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Some Winning Ingredients in Movement Building Are the Spiciest of All

Release Date:

12/14/2015

... on targeted, strategic philanthropic support for public education efforts on the freedom to marry. Presentations ... that unlikely allies likely exist, and make sure that both funders and grantees are open to...

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Civic Engagement

LGBTQ

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Public Policy

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

28 Jun 2012

Foundation Executive Assistants Network Meeting

Thursday, June 28, 2012 -

12:15pm to 2:00pm

... Assistants. Strong demand for a professional networking group for EAs (and those in similar roles) led to this ...

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Network Building

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Executive Support Staff

MetLife Foundation Launches $200 Million Campaign for Financial Inclusion

Release Date:

10/28/2013

... Corporation for Enterprise Development, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, the Local Initiatives Support ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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MetLife

The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Release Date:

03/13/2014

The North Star Fund is the first community foundation to sign onto the Divest-Invest Philanthropy initiative's pledge to divest from fossil fuel investments.

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North Star Fund

Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Opens in Berkeley

Release Date:

04/16/2014

The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, established in 2012 by a grant from the Simons Foundation, brings together leading researchers to explore both the theoretical underpinnings of computer science and its potential to shed light on a...

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars

Release Date:

11/03/2014

... made his fortune as a founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group , is making good on its promise to give away all of its ...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

The Ploughshares Fund Strives to Create a Nuclear-Free World

Release Date:

11/17/2014

The fund is backed by Open Society Institute, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund, among others.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Improving Health Care Is Billionaire Peterson’s Next Mission

Release Date:

11/24/2014

... Next Mission Peter Peterson, the Blackstone Group LP co-founder who has championed the cause of U.S. debt ...

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Health

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

President’s Changes on Immigration Mobilize Nonprofits, Foundations

Release Date:

12/17/2014

Ford, Carnegie and OSF among funders to assist immigrants eligible for temporary legal status.

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Immigration

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Open Society Foundations

Ford Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford Foundation to Fund Projects That Help Fight Violent Extremism

Release Date:

08/03/2015

... East Africa bearing the brunt of the Somalia-based terror group Al-Shabaab.... Ford Foundation to Fund Projects That ...

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Community Development

Environment and Climate Change

International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens

Release Date:

10/09/2015

... to the New York Community Trust, which awarded the group a $150,000 grant. The grant money would be split ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Arts

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The New York Community Trust

Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO

Release Date:

10/16/2015

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund along with the Ford, Hewlett, Kresge, Packard, and Robert Wood Johnson foundations awarded surprise $1.1-million unsolicited grants to two organizations that help grantmakers -- the Center for Effective Philanthropy and...