five year , $20 million partnership to...

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Applications Accepted for the William T. Grant Scholars Program

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03/13/2014

... nominated by a supporting institution and must submit five- year research plans that demonstrate creativity, intellectual ... a commitment to continued professional development. Every year , four to six William...

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With Help From Rockefeller Brothers, Ploughshares Pushes Better Ties with Iran

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06/18/2014

... Ploughshares Fund, which has been investing heavily this year in work with hefty support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. In March, RBF gave Ploughshares a one- year $500,000 grant specifically for its Iran...