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JPB Foundation Supports Best Practices, Models for Green Infrastructure in Underserved Communities

Release Date:

03/10/2016

... gathering to explore solutions to stormwater management through the use of green infrastructure that also benefits ... (NRPA) and the American Planning Association (APA). The event will bring together experts...

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Community Development

Environment and Climate Change

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Freedom Together Foundation

Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off Next Week, Supported by Capital One Bank, Doris Duke and Gilman Foundations

Release Date:

08/17/2017

... drive the art form. This year's festival runs August 23 through August 27 at parks and venues around Manhattan and .....

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Howard Gilman Foundation

Capital One Foundation

Twin Megastorms Have Scientists Fearing This May Be The New Normal

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... hurricane ever measured in the mid-Atlantic is tearing through the Caribbean. Hurricane Irma, a category-five storm, ...

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Environment and Climate Change

LDN Fund Officially Launched

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... Goal no. 15 ‘Life on Land’. Opening the launch event , Monique Barbut, UNCCD Executive Secretary highlighted: ... instrument that we developed over the past three years through the Global Mechanism in close...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... a public park, the design also accommodated three outdoor event venues; it’s easy to imagine ticket-takers and other ... But with ever more private and corporate investment through Trusts and Friends and...

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Aetna Foundation Provides Additional Assistance to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund

Release Date:

09/14/2018

... damaged by significant storms such as Hurricane Florence. Through the company's Disaster Response matching gift .....

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Aetna Foundation

04 Jun 2014

The de Blasio Administration’s Workforce Development Strategy

Wednesday, June 4, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

This Quarterly Meeting of the New York City Workforce Funders will feature a presentation from Deputy Mayor Alicia ... Sheila Maguire Consulting Designed for All interested funders . Registration Registration for...

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Workforce Development

16 Oct 2018

The Philanthropic Closet - New Research on LGBTQ People in Philanthropy

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 -

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Do you know how many LGBTQ people work in philanthropy? Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ new upcoming report, The ... you! The report notes that upwards of 10 percent of people working in philanthropy identify as LGBTQ,...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funded by Heckscher Foundation for Children, Behavioral Science Meets College-Bound Student Success in Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions

Release Date:

05/08/2018

... own student community. Educators can contact the hotline through multiple channels: Web: http://nudge4.ideas42.org ...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

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Three Essential Insights on International Impact Investing

Release Date:

09/08/2014

... in partnership with the African Grantmakers’ Affinity Group , highlighted the unique conditions and challenges of ... is a strong market demand for services such as housing, education , and financial services as...

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Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures

Release Date:

01/11/2017

... gap,” as it has been called by The Bridgespan Group ? I think it is because we are squandering the biggest ... big” as a sector, and let’s coordinate with each other through the risk-taking entailed. It’s time...

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Arcus Foundation

Palau to Sign National Marine Sanctuary Into Law; Bloomberg and Tiffany-supported Global Ocean Legacy Campaign Win

Release Date:

10/22/2015

... by significantly tightening rules for vessels passing through Palau's waters. It requires expeditious passage of ... with Pew and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is working with maritime...

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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Oak Foundation

08 Mar 2011

Foundations on the Hill

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 -

7:30am to 12:30pm

Capital Hilton Hotel, 1001 16th St, NW, D.C.

... on the Hill Agenda . A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Event presented with the Council on Foundations and the Forum ... on the Hill, foundation trustees, executives, and staff, working with their regional...

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06 Jun 2019

Census Counts & The Urban Institute present 2020 Census: Who's at Risk of Being Miscounted?- A Webinar Hosted by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Thursday, June 6, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... different demographic groups Designed for All interested funders Registration Registration is required by June 6th. Members and Non-Member Funders : Please click on the "Register Now" link above. .....

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Census 2020

Civic Engagement

New FORE-Funded Report from the National Academies: Benefits and Challenges of Integrating SUD Prevention in Primary Care

Release Date:

10/03/2022

... in Primary Care As part of our efforts to mark National Youth Substance Use Prevention Month, we are pleased to share ... The workshop, held in May, was led by a national advisory group chaired by Leslie R...

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Children, Youth and Families

Health

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Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)

Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality Appoints Diahann Billings-Burford as New CEO

Release Date:

10/30/2018

The Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE), which was founded by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross to help bridge the nation’s racial divide, has hired Diahann Billings-Burford as its new CEO.

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Carnegie Corporation Supported Report Finds America's $23 Billion School Funding Gap

Release Date:

02/26/2019

... report by EdBuild, a nonprofit think tank that focuses on education spending. Nationally, EdBuild researchers found ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Ford and Markle Foundations Support National Alliance To Increase College Graduation Rates

Release Date:

04/19/2018

... receiving $5.7 million in funding support from six major funders . At a forum today in Washington, D.C., with ... representing all 11 universities, as well as major funders , in attendance, the University...