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17 Jul 2025

Flash Floods: What Funders Need to Know - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, July 17, 2025 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... Texas. A study earlier in 2025 rated Texas as the U.S. state most at risk for a disaster this year, such as a ... Community leaders and policymakers Anyone interested in learning about floods in the U.S...

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Disaster Relief

30 Nov 2011

How DREAM Leaders Are Building a New Immigration Movement

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 -

11:00am to 2:00pm

... development trainings, UWD provides the tools and resources for DREAMers to organize their communities for ... and capacity building to pursue its mission at the local, state and national levels. The...

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Issue-Based

Hartford Foundation Awards Nearly $2.3 Million in Grants

Release Date:

03/20/2014

... foundation awarded $2 million over five years to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in support of the Center to Advance Palliative Care and the implementation of a ...

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Aging

Simons Foundation Gives University of Hawaii $40M—Largest Gift of its Kind Ever

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06/16/2014

... UH Manoa Professors Edward DeLongand David Karl, of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, will be ... Foundation’s Division of Life Sciences that aims to advance basic research in life sciences...

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Research to Prevent Blindness- Backed Study Uncovers Major Cause of Vision Loss

Release Date:

09/29/2016

... vision loss. But now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a pathway ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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09 Apr 2013

Foundation Administrators Network: Making IT Decisions – Peer Case Studies

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 -

8:45am to 10:30am

The Century Foundation, One Whitehall Street, 15th Fl., NYC

... creates a supportive environment for sharing knowledge and resources , testing ideas with peers, and strengthening ... infrastructure. Although our organizational needs, resources , and systems vary, there’s...

Funders Should Invest in Health Programs to End Mass Incarceration and the War on Drugs

Release Date:

09/15/2016

... wondered the following: Why didn’t my community have the resources to help people when they were in trouble? ... criminalizing people for poverty, and we need to divert resources from our criminal justice...

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Justice Reform

Simons Foundation Among Backers of $28 Million Autism Treatment Study

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07/29/2015

... Million Autism Treatment Study Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine will lead a four-year, $28 million ... will collect data in Connecticut from preschoolers and school -aged children affected by autism...

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Morgan Stanley Announces $1.3 Million Grant to Columbia University Department of Psychiatry

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11/16/2020

... at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons to advance children’s mental health research in an effort to ... in the children’s mental health space and combine the resources and reach of Morgan Stanley...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Disaster Relief

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The Century Foundation Releases Report Detailing President Obama's Executive Actions

Release Date:

05/07/2015

The goal of the report is to support creative and impactful policymaking.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Public Policy

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Education

Immigration

LGBTQ

Bloomberg Philanthropies Names Atlanta and Seattle First Winners American Cities Climate Challenge

Release Date:

09/21/2018

... into a two-year acceleration program with powerful new resources and access to cutting-edge support to help them ... or beat – their near-term carbon reduction goals. These resources include a philanthropy-...

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Environment and Climate Change

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United Hospital Fund Names New Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

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11/30/2020

... Fund announced that Vaughn R. Murria, Director of Human Resources , was named to the additional position of Chief ... external programs. Mr. Murria played an integral role in developing this plan. His...

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Appointments & Transitions

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The Citi Foundation Launches Pathways to Progress to Improve Career Readiness for 100,000 Youth

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03/31/2014

... experience they will need to secure jobs and begin developing career paths. The Citi Foundation funded and ...

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With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Urban Design Team Proposes Outer Borough Light Rail

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06/30/2017

... and environmental protection in four different tri- state areas. RPA's rail line proposal was brought to life by .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Community Development

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Research for a 21st Century Child Welfare System

Release Date:

03/24/2022

... a bold and transformative systems change The process of developing this research agenda was a close collaboration ... to communities and organizations. What can you do to advance this important effort? Review...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Casey Family Programs

William T. Grant Foundation

Behind the Curtain: How Do Philanthropic Advisors Influence Foundation Strategy?

Release Date:

10/23/2014

... their terms. Different advisors and firms have helped to advance the field’s thinking on different issues, which is ... more effective when you’ve gained trust by listening, learning , and understanding first...

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