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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Digitization Of 19th Century Navy Deck Logs

Release Date:

01/29/2018

A grant recently awarded to the University of Washington will allow the digitization of National Archives holdings including logbooks, muster rolls and related materials from U.S. naval vessels focusing on the period from 1861 to 1879.

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Funds Construction of New Playground

Release Date:

07/23/2018

The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation and the national non-profit organization KaBOOM! awarded Orion Township with a “Build it with KaBOOM!” grant to be used to construct a playground at Camp Agawam.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Century Foundation Hosts Discussion on College Affordability Ideas for the Next Congress and Beyond

Release Date:

10/01/2018

The Century Foundation convenes higher education experts, lawmakers, faculty, and advocates to discuss and debate the next big thing in college affordability.

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Video

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Commonwealth Fund Releases 2019 Scorecard On State Health System Performance

Release Date:

06/12/2019

Deaths from Suicide, Alcohol, Drugs on the Rise; Progress Expanding Health Care Coverage Stalls; Health Costs Are a Growing Burden

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Coalition of Arts Funders Launches Emergency Artist Relief Fund With Seed Funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

04/08/2020

A coalition of national arts grantmakers announces the launch of Artist Relief, which will provide rapid, unrestricted $5,000 relief grants to assist artists facing dire financial emergencies due to the impact of COVID-19

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10 May 2012

Family Philanthropy: At the Wheel - Women in Family Philanthropy

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Webinar

In nearly 90 percent of high net worth households, women are either the sole decision maker or an equal partner in decisions about charitable giving, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2011 Study of High Net Worth Women's Philanthropy...

10 May 2012

Family Philanthropy: At the Wheel - Women in Family Philanthropy

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Teleconference

23 Apr 2013

Elder Abuse: How Funders Can Make a Difference — Conversations with GIA

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

Webinar

Elder abuse is shockingly common. More than four million older adults are abused each year in the United States; whether the form of abuse is defined as financial, physical, sexual, emotional, neglectful or a combination of these, it is devastating...

NEO Philanthropy Promotes Melinda Fine to Vice President

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01/14/2015

Melinda Fine was formerly the Director of Education and Director of the Communities for Public Education Reform Fund.

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Peterson Foundation Says Obama Budget Doesn’t Address Unsustainable Debt

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02/09/2016

Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, commented on President Obama's budget for fiscal year 2017, saying it did not sufficiently address the key drivers of long-term debt.

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Economic Security

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Sloan-Supported Study Shows Whales Dine With Their Own Kind

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03/03/2016

Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, the Institute of Marine Research in Norway, and NOAA, have found that as multiple species of whales feast on herring, they tend to stick with their own kind.

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Animal Welfare

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change

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10/20/2017

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation partnered with The Nature Conservancy to bring together more than two-dozen expert scientists specializing in conservation, climate modeling, and economists from a variety of global institutions to explore nature’s...

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Environment and Climate Change

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New York Life Foundation Supports Path For More Latino Youth to Pursue Higher Education

Release Date:

04/20/2018

New York Life Foundation Supports Path For More Latino Youth to Pursue Higher Education National 4-H Council recently received a three year, $1.5 million grant from the New York Life Foundation to enable more Latino students to...

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Carnegie Corporation Supported Report Finds America's $23 Billion School Funding Gap

Release Date:

02/26/2019

It was nearly three decades ago when the New Jersey Supreme Court found the state’s school funding formula shortchanged its poorest students, and lawmakers directed more money to districts serving large shares of low-income children. Now, a new...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Stephanie Teatro appointed US Program Director, Unbound Philanthropy

Release Date:

01/30/2024

Unbound Philanthropy is delighted to announce the appointment of Stephanie Teatro as US Program Director. She joined in January.

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27 Sep 2013

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Employer Preparations for Health Care Reform

Friday, September 27, 2013 -

8:45am to 10:30am

New York State Health Foundation, 1385 Broadway, NYC

... Health Insurance Options Program? Next Steps What do we have to do as employers? If information is not available yet, how ... space at network meetings is very important. Please do not share...

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Network Building

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Public Policy

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Health

29 Apr 2015

Measuring Impact: Joys, Monsters and Opportunities in Peacebuilding Monitoring and Evaluation - Webinar

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... field continues to wrestle with questions of impact -how do we know that peacebuilding programs work? How do we measure the cumulative effect of programs in a given ... Can we borrow M & E methodologies...

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All Funders

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Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

23 Jan 2012

Building Resilient Communities Through Systemic Change

Monday, January 23, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:45am

Disadvantaged communities within the United States, whether urban or rural, are continually struggling to address basic human needs in the areas of housing, healthcare, infrastructure, and jobs. Yet these populations are being overlooked as many...