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25 Jun 2019

A Primer on Divesting from Immigrant Detention - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:15pm

... of recent divestment decisions by JPMorgan Chase & Co, New York State, the United Methodist Church, and General ... is limited to organizations that share GCIR’ s core values.)...

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20 Jul 2021

Can Knowledge Management Support the Path Towards Racial Equity?

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... of our grantmaking strategies? What kind of insight lives in our organizations that we can leverage to strengthen ...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Communications

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Social Justice Funders: For National Movements to Win, Invest in Texas

Release Date:

08/08/2017

... at The University of Texas at Austin. In a recent New Yorker essay , Lawrence Wright details how Texas politics ... in Texas. Texas social justice organizations need more resources to deepen capacity and...

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RPA, Ford, MasterCard Foundation Among Funders Partnering with Foundation Center on Global Development

Release Date:

11/20/2014

... innovation and insight into the way we address the world' s most pressing issues. Against this backdrop, the United ... by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) have launched a new initiative to...

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Ford Foundation

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

Release Date:

12/10/2014

... to best bring broadband to their citizens, whether that' s figuring out how to build out Internet connections to historic buildings or passing bonds to pay for new fiber networks. Though the group is in...

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Technology

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Open Society Foundations

Teagle Awards $2 Million in Support of Liberal Arts Education

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06/01/2015

... Arts Education Grants awarded through the foundation' s new Liberal Arts in the Professions initiative include ... arts into engineering curricula as part of each campus' s effort...

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Education

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Rockefeller Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Noted As Supporters of Impact Investing

Release Date:

11/17/2015

... financial institutions can help solve some of the world’ s social problems. Over the past decade, there has been ... as the formation of the venture capital industry ushered a new approach to funding the...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Goldman Sachs Bank USA [Corporate]

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-Supported Study Finds Babies Born Big More Likely to Become Obese Children

Release Date:

07/12/2017

... birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new study from the University of Virginia Children' s Hospital suggests. The researchers say pediatricians may ... the onset of obesity and the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... as corporate giving and volunteer programs, as well as new efforts such as impact investing and skills-based ...

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Sector News

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Teagle Foundation Names Andrew Delbanco Next President

Release Date:

03/22/2018

... public role in discussions of higher education. He has a new book coming out this fall, The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’ s Soul From the Revolution to the Civil War, to be...

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Alisha Williams to Join Arcus as Program Officer of Social Justice Program

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06/19/2018

... of the Social Justice program. Williams will start in the new role at the end of June. In their role, Williams will ... supporting transgender leadership and advocacy. Williams brings more than a decade of...

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Arcus Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Names Nicole Taylor as President and CEO

Release Date:

11/14/2018

... extensive search process, Nicole Taylor has been named the new President and Chief Executive Officer of SVCF. SVCF ... Taylor, the Board Search Committee found a leader who brings together a rich background in...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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Joel Wallman Named Director of Research at Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

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02/20/2019

... In this role, Dr. Wallman will guide the Foundation’ s research agenda on the nature, consequences and responses ... “I am very pleased that Joel Wallman will direct HFG’ s research efforts,” said Daniel F...

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Health

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Want to Create a Movement? Create a Community.

Release Date:

06/10/2015

... is also who is sharing your message that counts. Let’ s look at how the drowning prevention community is using this ... and various drowning prevention activities that have saved lives and made a significant...

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Children, Youth and Families

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J.P. Morgan Commits USD $25 Million to Help Develop Skills Needed by India’s Workforce in the Future

Release Date:

10/22/2019

... USD $25 Million to Help Develop Skills Needed by India’ s Workforce in the Future October 22, 2019 ( New Delhi, India) – J.P. Morgan today announced a USD $25 ... the country’ s high growth...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Community Development

Workforce Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Arcus Foundation Shares Findings from the Grantee Perception Report Administered by the Center for Effective Philanthropy

Release Date:

10/26/2021

... and our alignment with our standards and values. That’ s why since 2008, Arcus has collected grantee input on a ... factors, the most pressing needs affecting their work, and new ideas created from communities...

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Evaluation

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Arcus Foundation

The Century Foundation on How Healthcare Repeal Would be a Disaster for Women’s Health

Release Date:

07/28/2017

... on How Healthcare Repeal Would be a Disaster for Women’ s Health The Century Foundation has estimated that 13 million women would lose maternal care protection with out the ACA. Considering the United ... Yet...

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