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Foundations Join the White House in Expanding Opportunities for Young Men of Color

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03/13/2014

... Society foundations -- have announced their support for a new White House initiative, My Brother's Keeper , to create ... men of color. The foundations supporting President Obama's new initiative...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Selects Genaro Lopez-Rendon as Next President

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12/08/2015

... Foundation. He will assume the presidency on February 1 , 2016. Lopez-Rendon is the former Executive Director of ... “I have always fought for a better world, but now as a new father of two young daughters, I...

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Stavros Niarchos & Leon Levy Foundations Supported Research Finds Common Cerebral White Matter Abnormalities in Children with Autistic Traits

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09/06/2017

... who also have autistic traits. This is the finding of a new study, published September 6 in JAMA Psychiatry, which ... and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine, the new study focused on white matter...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Health

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Leon Levy Foundation

Markle Foundation's Rework America Task Force Is Bridging The Tech Skill Gap

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10/23/2017

... a major shift in hiring practices. Self-guided learning A new paradigm for employers with difficulty filling open ... continued success; 54% believe training and developing new skills throughout their work...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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How The Funders Youth Collaborative Sees the Prospects for Youth Organizing

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01/18/2018

... established than others. In the Trump era, some feel “a new urgency to protect their communities from both hate ... for a long time and... this election was nothing new for them,” said Braxton. But they all...

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JPMorgan Chase Expands Entrepreneurs of Color Fund to Drive Inclusive Economic Growth in South Bronx and San Francisco

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02/13/2018

... announced it will expand the fund’s model and create two new funds to help minority entrepreneurs in San Francisco and ... capital, while also recruiting additional investors to the new funds. As part of...

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Action Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support from the Arcus Foundation

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02/14/2018

... on an initial framework plan developed in 2004, the new plan highlights the importance of the region for global ... that are unique to this region and we keep discovering new species. We also know the lakes in...

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Seven Performing Artists Win 2018 Doris Duke Artist Awards

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06/26/2018

... announcing the 2018 recipients of the $275,000 award. The new awardees include Dee Dee Bridgewater, Regina Carter and ... of unrestricted support to take creative risks, explore new ideas, and pay for...

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Research Funded By Bloomberg Philanthropies Finds Climate Actions Can Create 14 Million Jobs by 2030

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09/10/2018

... meet their commitments to the Paris climate agreement, a new research on Sunday showed that ambitious urban climate ... a boost in urban climate action can prevent approximately 1 .3 million premature deaths...

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Environment and Climate Change

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A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, Study Funded by Ford Foundation Finds

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07/22/2019

... degrade the cells of phytoplankton and other organisms. A new paper, however, suggests that these molecules actually ... the National Academy of Sciences. "Our findings point to a new role for reactive...

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Open Society Foundations Name Head of Culture and Art

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10/01/2019

... the vision and creativity we need to steer this exciting new program.” Since 2015, Bumbray has been senior ... and the Documentary Photography Project, as well as launch new initiatives to use grant making,...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Warhol Foundation Offers $1.6 Million in Emergency Relief Grants to Artists Affected by the Coronavirus Crisis

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04/01/2020

Warhol Foundation Offers $ 1 .6 Million in Emergency Relief Grants to Artists Affected by ... Re-granting programs currently exist in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Baltimore; Chicago; Cleveland; Denver; Houston; Kansas...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Supports the Rebuilding of Jacob's Pillow Theater

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12/17/2022

... from foundations and individuals, Tatge said. The new theater, scheduled to open in 2025, will be equipped with ... the center the importance of using technology to reach new audiences. It will also give...

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04 Apr 2024

A Conversation for Funders on Reforms for Disaster Assistance to Help Survivors Recover Faster - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

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3:00pm to 4:00pm

... resources they need after disasters. FEMA developed these new forms of assistance based on direct feedback from ...

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26 Apr 2023

Preventing Youth Homelessness Series Webinar: Identifying Student Risks through Project Upstream - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

**This program is hosted by our partner, Funders Together To End Homelessness, who has extended an invitation to PNY members. The prevention of youth homelessness requires interventions at the roots, stabilizing young people’s...

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Housing and Homelessness

Nathan Cummings, Ford, Heron & Others Are Leaders in the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

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07/27/2017

The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance announced the launch of its expanded network of impact investing leaders dedicated to advancing this growing market.

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Philanthropy's Social Compact In A Changing World

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10/09/2019

Trust in philanthropy is eroding. Widening inequality is contributing to public fears and anxiety about the roles various types of institutions play in public life—be they philanthropy, government, business, or academia.

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Building Bridges with AI: Philanthropy’s Urgent Call to Lead

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02/28/2025

Philanthropic leaders today face an unsettling reality: AI is already shaping the sector—whether we engage with it or not.

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