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Rockefeller-founded Asia Society Marks 60 Years of Building Bridges Between the U.S. & Asia

Release Date:

03/15/2016

... June 28, 1956, by John D. Rockefeller 3rd in New York to build understanding between the peoples of Asia and the ... 3rd had the vision to create an institution that would build bridges between the U.S. and...

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Bad Landlords Poised To Profit On De Blasio Plan To Turn Rent-Stabilized Buildings Into Long-Term Homeless Shelters

Release Date:

08/30/2017

The Department of Homeless Services is quietly finalizing more than $98 million in contracts that would turn five apartment buildings currently part of the notoriously mismanaged cluster site program into homeless shelters, and maintain six more as...

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Housing and Homelessness

Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night

Release Date:

04/05/2019

Birds that produce faint chirps called flight calls during nighttime migration collide with illuminated buildings much more often than closely related species that don’t produce such calls, report researchers.

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Leon Levy Foundation

F.B. Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Writes About Building a Foundation for the 21st Century

Release Date:

06/08/2016

... needed to make a living. In the social sector, as we build enterprises and invest capital, we may be depending on ...

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How Ms. Foundation Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility

Release Date:

02/09/2018

... Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward Mobility To bridge the ... Sees Taking Children to Work Day as an Opportunity to Build Careers, Education and Upward...

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Gender Justice

Build Up Advisory Group Shares Podcast - Leveraging Systems for Sustainability and Opportunity with Jim Shelton

Release Date:

06/09/2021

Build Up Advisory Group Shares Podcast - Leveraging Systems ... Opportunity with Jim Shelton This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, we’re talking Jim Shelton . Jim is the Chief ... innovations to increase access to...

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Build Up Companies

06 Mar 2017

Resistance Strategies: Building Power, Forging New Collaborations and Organizing to Win - A First Monday Discussion Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, March 6, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... thinking around ways to create effective coalitions and build resistance to the anti-democratic initiatives being ... funders and grantees must work and think differently to build a longer-term movement for...

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Tools & Strategies

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Civic Engagement

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Public Policy

Social Justice

Simons Foundation Sponsors "The Eternal Sky," A Short Film about Building the Simons Observatory

Release Date:

03/09/2017

By looking for signs of cosmic inflation, the Simons Observatory will answer questions about the origin of the universe. First in a series.

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Science

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JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy

Release Date:

01/19/2016

... Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy We believe every young person ... Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s...

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

Ford’s Walker in Harvard Business Review: What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building

Release Date:

07/05/2016

Over the past five years, more and more foundations have come to understand that their nonprofit grantees’ infrastructure needs more love, and more grant money.

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Ford Foundation

04 Mar 2019

The Interplay of Money in Politics, Democracy Reform, and Movement Building - A First Monday Discussion Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, March 4, 2019 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Following the 2018 midterm elections, pro democracy organizing established gains that demonstrated how citizen driven initiatives can realign power and mitigate the influence of corporate and special interest money in areas spanning from local...

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All Funders

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Civic Engagement

Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database

Release Date:

01/09/2018

Michigan State University UsesMellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database Michigan State University, ... Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade...

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

Release Date:

01/09/2018

For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and collaborators solved the crystal structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like compound...

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15 Oct 2019

Engaging the C-Suite: How to Build Internal Support for Your Corporate Citizenship Approach - A Webinar Hosted by TCC Group

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

... approach into the business How to identify champions to build internal engagement and support Presenters Michael ... In partnership with TCC Group Engaging the C-Suite: How to Build Internal Support for Your...