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World Education Services Launches WES Mariam Assefa Fund to Provide Support to Organizations Striving to Help Immigrants and Refugees

Release Date:

06/04/2019

... challenge. Our plan is to support organizations that are working to accelerate progress, spur innovation, and ... established during her tenure at WES. I look forward to working with the WES Board and the WES...

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Immigration

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

13 Sep 2019

Philanthropy 101: Speaking the Same Language

Friday, September 13, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... are the remaining modules: October 11 - So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community .....

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Professional Development

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

16 Jan 2020

Moving Towards Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens

Thursday, January 16, 2020 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

Drawing on insights and lessons from decades of work and specifically, in-depth interviews with more than 50 activists and funders, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) will share some key lessons on how foundations can move beyond a...

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Tools & Strategies

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Workshop

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Research to Prevent Blindness Grantee Dr. Gregg Semenza Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

Release Date:

10/10/2019

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is pleased to announce that RPB Stein Innovation Awardee Gregg Semenza, MD, PhD, at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been named a winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Dr. Semenza and two co-...

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Health

Science

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Research to Prevent Blindness

The Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Leadership Transition

Release Date:

01/08/2020

Sharon Alpert is stepping down this month as the President and CEO of The Nathan Cummings Foundation.

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Joan Mitchell Foundation Names 2020 Artists in Residence

Release Date:

01/29/2020

The Joan Mitchell Foundation announced today that thirty-seven artists were selected to participate in its artist-in-residence program at its center in New Orleans.

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Arts

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Joan Mitchell Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints Depelsha McGruder as Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer

Release Date:

04/08/2020

... McGruder started her career as a broadcast journalist, working as an on-air reporter, anchor, and producer for two ... desire to become part of a team of like-minded individuals working to solve some of the...

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Ford Foundation

As NYC Museums Reopen, $1.5 Million in Grants from Rockefeller Brothers Fund Aims to Build Back a More Equitable Cultural Sector

Release Date:

09/22/2020

... as programs that highlight local artists and storytellers working throughout the five boroughs. The RBF has a long ...

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Arts

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Arturo Aguilar to Lead New Rockefeller Brothers Fund Grantmaking Program in Central America

Release Date:

10/05/2020

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) announced that Arturo Aguilar will design and direct its new grantmaking program for Central America.

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Flamboyan Arts Fund Partner on Arts Innovation and Management Training Program in Puerto Rico

Release Date:

10/21/2020

... the ongoing impacts of recent natural disasters, we are working with the Flamboyan Arts Fund to provide arts and ... will provide new opportunities for learning, including working models which will enable...

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Arts

Workforce Development

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Philanthropy New York Welcomes Donita Volkwijn as Senior Director of Member Engagement

Release Date:

07/08/2021

Donita Volkwijn will be joining the PNY team on August 24 as Senior Director of Member Engagement.

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Westchester Community Foundation Awards $308,500 in Grants to 15 Nonprofits

Release Date:

07/01/2021

Local arts and cultural organizations are the primary recipients

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Arts

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The Westchester Community Foundation

14 Oct 2021

Flood, Famine and Fire: Building a Climate Justice Analysis in Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, October 14, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... managers, academics, disaster responders and NGO staff working on the frontlines of these crises. Registration ...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

16 Nov 2021

Building Racial Equity Series - Hosted by Race Forward

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 12:00pm to Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 4:00pm

As the philanthropic sector works to tackle inequality, it is important that we build a shared understanding and a set of tools to speak openly about racial bias and inequity, and their deep roots in our history, culture, and institutions. In this...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

HR & Operations

An Open Letter to Philanthropy, from People of Color-led, Movement-Accountable Public Foundations

Release Date:

10/21/2021

... and justice in the United States will take all of us working together – white people and people of color. We all ... matters. We will not get to a different destination by working in the same way. The “...

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Groundswell Fund

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

Borealis Philanthropy

Ms. Foundation for Women

North Star Fund

The New York Women's Foundation

Weinberg Foundation grants emergency funding in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Release Date:

03/02/2022

... to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) – The IRC is working to mobilize resources and connect with its partners ... to receive up to one million refugees, the IRC is working to scale up support for the...

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Disaster Relief

International/Foreign Affairs

Jewish Interests

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

14 Oct 2022

Philanthropy 101 - Speaking the Same Language

Friday, October 14, 2022 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... This interactive course will help participants gain the working knowledge they need to understand and navigate the ... registered for the remaining modules. 9/30 – So You're Working For A Foundation.....