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Ford, JPB, Novo, Carnegie Corporation of NY Listed as Top Funders of Refugee and Migrant Issues

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02/15/2017

While foundation funding in support of global human rights initiatives rose to $2.7 billion in 2014, from $2.3 billion in 2013, the share of funding for migrants and refuges remained flat, a report from Foundation Center and the International Human...

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Rockefeller Supports Training Workshops on Impact Investing in Ghana and South Africa

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03/03/2017

... Capital in South Africa; and the Venture Capital Trust Fund , GIMPA Centre for Impact Investing, and the Institute ...

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Nicky McIntyre Begins Tenure as CEO of Foundation for a Just Society

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07/03/2017

... president of development and communications at the Global Fund for Women, a public foundation for gender equality that ...

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Phil TV This Week March 31

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03/31/2017

... Foot Entire Bill for Cuomo's Public-Private Legal Defense Fund For Immigrants 'Marjorie Prime' Wins Sloan Foundation .....

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Six Reasons Funders Should Increase Support for People Of Color-Led Work

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04/04/2017

... and Vanessa Daniel , Executive Director of the Groundswell Fund . This month Ms. Foundation for Women and the Groundswell Fund joined with other foundations and individual donors to ...

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Phil TV This Week April 14

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04/14/2017

PhilTV This Week features guest anchor Prachi Patankar of the Brooklyn Community Foundation, and stories about Mellon, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Educational Foundation of America and some Jedi action from the Altman Foundation. Plus, Thousands of...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare

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04/28/2017

Patients at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center will soon benefit from access to the latest computed tomography (CT) diagnostic technology made possible through a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare...

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What Philanthropy’s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic Engagement

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06/15/2017

... Trust launched the Helping People Get Along Better Fund to support national and local efforts to build ... and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation co-launched the Resilience Fund and the Whitman Institute deployed a...

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Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Seeks Proposals for Investigator Awards

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07/10/2017

Established by the Simons Foundation to advance knowledge of the processes that led to the emergence of life, the Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life supports creative, innovative research on topics such as the astrophysical and planetary...

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New Milbank-Supported Report: The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost, Quality, and Utilization

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07/11/2017

... report, published with support from the Milbank Memorial Fund for the fourth time, highlights findings from 45 newly ... F. Koller, president of the Milbank Memorial Fund . “The PCPCC evidence report helps...

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NY Women’s Foundation: $2.4 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women & Families in New York City

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07/24/2017

... to strengthen their position as the premier women’s fund in the United States. The grants address a range of ... grants, and $2.11 million as the administrator of The NYC Fund for Women and Girls in NYC. Since...

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Rauch Foundation Research On Government Spending & Early Childhood Published

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07/26/2017

Current scientific research demonstrates that the first three years of a child’s life are the most important in terms of brain development. If we want children to start school prepared to learn, and to succeed, then we must support young children...

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Burke Foundation’s Catalyst Program Seeking Applications

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08/23/2017

For those working in the early childhood development sector, the Burke Foundation is seeking applications for its Catalyst Program, which has a specific focus on children’s issues, as well as the health, financial security, and cohesiveness of...

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

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08/29/2017

About 1 in 750 people have a chance of contracting MS, which is a debilitating disease of the nervous system. Current research suggests 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)

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Childcare Hasn’t Gained Much Traction with Funders. Who's Trying to Change That?

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09/29/2017

... worker and parent advocate groups, like the Olé Education Fund in New Mexico and Parent Voices Oakland in California. ...

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Ford Releases Investment Returns; More Grant Makers May Be On the Way

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10/02/2017

For the first time in several years, the Ford Foundation disclosed the investment performance of its $12.1 billion endowment, saying it generated a return of 7 percent in 2016. By comparison, the median return of more than 5,700 foundations that...

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George Soros Transfers Billions to Open Society Foundations

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10/18/2017

... Society Foundations George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager and a major Democratic donor, has given $18 ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Get It Right, Right Now

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10/18/2017

... While we hope many funders will participate in a pooled fund , we strongly encourage any funder who cares about strong ... organization isn’t likely to participate in the pooled fund . The 2010 census funders...

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Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership

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11/29/2017

Walton Foundation and Ford Foundation announced today they are each committing $3 million over three years to support creative solutions to diversify curatorial and management staff at art museums across the United States.

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