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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research

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09/17/2015

... (DARPA) fund much of the U.S. government’s research in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of total ... funding going to risk research. The report, U.S. Trends in Synthetic Biology Research, finds that...

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NCRP Reviews New York Community Trust

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04/13/2016

... The New York Community Trust is committed to investing in underserved communities and equity, and mostly follows ... found. The Trust is the third-largest community foundation in the U.S. The foundation's...

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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

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06/14/2017

Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen ... of their annual giving to individuals. The bias of most funders in favor of organizational grantees reflects a simple ...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Co-Authors Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia

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11/27/2017

... Report Highlighting Challenges Faced By Non-Profits In Philadelphia As Malcolm Burnley highlights in Philadelphia magazine, many Philadelphia nonprofits face ... by nonprofit executives and boards, and the...

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How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing

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12/12/2017

... Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing Last week, the fund launched ... a new $5 million effort that seeks 'to catalyze investment in local organizing strategies...

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Rini Banerjee Welcomed as New President of The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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12/10/2018

... deep commitment to social justice that we were looking for in our next president,” said Steven Godeke, Chair of the ... Banerjee brings more than twenty years of experience in social justice philanthropy. As...

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Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grantmaking

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09/2005

... builder - to manage the tensions that come with the job. In this guide, contributors discuss the elements of personal ... and how it helps grantmakers to leverage their strengths in service to their objectives. The guide also explores why ...

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TD Charitable Foundation Awards $2.5 Million for Affordable Housing

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12/11/2012

... annual Housing for Everyone competition to nonprofits working to provide transitional housing and homeless shelters in the District of Columbia and twelve states where TD Bank ... Bank®, today announced the...

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Relinquishing Purse Strings: Orlando Bagwell Leaves Ford Foundation’s JustFilms

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02/15/2013

... the black American experience, will leave the foundation in June to make his own documentaries once again. As a substitute teacher in Boston during the 1970s school-busing crisis there, ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Announces $10.9 Million in Grants to Greek Organizations

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02/05/2013

The organizations are working to ease the effects of the ongoing socioeconomic crisis in Greece. In particular, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s Board of ...

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The Met and Crystal Bridges to Share a Trumbull Portrait

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03/14/2013

... of Art and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas in a 50-50 partnership. A 1792 portrait of Alexander Hamilton ... of Art and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, in...

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Carnegie Corporation Commits $15 Million for Rethinking School Design

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03/25/2013

... district-based school design work uses the principles in a new Carnegie Corporation report as a starting point. ...

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New Jersey Recovery Fund Awards $3.8 Million for Sandy Relief

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08/07/2013

... and individuals committed to supporting local nonprofits working in communities affected by Superstorm Sandy. The New Jersey ...

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Domestic Workers Bill of Rights passes Legislature

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09/12/2013

Bend the Arc was among the organizations mobilizing support in California on behalf of legislation requiring overtime pay ... Ammiano, D-San Francisco, would make the state the first in the nation to mandate time-...

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B. Altman, a Store From Yesteryear, Still Makes Its Presence Felt in the City

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11/28/2013

... sale that began on the day after Thanksgiving in 1989, it closed. Most shoppers figured that was it for B. ... a Store From Yesteryear, Still Makes Its Presence Felt in the City ...

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New York Life Foundation Awards $1.4 Million to National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

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12/23/2013

... Bereavement's capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools, reports Philanthropy News Digest. The New York ... and build its capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools. Located at St...

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Spending Down the Family Foundation

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03/10/2014

... Managing Director Elliot Berger share their thoughts in a Wall Street Journal article on the growing spend-down ... children had successful careers and were raising families in different parts of the country--...

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Peggy Saika Named a 2014 North Star Award Honoree

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04/15/2014

... Executive Director of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy has been named a 2014 North Star Award Honoree for her commitment and work in social justice. Peggy Saika is President and Executive...

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Effective Philanthropy Takes Time

Release Date:

06/26/2014

Effective Philanthropy Takes Time In this episode of Making Change , a podcast of the Chronicle ... Foundation, discusses why effective philanthropy is about working toward a long-term goal, even if change is...