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The Markle Foundation, Colorado Governor and 20 States Launch the Skillful State Network

Release Date:

02/14/2018

... the U.S. labor market at scale to one that is skills- based , in which people can demonstrate or obtain the skills ... that are disrupting the economy to achieve a skills- based labor market where employers are...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

Illumination Fund Earmarks New Donation to Help Hospital Staff Through the NYC Health + Hospitals COVID-19 Relief Fund

Release Date:

04/03/2020

... trauma they have experienced during the epidemic. We are working with the public hospitals to stay one step ahead and ... The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund is a New York City- based foundation that strives...

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Surdna Foundation President Don Chen Named Co-Chair of Presidents' Council on Impact Investing

Release Date:

11/30/2020

... investing movement shows the promise of innovative, market- based approaches to address systemic inequities while ... the future of impact investing. I've had the pleasure of working with Don over several...

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30 Jul 2025

Understanding the Evolution of Birthright Citizenship and What Comes Next - A Webinar Hosted by AAPIP and GCIR

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... advisors, and members and staff of funder affinity groups and regional associations of grantmakers. ...

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Immigration

Public Policy

Deutsche Bank, MetLife, Prudential and Posner-Wallace Join Forces for Capital Consortium Fund

Release Date:

03/17/2015

The Essential Capital Consortium (ECC) will finance the growth of social enterprises in developing countries.

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Posner-Wallace Foundation

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names Second Class of Doris Duke Impact Award Recipients

Release Date:

06/16/2015

... Foundation, said, "The Doris Duke Impact Awards are based on nominations submitted by artists, identifying others .....

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MetLife Foundation Innovation Competition Recognizes Indian Entrepreneur

Release Date:

05/03/2017

... of $100,000. The Swadhaar Group is creating its android- based illustrative money management tool to be used on low cost smartphones by sub-illiterate groups . The application will allow the users to enter...

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Julia Metro Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation as Development and Marketing Associate

Release Date:

12/03/2012

... currently serves on the Advisory Committee of the Brooklyn- based dance group the A.O. Movement Collective. A Brooklyn ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site

Release Date:

09/01/2014

... the aims to encourage a more “respectful” and fact- based national discussion about the challenges of public ...

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Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission

Release Date:

11/24/2014

... health-care system. The billionaire’s New York- based Peter G. Peterson Foundation will announce a $200 ...

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Ford Foundation to Fund Projects That Help Fight Violent Extremism

Release Date:

08/03/2015

... world, with East Africa bearing the brunt of the Somalia- based terror group Al-Shabaab.... Ford Foundation to Fund ...

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Luff to Leave Hess Corporation, CSR Operations to Move to Houston

Release Date:

11/24/2015

... to Houston, the CSR function will be smaller and based in Houston. Paula will remain an active PNY Board ...

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Ford, Knight and Others Give $20M for United States Artists Campaign

Release Date:

04/19/2016

... fields. Alberto Ibargüen, President & CEO of the Miami- based Knight Foundation, announced the campaign Monday night ...

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Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy

Release Date:

11/30/2016

... were announced last year. Ten outside experts ranked them based on six categories: ambition, clarity of desired ...

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Pershing Square Foundation

John A. Hartford Foundation Supports Report on Disconnect Between Docs and Patients On Advance Planning

Release Date:

12/08/2016

... the John A. Hartford Foundation, a private New York City- based philanthropy... John A. Hartford Foundation Supports ...

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Health

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Caroline Anstey Named COO of the Open Society Foundations

Release Date:

04/21/2017

... technology, real estate and facilities, and security. Based in the New York office, she will report to the ...

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Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa

Release Date:

09/05/2017

... analyses the impact of this staggering fact, which is based on the AAA Initiative report (Initiative for the ...

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Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... of Common Core, a coalition of parent and teacher groups is vowing to continue boycotting New York’s ... the new standards do little to move away from the test- based accountability that spurred the Opt-Out...