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New App Plentiful, Funded By The Helmsley Charitable Trust, Streamlines How NYC Food Pantries Feed The Hungry

Release Date:

12/04/2017

... also allows pantries to send out mass texts if there is a change to their normal schedule or if they have information ...

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Food Systems

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments

Release Date:

06/18/2018

A new field study called HOMEChem (House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry), funded by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in its Chemistry of Indoor Environments program, will analyze these chemical interactions with the...

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New Report Funded By The New York State Health Foundation Offers Solutions to Help NY’s Unpaid Family Caregivers

Release Date:

09/17/2018

... The Future of Family Caregiving: Leading the Change resulted from a summit AARP convened with the New ...

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New York Health Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky

Release Date:

11/20/2017

The next generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V), directed by Juna Kollmeier of the Carnegie Institution for Science, will move forward with mapping the entire sky following a $16 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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Ford, Hilton Foundation, and JPB Foundation Join others in Collaborative Fund to Address Housing Instability

Release Date:

02/23/2018

... grant dollars that will be used to catalyze systemic change ; $4.9 million has already been committed to four ...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

Ford Foundation

Freedom Together Foundation

Study Funded by The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Shows No Early Dementia in 21 Past NHL, NFL Players

Release Date:

08/09/2018

... “a relatively small sample of former athletes,” did not find evidence of early onset dementia in the retired ...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards

Release Date:

01/15/2019

... of directors. But the alliance hopes that figure will change for the better soon. Over the next three years, the ...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

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Ford Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Largest-Ever Study of Coral Communities Unlocks Global Solution to Save Reefs, Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies' Vibrant Oceans Initiative

Release Date:

08/12/2019

... to help save coral reefs that are threatened by climate change and human impacts. Published today in the journal ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Study Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Pay, Flexibility, Advancement All Matter for Workers' Health and Safety

Release Date:

09/26/2019

... it is organized and paid for—is fundamental to producing not only wealth, but health," said senior author Noah Seixas, .....

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Workforce Development

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Russell Sage Foundation

13 Aug 2024

Meeting the Moment Part One: Philanthropic Vehicles to Fund Democracy - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... pressing societal challenges and driving meaningful change . Through expert insights, inspiring case studies, and ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Ford Foundation and Open Society Initiative for West Africa Launch New Fund to End Sexual Violence in West Africa

Release Date:

12/02/2021

... societies and shrouded in a culture of silence. Limited resources and attention to the challenge by development ... organizations to address the problem. Kasa! will provide resources for feminist and women...

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Gender Justice

International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

Open Society Foundations

New York State Census Equity Fund Awards $1.4 Million to Community Organizations for 2020 Census Outreach

Release Date:

12/05/2019

... participation is essential for effective distribution of resources and fair representation in government,” said ...

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Census 2020

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The New York Community Trust

Evaluation of OSF-Funded Education Program for Boys of Color Finds Efforts Didn’t Improve Outcomes

Release Date:

05/10/2018

... How can schools get more young black and Latino men not only to graduation — but also ready for college? With ... strides getting those students to graduation. With extra resources , the theory went, those same...

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Education

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Open Society Foundations

The University of Washington Commits to Recruiting and Retaining Low-Income Students Through Bloomberg Philanthropies-Funded American Talent Initiative

Release Date:

01/09/2018

... many of them are first-generation, they don’t know [the resources ],” said Rickey Hall, UW vice president of OMA&D ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Amida Care Fund at Stonewall Community Foundation Announces 2021 Grant Awards for HIV/AIDS Initiatives at NYC Community Organizations

Release Date:

12/09/2021

... today that it has awarded a total of $20,000 in grant funding for innovative HIV prevention and services to five ... experience—and those who are HIV-positive but not virally suppressed or receiving necessary...

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Health

LGBTQ

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Stonewall Community Foundation

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Announces Request for Proposals for COVID-19-related Arts & Mental Health Program

Release Date:

07/14/2021

... challenges. However, as with COVID itself, the burdens are not evenly distributed; certain populations are especially in need of increased mental health and other resources because of long-standing challenges...

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RFPs Etc

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Arts

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

27 May 2020

The Climate Crisis & COVID-19: How Grassroots Movements Work – A Webinar Hosted by CLIMA Fund

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... Work June 18 – Internationalism July 22 – Funding Grassroots Movements August 18 – Integration and ... to climate disruption and the COVID-19 crisis, and that's not going to stop. But the direction and...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Disaster Relief

Environment and Climate Change

Health

Investing in our Mission: A Five-Year Case Study of Fossil Fuel Divestment at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Release Date:

05/11/2020

... Fund, which pours about $15 million each year into climate change solutions, set out also to make a financial case, that ... the bucket of what will be required to curb global climate change —due to grounded...

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Finance & Asset Management

Funding Area

Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

20 Sep 2017

New Definitions of Peace & Security Funding: How Your Grantmaking Fits - Brown Bag Lunch

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... of work, including education, gender equality, and climate change . For this reason, the International Grantmakers ... to discuss the findings of the 2017 Peace and Security Funding Index . The Index is a first...