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Elizabeth M. Hewitt to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Chief Investment Officer, Senior VP

Release Date:

10/08/2015

... this role, Ms. Hewitt will be a member of the Foundation’ s senior management team, responsible for managing the Foundation’ s endowment and leading the Foundation’ s investment staff. On...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

23 Oct 2025

Exploring Alternative Operating Models for Nonprofits

Thursday, October 23, 2025 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... may need to consider a reimagining of their organization’ s operating structure. Join us for an interactive panel ... Director, Maverick Capital Foundation Hilda Polanco , Market Managing Principal, BDO...

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Tools & Strategies

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Spelman College Announces $2 Million Match From Philanthropist Jon Stryker, Founder and President of Arcus Foundation, for Endowed Queer Studies Chair Named After Audre Lorde

Release Date:

10/29/2019

... Audre Lorde and attached to the Comparative Women’ s Studies Program housed at Spelman’ s Women’ s Research and Resource Center. Spelman will immediately ...

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Education

Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing

Release Date:

03/13/2017

... activities. The Center for Effective Philanthropy’ s May 2015 Investing and Social Impact report found that ... in more mission-aligned funds, as well as support new investment managers in the impact sector,...

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Insights

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Surdna Foundation

15 Jul 2025

Fostering Citizen Engagement and Trust, 21st-Century Style - A Webinar Hosted by Democracy Funders Network

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... in our Democracy Innovation Series, curated by DFN’ s Democracy Innovation Project, we’ll hear about promising ... of InnovateUS , Chief AI Strategist for the State of New Jersey, and professor and director of...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Civic Engagement

Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Up to $15 Million to Fill the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty

Release Date:

06/02/2017

... Up to $15 Million to Fill the Budget Gap Left by Trump’ s Revoking U. S . Support For U.N. Climate Treaty Michael R. Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’ s Special Envoy for Cities...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

TCF Senior Fellow Barton Gellman Wins Third Pulitzer

Release Date:

04/30/2014

... Washington Post coverage of the National Security Agency' s massive surveillance program. Century Foundation senior fellow Barton Gellman shared journalism’ s top prize today. The Pulitzer committee...

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The Century Foundation

Arcus Foundation Funds Exhibits, Walking Tour On Christopher Street’s Role In Gay Movement

Release Date:

06/12/2014

... Funds Exhibit, Walking Tour On Christopher Street’ s Role In Gay Movement Nearly half a century after the gay ... the Gay Revolution," for help with the text on the exhibit' s posters, and she also...

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Arcus Foundation

Report Shows Link Between Children's Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment

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07/10/2014

Report Shows Link Between Children' s Outcomes and Mothers' Educational Attainment Children ... from the Foundation for Child Development. Mother’ s Education and Children’ s Outcomes:...

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Foundation for Child Development

Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $2.2 Million in Emergency Funding for Ebola Response Efforts

Release Date:

11/18/2014

... to health and medical research initiatives across the U. S . and other regions of the world. "The enormity of this ... groups that can play a critical role in saving lives ," said John R. Ettinger, CEO...

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Health

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Casey Family Programs and the President's Advisory Council Work to Improve Financial Capability for Young People

Release Date:

03/09/2015

Casey Family Programs and the President' s Advisory Council Work to Improve Financial Capability for Young People This week the President’ s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young ... people so...

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Casey Family Programs

Earthquake Rocks Nepal

Release Date:

04/28/2015

... of Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara, according to the U. S . Geological Survey. Tremors and aftershocks were felt ...

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Verizon Foundation to Match Employee Contributions to Nepal Relief Efforts

Release Date:

04/28/2015

... that struck Nepal on Saturday, claiming more than 3,000 lives , injuring more than 7,000, leaving many unaccounted for ... all fees for calls and multimedia texts between the U. S . and Nepal from April 25 until...

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Verizon

Rockefeller's Rodin Discusses City Resiliency on Innovation Hub

Release Date:

05/04/2015

Rockefeller' s Rodin Discusses City Resiliency on Innovation Hub ... and feeding millions of people.... Rockefeller' s Rodin Discusses City Resiliency on Innovation Hub .....

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Communications/Media

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Dyson Foundation Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region

Release Date:

05/15/2015

... Backs Service Week in the Mid-Hudson Region Omega’ s annual Service Week is comprised of two sessions: the ... Women Serving Women Summit, hosted by the Omega Women’ s Leadership Center, supports organizations...

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The Dyson Foundation

OSF Grants $8 Million to Immigrant Advocacy Programs

Release Date:

06/09/2015

... “The reality is you can’t turn on a switch in people’ s lives and all of the sudden 5 million people pour into the ... process,’’ said Ken Zimmerman, director of Soros' U. S . programs...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

Revson Fellowship Produces Research on Female Face of Genocide

Release Date:

03/16/2016

... H. Revson Foundation Fellowship, Cushman researched the lives of women at the Birkenau concentration camp. . . Revson ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Gender Justice

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Celebrates Latin Filmmakers at Tribeca Film Festival

Release Date:

04/26/2016

Bloomberg Philanthropies hosted Key Ingredients which paired innovative chefs and Tribeca Film Festival Institute Latin America fund grantee films for delectable interpretations.