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We Need Your Input on Justice Reform

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05/18/2016

... goes even deeper. We want to provide opportunities for funders with related interests – whether it is justice’s ... come together to network and learn. For example, PNY’s Funders of Women and Girls is already...

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Alfred P. Sloan, Time Warner 'Fast Track Grant' Goes To Film That Explores Science and Technology

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06/07/2016

Film Independent Selects 10 Projects And 20 Filmakers For 2016 Fast Track Program And Awards $20K Alfred P. Sloan Fast Track Grant To Mark Levinson For 'The Gold Bug Variations'

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Arts

A Big STEM Gift from Simons Foundation Grabs Attention in the Field

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08/24/2016

... Meanwhile, we've written about a long list of corporate funders , particulary tech companies, that are giving money .....

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Andrus Family Fund's Peguro Praised in NCRP's Reflections on Resilience and Community Building

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09/28/2016

... Institute Forum for Community Solutions and Neighborhood Funders Group. Yet very quickly conference speakers seemed to ...

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We’ve Been Here Before, But Now We Know Where We Are

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11/17/2016

... in 2013, Philanthropy New York supported the efforts of 16 funders that came together under the mantle of the Education Funders Research Initiative , which eventually led those funders to...

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An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools

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12/22/2016

... Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools Many funders want to ensure college access for disadvantaged and ...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing

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06/07/2017

... youth and employment. But financial giants are also steady funders in an area even closer to home: community development ...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Housing and Homelessness

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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

Release Date:

06/14/2017

... of their annual giving to individuals. The bias of most funders in favor of organizational grantees reflects a simple ...

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05 Oct 2017

Pulling Back the Curtain: Philanthropy’s Role in Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice to Improve Early Childhood Education

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9:00am to 11:00am

... on the key roles that researchers, policymakers, funders , and facilitators have played in developing the ... for evidence-based policy making The role that funders , researchers, and policymakers play in...

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Simons Family 'Giving Big' on Climate Change

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08/21/2017

... Change Foundation, which is one of the nation's largest funders of climate and clean energy work. (It gave out $40 .....

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From the Ground Up

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09/08/2017

... work. What's needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders , and government agencies working together as equals. .....

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Westchester Community Foundation Announces Institute for Strong Nonprofits

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09/26/2017

... The Westchester Community Foundation, one of the largest funders of nonprofits in Westchester, New York, has announced ...

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A Spectrum of Change: Why Is An Art Foundation Tackling Mass Incarceration?

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10/06/2017

... differentiated itself from a growing space filled with funders concerned with the broader connections between art ...

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

... library giving can be summarized in a single word: access. Funders including the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the John ...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains

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10/31/2017

... that fully cover costs. A shortage of capital and funders is also limiting civic techs ability to scale... ...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Co-Authors Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia

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11/27/2017

... by nonprofit executives and boards, and the need for funders to support nonprofit overhead—its natural focus was ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds New Exploration Into Labor and Civil Rights History at National Park Service

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11/28/2017

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides a nearly $1 million grant to the National Park Foundation to establish the National Park Service Mellon Humanities Fellows, three new research positions that will allow the service to expand its storytelling...

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Social Justice

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How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing

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12/12/2017

Last week, the fund launched Propel Democracy, a new $5 million effort that seeks 'to catalyze investment in local organizing strategies that build progressive political power in states of critical electoral importance.'

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Civic Engagement

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Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

In an interview with the Funder’s Forum, Wallace Foundation President Will Miller explains the “unified approach” that underlies the foundation’s initiatives and describes how a focus on continuous improvement fits into this.

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