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Bloomberg Commits $64 Million to Beyond Coal Campaign

Release Date:

10/12/2017

... commitment to the Sierra Club and other organizations working to advance clean energy initiatives in the United ... all power plants. To that end, the Sierra Club and other groups , including Advanced Energy...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Cities of Service Announces Engaged Cities Award

Release Date:

11/06/2017

... was anything but a well-meaning, one-day volunteer effort. Working with Phoenix’s mayor, Greg Stanton, and armed with ...

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Community Development

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Surdna Foundation Celebrates Centennial Year with $4.5 Million Commitment to Equitable Community Development

Release Date:

12/06/2017

The Surdna Foundation announced a new, $4.5 million investment in equitable community development led by community members. Surdna's catalytic contribution to the Amplify Fund will seed a multimillion-dollar pooled fund to put neighborhood...

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New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger

Release Date:

01/22/2018

... investigator professor Dan O’Connor, HHP chair, are working with the nation’s leading experts on food ... even though the majority receive financial aid and are working . The study, funded by the William T...

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Education

Food Systems

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William T. Grant Foundation

Prudential Foundation Joins Donors Pool $40 Million to Light a Fire Under Pay-for-Success Programs

Release Date:

05/14/2018

The Community Outcomes Fund was started by $20 million in cash from former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie, and $10 million from Prudential Financial. The Kresge Foundation will provide up to $10 million to shield...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation Collaborate for Diversity in Art Museum Leadership

Release Date:

07/31/2018

... on the underrepresentation of non-White ethnic and racial groups in museum staff, particularly in creative, ...

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Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announce Finalists in $10M Economic Opportunity Challenge

Release Date:

09/17/2018

... across the country. After site visits with all 20 groups , ten will receive a $1 million grant. The other ... barriers that have held back communities of color and working families in Texas. Details on the...

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$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards

Release Date:

01/15/2019

A board-member matching service to identify and train candidates of color — and assess groups’ readiness to engage people of different backgrounds — will be key to change.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to Stanford University Press Digital Publishing Initiative

Release Date:

07/08/2019

The three-year grant will help accelerate growth and ensure ongoing success of the digital publishing program.

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Arts

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27 Jul 2020

Racial Gerrymandering: A Fundamental Threat to Equity - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, July 27, 2020 - 2:00pm

... Explore Implications of redistricting on racial equity How groups are organizing to ensure fair representation How ...

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Civic Engagement

Public Policy

Wendy Liscow to Leave The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation After 17 Years

Release Date:

11/13/2020

Wendy Liscow is leaving the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation after 17 years of service to pursue other opportunities.

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Mary Grecco Named Vice President of Finance and Administration at the Foundation for Child Development

Release Date:

05/04/2023

... staff, and the Board as FCD nears its 125 th anniversary working to build better lives for young children,” said ...

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Jonathan Horowitz of The Klarman Family Foundation Wins 2021 JJ Greenberg Memorial Award

Release Date:

04/01/2021

Jewish Funders Network awarded the 2021 JJ Greenberg Memorial Award to Jonathan Horowitz of The Klarman Family Foundation at its international conference.

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Marlon Williams Represented Philanthropy New York with City Council Testimony on Living Wage Provisions and City Contracting

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02/03/2023

Marlon Williams' City Council Testimony on Living Wage Provisions and City Contracting As a part of Philanthropy New York's ongoing efforts to advocate for a more equitable and just non-profit operating environment, this week, our...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

May 25, 2023 - A Day Without Human Services

Release Date:

05/26/2023

... as women, and 75% identify as BIPOC. This is explicitly an issue of equity. Yesterday’s action aligned with ... that government contracts do not exacerbate poverty for working New Yorkers. The strength of any...

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Workforce Development

Chris Park to Retire from New York Life

Release Date:

07/01/2013

... than $130 million in contributions to New York and U.S.- based nonprofit organizations. New York Life’s Corporate ... 8,000 hours of service — the equivalent of 4.6 people working full-time for an entire year...

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William T. Grant Foundation President Robert C. Granger to Retire in September 2013

Release Date:

09/03/2012

... the efforts of other funders and helping grantees working in shared areas to learn from each other. All our ...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Lourdes Lopez to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

03/12/2014

... and has continually broken barriers in her own life while working to expand opportunity for everyone.” Lopez is also the director of Morphoses, a New York- based dance company she co-founded in 2007. Prior to...

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Suzanne Brundage Named Patricia S. Levinson Fellow at United Hospital Fund

Release Date:

04/18/2018

... Children’s Health Initiative , launched in 2015, is working to help pediatric primary care practices identify ... between 11 NYC health systems and 18 community- based organizations. Suzanne is the author of...