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Autism at Work: How the Simons Foundation is Expanding Efforts of Inclusion in the Workplace

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03/10/2020

... in many different job functions, and also to acquire new skills. Our effort to employ people with autism has not ... staff, and the employees who will be working with the new staff member receive training...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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How Can Philanthropy Elevate Entrepreneurialism Through Crisis?

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07/22/2020

... Grace Farms Foundation, a private operating foundation and new kind of institution to advance good, was the catalyst to ... team. Mobilizing your team in crisis requires a new assessment of your team. When you...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Disaster Relief

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Mellon Announces Funding for Higher Education in Prisons

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06/06/2023

... for higher education in carceral environments. These new grants—part of Mellon’s larger mission of fostering ... month for incarcerated learners—it is crucial to adopt new grantmaking strategies and support...

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Education

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As the White House Changes Hands, Philanthropy Must Change Too

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01/26/2017

... into inertia, leaving them uncertain about hiring new employees or undertaking broader and more ambitious ... particular, give them the flexibility they need to pursue new approaches and meet emerging needs...

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The Cricket Island Foundation

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Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far

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05/09/2017

... in the face of exclusionary and unjust policies under the new Trump Administration. With the Fund, we have committed $1 ... policies. Stop Criminalization of Communities A new executive order has expanded the...

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

What Philanthropy’s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic Engagement

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06/15/2017

... are either presently considering, or open to considering, new strategies against the backdrop of this rapidly changing ... to the rapidly shifting political landscape, deploying new funds to amplify the work...

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Blended Finance "Plus”: Enhancing Support With Blended Knowledge

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09/04/2018

... to solve the most pressing challenges of our time. Finding new funding mechanisms to achieve the Millennium Development ... for millions of the world’s poor. While the pursuit for new , more effective blended...

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We Shouldn’t Be Batting 1000

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03/07/2016

... storm of sports fabulousness. My favorite hockey player is New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundquist. A sure Hall of Famer, ... that got a grant. I was confused: Wouldn’t hiring a new...

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Informal But Important: Improving the Lives of Informal Workers

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08/19/2014

... workers is projected to grow, many of us are examining new ways of working with these communities to meet their health needs. This requires new ways of thinking as new insights emerge from...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Economic Security

Workforce Development

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Innovative Finance and the Search for the Next Big Idea

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10/17/2014

... send us ideas, examples, and solutions that might unearth new innovations in financial inclusion and growth. Our ... commitment to constant innovation, with a focus on new and exciting ideas being surfaced...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Communications/Media

Technology

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Engaging Future Philanthropic Leaders: An Innovative Model from WRAG

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02/26/2013

... and foundations to consider in the pursuit of creating a new generation of philanthropists. It is helping foundations embrace new skill sets and diversify their workforce to meet ... issues, which injects...

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Commentary: “Visibility” and Corporate Foundations

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10/22/2009

... A successful visibility plan does not track how many new donors the grantee was able to recruit as a result of ... or TV is often a one-way communication tool. Maybe the new media vehicles can help the...

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Meeting My Philanthropy Peers in This Incredibly Small, Incredibly Big World of Ours

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03/07/2017

... One highlight of the conference was the release of a new WINGS report that offers a new global picture of philanthropy infrastructure ...

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Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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09/12/2017

... be found through special laboratory tests, according to a new study led by AMD researchers based at Massachusetts Eye ... published online today in Ophthalmology, describes a new technique known as "...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Pamela Shifman, Executive Director of the NoVo Foundation, to Step Down at the End of 2019

Release Date:

11/07/2019

... to support girls of color across the United States; led new investments in the leadership of Indigenous women and ... Now, she has decided that the time is right to begin a new chapter. While all of us will...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports the ALYN Hospital to Establish the First Research Center in Israel for Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation

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01/24/2022

... to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. ALYN Hospital's new research center will focus on several relevant fields, ... developmental issues (such as cerebral palsy). With the new research center, ALYN...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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International Crisis Group Receives Grant from Open Society Foundations Aiming to Combine Local Voices and Global Expertise to Reduce Human Suffering

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04/25/2022

... that will support our conflict prevention mandate. This new funding will allow Crisis Group to help meet the growing ... use of social media to foment unrest to the deployment of new weapons for waging war and...

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Human Services

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‘Excuse After Excuse’: Black and Latino Developers Face Barriers to Success - Report Funded by the Siegel Family Endowment

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03/03/2023

... annually, one is Latino; none is Black, according to a new report. Economists, social-impact strategists, and social ... King, 35, a structural engineer turned developer based in New Jersey and Detroit, who...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Overcoming Setbacks

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09/11/2018

... As president, Obama offered hope that he would usher in a new period of political progress, increase the role of ... legitimacy at the highest levels of our judiciary. Each new day, it seems, reveals the...

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