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Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education

Release Date:

05/19/2015

... to external accreditation and state governance bodies. Cultural barriers . Faculty members are fiercely proud of ... or cross-departmental service activities, presents another cultural challenge. And finally,...

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The Teagle Foundation

Private Philanthropy Cannot Replace the NEH

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05/16/2017

... partnerships with libraries, schools, museums, arts and cultural organizations. The Endowment actively seeks to ... constraints, abolishing the NEH would make access to our cultural resources less equitable,...

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Mellon Foundation

09 Feb 2023

February 2023 Service for Impact

Thursday, February 9, 2023 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... group provides a unique opportunity for both corporate grantmakers and corporate volunteer managers to foster a peer ... and challenges, brainstorm on solutions, and explore new opportunities to make a...

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Borealis Philanthropy’s Fund for Trans Generations Moves $2.5 Million to Trans-Led Organizations

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07/12/2022

... awarded, the majority were renewals, with a handful of new grants for organizations that were invited to apply based ... We, trans organizers, are crafting futures and manifesting new worlds.” Borealis...

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LGBTQ

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Borealis Philanthropy

11/20/2014 - Today’s Libraries - Live Stream Recording and Presentations

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11/2014

View the materials and livestream recording of the program, "Today’s Libraries: Community Anchors for Innovative Digital Media Learning, Makerspaces, and After-school Programming."

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Children, Youth and Families

Communications/Media

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Education

Rivian Hires Anisa Kamadoli Costa as First Chief Sustainability Officer

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04/14/2022

... metrics-driven environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda , and strategically aligned the company’s ...

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Appointments & Transitions

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Gives Grant for State-of-the-Art Computer Science Building at Ben-Gurion University

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06/29/2023

... Helmsley Computer Science Building on the University’s new North Campus. The Computer Science Department is one of ... is one of the largest departments at the University. This new building will enable...

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Education

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Why Women and Girls?

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03/27/2014

... Project " last November that we saw how closely her agenda paralleled the conversations we were having with ... the philanthropic spectrum to come together and hear new ideas, discuss them and figure out...

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PNY News

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Gender Justice

Grant Foundation Shifts Research Focus, Invites Studies that Improve Use of Research

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12/17/2015

... is responsive to the concerns of decision makers. A New Direction Understanding the problem of research use is ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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William T. Grant Foundation

08 Mar 2017

Achieving Equity…How Exactly?

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... bring all of their staff on board with an equity agenda – especially if an explicit focus on equity is something new and different? What are the biggest challenges in ...

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Professional Development

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HR & Operations Staff

Senior Management

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

HR & Operations

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

29 Oct 2020

Food for Thought: Preparing for the Post Election World

Thursday, October 29, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... colleagues and grantees or respond to the challenges of a new administration that would quickly pursue policies that ... to understand current events. Rather than follow a set agenda , the conversation will be...

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Network Building

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Open Road Alliance - Roadblock Analysis Report

Roadblock Analysis Report In 2017, Open Road conducted an analysis of 102 applications from the past five years to assess trends in its portfolio. The analysis looked at multiple variables, including the size of the organization, project type, sector focus, geographic focus, legal status, and type of original funder. The analysis also coded each application under a taxonomy of “roadblocks” that describe 22 specific challenges that these organizations faced, divided into three broad categories: Organization Misfortune, Acts of God/Market Economics, and Funder-Created...

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Road Alliance

How To Grow and Activate Your Audience On YouTube

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03/12/2014

... or get involved. Recently, representatives of a few New York -based foundations sat down with Sherif Hamdy and Gideon ... It is also important to stick to a schedule and upload new and fresh...

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Open Society Foundations

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces First Impact Investments to Support the Success of Immigrant and Refugee Workers

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12/15/2020

... to Support the Success of Immigrant and Refugee Workers NEW YORK — (Dec. 15, 2020) — The WES Mariam Assefa Fund today ... the reach of its existing products and launch new products in high-...

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Workforce Development

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Making Healthy and Sustainable Foods More Accessible Around the World

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03/24/2022

... and Sustainable Foods More Accessible Around the World NEW YORK | March 24, 2022 ― Today The Rockefeller Foundation launched its new Good Food Strategy, which will invest USD 105 million ...

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer

Release Date:

07/15/2015

... Mellon Foundation as senior program officer for arts and cultural heritage starting in October. Ms. Baff has led ... will help us increase our effectiveness and identify new opportunities.” Ella Baff will Join...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism

Release Date:

11/19/2015

... of South Carolina Dance Program, Ruptured Silence is a new media and dance performance that examines contemporary ... on racial equality and oppression within our current cultural landscape. As professors and...