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Ford Foundation Hires Detroit Native, Kevin Ryan, as Program Officer for its New Detroit Office

Release Date:

05/31/2017

... announced Wednesday it has hired Detroit native Kevin Ryan from the New York Foundation to be its new Detroit-based program officer. “[Ryan] will be working from Detroit and working...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help City Leaders Respond to Coronavirus in the United States

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03/10/2020

... Washington, D.C. – Today, Bloomberg Philanthropies, working with partners at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ... and document, in real time, the needs and lessons learned from cities like Seattle...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Disaster Relief

Health

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14 Nov 2017

Hats on, Hats Off – A Creative Approach to Capacity Building

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... learn more about what it is and how you might integrate it into your grant making? Do you have experience with capacity ... Arts for this interactive session led by a team of arts funders who will bring...

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Tools & Strategies

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21 Mar 2018

Advancing Economic Opportunity for Immigrants and Refuge - A Webinar Hosted by AFN & GCIR

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partners, Asset Funders Network (AFN) and Grantmakers Concerned with ... long-term financial stability. Explore Key findings from recent research The unique role funders...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Finance & Asset Management

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Immigration

Helmsley Charitable Trust Donates $1.6 Million to Address School Dropout Crisis in Ethiopia

Release Date:

10/21/2014

... announced today that it has received a $1.6 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to ... fund its EduCare Program. In recent years, Ethiopia's education system has...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

Release Date:

02/27/2015

... States, announced today that it has received $1 million from MetLife Foundation to invest in its online lending ... minority, and immigrant entrepreneurs access capital and education online and achieve...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Workforce Development

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San Diego Grantmakers Hires Beeta Jahedi as Senior Director of Learning and Programs

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06/22/2015

... portfolio of grants in poverty, family planning, arts education , and effective philanthropy. She also brings ... planning and facilitating philanthropic learning, garnered from her time as Assistant Director...

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D.C. Schools Attracted Record Amounts of Philanthropy in Recent Years

Release Date:

08/27/2015

... In 2010, the District brought in more than $31 million from national foundations, according to an analysis by two ... philanthropies funding kindergarten through 12th grade education that year. The total...

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Schott Foundation's Jackson Declares "Our Nation Can No Longer Neglect Marginalized Students"

Release Date:

04/26/2017

... Neglect Marginalized Students" Resolved. No child walks into a classroom as just a student. Our children carry with ... rates of development. Yet in each system they encounter— education , community,...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Social Justice

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A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent

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09/07/2017

... Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent On Wednesday, the U.S. Education Department confirmed that the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, would appear at George ... the government expected colleges to do to protect...

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Salesforce Buys Its Own Philanthropic Unit Salesforce.Org For $300m

Release Date:

04/16/2019

... deal , announced today, will see Salesforce.org transition from a California public benefit corporation to a business ...

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Technology

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation's Confidence Index Finds that National Debt is Top Priority for Voters

Release Date:

09/30/2014

... is neutral), indicating Americans want to see more action from their leaders in Washington as they head to the polls. ...

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Public Policy

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NYS Health Foundation Releases Report on Uninsured Immigrants & Insurance Coverage

Release Date:

02/01/2016

... financial analysis for each. Supported with co-funding from NYSHealth, The New York Community Trust, the Altman ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

Immigration

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After School Stabbing, Parents Ask: Where Were Metal Detectors?

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... at a lack of metal detectors there and demanded action from Mayor Bill de Blasio. “At the end of the day, de ...

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University of San Diego Chosen for The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Student Social Innovation Challenge

Release Date:

09/19/2019

... in building successful social enterprises. Winning teams from the Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge will be ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Economic Security

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism

Release Date:

03/06/2015

... the results of a study by MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research firm. The yearlong ... different measures of reading proficiency over a control group of students, many of whom...

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Volunteerism

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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Winning Young Innovators Announced for 2015 Moody's Information to Innovation Challenge

Release Date:

06/03/2015

Students from Massachusetts, California and New York were honored with awards.

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Mellon Foundation Supports African, Latin American and Native American Collections Research at Princeton

Release Date:

02/14/2017

... subject tagging, artist biographies and/or culture group backgrounds, geo-references, exhibition histories, ...

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Arts

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Newman's Own Foundation Forms Native American Nutrition Cohort

Release Date:

05/08/2018

... that focus on fresh food access and nutrition education in Native American communities around the country. ... they turn 10, the highest prevalence of any racial/ethnic group ... Newman's Own Foundation...

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