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Ford Foundation Head in India Moves On, Hints at Discord with Government

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09/08/2015

... Government The head of the Indian operations of the U. S .-based Ford Foundation, one of the world' s largest charitable funds, has announced she is moving ... activities. The home ministry has cancelled...

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Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News

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06/28/2017

... News Combating fake news and bolstering the public’ s trust in journalism is the aim of a Vanderbilt research ... Fund. After a call for entries in March, the John S . and James L. Knight Foundation, along with...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Toward Liberation: A Staunch Social Justice Funder Puts Women of Color Up Front

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09/29/2017

... hear a lot about the lack of diversity in philanthropy’ s upper leadership, and also about the lack of support to ... headed by women and people of color. Well, here’ s one funder that’ s...

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Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

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10/02/2017

... Giving to Come? One of Seattle billionaire Paul Allen’ s major philanthropic priorities has long been ocean ... But we’ve also seen an apparent increasing interest in funding climate change work. The tech...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Duke University $3M to Grow Liberal Arts Colleges and HBCU Visiting Faculty

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05/07/2018

The grant will fund a five-year initiative called Humanities Unbounded, which will include roughly a dozen two-year visiting faculty fellowships, according to Gennifer Weisenfeld, dean of the humanities at Duke.

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Occupy The Box

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03/21/2012

By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation (This post was adapted from a keynote address ... on February 28, 2012.) When I heard the title of today’ s symposium, “Thinking Outside...

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Mellon Foundation Awards St. Lawrence University $800,000 to Support Sophomore-Year Experience

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10/21/2016

... awarded a large grant by a private foundation to support a new program aimed at enhancing the academic experience for ... to support the “Sophomore Journeys” program. This new program will offer a new...

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08 Jun 2016

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network: Building Relationships - Managing Up

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 -

8:30am to 10:30am

... relationships with their staff as well as accessing resources that provide guidance and support, including human resources . We will also hear the perspective and experience ... manager. Presenters Valerie...

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Salesforce.Org Empowers Nonprofits and Higher Education Institutions to Drive Social Impact at Scale With Einstein AI

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03/21/2019

... impact. Built on the Salesforce Platform, Salesforce.org’ s industry-specific CRM solutions Nonprofit Cloud and ... and workflows, allowing them to fundraise and allocate resources more efficiently to drive...

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24 Oct 2012

Meeting Strategic Objectives through Persuasive Writing: The Grant Write-Up

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... clear, concise and purposeful language. A foundation’ s internal grant recommendations or write-ups depend on these ... project and its merits in relation to the institution’ s grantmaking strategy...

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18 Jan 2017

Homeownership and the Racial Wealth Gap – Webinar

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1:00pm to 2:00pm

... future minority homebuyers for success A review of today’ s housing policy landsape Promising strategies which can ...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Lavastian Glenn Promoted to Vice President of Programs

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12/16/2021

... “Lavastian has made invaluable contributions to NCF’ s programmatic work, including our grantmaking, ... through community-based problem solving and philanthropic strategy across the South. Prior to joining...

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09 Feb 2023

The Essentials of Good Governance - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, February 9, 2023 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... is the guiding framework for your family philanthropy’ s long-term success. There are many governance constructs ... board members, and best practices for managing meetings, strategy conversations, and other...

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29 Mar 2023

Building Immigrant Women's Economic Power - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

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1:00pm to 2:00pm

... is limited to organizations that share GCIR’ s core values.) How do you sign up? Registration is required ... questions. In collaboration with Building Immigrant Women' s Economic Power - A Webinar Hosted...

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12 Oct 2023

Internal Evaluation and Learning - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

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12:00pm to 1:15pm

... learning and assessment across governance, philanthropic strategy , succession, and more. The assessment process asks ...

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Inside Philanthropy on the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Impact on Climate-Conscious Conservation in the South

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09/20/2018

Inside Philanthropy on the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation' s Impact on Climate-Conscious Conservation in the South The ... and hardwood forest in the Appalachian Mountains that’ s home to an extraordinary...

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03 Mar 2015

Summer Youth Employment Programs: Ensuring Greater Career Readiness

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 -

7:00am to 10:00am

... has significantly affected young people of color. 2013' s employment data reveals that only 19% of black teens were ... Chase recently released a report as an extension of its New Skills at Work...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City

Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 Soros Justice Fellows

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03/31/2022

... Society Foundations Announce 2021 Soros Justice Fellows NEW YORK —The Open Society Foundations today announced an award ... on a range of issues at the core of the Open Society’ s work such as...

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