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01 Feb 2018

Supporting Local Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Foundations - Webinar

Thursday, February 1, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Join PSFG and the Human Rights Funders Network for a funders -only discussion on the challenges to ... please come prepared to share! Designed for All interested funders . Registration Registration...

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05 Feb 2018

Pathways to Effective State Funding Strategies - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, February 5, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

**This program is hosted by our partner, Funders ' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has ... coordinating bodies, intermediaries, national and in-state funders are all operating from the lens of...

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26 Oct 2021

Investing in Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Models: What is the True Cost?

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

A year and a half into the pandemic, funders are continuing to explore ways to better support the ... of supporting alternative operations models Practices funders could adopt to support nonprofits interested in...

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Investors Devote $13.5-Million to Combat Recidivism in New York

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01/03/2014

A group of investors drawn from high-net-worth Bank of America ... in New York, reports The Chronicle of Philanthropy. A group of high-powered investors have put $13.5-million into a ...

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Bank of America Private Bank

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Social Justice

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Investors Devote $13.5-Million to Combat Recidivism in New York

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01/03/2014

A group of investors drawn from high-net-worth Bank of America ... in New York, reports The Chronicle of Philanthropy. A group of high-powered investors have put $13.5-million into a ...

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Bank of America Private Bank

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Social Justice

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National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory

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03/13/2015

New rules—adopted last month by the Federal Communications Commission and released Thursday—classify broadband providers in the same category as phone service providers, allowing the government to regulate them more strictly.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Technology

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Well Application Challenges Fracking Ban

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07/14/2015

... will test the state’s fracking ban. The Snyder Farm Group , made up of five landowners from Barton, N.Y., near the ... gas from 53 acres of land collectively owned by the group . Tioga Energy Partners filed an...

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Morgan Stanley/ANHD Community Development Fellowship Graduate Class Selected

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05/23/2016

... to serve in a half-time, year-long fellowship with a host group . This is the 5th annual cycle of the Community ...

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Furthering Conflict with George Soros, Hungary Tightens Rules on Foreign-Funded NGOs

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06/13/2017

Hungary's parliament approved on Tuesday strict new rules for non-government organisations with foreign funding in a further escalation of the government's conflict with Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

How The Atlantic Philanthropies Changed Lives Through Building

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05/18/2015

... Imagine the possibilities. That’s what this book is about . It’s about fields of dreams, and about the people who were asked to imagine what could be ...

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Community Development

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LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools. There's an Effort to Change That

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09/06/2017

... classroom here poring over primary and secondary sources about the civil rights icon Bayard Rustin. There's his 1987 ... from the mid-20th century, which, in coded language, talk about his male companions...

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Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks

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09/11/2017

... attacks and their aftermath. According to one survey, only about 20 states include anything in depth about the events of that fateful day in their high school ... a narrow lens. Ask students born after 2001...

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Environment and Climate Change

The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution

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09/26/2014

... from fossil fuels. Marchers were also explicit about their values: a non-violent, humane, pro-peace, ... is delivered in Paris. I couldn’t agree more about the need for real commitments, particularly relating...

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Insights

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Health

Sloan Foundation Partners With Cornell, Georgia Tech, Penn State to Boost STEM Mentoring Among Minorities

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08/05/2013

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s partnership with Cornell University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University will fund University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring for minority graduate students in STEM (science,...

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Sigma Theta Tau International Partner on New Global Health Initiatives

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05/29/2014

The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare (Jonas Center) today announced a partnership with the preeminent nursing honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co-fund doctoral nursing students and establish new educational...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Health

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Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy

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05/29/2014

... changes in women’s labor market outcomes including education , experience, occupations, and pay. The second ...

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Economic Security

Gender Justice

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Century Foundation Releases Report Detailing Nonprofit Claims by For-Profit Colleges

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10/06/2015

... from the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Education .... Century Foundation ...

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The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

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10/13/2015

... for bankruptcy in the face of charges of widespread fraud, education officials promised to “protect students from ... and safeguard the interests of taxpayers.” But the Education Department, despite a...

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Weighs in: What Kids Should Know by the Time They're Done With School

Release Date:

08/30/2016

... Done With School The Atlantic asked prominent voices in education —from policy makers and teachers to activists and ...

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