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Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved

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11/17/2016

Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved The Pinkerton ... gave 35 million dollars to 300 organizations for a range of projects, including crisis intervention, art classes and...

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Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism

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11/19/2015

... Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism Wideman/Davis Dance, the UofSC ... Wideman-Davis and Thaddeus Davis, Co-Artistic Directors of Wideman/Davis Dance and Assistant...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Works to Build a Better South Bronx

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07/10/2015

... a master plan to design, build, and fund a new network of connected open spaces that will improve quality of life and deliver measurable health benefits for South ... Project, the new vision for the South...

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Rockefeller Foundation Starts News Site to Spur Resilience Work

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02/15/2017

... considers building resilience , defined as "the capacity of individual, communities and systems to survive, adapt and grow in the face of stress and shocks, and even transform when conditions .....

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Stonewall Community Foundation: Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990

Release Date:

06/18/2014

Stonewall Community Foundation: Working Towards a Better Future Since 1990 The needs of New York City's LGBT community are so vast and varied, it ... community.... Stonewall Community Foundation: ...

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Ford Foundation Asks if Capitalism Can be Made to Work Better for Society

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10/02/2014

... for Society In the Ford Forum, the inaugural issue of what appears to be intended as a regular publication “to ... Darren Walker poses an interesting question to a number of experts: “Where Markets Lead, Will...

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Ford Foundation Works to Promote Government Action on Income Equality

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11/18/2014

... systemic problems that seem almost unsolvable. These kinds of messages don’t motivate people to call for government ...

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Mellon Funds Efforts to Bring Medieval Works to the Digital World

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02/24/2016

... a 15th-century text that shows the Earth as the center of the universe. Or touch the pages of an oversize religious songbook, adorned with gold leaf and ... in bright hues on calfskin, and held by monks...

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Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle

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09/27/2017

... notice when something is missing, particularly in an age of such abundance. But amid the internet's vast and churning piles of information, there are pieces missing from the open ... in the 1970s,...

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Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal/Political Morass

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07/11/2019

... Morass By Tim Delaney, President & CEO, National Council of Nonprofits The two weeks following the U.S. Supreme ... continue, even though the particular twists and turns of this “stranger than fiction”...

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12 Apr 2012

Star Power: Achieving Impact by Working Effectively with Celebrities (Featuring Kevin Bacon)

Thursday, April 12, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... and then persuade or inspire engagement and action. Working with prominent musicians, actors, and sports figures ... While some nonprofits struggle to secure and make the most of celebrity endorsements, others...

Atlantic Seeks To Sustain Gains From Past Work As Grantmaking Nears Conclusion

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07/30/2014

... this end, Atlantic’s final grants will draw on several of the issues, themes and most effective approaches we have ... this week, Atlantic also released the fourth in a series of reports about its concluding...

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11 Jun 2015

Ten Ways Philanthropic Families Work With Community Foundations - Webinar

Thursday, June 11, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... staff along with an important update on the work of NCFP’s Family Philanthropy Through Community Foundations Initiative. Presenters Audrey Jacobs, Director of The Center for Family Philanthropy, The Community...

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15 Jan 2015

Getting Better at Getting Better: Using Data to Improve Student Social-Emotional Learning

Thursday, January 15, 2015 -

8:00am to 11:00am

... for academic and life success. Leaders in philanthropy, education , and youth services will discuss their work in enabling youth ... for Public Schools In partnership with...

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