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NYSHealth Foundation Supports Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals

Release Date:

10/17/2016

... Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals A new survey of children’s and teenagers’ eating habits at ... inclusion in “combo meal” packages. According to new research from the NYU Langone Medical...

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New York Health Foundation

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic

Release Date:

10/26/2016

... to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, announced an open ... opioid and heroin overdose epidemic, entitled Healthy NJ: New Jersey’s Drug Addiction Crisis...

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Long Island Community Foundation Provides At-Risk Seniors With Fresh Produce And Nutrition Education

Release Date:

01/25/2017

... Fresh Produce And Nutrition Education Many residents in New Cassel living below the federal poverty line have limited ... to fresh food at a reasonable price. EAC Network’s new Fresh from the Garden Senior...

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61% Of Women And 46% Of Men Think Kids Should Be Raised Without Gender Stereotypes

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... other marketing communications–including advertising, new research published this week suggests. A worldwide shift ... toward gender is revealed by The Future is FeMale, a new survey of more than 12,000 men...

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Gender Justice

Simons Foundation Genomic Database Tool Used in Breakthrough Autism Study

Release Date:

10/13/2017

... Database Tool Used in Breakthrough Autism Study In the new study, researchers used a huge genomic database created ... these family members, researchers hoped to identify new mutations that were more likely to...

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29 Oct 2015

Exploring Grantmaking Strategy: Options and Approaches

Thursday, October 29, 2015 -

8:15am to 10:30am

... Presented by Young Leaders Breakfast Club's Issue-based Event Planning Team (Rachel Bergenfield, Loni Bordoloi, .....

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Network Building

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All Funders

Emerging Leaders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

HR & Operations

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Hilton Foundation Follows a Familiar—and Promising—Playbook in Tackling a Debilitating Disease

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... that the condition is triggered by an environmental event among people already genetically predisposed to ...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Iceberg That Broke Off Antarctica Was 4 Times the Size of Manhattan

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... Ice Center confirmed to CBS News. The iceberg break, an event known as calving, involved a chunk measuring close to ...

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Environment and Climate Change

GroundTruth, Supported By The Henry Luce Foundation and Ford Foundation, Launches Report America, Designed To Reignite Local Journalism

Release Date:

11/06/2017

The nonprofit GroundTruth Project is devoted to narrative storytelling around the world. Its new offshoot, Report for America, is designed to reignite local journalism in

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Communications/Media

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Ford Foundation

MTV Plans to Partner With Ford Foundation to Create a Mobile Voting Registration Unit

Release Date:

08/20/2018

MTV plans to partner with the Ford Foundation to create a mobile unit where people can register to vote and encourage their friends to register to vote if they see they aren’t signed up. The network also plans to host events across the country on...

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Ford Foundation

Adam Gamoran, President of the William T. Grant Foundation, Spoke at GW University About How Universities Can Conduct Better Research

Release Date:

10/15/2018

... about how universities can conduct better research. The event , titled “Can Universities Serve the Public Good?”, ...

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William T. Grant Foundation

Mellon Foundation Grant Helps Capture History, 280 Characters at a Time

Release Date:

03/31/2019

Archivists Bergis Jules and Edward Summers created DocNow to preserve social media posts, enabling activists to document the world’s most important social and political movements.

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Morgan Stanley Foundation to Fund Houston Food Bank School Pantry Program

Release Date:

05/31/2019

... childhood hunger. Building on the impact of last year’s event , which helped provide nearly two million meals in one ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Largest-Ever Study of Coral Communities Unlocks Global Solution to Save Reefs, Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies' Vibrant Oceans Initiative

Release Date:

08/12/2019

... than 80 authors who surveyed coral abundance on more than 2 ,500 reefs across 44 countries in the Indian and Pacific ... caused by severe heat stress during the 2014-17 El Niño event , the authors found nearly...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

05 Nov 2020

On Balancing Purpose and Payout - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP and Forefront

Thursday, November 5, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:00am

This conversation will focus on recent calls for foundations to increase the percentage of assets they pay out each year.

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

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Finance & Asset Management

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

16 Mar 2017

What Does the Future Hold for Immigrant Workers and their Families? – A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, March 16, 2017 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... of Speakers are still forming Designed for All interested funders . Please note that calls are open to GCIR members, ... by March 15th by 8:00pm EST. Members and Non-Member Funders : Please click on the "...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Impact Investing

Public Policy

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Goldman Sachs: Women Are the Smartest Investment We Can Make

Release Date:

06/16/2014

... deepened its commitment to women entrepreneurs through a new partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC), ... Gircilene successfully applied for two loans to purchase new equipment, upgrade her...

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Insights

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Gender Justice

Workforce Development

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Goldman Sachs

Melissa Bradley To Step Down As Tides CEO

Release Date:

04/01/2013

... commitment to racial and social justice and has opened new doors of opportunity as evident in new constituencies and new entrepreneurs joining Tides. Bradley is stepping down as ...