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Opioid Crises Takes Center Stage at 13th Annual H.F. Guggenheim Symposium

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02/26/2018

The event, sponsored by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, brings together cops, prosecutors, journalists like yours truly, academics, public health professionals and others to discuss crime-related trends. The theme this year? “Justice in the...

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

New Report From the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Probes Tech Use Among Young Kids in Silicon Valley

Release Date:

03/06/2018

Even in Silicon Valley, the epicenter of online innovation, families with young children are experiencing a digital divide. Hispanic families, in particular, saying that they experience slower connections, more data limits, and more broken computers...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Ms. Foundation for Women to Honor Ava Duvernay Elaine Welteroth at 30th Annual Gloria Awards

Release Date:

03/08/2018

Ms. Foundation for Women announced that they will honor Academy Award-nominated director Ava DuVernay and former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue Elaine Welteroth at the 30th annual Gloria Awards: A Salute to Women of Vision, to be held on Thursday,...

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Ms. Foundation for Women

James Rothkopf Elected to Board of Directors of FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds

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03/12/2018

... to its Board of Directors. FJC manages one of the nation ’s largest Donor Advised Funds, as well as Fiscal ...

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01 Jun 2018

Overstepping? When Should Foundations Weigh In On Grantee Governance

Friday, June 1, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

"We fund this organization, but I'm worried about their board." You've likely heard this sentiment uttered by a foundation program officer in the past. Maybe you've said it yourself.

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What's Interesting About the Partnership Between Rockefeller and Chan Zuckerberg

Release Date:

04/10/2018

... in the power of science to help humanity, bankrolling the nation 's first biomedical research institute. Ditto for .....

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Michael Bloomberg Takes on the Coal Industry

Release Date:

04/12/2018

On Monday afternoon, Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman and former three-term mayor of New York City, escaped to a deserted ballroom at the Grand Hyatt, in midtown Manhattan, to talk about climate change. Moments earlier, he had...

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Open Society Foundations to End Operations in Turkey

Release Date:

11/27/2018

Open Society Foundations is closing its offices in Turkey, days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused OSF founder George Soros of attempting to destabilize the country, Reuters reports.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Open Society Foundations

5 Questions with PND and David Egner, President/CEO, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Release Date:

11/28/2018

Philanthropy News Digest recently spoke with Egner about Ralph Wilson and his vision for the foundation and the two regions he loved and called home.

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Health Affairs Grantwatch Documents the John A. Hartford Foundation’s Impact on the Growth of Geriatrics Over 30 Years

Release Date:

01/15/2019

... from scratch” Working to ensure that “all of the nation ’s practicing physicians, nurses, and social workers ...

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Report From Century Foundation: English Learners and School Choice: Helping Charter Schools Serve Multilingual Families

Release Date:

04/30/2019

American public schools today are perhaps more linguistically and culturally diverse than at any other point in American history.

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New York State Census Equity Fund Research Identifies New York's Hardest-to-Count Communities for 2020 Census

Release Date:

06/04/2019

Report Commissioned by the New York State Census Equity Fund, housed in the New York Community Trust, provides key data, recommendations for achieving complete count.

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Census 2020

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The New York Community Trust

Block Museum of Art “Pop América, 1965 – 1975” Exhibition Made Possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Release Date:

06/20/2019

The Block Museum of Art announces its exhibition schedule for 2019 – 2020. Four major shows, highlighting the diversity of global modernisms, will present a mid-20th century view of art as it is entwined with culture and politics around the globe.

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A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, Study Funded by Ford Foundation Finds

Release Date:

07/22/2019

Reactive oxygen species associated with cellular damage actually aid photosynthesis, according to study.

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Ford Foundation

25 Jul 2019

Monthly Immigration Policy Calls: Policy Round-up - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, July 25, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Fueled by xenophobia, racism, and hate, the current administration has sought from day 1 to dismantle America’s historical role as a beacon of hope and a land of refuge. An unrelenting barrage of policy changes over the past two and a half years has...

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All Funders

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Immigration

With Support From The Howard Gilman Foundation and Tow Foundation, Atlantic Theater Company to Present IMMIGRANT MIXFEST

Release Date:

07/30/2019

Co-producer Saheem Ali says, "I can't think of a more pertinent moment to be highlighting immigrant stories in the theater alongside our national discourse. I've been a huge fan of Atlantic Theater Company's annual MixFest series and am thrilled to...

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The Tow Foundation

16 Oct 2019

2019 Grantmakers in Aging Annual Conference

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 8:00am to Friday, October 18, 2019 - 4:00pm

Each year, in October, GIA holds its Annual Conference, with more than 200 top local and national funders, in one of America’s great cities. For 2019, they are excited to bring the meeting to New York City — a melting pot of unique people, places,...

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First Phase of Love My Air Denver Program Measures Air Quality to Tackle Asthma Rates and Track Pollution with Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies

Release Date:

10/17/2019

The program focuses on lower income neighborhoods where residents tend to be more vulnerable to dirty air.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

17 Dec 2019

Working with Intermediaries: A Brownbag Lunch Discussion

Tuesday, December 17, 2019 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Philanthropy New York

From DAFs to giving circles and community foundations to fund aggregators, intermediary organizations come in many forms. At their best, intermediaries can expand organizational capacity, provide expert guidance and connect funders to sustainable,...