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How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing

Release Date:

12/12/2017

... Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing Last week, the fund launched Propel Democracy, a new $5 million effort that ... power in states of critical electoral importance.' The fund has invested $1 million...

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Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World's Most Innovative Companies

Release Date:

02/21/2018

... spend just 5% of their endowments, putting 95% back into fund -related investments. In 2017, Ford pledged that it would ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Duke University $3M to Grow Liberal Arts Colleges and HBCU Visiting Faculty

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05/07/2018

... black colleges and universities. The grant will fund a five-year initiative called Humanities Unbounded, ...

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Mellon Foundation

Arcus Opens Call for Social Justice Grant Applications

Release Date:

12/04/2018

Arcus today publishes a Request for Concepts, the initial step in a streamlined process for organizations to apply for Arcus funding to support LGBTQ social justice work. The deadline for responses to this open call is January 22, 2019. Subsequent...

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Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress Expands Globally With $100M Commitment to 500,000 Young People

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02/23/2017

Pathways launched in 2014 with a $50 million effort that helped more than 100,000 young people across 10 U.S. cities become career-ready through first jobs, internships, and leadership and entrepreneurship training.

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Effective Philanthropy Takes Time

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06/26/2014

In "Making Change," a podcast of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Phil Henderson, president, Surdna Foundation, discusses why effective philanthropy is about working toward a long-term goal.

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Century Foundation Releases New Report on Reproductive Health Care

Release Date:

01/19/2017

In a new Century Foundation report, “Reproductive Health Care: A Favorite Target in America,” editorial associate Molly Bangs analyzes growing state restrictions on a women's right to choose, such as limits on late-term abortions, parental consent...

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29 Sep 2023

2023 Philanthropy 101 - So You're Working For A Foundation... Power and Your New Community

Friday, September 29, 2023 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... information, please email register@philanthropynewyork. org .** 2023 Philanthropy 101 - So You're Working For A .....

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Philanthropy Must Lead With Its Heart

Release Date:

02/19/2015

NoVo Co-Presidents, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, discuss the importance of love in the philanthropic sector.

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Three Exceptional New York Nonprofits Win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards (New York Community Trust)

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11/11/2015

America Needs You, BRC and New York Common Pantry win 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards for exemplary management practices.

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Kiva City Launches in Washington, D.C.

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01/11/2013

Kiva, the Latino Economic Development Center and Capital One Bank have announced the launch of Kiva City D.C., a website that will provide small business owners in the greater Washington, D.C., area with access to crowdfunded microloans.

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Capital One Foundation

Education Tech Nonprofit Launches with Gates, Carnegie Support

Release Date:

02/06/2013

The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have provided startup funding for the new nonprofit, inBloom, which aims “to make personalized learning a reality for every U.S. student by improving the effectiveness...

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The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill

Release Date:

06/01/2013

The Commonwealth Fund ’s recent report on health care spending in 13 ... U.S. spends more on health care than any other country. ( Fund President Dr. David Blumenthal is also quoted in this ...

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Fidelity Charitable Reports Record Results in First Three Quarters in 2013

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10/26/2013

... Fidelity Charitable, the nation's largest donor-advised fund program, has announced record results through the first ... that donors continued to leverage appreciated assets to fund their giving accounts...

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Astor Estate Donates Money to New York Education

Release Date:

12/08/2013

... a first round of charitable donations has been made from a fund created with the assets from her estate, representing ...

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Major Research Groups Are Given Low Marks on Disclosing Donors

Release Date:

05/06/2014

A New York Times article discusses research on donor disclosures by Transparify, a survey funded by the Open Society Foundations.

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Sigma Theta Tau International Partner on New Global Health Initiatives

Release Date:

05/29/2014

... honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co- fund doctoral nursing students and establish new educational ... honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co- fund doctoral nursing...

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Richard Rockefeller Killed in Plane Crash

Release Date:

06/13/2014

... an advisory trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and a past president of the Rockefeller Family Fund , was family physician in Falmouth, Me., and before that ...

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With Help From Rockefeller Brothers, Ploughshares Pushes Better Ties with Iran

Release Date:

06/18/2014

... Iran and the U.S. and its allies than the Ploughshares Fund , which has been investing heavily this year in work with hefty support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund . In March, RBF gave Ploughshares a one-year...

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Donors Education Collaborative Awards $995,000 For Education Reform

Release Date:

08/04/2014

... Reform The Donors’ Education Collaborative, a fund at The New York Community Trust established to improve ... opportunity for all students. Current members to the fund include the Catherine and Joseph Aresty...