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JPB Foundation Looks to Historically Black Colleges as Clean Energy Leaders

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03/29/2018

... Development Coalition (HBCU CDAC) for work to expand access to clean energy in low-income communities. It’s one ... joined Kresge and Surdna in supporting the Clean Energy Group for similar work on clean...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Freedom Together Foundation

Is Universal Voting an Idea Whose Time is Coming?

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11/17/2022

... be more likely to get time off to vote. Teaching civic education in schools would be a higher priority. And civil ... the argument for universal voting to a distinguished group of funders ...

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Most Foundations Neglect Rural America. Helmsley Charitable Trust Doesn't

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11/02/2016

... rural America has long been lamented by advocates of more equity in philanthropy. These are some of the poorest regions ... when it comes to healthcare, and the huge disparities in access to care between rural...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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28 Jun 2018

Policy Core Course 2018 - June 28th Sessions

Thursday, June 28, 2018 -

9:00am to 12:15pm

... important for philanthropic organizations. Not only must funders have firm grasp of the legalities and potential ... mission was achieved Designed For All interested funders . Participants are encouraged to...

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Ms. Foundation Announces Promotion of Ellen Liu to Vice President of Grantmaking and Capacity Building

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03/16/2022

... first grantmaking and capacity building program on sex education in the U.S. South. During her time as Director of ... the Asian Women Giving Circle; she is an active member of Funders for Reproductive...

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Arcus Foundation's Stryker and Johnson & Johnson Honored by GLSEN

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05/26/2015

... on the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth . Arcus Foundation's Stryker and Johnson & Johnson .....

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Johnson & Johnson

A Creative Approach to Advocacy: How One Foundation Tackles a Complex Issue

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09/07/2017

... advocates on behalf of people with disabilities. As funders , we invest in impact. Yet, like so many others, ... with learning and attention issues, and enable them to access to the kind of resources usually...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Poses Family Foundation

Google to Invest more than $1 Billion in Digital Literacy, Workforce Development

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10/13/2017

... in funding for nonprofits that seek to close gaps in education and the labor market nationwide. To combat that ... grants to nonprofits worldwide who work to help close the education gap, prepare people for...

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J.P. Morgan Commits USD $25 Million to Help Develop Skills Needed by India’s Workforce in the Future

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10/22/2019

... leaders, the firm will support skills training and career education programs to equip people in India for careers in ... initiative called the Skills and Training in Schools for Youth Multi Donor Trust Fund (...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Teagle Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million

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05/29/2013

... the foundation's Larger Vision for Student Learning: Education for Civic and Moral Responsibility initiative. The ... initiative, “A Larger Vision for Student Learning: Education for Civic and Moral...

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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 ... early part of his career at Salomon Brothers, first as an equity analyst and later as an...

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Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?

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07/30/2010

... how it affects the work of the nonprofit sector, and how funders and advocates can work together to produce change in ... New York’s myriad problems—complex challenges around education , jobs, environmental...

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The Burke Foundation Announces the Launch of the New Jersey Maternal Infant Health Hub in Collaboration with the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute

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09/21/2022

... unnecessary medical interventions. Despite these benefits, access to midwifery services remains limited, and fewer than ... we hope to strengthen midwifery practice and promote birth equity and justice in New...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Monuments Project Supports Williamsburg Bray School project

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02/19/2022

... building in the country that was dedicated to the education of Black children. The Williamsburg Bray School was ... operated from 1760-1774 with a mission to impart Christian education to Black children and...

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12 Sep 2012

Technology and the Promise of Blended Learning

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 11:00am to Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 4:00pm

The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E. 45th Street at Madison Ave, NYC

... shown an enthusiastic appetite for digital learning. Yet education technology, with its potential to personalize ... blended learning into their K–12 giving? How can funders help prepare teachers and leaders...

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How One Foundation Became The First (Trust-Based) Follower

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01/06/2021

... (in the best way), and what advice he has for other funders considering a trust-based approach to philanthropy. ... begin to do the work of putting trust front and center. As funders , that means trusting that...

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children's Mental Health Announces Five Winners of the Inaugural Innovation Awards

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10/06/2021

... virtual and in-person mental health literacy programming, education , therapy scholarships and resources to help Black ... focuses on suicide prevention among Black girls and youth , with a new digital platform...

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Children, Youth and Families

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16 Nov 2015

Neighborhoods Count: Using Data to Transform High Poverty Neighborhoods

Monday, November 16, 2015 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Funders and government increasingly require quantitative data ... nonprofits offering a mix of services – housing, education , employment, health and social services - to ... Associate , MDRC Matthew Klein ,...

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Jane Levikow Joins Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors as Director of Sponsored Projects

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12/03/2012

... expertise, Levikow will guide RPA’s sponsored projects group , which offers administrative and programmatic platforms ... projects, which range in scope from disaster relief to education reform to women’s...

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