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"Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words," a New Exhibition Supported by the Ford Foundation, Offers Intimate View of Seminal Figure's Life

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11/12/2019

... DC - Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon made famous for her refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a city ... Montgomery bus boycott, the fallout from Parks’ arrest for her family and their move to...

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

What Makes for an Effective Program Officer?

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12/08/2016

What Makes for an Effective Program Officer? By Kristen Ruff, Vice ... of the learning series, Essential Skills and Strategies for New Grantmakers: “ What Skills and Qualities Make for an...

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PNY News

Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2018 U.S. Mayors Challenge Entry Helps Homeless Store Their Vital Documents Digitally

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04/19/2018

... an initiative aimed at improving identity services for homeless people. Dubbed the "MyPass Initiative," the ... will be introduced as part of a Pop-Up Resource Clinic event hosted by The City of...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Morgan Stanley Foundation to Fund Houston Food Bank School Pantry Program

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05/31/2019

... a readily accessible source of healthy and nutritious food for children and their families in convenient and familiar ... childhood hunger. Building on the impact of last year’s event , which helped provide...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Food Systems

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Morgan Stanley

David Sandman Named President and CEO of New York State Health Foundation

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01/25/2016

... to lead NYSHealth in its next chapter. His passion for our work is palpable, and he balances that with the ... the Foundation has established itself as a vital player working to help New Yorkers stay healthy...

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New York Health Foundation

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Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages

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03/13/2018

... to know exactly what causes these lower lifetime earnings. For displaced workers in Washington state during the Great ... still not fully recovered five years later, according to a working paper by labor...

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Economic Security

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Russell Sage Foundation

Adam Gamoran, President of the William T. Grant Foundation, Spoke at GW University About How Universities Can Conduct Better Research

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10/15/2018

... about how universities can conduct better research. The event , titled “Can Universities Serve the Public Good?”, was hosted by the Graduate School of Education and Human Development. Following welcoming...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Education

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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Committed $1 Million to Children's Health Fund

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12/03/2018

... the importance good oral hygiene at a fun and interactive event . K-2 students at the Austin school will brush ... the Smile partnership to provide quality dental care and education to children in underserved...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

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Mellon Foundation Appoints Jonathan Holloway to its Board of Trustees

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03/17/2020

... future leaders,” said Holloway. “I look forward to working with President Elizabeth Alexander and my fellow ...

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Aetna Foundation and Newman’s Own Foundation Earn CyberGrants Ovation Awards

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06/27/2018

... and Newman’s Own Foundation were awarded “Ovations” for their philanthropic excellence. “CyberGrants has the privilege of working with the most prestigious and generous organizations ... efforts are...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2019 Soros Arts Fellows

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04/25/2019

... 11 artists, curators, researchers, and filmmakers working at the intersection of migration, public space, and ... stimulate critical discourse, and create momentum for change is so urgent.” Working...

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Arts

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Open Society Foundations

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 ... cities like Seattle experiencing the outbreak that can be shared with other cities eager to...

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Disaster Relief

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The Long Haul: Lessons from Charitable Responses to Previous Disasters

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09/05/2017

... noted that ‘this is going to be a multi-year project for Texas to be able to dig out of this catastrophe’. After ... the actual funds can be distributed over time earmarked for different phases of the recovery...

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The New York Community Trust

Borealis Philanthropy Welcomes Amoretta Morris as President

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01/13/2021

... 16, 2021. Amoretta will take the helm at a critical time for our organization, our movements, and our country. While ... and lived experiences inform the issues we’re working to meaningfully change, from...

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29 Apr 2015

Measuring Impact: Joys, Monsters and Opportunities in Peacebuilding Monitoring and Evaluation - Webinar

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

... of the state of the evaluation field in peacebuilding, how funders can support better learning and impact in their grantmaking, and how both funders and grantees can begin to think about systemic ... Melanie...

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26 Feb 2018

What Happens After the “Win”? - Lessons Learned from State and Local Money in Politics Campaigns - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, February 26, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Funders ' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP), who has extended an ... and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.* Funders and...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Public Policy

09 Sep 2021

COVID-19’s Long Tail: Developing a Mental Health Strategy for Recovery - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, September 9, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

This program is hosted by our partner, Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), who has extended an ... and absence of in-person treatment. Policymakers and funders need a sustained and intentional strategy to...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Disaster Relief

Seth Pinsky Named New Chief Executive of the 92nd Street Y

Release Date:

09/29/2019

... Side of Manhattan. The project is meant to make more space for the 92nd Street Y’s expansive slate of programming, ... crisis. In that role, he negotiated on behalf of the mayor for the new Yankee Stadium and...

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