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Open Society Foundations Examines Worldwide Access to Digital Media

Release Date:

09/24/2014

... globe who can access their stories on the web. However, our interconnected world isn't necessarily a better place for .....

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Communications/Media

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Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System

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06/03/2015

... The loss of optimism points at the defining challenge of our time: to make sure that all Americans will be included in ...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Education

Workforce Development

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Three Important Steps Philanthropies Are Taking to Curb Climate Change

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07/29/2015

... social, environmental, and economic policy challenge of our time. One example of a philanthropy-backed ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

January 11 Is Deadline to Submit a Letter of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants

Release Date:

12/14/2016

... 25 in the United States. We fund research that increases our understanding of programs, policies, and practices ...

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RFPs Etc

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Food Funders Working Group

... New Jersey, and Connecticut. We provide information, resources , and networking opportunities for funders to invest ... and networking among funders. Read about our past events here. CFF also aggregates and...

Palette Fund Helps Launch TRUTH Campaign to Spur Storytelling Movement for Trans Youth

Release Date:

08/05/2015

... three years ago, my wife and I had a hard time finding resources around trans issues and instead saw a lot of stigma ... Montemayor from Saint Paul, MN. “I hope that by sharing our story through TRUTH, people...

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Children, Youth and Families

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LGBTQ

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The Palette Fund

The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution

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09/26/2014

... and leading to COP21 in Paris in December 2015. With our past (i.e., cultural and biological heritage), present ... And all of this in place of the current model of conquest, violence , dominance, waste and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

New York Life Foundation Awards Grief Reach Grant to Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA

Release Date:

12/03/2019

... investment in this program, which will help us build our capacity in order to fulfill our mission to improve the health and wellbeing of the ... “The Grief Reach grant program was initially created to ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Health

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New York Life Foundation

Luz Liebeskind Named CFO of UJA-Federation of New York

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11/29/2022

... financial controls and transparent reporting are core to our success and mission. Luz is a person of enormous ... The following departments will report to Ms. Liebeskind: Accounting and Finance, Investments,...

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UJA-Federation of New York

ASPCA & Lil BUB’s Philanthropy Isn’t Just Fluff

Release Date:

10/29/2014

... more competitive , democratic , and enterprising . But how about adorable? Enter Lil BUB. Lil BUB is a ... welfare grantmakers, contacted Mike and BUB in 2013 to see how we can provide our...

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Youth Leaders are Changing the Conversation on College Access

Release Date:

06/30/2016

... is the great equalizer and there is social mobility in our country… What we find and see in this film is that is ... the national debate that’s happening right now about, ‘ How do we increase...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Education

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A Critical Time for Philanthropy’s Voice to Be Heard

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02/03/2017

... during this time of significant divisiveness in our country, as I’ve written about before . I represent a ... all PSOs, GCIR is a critical source of information and resources for funders on policies that...

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

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11 Feb 2016

National Leadership as Diverse as the U.S. - Philanthropy Can Make It Happen

Thursday, February 11, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... change is needed to support greater leadership equity How foundations can take steps to integrate leadership equity ...

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Professional Development

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

2020 Open Society Fellows Developing Approaches to Counter Economic Inequality

Release Date:

02/06/2020

... regular intervals over the course of their terms. “It is our hope that this extraordinarily talented group, working in ... those in the “bottom 80 percent” of the U.S. economy increase their assets. Imani...

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Economic Security

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Open Society Foundations

Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens

Release Date:

03/13/2014

... Hartford Foundation we strive to be thought partners with our grantees and, thus, like to share feedback. We share loads of feedback among our staff. In fact, we have been trained on how to...

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

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Aging

The Source Codes of Foundation Culture

Publication date:

10/2015

... and is hard to pin down, it has a persistent influence on how an organization behaves. Over the course of our exploration we have become convinced not only that a ... sector, habitually neglected this important contributor to our success. . . The Source Codes of Foundation Culture ...

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Report

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Why Philanthropy Should Help Strengthen Community Colleges

Release Date:

04/17/2014

... market in this knowledge economy. It is predicted that in our not-too-distant future, over 60% of jobs in the U.S. will ... of assessment out of remediation. Be comprehensive in our approach to making the most...

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Education

27 Sep 2016

Healthcare Crisis: Do We Have the Workforce Needed for Today and Tomorrow?

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Our healthcare system today faces many great challenges that ... providers and an uneven workforce distribution among our communities. We also are facing decreasing financial resources for...

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Issue-Based

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Panel

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All Funders

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Public Policy

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Health

Workforce Development

Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing

Release Date:

03/13/2018

... finding solutions to the two most challenging problems of our time – the climate crisis and growing inequality – ... one of the largest foundations to commit 100 percent. “ Our decision reflects our...

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