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New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000

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10/31/2014

... Grants Totaling $414,000 Nearly half a million dollars in grants from the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund will help teens and adolescents use digital media and technology to get in shape,...

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Can Virtual Reality Make You More Empathetic?

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01/10/2017

Media coverage of tragedy — terrorist attacks, homelessness, the refugee crisis — can be so overwhelming it's numbing. Charities say it can also make it harder to get support. Some are hoping a new form of media will be more persuasive — virtual...

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Ian H. Solomon and Sewell Chan Join the Luce Foundation Board of Directors

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11/16/2023

... University of Virginia, and Sewell Chan , the Editor- in -Chief of The Texas Tribune , have been elected to its ... Solomon is an experienced leader with a diverse background in public service, higher education...

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New York Life Launches $1 Billion Impact Investment Initiative to Address Racial Wealth Gap and Appoints Martin King as Head of Impact Investments

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05/06/2021

... with the aim to address the racial wealth gap by investing in underserved and undercapitalized communities over the next ... Tony Malloy, chief investment officer at New York Life. “ We are focused on...

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Partner & Prepare: How to Fund Advocacy During Polarized Political Times

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02/06/2012

... to discuss the rise of political attacks against social justice advocacy and the roles that foundations can play in responding. That program included a case study from Cecile ...

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Policies, Practices, and Programs for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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11/2013

... and programs to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in philanthropic institutions. The resulting tool provides ... general fields of organizational effectiveness and social justice in order to identify existing policies, practices, and tools ...

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Wellspring Advisors Program Director Andrew Park Heads to The Williams Institute

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06/13/2014

... managed domestic and international grant-making programs in the fields of LGBT rights, human rights, youth, healthcare, and other social justice initiatives... Wellspring Advisors Program Director ...

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NoVo Foundation Transforming Former Prison to a Hub for Women's Rights Organizations

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09/12/2017

... Organizations Bayview Women’s Correctional Facility in Manhattan closed its doors due to Hurricane Sandy. The ... and non-profits fighting for women's equality and justice . . . NoVo Foundation...

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Ford Foundation Awards 25 Fellowships to US Artists Driving Social Change

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10/02/2017

... that will support visionary artists and cultural leaders in creating powerful works of art that help advance freedom, justice , and inclusion, and strengthen our democracy. Artists ... forefront of social...

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NYCT Announces New VP of Grants and VP of Philanthropic Initiatives

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10/18/2018

... currently program director for education and human justice , will become the Vice President for Grants in 2019. Kerry McCarthy, currently program director for arts, ...

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Century Foundation Says States Are Wrong to Tie Higher Education Funding to Performance

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05/26/2016

... budget constraints and demand for greater accountability in higher education, states are tying public college and ...

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According to Forbes, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Sets Example for Philanthropists

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08/17/2016

... stage investors like New Profit have invested deeply in finding a small number of great philanthropic ... that 80% of the most generous philanthropists do —how hard do funders need to work to...

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Five Essential Tips for Setting Up a Social Enterprise

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10/04/2017

... Or it might just help some people. Either way, you want to do good and make a living. So where do you start? Our latest guest #pebblesmakeripples post is ...

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American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation Award More Than $1 M to National Treasure Sites

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11/10/2015

... Trust for Historic Preservation Award More Than $1 Million in Grants to Five National Treasure Sites American Express ... president, American Express Foundation. “The sites we have selected to receive funding...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Selects Ten Communities as 2020-2021 RWJF Culture of Health Prize Winners

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10/26/2021

... nation. Prize communities share a commitment to investing in a broad range of solutions and coordinated steps to usher ... at Ya Ne Dah Ah school, and Chickaloon Area Transit System available to all residents...

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Newman's Own channels money to broadcasters

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01/31/2013

... by the late actor Paul Newman, said some outlets will use the two-year grants to generate more donations through challenge grants while others will use the money for programming or special projects... Newman...

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Carnegie Corporation Commits $15 Million for Rethinking School Design

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03/25/2013

... district-based school design work uses the principles in a new Carnegie Corporation report as a starting point. ... for Student Success, that calls for a focus on how schools use teaching, time, technology,...

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William T. Grant Foundation Awards $1.7 Million for Research to Benefit Youth

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08/03/2013

The seven grants totaling nearly $1.7 million are in support of researchers and organizations working to ... the understanding of everyday youth settings and the use of research evidence in the...

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Nitrogen’s Impact Changes Climate Forecast

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04/28/2015

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded study more accurately reflects the effect of nitrogen in climate change models.

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MAC AIDS Fund Supports New Video On Transgender Bathroom Access

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06/24/2016

... about the open bathroom access that allows anyone to use bathrooms of the sex they identify with — a ... explain, one by one, why they should simply be allowed to use the bathroom of their choosing. Richards...

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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