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Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Genetic Link to Extinct Relative of Humans in Four Modern West African Populations

Release Date:

02/13/2020

... Finds Genetic Link to Extinct Relative of Humans in Four Modern West African Populations UCLA computational ... biologists have discovered that four populations in West Africa can trace about 8% of their...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

21 Oct 2021

Limited Life Foundations: Lessons from CEOs - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, October 21, 2021 -

1:30pm to 2:45pm

... understood, and neither are the potential challenges. In this webinar, hear lessons learned from foundation ... Limited Life Foundations: Lessons from a CEO Peer Group . Explore Lessons learned from those who...

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Family Foundation

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Finance & Asset Management

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Altman Foundation Welcomes New Trustee, Lisa Hinds

Release Date:

05/19/2020

... was elected to the Altman Foundation Board of Trustees in April 2020. Lisa Hinds is a Senior Vice President at ... largest hedge fund investors. With over $19 billion in assets, she manages the endowment and...

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Altman Foundation

14 Nov 2016

International Grantmakers Network: Brown Bag Lunch

Monday, November 14, 2016 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 1500 Broadway, 7th Floor, NYC

The International Grantmakers Network invites all funders with interest in international grantmaking to an informal brown-bag lunch ... Advisor, Moore Philanthropy Designed for All interested funders...

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All Funders

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International/Foreign Affairs

Doris Duke, Ford, Nathan Cummings, JPB, Open Society and Others Support Initiative to Transform Our Nation’s Cultural Landscape

Release Date:

11/15/2017

... Landscape The National Trust for Historic Preservation, in partnership with the Ford Foundation, The JPB Foundation, ... historical sites. From the protection of Shockoe Bottom in Richmond to Fort Huachuca...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

Open Society Foundations

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

12 Sep 2019

Always in Season - Documentary Film Screening and Conversation with Filmmaker Jacqueline Olive

Thursday, September 12, 2019 -

5:30pm to 9:00pm

In partnership with Ford Foundation’s Just Films, we invite ... and discussion of the Sundance award-winning film Always in Season . In 2014, Lennon Lacy, an African American teen, ... ,...

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Film Screening

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Social Justice

Far Rockaway Leaders Look Ahead

Release Date:

02/12/2013

... talks about a recent funder trip to meet nonprofit leaders in Far Rockaway and what she and others learned about the ...

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Insights

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Community Development

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New York Foundation

Impact Investing in New York and Beyond

Release Date:

07/12/2012

... discuss recent investment projects across New York and how funders can successfully implement their own impact investing initiatives. Impact Investing in New York and Beyond ...

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Impact Investing

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Arabella Advisors

Great Power, Great Responsibility: Grantmakers’ Role as Conveners

Publication date:

01/2013

Funders are finding ways to use the power of convening to benefit their grantees and their communities in countless ways. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' .....

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Report

Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2017 Young Artist Residency Pilot Recipients

Release Date:

06/02/2017

... two week residency experience at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans. Crystal Henry Bronx, NY Devin ... artist nominees, the Foundation engaged nominators in New Orleans to recommend artists who they felt...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation

Diversity & Inclusion Action Kit

Publication date:

04/2011

... that frame the discussion of grantmakers' diversity practices around the four roles they play in a civil society, is intended to help foundations identify .....

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Modernizing the 990-PF to Advance the Accountability and Performance of Foundations: A Modest Proposal

Publication date:

03/2011

In this essay, Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President and ... effective instrument for promoting accountability and best practices in the foundation sector. Modernizing the 990-PF to Advance ...

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Private Foundation

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The Commonwealth Fund

Pfizer and the Avon Foundation for Women Support Patients Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Release Date:

01/21/2015

... Breast Cancer Grants Program: Identify-Amplify-Unify. In total, 23 non-profit organizations will receive grants totaling $1 million in funding to support and educate more than 5,000 metastatic ... Metastatic...

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Health

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Pfizer

Avon Foundation

Philanthropy Must Prioritize Democracy Beyond Election Day

Release Date:

11/17/2020

... foundations and philanthropy are finding their place in the response, working alongside government, nonprofit and for-profit ... most impacted by an inequitable system. Even with the best programs...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Boom in Charitable Funds

Release Date:

01/23/2013

... charitable gift funds at Fidelity Investments and Vanguard Group . Due to an uncertain tax climate and several years of ... Investments Charles SchwabSCHW -0.22% and Vanguard Group ... The Boom in...

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Applications to the 2014 Nonprofit Excellence Awards are up 25%

Release Date:

05/19/2014

... New York] More Nonprofits Seek to Improve Management Practices Applications Up by 25 Percent Overall – Three ... of New York (NPCC) today announced a 25 percent jump in applications over last year for the 2014...

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PNY News

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Finance & Asset Management

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The New York Community Trust

24 Jul 2018

Advancing Racial Equity for Corporate Success

Tuesday, July 24, 2018 -

10:30am to 12:30pm

... there are enormous inequities that people of color face in health, wealth, employment opportunities, etc. These ... FSG Designed for All interested funders , especially corporate foundations, CSR ... per...

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Four charter schools will be launched under initiative started by Mayor Bloomberg

Release Date:

03/05/2013

The state Education Department has received applications to open the ... four charter high schools, The Post has learned. The state Education Department has received applications to open the ...

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Education

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Open Society Foundations

Open Society Foundations Commit $15 Million to Gender Equality in Africa

Release Date:

05/08/2020

... Society Foundations Commit $15 Million to Gender Equality in Africa NEW YORK—The Open Society Economic Justice ... of female entrepreneurs and strong prominence of women working in the value...

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Economic Security

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

Mellon Foundation Supports More Than 360 Dance Artists and Collaborators through Bubble Residencies

Release Date:

02/03/2021

... infrastructure for artists to financially survive. In response, the creative arts community turned to bubble residencies to safely continue their art in quarantine. “The loss of work for dancers due to the...

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