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Meet Nakia Wallace, the new Program Associate of the Communities Transforming Policing Fund at Borealis Philanthropy

Release Date:

04/13/2022

... we spent some time learning about Nakia’s passions, and what brought her to the Communities Transforming Policing ... a national network for grassroots organizations that are working to build local campaigns...

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Borealis Philanthropy

Markle Foundation and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate a Skills-Based Labor Market for the Digital Economy

Release Date:

06/29/2017

... coaches and online services enable job seekers to learn what skills are in demand, and access professional training ...

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Workforce Development

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Microsoft Corporation

After A Decade, George E. Thibault, MD to Step Down as President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

Release Date:

07/12/2017

... an exciting period of great changes in health professions education , to keep pace with the changes in health care ... only national foundation solely dedicated to improving the education of health...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 37 Grants

Release Date:

01/10/2023

... 24-month grant of $400,000 for nuclear policy outreach and education for Congress. Pacific Forum International ... for core support of the Center on Reinventing Public Education . Camelback Ventures New Orleans...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

William Moon Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Release Date:

07/14/2022

... August 15, 2022. In this role, Moon is responsible for working with senior management and the endowment’s in-house ... of New York and to contribute to its ongoing programs in education , international peace,...

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Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow

Release Date:

10/07/2021

... the strength of historically undervalued communities, and working shoulder-to-shoulder with whole communities to ... set up to prosper and where every family has access to the education and opportunity to do...

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

Release Date:

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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Two Hedge Fund Billionaires Donate $1M Each to Pro-Charter School Advocates

Release Date:

10/21/2015

... $1 million each on a controversial charter school advocacy group in April, the Daily News has learned. Officials at ... Excellent Schools have declined to name the nonprofit’s funders since it was founded in...

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Education

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Beyond Grantmaking: Foundations as Impact Investors

Release Date:

05/12/2014

... money. SIBs have focused on areas like recidivism, education and health. Just last week, the United Kingdom ...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Where Have Conrad Hilton Foundation's Global Grants Been Going Lately?

Release Date:

12/22/2016

... assets of $2.5 billion, is one of the biggest private U.S. funders giving for global health and development. But, ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Bloomberg Launches Corporate and Philanthropic Effort to Support Successful Climate Progress at COP26

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09/01/2021

... both Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies, we’re working to advance the transition to clean energy, rallying ... continues to show climate leadership. I look forward to working with them to deliver a...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Mellon Foundation Grants Help Citymeals and God’s Love We Deliver Feed New York City’s Elderly and At-Risk Homebound Populations during COVID-19 Crisis

Release Date:

03/26/2020

... for clients and for additional vulnerable people in the event that services are disrupted... Mellon Foundation Grants ...

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09 May 2019

Newsrooms & Philanthropy: Is There a Shared Playbook for Impact and Social Change?

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9:00am to 11:00am

... can be a powerful tool and information source for funders seeking to amplify the causes they are investing ... of which 57% of it came from foundations. But how can funders evaluate these investments, consider...

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Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

With tens of millions of dollars to spend thanks to backers like Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, gun control groups have secured a number of surprising recent successes in Connecticut, Delaware and elsewhere.

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Public Policy

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

MasterCard Foundation Initiative to Bring Economic Opportunities to Rural East Africa

Release Date:

03/17/2015

... Building on the success of their Strengthening Rural Youth Development through Enterprise (STRYDE) program, the ... address the significant problem of unemployed or unengaged youth in Africa, where more than a...

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Workforce Development

Groundswell Engages The Community To Make Art – And A Statement

Release Date:

08/31/2017

... supporters and detractors alike as it partners with local youth and community stakeholders to turn public walls – in ... result,” said Nana Ama Bentsi-Enchill, Groundswell’s youth development manager, who...

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Arts

This Is How We’re Facing Change Together

Release Date:

06/06/2018

... recording, please plan on sharing your ideas with us about what you want to see from PNY over this next 12 months. We ... it was a year of questioning strategies and rethinking what can be most effective now...

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President's Message

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Scherman Foundation

Atlantic on Spending Down: "We’re Actually Gearing Up”

Release Date:

08/06/2014

... of old friends and foundation-watchers wrote me to ask, “ What ?! When did they change their minds?” For more than ... report describes how that happened and tries to envision what decisions lie ahead. And it...