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Citi Foundation Helps NYC Nonprofits & Cornell University Prepare Underserved Youth for Foodservice, Customer Service, & Hospitality Jobs

Release Date:

07/27/2017

... with an in-demand skill set that differentiates them from other applicants, helping to close the youth unemployment gap ... "If I could complete this training, then I know I can do other education,...

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Ford Foundation Building Listed As One Of The 100 Most Important Buildings of the 20th Century

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10/11/2017

... in the book by eight buildings, far more than any other architect. The second-most-mentioned architects are ...

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Freedom, Justice, and Immigrant Mentorships: Ford's Arts Strategy in Action

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10/23/2017

... list of fellows here. Ford, of course, is but one of many other funders—which include A Blade of Grass, Shelly and ...

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The Century Foundation Has Obtained New Data Showing 99 Percent of Student Fraud Claims Concern For-Profit Colleges

Release Date:

11/13/2017

The Century Foundation (TCF) has obtained new data from the U.S. Department of Education about nearly 100,000 “borrower defense claims”—applications for loan relief from students who maintain that they have been defrauded or misled by federally...

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28 Feb 2018

Tackling Implicit Bias and Microbehaviors in Your Philanthropic Practice

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... the size of organizations, leaders of organizations, and other identifying factors. Implicit bias can also lead to ...

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Action Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support from the Arcus Foundation

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02/14/2018

... more endemic and globally threatened vertebrates than any other region of the continent,” said Dr. Andy Plumptre, ... birds, reptiles, amphibians and plants. WCS worked with other NGO partners and the...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Surdna, Andrew W. Mellon and Ford Foundation Sign Joint Statement Defending NEA Against Proposed Trump Budget

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03/01/2018

... Trump released his 2019 budget proposal , which, among other things, called for the dissolution of the National ... funding cuts. The statement follows in the footsteps of other cultural institutions — such as...

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New Report From the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Probes Tech Use Among Young Kids in Silicon Valley

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03/06/2018

... center to elicit comments and questions from parents and other family members. The survey cut across the early ... teachers view technology in child care settings, pre-K and other early learning settings, and...

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Caroline Kennedy Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees

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03/09/2018

... Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe to Pearl Harbor. In other work, she led the effort to return the Northern ... Society, and as a director of The Boeing Company, among other board-level responsibilities...

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Inside Philanthropy on the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Impact on Climate-Conscious Conservation in the South

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09/20/2018

... of the philanthropic funds that have been the impetus for other significant public and private investment,” said ... $30 million in Tennessee state funds, federal funds, and other private donations. The pooled...

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With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR Launch the Plant Humanities Initiative

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11/13/2018

... Yet far from being a pure gift, Cinchona, like so many other botanical discoveries, was both a cure for suffering ... and Londa Schiebinger), the stories and travels of many other plants remain to be told. To...

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Mellon Foundation

22 Jul 2019

How CEOs and Trustees Build a Culture of Trust - A Webinar Hosted by Philanthropy Northwest

Monday, July 22, 2019 -

10:30am to 11:30am

... leadership in instituting a culture of trust -- with each other , with foundation staff and in all of your ... Please note that his program is open to GIA members, other grantmaking institutions, philanthropic...

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A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, Study Funded by Ford Foundation Finds

Release Date:

07/22/2019

... and are thought to degrade the cells of phytoplankton and other organisms. A new paper, however, suggests that these ... is to determine whether this process also exists in other phytoplankton species,"...

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21 Nov 2019

The Importance of Understanding Implicit Bias and Microbehaviors in Your Philanthropic Practice and Strategy

Thursday, November 21, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... the size of organizations, leaders of organizations, and other identifying factors. Implicit bias can also lead to ...

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Native Wisdom: A Review Of Edgar Villanueva’s Decolonizing Wealth

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09/24/2019

... to its offices in New York City to brief its trustees, other foundation officials, and representatives of both the ... Department of Justice. The aim of the meeting was to bring other funders to the table to...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Asphalt Art Initiative, Providing Cities How-To Guidance to Transform Streets and Public Spaces with Artwork

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10/28/2019

... from cities around the world, providing inspiration for other cities looking to incorporate artwork into pedestrian ... plazas, intersection designs, and murals on roadways or other urban infrastructure...

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Mothers Out Front & Kelsey Wirth Win McNulty Prize for Mobilizing Bold Action on Climate

Release Date:

10/30/2019

... poisoned planet, Wirth organized meetings in her home with other moms in her Massachusetts neighborhood. What started ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Basketball Legend Join Forces for Youth Empowerment and Establish Field of Life

Release Date:

12/18/2019

... arts activities, a daily hot meal and healthy snack, and other skills-based programs. Panagiotis Giannakis and the ... by reaching out to schools, community centers, and other public spaces and organizing free...

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Casey Family Programs Announces 2020 Casey Excellence for Children Awards

Release Date:

01/13/2020

... Family Programs also works with child welfare systems and other partners in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto ...

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15 Apr 2020

Responding to the Coronavirus: Employee Benefits Changes - A Webinar

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 -

10:30am to 11:30am

... Expansion Act, Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act, ADA and other law modifications during a pandemic HIPPA privacy ... consequences for covering home-office expenses Addressing other frequently asked benefits...