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Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program

Release Date:

12/05/2018

... Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith , an award-winning book on the origins and legacy of intersectional movement building ... Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Society Foundations

University of San Diego Chosen for The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Student Social Innovation Challenge

Release Date:

09/19/2019

... the experience of The Rockefeller Foundation and Acumen in building successful social enterprises. Winning teams from ...

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Economic Security

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19 Jul 2012

Supreme Court Decision in Arizona v. United States: Implications for Funders

Thursday, July 19, 2012 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

This one-hour call will provide an overview of the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated decision on immigration enforcement, including a discussion of the legal implications, community responses nationwide, and roles for funders. A ...

Rockefeller Fund Takes First Green Stake in Pivot From Oil

Release Date:

07/28/2016

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund took its first direct stake in a renewable energy company in a move meant to bolster the fight against climate change.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Sloan Foundation Gives Wikimedia Foundation $3M for Structured Data Project

Release Date:

01/12/2017

The San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation has announced a $3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make freely licensed images accessible and reusable across the World Wide Web.

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Communications/Media

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Mellon Foundation Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program

Release Date:

04/11/2017

The New England Foundation for the Arts has announced a three-year, $3.77 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue the work of the National Theater Project.

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Arts

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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens

Release Date:

04/14/2017

... email program inquires to lifesciences@simonsfoundation. org and administrative inquires to lifegrants@simonsfoundation. org . The Simons Foundation’s mission is to advance the ...

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RFPs Etc

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Science

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Ralph C. Wilson Foundation, Hospitals Launch Caregiver Support Program

Release Date:

04/12/2019

The Cleveland Clinic, Ascension Michigan, Catholic Health, and Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation have announced a $20 million partnership aimed at supporting caregivers.

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Aging

Health

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19 Jul 2012

Fracking in New York: A Donor Briefing

Thursday, July 19, 2012 -

8:45am to 10:45am

Large parts of New York sit atop the Marcellus Shale formation, and the oil and gas industry has been aggressively pushing for Governor Cuomo to open up New York to fracking. Governor Cuomo’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued...

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Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together

Publication date:

05/2009

... for structuring a collaborative to fit its purpose, building strong relationships and resolving conflicts, and ...

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Report

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

$15 Million Gift and New Name for Community College

Release Date:

04/29/2013

... common, $15 million might buy naming rights to a new building or a laboratory. But for a community college, a ...

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Education

New York Life Foundation Awards $1 Million to Comfort Zone Camp

Release Date:

07/13/2013

... $1 million grant is in support of organizational capacity building for Comfort Zone Camp, a bereavement camp for youth ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Life Foundation

18 Jul 2012

Black Communities and Philanthropy: A Conversation on Past Trends, Current Challenges and the Future

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

Philanthropy New York 79 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC

Maya Wiley, Founder and President of the Center for Social Inclusion, will share her views about opportunities for philanthropic investments in Black communities and how the sector could more effectively advance strategies that close racial...

New York City’s Community Foundation Announces $6.5 Million in Grants to 81 Nonprofits

Release Date:

10/16/2013

New York City’s Community Foundation awards $6.5 Million in grants to 81 New York City nonprofits.

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Community Development

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The New York Community Trust

$50-Million from Goldman Sachs Seeds Fund for Businesswomen

Release Date:

03/05/2014

Goldman Sachs and the World Bank will partner to raise $600 million in support of female entrepreneurs in developing countries, reports The Chronicle of Philanthropy.