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Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice

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09/08/2017

... serve, Third Wave has recently launched the Own Our Power Fund and will be announcing their first round of grantees this fall. This fund will make one and two-year capacity-building grants of ... are quite...

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Toward Liberation: A Staunch Social Justice Funder Puts Women of Color Up Front

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09/29/2017

... on its initial focus, reproductive justice, Groundswell Fund has expanded to support broader movement building by ... Groundswell was founded in 2003 as a $300,000 pooled fund at Tides, seeded by several...

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Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

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10/02/2017

The tech donor’s latest major grant is right in the sweet spot between the two fields, a $4 million commitment that will back the deep ocean probes monitoring how ocean temperatures are changing.

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Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World's Most Innovative Companies

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02/21/2018

... spend just 5% of their endowments, putting 95% back into fund -related investments. In 2017, Ford pledged that it would ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Duke University $3M to Grow Liberal Arts Colleges and HBCU Visiting Faculty

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05/07/2018

... black colleges and universities. The grant will fund a five-year initiative called Humanities Unbounded, ...

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Arcus Opens Call for Social Justice Grant Applications

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12/04/2018

Arcus today publishes a Request for Concepts, the initial step in a streamlined process for organizations to apply for Arcus funding to support LGBTQ social justice work. The deadline for responses to this open call is January 22, 2019. Subsequent...

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Sloan Foundation Aims To Increase Native Americans In Advanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Studies

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06/23/2014

... of Alaska, University of Arizona, Montana University System , and Purdue. The new national network, the Sloan ...

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Nick Hodges Named COO and Senior Vice President For Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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07/09/2014

Nick Hodges has been named chief operating officer and senior vice president for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

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Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Program Explores DNA Damage Response to Find New Cancer Treatments

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08/28/2015

... have discovered critical details of how a cell's response system tells the difference between these two perpetual .....

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Surdna Foundation Invites LOIs for Environmental Infrastructure Programs

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09/10/2015

Surdna seeks nonprofits that improve urban infrastructure systems that maximize positive impact while minimizing negative consequences.

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UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust

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05/04/2016

... insensitivity will not be ignored. The Princeton school system , where the teens go to school, has expressed a ...

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With Help from Helmsley, Caltech Researchers May Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease

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05/09/2016

... important for the development and function of the immune system . There has been growing evidence that certain ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Inaugural All Female Festival Launches In New York

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05/09/2016

Participants include Rosario Dawson, Reshma Saujani (Girls Who Code), CFDA winner Aurora James, and YouTube vlogger Lindsey Stirling.

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Helmsley Charitable Trust $8.4M Gift Began the Process to Improve Care For Heart Attacks

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06/09/2016

... Heart Association, which began the process to improve the system of care for heart attack patients... Helmsley ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Kalief Browder's Mother Paid a Cost Far Higher Than His Bail

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10/21/2016

... Last Friday his mother, Venida, who was fighting for the system to pay for what it did to her son, fell victim to it ...

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Gap Foundation Supports Advancements in New Ecosystems for Learning

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11/14/2016

LRNG was launched in 2015 as a partnership between the Gap Foundation, the Boys & Girls Clubs, Electronic Arts, the Fossil Foundation, the National Writing Project, the Best Buy Foundation, musical artist John Legend, along with the John D. and...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program

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11/04/2016

The Nathan Cummings Foundation is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the fourth cycle of the Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship, which provides three individuals with up to $150,000 each to pursue a visionary social justice...

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Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students

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11/23/2016

Communities in Schools is a federated network of about 165 separate 501(c)(3) in 25 states and the District of Columbia.

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