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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Proteus Fund President Meg Gage Steps Down, Paul Di Donato Will Be Interim President

Release Date:

12/03/2015

... a fellowship to continue her thought leadership from a new perch at a university or philanthropic support ...

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LGBTQ

Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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MetLife Foundation and Verb Announce Global Competition to Improve Financial Services for the Underserved

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03/31/2016

... & ceo of MetLife Foundation. “We need to come at the issue of financial inclusion in innovative ways and this is ... innovations that enable consumers to take advantage of new opportunities and achieve...

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Economic Security

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Launch US 2050

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11/29/2017

... wave of foreseeable demographic changes will create a new American tapestry. Social, economic, and technological ...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Economic Security

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Ford Foundation

Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $18 Million Grant to Establish Helmsley Health Discovery Tower

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01/24/2018

... $150 million to projects and organizations in Israel. The new tower is intended for medical research and will be used ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

William Bell, President of Casey Family Programs, Spoke at the Senate Health Committee Hearing on the Opioid Crisis

Release Date:

02/12/2018

... call a landmark compromise to provide an estimated $ 1 .5 billion (£ 1 .08 billion) over 10 years to try to keep struggling ... to fight the opioid epidemic.” The change opens up a new stream...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Casey Family Programs

Research to Prevent Blindness Funds Study of Alzheimer's and Brain Health Detection Using Eye Exams

Release Date:

03/12/2019

... with Control Participants,” were published in the latest issue of the journal Ophthalmology Retina. The results showed ... a regular eye exam and we’re doing that with relatively new noninvasive technology...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Leaders of the Ford, Open Society, MacArthur, Hewlett, and Packard Foundations Pledge to Do More to Help Charities Pay Overhead

Release Date:

09/04/2019

... more that foundations pay constructive attention to this issue , the stronger the social sector as a whole will be." ... Doing more to cover overhead could lead to significant new spending by the...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Ford Foundation

Open Society Foundations

The Weight of Privilege in Crisis

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08/19/2020

... can be transformed into the renaissance of humanity. [ 1 ] Beiser, Frederick C. (2016). Weltschmerz: Pessimism in ... German Philosophy, 1860-1900. Oxford University Press. p. 1 . The Weight of Privilege in...

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Disaster Relief

Social Justice

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Research Funded by William T. Grant Foundation Aims to Show Why Some Veterans Go Hungry

Release Date:

05/30/2019

... Foundation Aims to Show Why Some Veterans Go Hungry A new study seeks to understand why some veterans experience ... recognized," Kamdar said during an interview with Military. com . "I really wanted...

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Council on Foundations Names Vikki N. Spruill President and CEO

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04/02/2012

... and CEO of the Council on Foundations effective July 1 , 2012. Spruill is currently the President and CEO of Ocean ...

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Brigadier General (Ret.) William T. Bester Joins Jonas Veterans Healthcare Program

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04/02/2012

The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence is pleased to announce that Brigadier General (Ret.) William T. Bester has joined the Jonas Veterans Healthcare Program as Senior Advisor. Bester is the former Chief of the Army Nurse Corps.

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05 May 2020

NYC Youth and Education Funders Briefing on Youth Empowerment Summer (YES) Initiative for 2020

Tuesday, May 5, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:00am

The NYC Youth and Education Funders Working Group will host a bi-monthly webinar to share philanthropic responses and organizing efforts around COVID-19.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Disaster Relief

Education

Ford Foundation Provides Initial Funding for Black Feminist Fund

Release Date:

03/25/2021

... Feminist Fund comes from proceeds raised through a US$ 1 billion social bond sold in June. The funding is among ...

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Gender Justice

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Ford Foundation

17 Nov 2022

State of Disaster Philanthropy 2022: COVID-19 and Beyond - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, November 17, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid will host a webinar to highlight findings from the forthcoming 2022 Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report.

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Disaster Relief

Education Leaders Release National Plan to Prepare Community College Students for Clean Economy Workforce (Bank of America Charitable Foundation)

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01/20/2016

... and free workforce education and training at the nation's 1 ,200 community colleges. Recently, 190 heads of state met in ... change and eliminate greenhouse gas pollution. This new report begins to address...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Education

Workforce Development

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

No Stories Without Numbers; No Numbers Without Stories

Release Date:

08/04/2014

Paul Connolly, Director of Advisory Services for Bessemer Trust, writes about how donors can give "smartly" or "more strategically" and produce both stories and numbers showing how they're making a difference through their grantmaking.

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All Funders

Board & Trustees

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Bessemer Trust

Aetna Foundation Awards Grants to Support Healthy Eating and Exercise in Local Communities

Release Date:

12/18/2015

More than $3 million will go to 75 nonprofit organizations as part of GoLocal: Cultivating Healthy Communities, a program that helps healthy food choices and active living take root in underserved communities.

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Food Systems