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Opinion from Ford Foundation's Walker: Why Giving Back Isn’t Enough

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12/17/2015

... of people around the world have access to new tools and resources with which to improve their lives. . . Opinion from ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative Launches New Racial Wealth Equity Database

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09/15/2022

... sex, age, education attainment, and geographic area ( state , county or zip code). Over the coming months, the BWDC ... inequities have had to use our organizations’ critical resources to search for and access...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Philanthropy’s Highest Honor

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10/10/2018

... civil society development, will deliver an address on the state of philanthropy in civil society as part of the ... is extremely pleased that he will share his views on the state of the sector and the ...

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12 Nov 2025

Defending DEI: Philanthropy's Pivotal Role in a Defining Moment

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2:00pm to 4:00pm

... institutions that Americans have long relied upon, both to advance on a pathway to success and to advance the reality of ... are supportive of DEI by providing them with the tools and resources...

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Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis to Step Down at End of 2012

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01/02/2012

... models and tools for patient-centered, coordinated care. Developing or identifying, assessing, and spreading health ... agency when she became the Administrator of the Health Resources Administration. From...

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Arabella Advisors Announces Sharyn Church as New Managing Director for Southern California

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09/15/2020

... completed the Executive Education Program at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. She has held ... trauma-informed systems, and the arts; The California state superintendent’s statewide Arts...

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The Century Foundation Releases Report on Achieving Financial Equity and Justice for HBCU's

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09/14/2021

... for a historic investment that will bring unprecedented resources to HBCUs, giving them the stability and financial ... were deemed inferior, HBCUs provided a pathway to higher learning for African Americans...

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An Open Letter to Philanthropy, from People of Color-led, Movement-Accountable Public Foundations

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10/21/2021

... By contrast, the cornerstone of racial equity is sharing resources and decision-making power in a way that ... “different way” must include a significant transfer of resources into the control of institutions...

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Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

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UJA-Federation Launches Campaign for Passage of Education Tax Credit

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05/27/2015

... to push – over the next six weeks – for New York State legislators to pass the Education Tax Credit bill. ... be in Albany every day, meeting with Assembly Members and State Senators to discuss the important...

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The Tinker Foundation Welcomes Bradford K. Smith to its Board of Directors

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05/02/2013

The Tinker Foundation is pleased to announce the election of Bradford K. Smith to its Board of Directors.

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Organizations Building an Inclusive Conservation Movement

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04/13/2021

... contribution to the pivotal leadership roles they play in developing culturally driven and community-centered ... Components of their work include a language immersion school , natural building construction and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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New York Health Foundation

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Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information

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01/06/2015

... York State medical schools to launch the Wikipedia Medical School Project, a pilot that uses medical students as fact ... medical students will gather to edit articles together; Developing...

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Will Cordery Joins Wellspring's Racial Justice Program

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05/04/2017

... Administration in Public Service from the Robert F. Wagner School at New York University. His practical experience, ... commitment to social justice and human rights make Will an excellent addition to our...

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Century Foundation Releases Report on Estimating the Real Cost of Community College

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10/24/2017

... remains largely dependent on state - and county-level resources and economic contexts. Individuals have vastly different abilities to pay to advance their education and training, and as...

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Mellon Foundation Supported New York Historical Society Fellows Announced

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10/21/2015

... their academic careers—provide scholars with material resources and an intellectual community to develop new ... each teach two courses at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts during their year...

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Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership

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11/29/2017

... will support innovative strategies and programs to advance diversity across the sector, including hiring ...

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Arts

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Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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09/12/2017

... Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School . "Because the signs and symptoms of early stage AMD ... measures to identify patients who may be at risk of developing AMD, including those who...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 Leadership in Government Fellows

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05/21/2021

... in Government Fellows NEW YORK—A former Florida state -level representative. The first African American woman ... and equal protection of cultural and environmental resources in Guam. “At a time when our...

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