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Foundation-Funded Innovation Contests With Cash Prizes Attract More 'Average Joes'

Release Date:

06/19/2014

... and The Rockefeller Foundation. From a search for new technology to thwart robocallers to a bid to boost the ... prizes has jumped to about $10,000 in 2013 from about $ 2 ,000 in 2010, according to the report...

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Public Policy

Technology

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Rockefeller Foundation

How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art

Release Date:

04/24/2015

... with Gerald Rosen, the judge who was mediating between the city and its creditors. He called in an all-star squad of ... where he had led the post-Katrina recovery program in New Orleans, and the situations...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Morgan Stanley Helps Address Housing, Health and Employment Needs in Washington D.C.

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07/30/2015

... Health and Employment Needs in Washington D.C. A new development breaking ground today in the nation's capital ... get to jobs and services and for patients from across the city to get to the health...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: What C40's Report, Climate Action in Megacities 3.0, Means to Paris Climate Summit

Release Date:

11/25/2015

... Megacities 3.0, Means to Paris Climate Summit C40’s new report, Climate Action in Megacities 3.0, contains ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Forum Welcomes Jay Hutchins as Associate Director of Policy and Communications

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04/24/2017

... our Associate Director of Policy & Communications. In this new position, Jay will be responsible for ensuring that the ... He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Baltimore City Community College...

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

Banking Against Urban Poverty, Inside JP Morgan Chase Philanthropy

Release Date:

10/05/2017

... ago. Lots of Bucks, Little Bang The bank’s move to a new approach began in 2012, when CEO Jamie Dimon asked for a ...

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Community Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program

Release Date:

01/24/2018

... on Us program with the announcement of more than 20 new institutions being added to the roster of participating ...

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Arts

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Bank of America [Corporate]

Salesforce.org Announces $18 Million in Grants Towards Bay Area Education, Homelessness and Cleanliness at Dreamforce 2018

Release Date:

09/25/2018

... (SFUSD) and Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), $ 2 million dollars in grants to address homelessness and ... and a $500,000 grant to the San Francisco Parks Alliance. New Grants Address San Francisco and...

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Education

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Salesforce

Warhol Foundation Expands Regional Regranting Program to Cleveland & Denver and Reinstates Baltimore Program

Release Date:

12/11/2018

... will come back online after a one-year hiatus under the new administration of Baltimore Arts Realty Corp (BARCO). ...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

13 Apr 2017

Spending Up: A Discussion on Perpetuity - Webinar

Thursday, April 13, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

In the 2015 Trends Study, NCFP found that nearly three-quarters of all family foundations are still considering whether they want to limit their philanthropic lifespans.

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Backed By Rockefeller Grants Philabundance’s Non-Profit Supermarket Is Making Inroads in Food Deserts

Release Date:

05/08/2017

Fare & Square is a non-profit supermarket opened by Philabundance to counter the massive food desert that is Chester, which for more than a decade before its opening had no grocery store. Residents in Chester, about a third of whom live in...

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Member News

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Warm Up Potential Major Donors Via Digital

Release Date:

09/20/2017

Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of philanthropic giving comes from individuals and donor pyramids continue to grow steeper to the point that, today, as much as 95 percent of dollars into organizations via individual giving are given by 5 percent...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows

Release Date:

10/02/2017

The prospect of Social Security running out of money in their lifetimes haunts the vast majority of Americans over age 50.

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Economic Security

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds 20 Years of Sky Observations

Release Date:

05/11/2018

... exquisitely sensitive camera. The telescope's mirror, 2 .5 meters (8 feet) in diameter, is small by astronomy .....

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Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

In the Aftermath: How to Help in the Philippines

Release Date:

11/13/2013

... their ideas for philanthropic support might be useful. 2 . Collaborate — Duplication, waste and poor prioritizing are among the pitfalls for funders who don’t work well with others. It’s worth ... Philanthropy...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

11 Feb 2016

National Leadership as Diverse as the U.S. - Philanthropy Can Make It Happen

Thursday, February 11, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... Client Advisor, Morgan Stanley Designed for All interested funders . Registration 8:45 - 9:00 AM Check-in 9:00 - 11:00 ... which organizer you were invited. (no fee) Non-Member Funders : Please email register@...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

13 Nov 2015

Countering Violent Extremism: Programming and Evaluation - Webinar

Friday, November 13, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... Drawing from these tools, this webinar will help funders better understand risk factors of radicalization, ... Senior Fellow, WORDE Designed for All interested funders . Registration Registration is required by...

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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International/Foreign Affairs

25 Jun 2020

Beyond Defunding the Police: Reimagining Safety for Communities of Color in the Time of COVID

Thursday, June 25, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... Programs, Elma Philanthropies Designed for All interested funders Registration Registration is required by June 24th. ... and click the Register Now link above. (no fee) Non-Member Funders : Please email...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports the ALYN Hospital to Establish the First Research Center in Israel for Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation

Release Date:

01/24/2022

... rehabilitation facility, has been awarded a donation of $ 2 .189 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley ... to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. ALYN Hospital's new research center will focus...