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Ford Foundation Partners with Mozilla to Draw Young Engineers into Nonprofit Sector

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09/30/2014

Ford Foundation is partnering with Mozilla to create a fellowship program so young engineers can affect tech policy.

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Fund for Shared Insight Announces First Round of Grants Totaling $5.26 Million

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11/21/2014

... to $6-million a year, or more if additional grant makers join.... Fund for Shared Insight Announces First ...

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NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning

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01/12/2015

... focus on qualities like grit will distract policy makers from problems with schools. In a 2014 paper, the ...

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American Express Puts Nonprofit Leadership Programs Online

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10/29/2015

Seeking to improve the leadership skills at nonprofits around the world, the American Express Foundation is starting an ambitious new digital effort to train aspiring charity executives.

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Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality

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11/09/2015

Under a new strategy announced today, the Ford Foundation will double the amount it provides to grantees to cover administrative overhead costs and steer $1 billion over five years toward strengthening social-justice organizations. At the same time...

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"Resilience" Bonds Could Help in Climate Disaster, Rockefeller Report Says

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12/10/2015

A "resilience bond", a variation on a catastrophe bond, could help cities deal more effectively with climate change-related disasters, according to a report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.

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Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

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08/30/2017

... twice-as-high joblessness for black workers has led policy makers to accept it is as normal. . . Editorial: Unemployment ...

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The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.

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09/21/2017

... From Scratch. That’s Hard. In 2003, health care policy makers in Massachusetts agreed that the state should build a ...

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The New Bedtime Story Is a Podcast

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10/03/2017

... had Mr. Raz sign the back of his NPR T-shirt. As podcast makers look to expand their audience — just under a quarter ...

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Support from The Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Helps the Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation Provide Vision Services for its Clients

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12/04/2018

KAILUA-KONA — For clients of the Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation (HIHAF), a pair of eyeglasses or a vision exam can mean a world of difference in improving their quality of life. While poor vision might not seem like a huge difference maker, it...

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Women Remain Rare in the Ranks of Top-Earning Nonprofit CEOs (Login Required)

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09/22/2013

The New York Community Trust’s Lorie Slutsky is among the leaders interviewed in this article.

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Two New Program Directors

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03/01/2013

... Grants at the Open Society Institute’s Center on Crime, Communities and Culture and as Program Officer for ... player in the development of new therapies, technologies, resources and services for patients with...

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Rodney Christopher Named First-time F.B. Heron Foundation Fellow

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03/01/2013

... was created in 1992 with the mission of helping people and communities to help themselves out of poverty. The new ... change in strategy, one intended to deploy all the resources at its disposal in a broad,...

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“Poor” is Washington’s Four Letter Word

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01/21/2015

... end aren’t tiny at all. The poor are many, and the resources held by the top are staggeringly large and growing ... Washington doesn’t lose sight of the poor people in our communities ? Poverty in America has...

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13 Apr 2015

Social, Environmental and Economic Resiliency - Follow-up to Puerto Rico Learning Tour

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9:00am to 11:15am

MIssed this session? View recording here . As in many places in the United States, economic, social and environmental degradation in Puerto Rico disproportionally affects the island's most vulnerable populations. Investments that build community and...

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President's Message: PNY at 40

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06/07/2019

... crisis, which lasted several years, was painful for the communities and grantees that our members care about and ... hard and required re-thinking around how to best use the resources available given the need...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awarded More Than $84 Million in Grants in First Half of 2021

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07/27/2021

... we support bold, transformative change by strengthening communities and dismantling systemic barriers,” said Peter ... strategies, centering equity, and collaborating with communities to develop solutions.”...

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Morgan Stanley Launches Initiative to Advance Equity in Education and Career Outcomes for Underrepresented Groups

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12/20/2021

... social mobility more broadly and have meaningful impact on communities ,” said Susan Reid, Global Head of Diversity and ... paths and opportunities that may not be visible in their communities ; broaden students...

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Leaders of the Ford, Open Society, MacArthur, Hewlett, and Packard Foundations Pledge to Do More to Help Charities Pay Overhead

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09/04/2019

... embarking on a major campaign to encourage all other grant makers to join them to help cover essential operating costs. ... good news that some of America’s most powerful grant makers are focusing on fixing...

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