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Burke Foundation Commits to Extend Two Service-Driven Scholarship Programs at Marquette University

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08/19/2019

... the foundation’s executive director. “When we look at our model students who serve as women and men for and with others, we look no further than our Burke scholars and our Trinity fellows,”...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Adds Finance Veteran Marc Chennault to Its Board

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06/23/2020

... three years, offering invaluable guidance and insight to our Finance Committee,” said Christa Blatchford, the CEO of ... know that Marc’s expertise as well as his enthusiasm for our mission will be essential...

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13 May 2013

As the South Goes: Philanthropy and Social Justice in the U.S. South

Monday, May 13, 2013 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Grantmakers for Southern Progress (formerly the Southern Organizing Working Group) has recently released As the South Goes: Philanthropy and Social Justice in the U.S. South. This briefing will focus on research highlights and will offer a chance...

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Bank of America to Provide Clean Water and Opportunity in Southern India

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03/24/2015

... of America today announced a $1 million grant to Water. org , a global organization that provides innovative, ... and communities. This will be achieved through a Water. org program, WaterCredit, which enables...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces $2.3M in Grants to Nonprofits Serving Youth, Girls of Color

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12/14/2016

BCF launched its Invest in Youth initiative in 2015 as a 10-year, $25 million commitment to improve Brooklyn’s social and economic opportunities and outcomes for 16- to 24-year-olds, particularly young people of color.

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Brooklyn Org

International Critical Theory Consortium Launches With Mellon Foundation Help

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02/02/2017

The consortium, a special project of the Program in Critical Theory, is made possible by a $1.5 million, three-and-a half-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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How We're Addressing the Overhead Fiction

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11/24/2015

... the center of the history of the Ford Foundation has been our investing in what I think of as the three I’s ... over the next five years, we will dedicate $1 billion for building institutions and networks...

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19 Jun 2012

An Update on New York City’s Promise Neighborhood Initiatives

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

The federal Department of Education’s Promise Neighborhoods Initiative is challenging organizations across the country to craft bold service networks that would provide youth in low-income communities with the support they need to thrive from birth...

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12 Sep 2013

Igniting the Spark: Effective Next Generation Boards

Thursday, September 12, 2013 -

2:30pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

For many families, it is important that the next generation not only gives but gives as part of the family. This Family Philanthropy Webinar introduces an increasingly popular method for preparing the next generation for philanthropic service: the...

08 Mar 2011

Foundations on the Hill

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 -

7:30am to 12:30pm

Capital Hilton Hotel, 1001 16th St, NW, D.C.

... contact Nur Ibrahim at nibrahim@philanthrophynewyork. org ; you may also view the Foundations on the Hill Agenda . ...

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12 Nov 2013

The Secret Ingredients to Effective Funder Collaboratives & Collective Impact

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Funder collaboratives come in many shapes and sizes. There is no right or wrong way of doing them; it all is contingent upon the specifics of each group and their goals. Come hear collective impact guru Laura Herman interview three funder colleagues...

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Overdeck and Simons Foundations Launch "Science Everywhere" to Inspire Math and Science Learning Beyond the Classroom

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01/25/2017

... beyond school walls, in partnership with DonorsChoose. org . Science Everywhere challenges teachers across the country to submit ideas on the DonorsChoose. org platform for creative, hands-on projects that...

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Foundations Work Together to Improve Broadband Service in Low-Income Communities

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12/10/2014

Ford and OSF among partners in Next Century Cities initiative.

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Technology

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Open Society Foundations

Earthquake Rocks Nepal

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04/28/2015

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy reports on the response to the earthquake in Nepal.

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Disaster Relief

Studio Museum in Harlem Unveils Design for Expansion

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07/06/2015

... have long been checked by the limitations of its 1914 building , will construct a new $122 million home designed by ... David Adjaye on West 125th Street. Plans for the new building , which will occupy the...

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MetLife Foundation Will Appear on 'Be the Change,' A Lifetime TV Network Program

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09/18/2015

... women pursue their goals, such as finding a better job, building credit and sticking to a budget. LISC’s Financial ...

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The Gender Divide in Ballet Leadership and Choreography

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09/29/2015

... a number of reports over the past few years on ideas for building audience in the arts. As discussed often, the arts ... as ethnicity and age, could become part of an audience- building strategy.... The Gender...

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NoVo Foundation Picked by Cuomo to Create New York City Women's Center

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10/27/2015

... to redevelop a former prison in New York City into a building for groups that advocate women’s equality. The ... owned and operated by women. Cuomo, a Democrat, said the building will be at the center of the...

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MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab

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12/08/2015

With support from MetLife Foundation, Duke University is launching the CommonCents Lab, an initiative that will apply behavioral economics to identify new ways to help millions of Americans improve their saving and spending habits.

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