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Bloomberg Philanthropies Publishes Results of Largest Survey of American Mayors

Release Date:

04/05/2018

... survey of mayors to date. The survey reveals that America' s mayors increasingly feel on the hook for addressing major ... time, more mayors say that their relationship with the new administration has...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology

Release Date:

04/27/2018

... Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a new HD video streaming method that doesn’t need to be ... Shyam Gollakota, an associate professor in the UW’ s Paul G. Allen School of Computer...

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Technology

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Aetna Foundation and Newman’s Own Foundation Earn CyberGrants Ovation Awards

Release Date:

06/27/2018

Aetna Foundation and Newman’ s Own Foundation Earn CyberGrants Ovation Awards ... Ovation Awards at the 2018 CyberGrants User Conference in New Orleans. The Aetna Foundation and Newman’ s Own...

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Newman's Own Foundation

Salesforce Staff Ask CEO to Revisit Ties With Border Agency

Release Date:

06/28/2018

... Executive Officer Marc Benioff criticizing the company’ s contracts with the U. S . Customs and Border Protection agency, the latest in a ... enforce Trump administration immigration policies at the U. ...

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Arabella Advisors Report Calls on Philanthropy to Catalyze Inclusive Investment

Release Date:

03/04/2019

... color and women, a report from Arabella Advisors and the New Venture Fund argues. According to the report, An ... women, who represent 38 percent and 50.8 percent of the U. S . population, respectively, but...

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Arabella Advisors

Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night

Release Date:

04/05/2019

... Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night The new analysis of a 40-year record of more than 70,000 ... in light pollution in Chicago in recent years, the new findings show that more needs to be done,...

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Animal Welfare

Environment and Climate Change

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Leon Levy Foundation

Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Helps Fund Research to Find Personalized Treatment for Crohn's Disease

Release Date:

05/03/2019

... Fund Research to Find Personalized Treatment for Crohn' s Disease To model human health and disease, organ-on-a-chip ... upstream initiator of gut inflammation. Now, thanks to a new $1.8 million grant...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Research of Human Impact on Indoor Climate

Release Date:

06/04/2019

... chemical processes that occur in the indoor climate. But new advanced equipment and new analysis methods enable us to map how emissions from ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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03 Mar 2021

DACA—Seizing the Moment - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 -

9:00am to 10:00am

... What are the updates on DACA protection proposed by the new administration What it will take to ensure that there ... and organizing infrastructure in place to respond to new and expanded DACA opportunities...

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Immigration

Social Justice

25 Mar 2021

Federal Immigration Policy Scorecard and Playbook - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, March 25, 2021 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... be granted on a first come, first served basis.* With the new Biden administration taking steps to expand legal relief ... wisdom holding that the first six months of the new administration present the best...

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All Funders

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Immigration

Social Justice

Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network

Release Date:

01/25/2017

... The report, 100RC: Catalyzing the Urban Resilience Market ( HTML or 23 pages, PDF ), identifies four major ...

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4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Release Date:

09/20/2017

In a collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center have developed and launched a resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.)...

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International/Foreign Affairs

How We're Addressing the Overhead Fiction

Release Date:

11/24/2015

... the Ford Foundation Forward blueprint, the foundation' s plan for changes in its culture, programs and assets. It ... here with the permission of the Ford Foundation for New York...

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Insights

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Gender Lens on Poverty Primer

Publication date:

12/2013

... a composite snapshot of extreme to near poverty in the U. S . today and the special challenges it poses for women. ...

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Report

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Economic Security

Gender Justice

Peterson Foundation President Has OpEd in Time Magazine on Millenials and National Debt

Release Date:

04/29/2016

... of TIME, James Grant offered his opinion on America’ s national debt, which is at its highest level since 1950 and ... While there are many dangerous consequences of America’ s fiscal outlook, absent a...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization

Release Date:

11/23/2016

All Hands Volunteers, the leading disaster relief organization powered by volunteers, has been awarded a grant of $150,000 by the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation to establish a Global Rapid Response Fund.

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Findings from Century Foundation Report Lead Higher Education Advocacy Charge in California

Release Date:

06/01/2018

... higher education advocates are looking to California’ s next governor to set an agenda for the future of its ...

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Supported by Carnegie, ALA Announces Winners of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award'

Release Date:

11/30/2016

... from across the country were honored with this year' s I Love My Librarian Award. The winning librarians were ... for their exceptional contributions to transforming lives and communities through...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

13 Jul 2023

Philanthropic Assistants and Coordinators Network (PACNET) - Strategies on How to Support DEI Efforts Within Your Role

Thursday, July 13, 2023 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... for the purpose of sharing questions, experience and resources among peers in a confidential setting. Happy ...

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Network Building

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Panel

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Program Staff

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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New York City

17 Jun 2021

Moving Beyond Anti-Asian Myths and Violence to Multi-Racial Solidarity and Action

Thursday, June 17, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... COVID-19 pandemic. While some may see this as a troubling new phenomenon, the reality is that discrimination and ... want history to repeat itself over and over again, it' s time for us to better...