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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts

Release Date:

08/19/2015

... Latin Library project, which—when complete—will create resources that people of varying levels of interest and expertise in Latin can use to find , read, discuss, study, teach, edit and annotate Latin ... and...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Fund the People: How and Why to Invest in the Staff of Grantee Organization - Presentation

Publication date:

05/2018

View materials of the program " Fund the People: How and Why to Invest in the Staff of Grantee Organizations "

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Program Presentation

39th Annual Meeting Program

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Program Presentation

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropy New York

Open Road Alliance -Risk Management Toolkit

Open Road Alliance -Risk Management Toolkit This Toolkit is the first practical, comprehensive framework providing guidance to funders on how to implement best practices in risk management. The Toolkit includes ten adoptable and adaptable tools that cover a spectrum of practice including how to determine your organizational risk profile and how to integrate specific financial, governance, and other procedural risk management activities into daily philanthropic practice. The tools are designed to be used in total or a la carte. Ultimately, the Toolkit is meant to facilitate...

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Open Road Alliance

Groundswell Fund Shares An Open Letter to Philanthropy, from People of Color-led, Movement-Accountable Public Foundations

Release Date:

06/10/2021

... By contrast, the cornerstone of racial equity is sharing resources and decision-making power in a way that ... “different way” must include a significant transfer of resources into the control of institutions...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Social Justice

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Groundswell Fund

7/21/2014 - Demystifying Funder Transparency: Sharing Assessments - Webcast Recording and PowerPoint

Publication date:

08/2014

View a recording of the livestream and related materials presented during the program, " Demystifying Funder Transparency: Sharing Assessments ."

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Foundation Center

Learning Together to Grow the Field

Release Date:

09/17/2021

... be an inflection point in generating greater awareness and resources for SBYD. Lesson 2: There is no “I” in Team ... validated and showed no bias across age, race, or gender identity. The community came...

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Insights

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

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Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA

How Can We Apply a “Lens” That Doesn’t Distort?

Release Date:

12/17/2014

... commitment to increasing philanthropy’s attentiveness to gender , racial and other forms of diversity, we often examine ... participants in this discussion talked about the need to find balance between tapping...

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PNY News

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Random Reflections By A New Author

Release Date:

05/24/2010

... in so doing. Our challenge is to help philanthropists find both voices. When we do, they become more engaged and ... over the age of 21 at the workplace, each with the unique characteristics of the collective...

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Insights

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All Funders

Sloan Foundation Among Funders of New Report Outlining Research Agenda for Microbiomes, Indoor Environments, And Human Health

Release Date:

08/16/2017

... buildings are associated with respiratory problems, studies also show that children exposed to some microbes ... or allergic disease. The report says in-depth human studies and laboratory animal-model...

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Health

Science

Phillip Brian Harper Named New Program Director for Higher Learning At The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

08/27/2020

... and productive scholar of literature, visual and cultural studies , a precise thinker, and clear, elegant writer. With a ... culture. This includes the lived negotiation of racial, gender , and sexual identities...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Mellon Foundation

Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... AMD and those without. Furthermore, the team noted varying characteristics between the blood profiles of each stage of ...

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Health

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Research to Prevent Blindness

03 Feb 2015

Helping Grantees Work with Consultants: The Grantmaker's Role (Canceled)

Tuesday, February 3, 2015 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

... from engaging or supporting consultants, and that are the characteristics of effective consultants and consulting ... and consulting services How to choose a consultant Characteristics of and how to choose a...

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Workshop

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

05 Mar 2015

Helping Grantees Work with Consultants: The Grantmaker's Role

Thursday, March 5, 2015 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

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Workshop

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Location

New York City

Innovations in Open Grantmaking

Publication date:

10/2016

Of its $4.1 trillion fiscal year 2016 budget, the U.S. federal government and its grantmaking agencies will give out billions of dollars in the form of grants to states, localities, and individuals, supporting a dizzying array of activities, from scientific research and economic development to arts, culture, and education.

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Andrew W. Mellon Supports Fellowship Program Diversifying the Intellectual Leadership of Scholarly Publishing

Release Date:

06/29/2017

... Charlie Rapple, and Robert Harington have written about gender inequities in scholarly publishing. In other sectors ... and ethnicity are if anything greater than those around gender . Gender...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Mellon Foundation

Learning What Worked to Support Women After the 2008 Recession

Release Date:

06/23/2016

... nonprofit organizations became increasingly strained as resources declined. When the stock market failed, foundations ... with proven models for supporting women to gain stability. Resources intentionally...

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Insights

Funding Area

Gender Justice

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The New York Women's Foundation

Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings Explore the Promise and Potential of Pop Culture for Social Change

Release Date:

05/04/2016

... the engine of public discourse about institutional racism, gender identity, immigration, pay equity, and other issues of ... of the pop culture landscape and elevates case studies of successful interventions...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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Unbound Philanthropy

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

It’s Time to Define Our New Normal

Release Date:

12/19/2016

... incidents in the past that unsettled me— some because of gender , others because of skin color, and still others ... and frightened but who would, in their fear and alarm, find a way to band together to begin...