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

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06/19/2018

... stories of African American achievement, activism, and community .” “Nina Simone’s distinctive voice and social ... to work with the home’s new owners and the local community to chart a new future for the...

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With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MIT To Conduct an Environmental Scan of Open Source Publishing

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06/25/2018

... production and hosting systems to the scholarly publishing community . As noted by Amy Brand, director of the MIT Press, ... the unique opportunity to provide the university press community and other not-for-...

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Communications/Media

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards Grant to Critical Path Institute to Advance Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease

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09/06/2018

... challenges affecting the entire research and development community . The anticipated outcome is a consortium model ... and then make them available to the broader research community . This announcement coincides...

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Health

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Funder Group Support Development of Financial Counseling as Free Public Service for Low-Income Residents

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10/18/2018

... technical assistance, and a vibrant national learning community to help local government partners plan, launch, and ... technical assistance, and a vibrant national learning community will help as many as 50...

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Wells Fargo Private Bank - Philanthropic Services

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Economic Security

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Capital One Foundation

Ford Foundation Appoints Maria Torres-Springer As Next Vice President for US Programs

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02/01/2019

The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Maria Torres-Springer as its next vice president for US programs. She will join the foundation in May, succeeding Xavier de Souza Briggs, who has served as vice president for five years and...

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Ford Foundation to Support Ongoing Work of Generation Indigenous Response Fund

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02/21/2019

Native Americans in Philanthropy is proud to announce that it has received a $450,000 grant from Ford Foundation to support the Generation Indigenous Response Fund (#GenIndigenous Fund), a pooled fund housed at The Minneapolis Foundation that...

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Community Development

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Leaving Rikers: What the New York Women's Foundation Is Doing for Women in New York City's Worst Jail

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04/09/2019

... and CEO said in a statement. The fund is backing five community groups with $700,000. Its funding partners are the ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $80 Million

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04/19/2019

... , a new cultural venue in New York City, in support of community commissions and artist- and student-led civic ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Civic Engagement

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Emil Kang Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Program Director for Arts and Cultural Heritage

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07/09/2019

... curiosity. In doing so, we encourage members of our community to discover and more deeply engage with the world ...

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Ford Foundation, Citi and OPIC Launch Scaling Enterprise, a $100MM Financing Partnership to Support Social Enterprises

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10/23/2019

Citi Inclusive Finance, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Ford Foundation today introduced Scaling Enterprise, a $100 million loan guarantee facility.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches New Voting Rights Report, Philanthropy’s Role in Protecting and Strengthening American Democracy

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11/01/2019

... right to vote for all eligible citizens. The philanthropic community has worked alongside the government to protect ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Public Policy

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Elizabeth Cahill Joins the Surdna Foundation as Director of Communications and Engagement

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02/21/2020

... the Atlantic Fellows, a global leadership program and community for fairer, healthier, and more inclusive ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help City Leaders Respond to Coronavirus in the United States

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03/10/2020

Bloomberg Philanthropies announces network of support for Mayors responding to the public health crisis - leveraging collaborations with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

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COVID-19: Sharing Information

... Include relevant details you'd like to share with the PNY community (i.e., a brief description, links to your website, ...

14 May 2020

Funder Collaboration: Leveraging Partnerships for Outsized Impact - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, May 14, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... By convening and collaborating with peer funders and community leaders working to find solutions to shared issues, ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Family Foundation

01 Jun 2020

New York Environmental Funders Network Meeting - via Zoom (Week 2)

Monday, June 1, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... is setting in, we in the environmental funder community are working to understand the unique challenges and ...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Disaster Relief

13 Jul 2020

New York Environmental Funders Network Meeting - via Zoom

Monday, July 13, 2020 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... is setting in, we in the environmental funder community are working to understand the unique challenges and ...

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Mellon Foundation Launches New Art Museum Futures Fund to Distribute Tens of Millions to Art Museums Nationwide

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09/17/2020

Mellon’s Art Museum Futures Fund will support midsized art museums with $24 Million in emergency grants to help cultural institutions navigate the challenges posed by the pandemic.

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Schott Foundation Adds New Members to its Board of Directors

Release Date:

09/25/2020

... Education Association (NEA) Michael S. Wotorson Senior Community Investments Officer at the Hartford Foundation for ...

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