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Weinberg Foundation Establishes New Grants Area Supporting Veterans and their Families

Release Date:

02/24/2016

... Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, today announced a ... grants structure since 2005. The Foundation plans to award up to $2 million in grants...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Veterans

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Library of Congress Enriches America’s Story by Connecting with Minority Communities, Funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant

Release Date:

01/27/2021

... the People initiative represents the largest grant from a private foundation in the Library’s history and is among ...

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Arts

Community Development

Workforce Development

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Mellon Foundation

JooYeun Chang to Be Next Program Director for Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Child Well-Being Program

Release Date:

06/14/2022

... as well as anti-racism initiatives including a public- private partnership, place-based prevention pilots and a ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Doris Duke Foundation

Edna McConnell Clark Scales Up Support for Communities in Schools

Release Date:

05/21/2018

Communities in Schools, a nonprofit that places coordinators in schools to connect vulnerable students and their families with community resources, has gotten a big investment from a sun-setting supporter to kick-off its new strategic plan. The Edna...

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Education

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

William Penn and Mellon Foundations Give $8 Million to Philly Arts and Culture Groups Hit by COVID-19

Release Date:

12/02/2020

... of arts and culture in Philadelphia have teamed up to award $8 million in COVID-19-related relief for the sector. ...

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Arts

Disaster Relief

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Mellon Foundation

New Banking Services Aimed At Low-Income Customers

Release Date:

07/22/2014

... a bank account, American Express has sponsored a 40-minute documentary . A new banking account from Bank of America is ... with many features of a traditional bank account. The documentary ,“ Spent: Looking for...

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Economic Security

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

American Express

Learn Foundation Law

Publication date:

04/2012

... around what staff are allowed to fund and engage in at a private foundation, including how lobbying laws apply to private foundations, who and what they can legally fund, the types of grants private foundations are allowed to provide and how to fund ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Report on Why Cities and Businesses Should Partner to Achieve Climate Goals

Release Date:

10/04/2016

... “huge economic opportunities” for both the public and private sectors, according to a CDP report released today. ... “Cities have a clear appetite for collaborating with the private sector and this is a huge...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Investing in Advocacy Work Is Good — for Everyone

Release Date:

04/03/2014

Carla Washington, Executive Director of Direct Care Alliance discusses the advocacy efforts that would bring policy changes to improve the financial security and stability for direct care workers and their families.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Direct Care Alliance

Can Conversational Leadership Shift an Entire System?

Release Date:

07/28/2022

Can Conversational Leadership Shift an Entire System? By: Donita Volkwijn, Senior Director, Member Engagement, Philanthropy New York Have you ever had a conversation with someone you don’t respect? Or maybe one with someone who...

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Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Show Commitment to Next Generation of Progressive Philanthropists

Release Date:

02/20/2018

... of life experiences, including elite educations at liberal private schools and elite colleges. Heirs are more likely to ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

Andrus Family Fund

EdFunders Case Study Identifies Unusual Model for Philanthropic Collaboration

Release Date:

08/11/2015

... Children, Poverty and Homelessness. Hilliard places this funder collaboration in the context of other past efforts at ... among stakeholders of differing viewpoints Inform public discussion with insights based...

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PNY News

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Education

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Education Funders Research Initiative

Ford Foundation

Trinity Wall Street

Gender and Transformative Giving

Release Date:

05/23/2013

... foundations addresses. Yet as a major domestic violence funder recently confided, “My grantees get race and class, ... ( UNAIDS ), the World Health Organization , and a host of private foundations are already...

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All Funders

Abby Youngblood Joins North Star Fund as Food and Environment Program Officer

Release Date:

08/01/2012

... the philanthropic community, and also with government and private investors. I'm excited to be facilitating a process .....

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Environment and Climate Change

Food Systems

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North Star Fund

09 Oct 2012

College and Career Ready: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

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2:45pm to 5:00pm

... to prepare them for success in college? What roles can private funders play in helping young people gain safe access ...

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TCC Group Welcomes Melinda Fine as the Director of Philanthropy and Strategic Partnerships

Release Date:

09/15/2015

... responsible for developing new strategic partnerships with funder networks and stakeholders, and played a leadership ... and civic participation, Melinda's former clients included private foundations,...