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Former Capital One Foundation President Forms Consulting Practice to Strengthen Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships

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12/02/2016

... communications professional Carrie Fox to form a new consulting practice geared toward helping nonprofits form ... more productive relationships with corporations. The new company will officially launch Jan...

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Five Questions for Laurie Tisch, Founder/President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Release Date:

07/24/2017

... given $100 million to support access and opportunity for New Yorkers by year's end, describes philanthropy as ... spoke with Tisch about her recent donation to a new fund, her investment philosophy, and...

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City Council Approves Zoning Plan to Revamp Far Rockaway with More Housing, Commercial Repairs

Release Date:

09/08/2017

... Rockaway plan is only the second one to pass. Some 3,000 new apartments are expected to be built under the deal — 1 ,700 of them at the site of a partially-abandoned mall, which will be redeveloped for housing...

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De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020

Release Date:

09/21/2017

De Blasio Wants To Install 1 ,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020 Mayor de Blasio ... out a $10 million plan to install as many as 1 ,000 new electric-car charging stations throughout the...

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Environment and Climate Change

Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... collaboration. Labor shortages and skill gaps in New Hampshire have limited overall growth and the state’s ... and other costs and business climate factors contribute to New Hampshire’s business outlook and...

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Education

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Open Society Foundations Funds the Mayor Exchange to Offer Help to Puerto Rico

Release Date:

03/02/2018

... Funds the Mayor Exchange to Offer Help to Puerto Rico A new network of local leaders is stepping in to provide aid ... Puerto Rico from places like Chicago, Denver, Houston, New Haven, Conn., Philadelphia,...

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Disaster Relief

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Two Views on the Failure of Policing

Release Date:

07/16/2015

... coincided with the publication of two major books on the issue of policing in black communities. Alice Goffman’s On ...

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Justice Reform

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25 Aug 2015

Peace, Conflict, and the Scale of the Climate Risk Landscape - Webinar

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 -

1:15pm to 2:45pm

The opening webinar to the Global Climate Security series will examine the security implications of climate risk to provide a context for the subsequent place-based and sector-based webinars to follow. This webinar will address climate risk and...

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Economic Security

Environment and Climate Change

Andrus Family Fund and Groundswell Fund Amongst Leading LGBTQ Funders

Release Date:

05/07/2018

Just over 60 U.S. foundations increased their grantmaking by 25 percent or more in 2016, earning them a place on Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ 2016 honor roll.

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LGBTQ

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Groundswell Fund

Morgan Stanley Foundation Announces Additional Support to Local Food Banks Across the United States

Release Date:

05/17/2018

... States Morgan Stanley Foundation today announced over $ 1 ,500,000 in grants to local food banks in 29 cities across ... has access to healthy food and raise awareness about the issue ,” said Joan Steinberg,...

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Food Systems

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25 May 2021

Why the Time is Right for a Guaranteed Income with an Equity Lens - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... and philanthropy. Panelists will share outcomes and new research results from some of the most successful GI ... guaranteed income initiatives. Explore The outcomes and new research results from some of the...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Economic Security

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET)

PACNET is designed to address the professional development and networking needs for individuals in programming and operation roles that support senior leadership in their organization. This group welcomes peer network opportunities, confident and...

07 Oct 2013

Conversations for Grantmakers: Making a Difference- How One Small Fund Created Big Impact!

Monday, October 7, 2013 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Webinar

Join us and hear about the story of the Muriel H . Marshall Fund for the Aging, and how one woman's gift to .....

08 May 2014

Community Food Funders Annual Gathering

Thursday, May 8, 2014 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Please join us to celebrate another year of organizing funders to transform our regional food system! Gather with colleagues for a relaxed evening featuring locally-sourced bites, wine and brews, networking and brief updates on CFF's work, and...

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Food Systems

Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and Autism Science Foundation launch Autism BrainNet registration site

Release Date:

05/16/2014

... the Autism BrainNet registration site, It Takes Brains ( www .takesbrains.org ). Autism BrainNet is a consortium of ...

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Donald Moulds of Commonwealth Fund Joins Grantmakers in Health Board

Release Date:

12/11/2015

... field of health philanthropy. For more information, visit www .gih.org . Donald Moulds of Commonwealth Fund Joins ...

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Health

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

Release Date:

08/24/2016

Morehouse College in Atlanta recently secured $2.5 million from Jim and Marilyn Simons towards educating math and science students.

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Education

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ASPCA Supports Farm Animal Welfare Certification Guide

Release Date:

03/16/2017

The ASPCA and Vermont Law School’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) are doing their part to help farmers raising animals—as well as food companies, restaurant owners and chefs sourcing animal products - understand welfare certification...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

PhilTV: Century Foundation Hosts Policing Debate at NYU Wagner

Release Date:

04/06/2017

After additional incidents of police force, some resulting in death, tensions between police and civilians have galvanized media and public attention. Consensus around the most effective way to keep every community safe and ensure accountability...

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Video

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Justice Reform

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The Century Foundation

'Inside Philanthropy' Analyzes Doris Duke's Bet on the Arts to Counter Islamophobia

Release Date:

04/12/2017

... Every year, the Building Bridges program awards about $ 1 million to $3 million to creative projects that showcase ... 2016-2017 Building Bridges grants disbursed over $ 1 .7 million to 11 organizations, with a...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

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