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Is Online Fundraising a Bad Idea?

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... But is this the right way to go? Each year, I conduct research on individual donor fundraising. Lately, I’m ... starting to wonder: Is online fundraising a bad idea? The research for my Individual Donor...

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Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

Release Date:

10/02/2017

... priorities has long been ocean conservation and research . But we’ve also seen an apparent increasing ... in financial support for the project and the use of a research vessel Allen personally owns. . . Could...

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Environment and Climate Change

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

... Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Malaria Research Institute discovered a strain of bacteria that can ...

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Jim Simons, the Numbers King

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12/13/2017

... The foundation has also given grants—for autism research , for a giant telescope in Chile that will hunt for ... has channelled hundreds of millions of dollars into autism research —seventy-five million dollars...

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Simons Investigators Awarded 2018 Breakthrough Prize, New Horizons Prize

Release Date:

12/15/2017

Three Simons Investigators were honored at the sixth annual Breakthrough Prizes, which recognize top achievements in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics.

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William T. Grant Foundation Supported Study Finds Trump Immigration Policies Take Mental Toll on Latino Parents

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03/22/2018

A study by two professors found that Latino-American families’ mental health is suffering because of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies.

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Immigration

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Arcus Foundation, Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count

Release Date:

04/27/2018

... early death. These findings emerged from groundbreaking research by Chapin Hall, which provides new insights to the ... to solutions, too.” This is the second in a series of research briefs on youth...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Casey Family Programs

Arcus Grantee, Dr. Kristina Olson, Receives Prestigious Honor

Release Date:

10/23/2018

... of trans and gender nonconforming youth. Dr. Olson's research represents the first of its kind large-scale ... study is yet to be complete, initial findings from Olson's research are already...

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Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Antimicrobial Paints Have a Blind Spot

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05/13/2019

Antimicrobial paints offer the promise of extra protection against bacteria. But Northwestern University researchers caution that these paints might be doing more harm than good.

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Health

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Tobias Rees Selected as a Rockefeller Foundation Resident to Study the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Humanity

Release Date:

09/30/2019

... Professor of Humanities at the New School for Social Research and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research ... Tobias Rees Selected as a Rockefeller Foundation ...

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Technology

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06 Apr 2022

Showing Up to Share Power: A Conversation with Building Movement Project - Hosted by the Leadership Transitions Funders Group

Wednesday, April 6, 2022 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

As philanthropy continues to examine its own practices and behaviors towards more equitable outcomes, the Leadership Transitions Funders Group is excited to offer leadership transitions as a lens to philanthropy's shift towards sharing and/or...

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

The Charles H. Revson Foundation Awards $3.3 Million in Grants to Ten Recipients

Release Date:

11/30/2022

Grants were distributed within the Program Areas of “Education,” “Jewish Life,” and “Urban Affairs” program areas.

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School Choice and Privilege Are Inextricably Linked

Release Date:

11/09/2015

... not a surprise then that in Georgia, according to SEF’s research , the average gross income of families receiving the ...

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Education

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Kevin Burke to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

06/04/2012

... Board in advancing the Foundation’s mission to promote research and broad-based education in science, technology, ... advice regarding the Foundation’s programs supporting research and education in science,...

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14 Jun 2011

Speaker's Bio: Commissioner Nirav R. Shah, M.D., MPH

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 12:00pm

... associate investigator at the Geisinger Center for Health Research in central Pennsylvania, and assistant professor at ... Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at UCLA and a National Research Service Award Fellow at...

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Issue-Based

21 Oct 2010

Understanding the Educational Trajectories of Young Black Men in New York City

Thursday, October 21, 2010 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

The Open Society Institute, 400 West 59th Street, NYC.

... the achievement gap among Black male students. In this research briefing, members of the BMDC, who work in ... Drs. Pedro Noguera and Ronald Mincy, will discuss research -driven policy recommendations dedicated...

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Funding Opportunity Program on the Future of Work

Release Date:

01/15/2014

... Foundation has announced a funding opportunity for research proposals to its program on the Future of Work. ... Sage Foundation's program on the Future of Work supports research on the causes and...

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Workforce Development

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Russell Sage Foundation

What Inequality Deniers Have In Common With Climate Change Skeptics

Release Date:

06/16/2014

... Walker says recent attempts to discredit Thomas Piketty's research into income inequality remind him of earlier efforts .....

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Four Freedoms Fund Names New Director

Release Date:

11/14/2014

... programs, providing direct legal services, conducting research and providing strategic consulting services to ... and philanthropic consultant, Khashu provided planning, research and evaluation services for...