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Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed Now?

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09/29/2017

... funders have spent many millions of dollars supporting new teacher preparation programs and trying to strengthen existing ones. A new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) ...

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Education

Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants

Release Date:

11/01/2017

... Bard Prison Initiative. Now Bard College is launching a new satellite in another site that bucks tradition: the ... punchline is something about a captive audience.” The new microcollege is modeled on the...

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Mellon Foundation

15 Mar 2018

Imagining the Future: Pursuing Excellence in Family Philanthropy - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, March 15, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... only.* We invite you to participate in an exciting new program. NCFP is using the opportunity of this ... landscape, how do you see the field changing? What new tools, strategies and collaborative initiatives...

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Family Foundation

Barbara Raab and Farai Chideya of the Ford Foundation Noted As Women Who Shall Lead In The News Industry

Release Date:

12/18/2017

... revolution. This will be a year of reckoning, the year a new wave of diverse news leaders shapes American journalism ... with the audience. The departures open the door for a new wave of women news leaders to...

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Ford Foundation

Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid

Release Date:

01/09/2018

... bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like compound that activates only that receptor, a key step in the development of new pain medications. A release from the university notes ...

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The Mayday Fund

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 ... source has been out of reach. The UW team developed a new system that eliminates all of...

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Technology

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The Pfizer Foundation Announces $5 Million in Grants to Support Women and Families

Release Date:

05/30/2018

... Women and Families The Pfizer Foundation announced today a new $5 million grant commitment to initiatives in low- and ... at the same time children are routinely vaccinated. These new grants build on The...

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Gender Justice

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Pfizer

The Pfizer Foundation Announces $5 Million in Grants to Support Women and Families

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05/30/2018

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Backed in Part By The Ford Foundation, Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Named a National Treasure by National Trust

Release Date:

06/19/2018

... neglected. We’re delighted to work with the home’s new owners and the local community to chart a new future for the property that will honor her tremendous... ...

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

Release Date:

06/27/2018

... Ovation Awards at the 2018 CyberGrants User Conference in New Orleans. The Aetna Foundation and Newman’s Own ... create innovative programming and solutions that break new ground in the industry and for other...

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Newman's Own Foundation

Salesforce Staff Ask CEO to Revisit Ties With Border Agency

Release Date:

06/28/2018

Hundreds of Salesforce.com Inc. employees signed a letter to Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff criticizing the company’s contracts with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, the latest in a series of staff protests at technology firms...

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Salesforce

Study Funded by The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Shows No Early Dementia in 21 Past NHL, NFL Players

Release Date:

08/09/2018

... Shows No Early Dementia in 21 Past NHL, NFL Players In a new study, researchers found no evidence of early onset ... of retired professional hockey and football players. The new research adds important...

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Health

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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

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

Science

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Open Society University Network Launches to Transform Higher Education

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01/23/2020

... Soros announced today that he is creating a new university network to better prepare students for current ... excellent but politically endangered scholars into this new global network. Already, OSUN is...

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Education

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Open Society Foundations

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Increases Spending to Seize ‘Hinge Moment in History’

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... racial justice, strengthen U.S. democracy, and generate new economic thinking to address global climate change and ... our spending.” The increased spending plan includes a new racial justice initiative with...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Disaster Relief

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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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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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Immigration

Social Justice

Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation Announces Leadership Transition

Release Date:

04/28/2021

... singer and visual artist in many genres. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children. Nicholas ... the Dreyfus Foundation’s mission to assist underserved New Yorkers through programs in Aging,...

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Jean & Louis Dreyfus Foundation

12 Dec 2023

Service for Impact - Winter Meeting

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 -

9:30am to 11:00am

... and challenges, brainstorm on solutions, and explore new opportunities to make a difference in society while ... and companies and organizations are working to identify new strategies for success. This session...