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JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35

Release Date:

11/30/2017

... trends in weight gain. They pooled height and weight data from five nationally representative longitudinal studies of 41,567 children and adults. Using these data , they created 1,000 virtual populations of 1...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Freedom Together Foundation

F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In' with 100 percent Impact Investments

Release Date:

02/26/2018

Clara Miller, who has headed the F.B. Heron Foundation for the past three years, wants to take the ultimate impact investing step: to go "all in".

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Rauch Foundation & Newsday Media Group Announce New Research Entity at Newsday

Release Date:

04/13/2018

... taking over the job of gathering and presenting regional data of importance to Long Island, which has been performed ... ) will continue to make available the data that it has previously compiled and presented...

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The Rauch Foundation

ASPCA Opens Permanent, State-of-the-Art Behavioral Rehabilitation Center

Release Date:

05/10/2018

After year-long project, the 28,000-square-foot facility unveils innovative training program and greater capacity to rehabilitate homeless dogs across the country

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

Salesforce.org Launches Philanthropy Cloud That Could Transform Corporate Giving

Release Date:

05/31/2018

With Philanthropy Cloud, companies can manage all their philanthropic efforts on one network, easily connecting with employees about CSR initiatives, and then tracking progress, motivating participation, and measuring collective impact.

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Report Funded by Helmsley Charitable Trust Looks at Human Well-Being in NYC

Release Date:

07/03/2018

... Index, which combines health, education, and earnings data from the U.S. Census Bureau and state and city health ... to analyzing human well-being goes beyond economic data , encompassing life expectancy,...

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Community Development

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Research Funded by Leon Levy Foundation Finds Climate Change Is Leading to Unpredictable Ecosystem Disruption for Migratory Birds

Release Date:

03/06/2019

... Disruption for Migratory Birds Ithaca, NY–Using data on 77 North American migratory bird species from the ... new climate models incorporating multiple sources of data . This produced a timeline indicating when...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Leon Levy Foundation

You Can't Count if You're Not Counted: Exhibition Explores Census in NYC, Supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

11/06/2019

... As the 2020 count approached, “The need to talk about data and why the census matters became more urgent,” says ... will feel like an immersive, multimedia installation. Data visualizations, interactive...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Dana Foundation Appoints Two New Board Members

Release Date:

07/18/2023

New Members Bring Expertise in Media, Education, Neuroscience, and Technology

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Appointments & Transitions

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Dana Foundation

17 Jun 2025

Content, Content, Content. A Persuasive Writing Workshop for Influencers

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... other stakeholders. Foundation staff have access to rich data , innovative ideas, and compelling stories. But it is ... and a call to action How to source and deploy engaging data , visuals, and case studies Who...

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04 Nov 2019

The Divest/Invest Framework: What Does It Mean for Funders Working in Housing and Homelessness? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Monday, November 4, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... renters experiencing housing instability. Public resources that are currently invested in policies and laws ...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Housing and Homelessness

10 Mar 2026

International Grant-Making Coffee

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... we do together? Learn about the latest trends, tools, and resources in international grant making Share your ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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International/Foreign Affairs

11 Jul 2018

Service for Impact - Exploring Successful Skills-Based Volunteering Models

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 -

8:45am to 11:00am

The value of skills-based volunteering (SBV) is becoming increasingly clear, but it can be tough to know which opportunities your company should invest in. Some programs are created to engage individuals, while others are built around teams.

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Ford Foundation announces five-year, $25 million grant to women-led global worker networks calling for a just economic recovery for the world’s 2.1 billion informal workers

Release Date:

11/16/2021

Social and labor protections for world’s informal workers — who represent 60% of all the world’s workforce — seen as crucial to equitable global economic recovery

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Gender Justice

International/Foreign Affairs

Workforce Development

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Ford Foundation

Building Bridges with AI: Philanthropy’s Urgent Call to Lead

Release Date:

02/28/2025

... the sector—whether we engage with it or not. Nonprofit data is actively feeding large language models (LLMs), ... are being used to review applications, analyze impact data , and detect trends in funding—but...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Information Technology

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Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Uniting Around a Shared Vision: Philanthropy and Citizens United

Release Date:

10/04/2012

By Becky Rafter , Director of Stakeholder Engagement, Funding Exchange As Ai-Jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance always says: “We’re in a fight for the soul of our country.” Such an epic struggle calls for big ideas...

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Mellon Foundation and Digital Preservation Coalition Sponsor Formation of Task Force for Email Archives

Release Date:

11/03/2016

While archivists, technologists, librarians, and others continue to make progress in capturing, preserving, and providing access to various forms of digital expression, email has remained resistant to a variety of efforts at preservation.

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Technology

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Mellon Foundation

Lessons Learned from a Journey to Impact Investing

Release Date:

03/13/2017

Phillip Henderson, president of the Surdna Foundation, writes about a nine-month learning process that led to the Surdna board unanimously voting to commit approximately 10 percent of its endowment — $100 million — toward impact investing.