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Emmett Carson Steps Down as Silicon Valley Fund Admits Missteps

Release Date:

06/28/2018

... raised any concerns about the use of donated funds. A public report on the investigation findings was posted on the foundation's website on Wednesday. Interim president...

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The Culture Pass Initiative Launches in New York City with Support from Stavros Niarchos Foundation, New York Community Trust and Charles H. Revson Foundation

Release Date:

07/18/2018

... Trust and Charles H. Revson Foundation The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), The New York Public Library, and Queens Library launched Culture Pass, a ... Participating organizations donate passes to the program...

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Milbank Memorial Fund Announces New Editor of The Milbank Quarterly

Release Date:

07/27/2018

... 1, 2018. Cohen is a research professor in the Markets, Public Policy, and Law Department of the Questrom School of ... policy, and management in the Boston University School of Public Health. Cohen was the...

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OpEd: CEO Lori Bezahler on Edward W. Hazen Foundation’s Decision to Empty Its Coffers

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03/06/2019

OpEd: CEO Lori Bezahler on Edward W. Hazen Foundation’s Decision to Empty Its ... Black Voter Project, which combats voter suppression based on race, have also gained donor attention and dollars. We are in a...

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United Hospital Fund Supports Evaluation That Shows Small Primary Care Practices Can Help Patients Access Mental Health Care

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04/04/2019

One in five New Yorkers suffer from mental health disorders, but most of these people do not have access to treatment, especially in disadvantaged communities.

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New Report Funded by the Long Island Community Foundation Reveals the Economic Impact of Long Island's Opiod Crisis

Release Date:

09/04/2019

... the report shows just how significant the effect has been on Long Island’s economy through lost productivity, and ... to businesses, emergency services, libraries, and others. On Long Island, the opioid-...

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Weinberg Foundation Announces Additional $5 Million to Expand and Strengthen Baltimore Library Project

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12/10/2020

... Weinberg Foundation, the State of Maryland, Baltimore City Public Schools, and more than 30 community and government ... that combines reading activities, free meals, and hands- on workshops with the goal of...

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Can Flexible Funding Become Our New Normal?

Release Date:

07/15/2020

... Citi Foundation While there is a growing belief among funders in the value of general operating support (GOS) and ... effort to contribute to the conversation and to encourage funders across the philanthropic...

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The TransitCenter Shares New Video: The Legacy of Racism in Transit - How We Got Here and What to Do About It

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10/06/2021

... of white flight, segregation, and discrimination on the formation of modern American transit systems. Our new ... continue to shape transit today: Watch the Video We focus on three aspects of the legacy of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Up to $15 Million to Fill the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty

Release Date:

06/02/2017

... to support the operations of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretariat, including ... implement their commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change...

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Ford Foundation Expands Flagship BUILD Program to Provide $1 Billion to Hundreds of Organizations

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04/07/2021

The second edition of BUILD will disburse another $1 billion in grant dollars spanning all of Ford’s programmatic areas and regions.

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13 Apr 2022

Thinking Outside of the Box to Address Today’s Challenges

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2:00pm to 3:30pm

... grantmaking organizations. FAN hosts quarterly meetings on a broad range of topics relevant to HR and operations ... many organizations to embrace more fully the hybrid working model while continuing to meet...

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Alli Jernow Joins Arcus Foundation as Social Justice Program Vice President

Release Date:

08/24/2022

... The program comprises an integrated portfolio focused on advancing LGBTQI safety, protections, and social inclusion ... Program. In her eight years at Wellspring, Jernow on many occasions worked in partnership...

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Jeremy Tennenbaum Joins Altman Foundation as Chief Financial Officer

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06/04/2012

... Tennenbaum was the Chief Investment Officer of the Arlon Group (the family office for the Fribourg family of ...

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12 Jan 2012

Family Philanthropy: Finding Common Ground, Valuing Different Views

Thursday, January 12, 2012 -

11:00am to 1:30pm

... Christopher Renner, Founder and CEO, The Prentice Group Tony Macklin, Executive Director, Roy A. Hunt ...

Schendler & Haynes: Finally, ski resorts wake up to warming

Release Date:

09/05/2013

... Collective, announced a partnership with the advocacy group Protect Our Winters. Its mission is to create the ...

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Open Society Foundations Contributes $4 Million to Aid in the Fight Against Ebola

Release Date:

09/16/2014

... an international aid organization. Six leaders of the group are scheduled to arrive in Liberia on Tuesday evening to lay the groundwork for a new push ... and Sierra Leone. While international aid has focused...