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U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Union Dues Case

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... Union Dues Case ALBANY — Unions including the New York State United Teachers and the AFL-CIO reacted angrily ... to their operations. In Friedrichs, a Los Angeles public school teacher sought to end her...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $18 Million Grant to Establish Helmsley Health Discovery Tower

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01/24/2018

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded an $18 million grant for the construction of the Helmsley Health Discovery Tower on the Rambam campus.

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24 Mar 2016

NYC’s Food Policy Director on Hunger, Health & Equity

Thursday, March 24, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... mission of the Office of the Director of Food Policy is to advance the City’s efforts to increase food security, ... within the OneNYC plan New York’s leadership role in developing the landmark Milan Urban...

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Invest in Your Brand Endowment for Exponential Returns

Release Date:

11/22/2016

... and the first woman to head The Rockefeller Foundation) to advance the case for gender equity in the workplace. Second, ...

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Stonewall Community Foundation

25 Apr 2019

Empathy in an Era of Social Division and Toxic Politics - A Food for Thought Conversation

Thursday, April 25, 2019 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... philanthropy have in advancing empathy in our society? Resources Links to articles exploring empathy and the ...

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Jerome Foundation taps respected, experienced arts leader Eleanor Savage as new president & CEO

Release Date:

04/11/2023

... communities, and personal knowledge of equity issues, will advance innovative support for early career artists and arts ... give voice and access where there is none — space and resources for Black and Brown...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Was Key Supporter of Zika Study

Release Date:

09/15/2016

... model developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that shows that the Zika ...

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PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem

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04/18/2017

One of the PIMCO Foundation’s philanthropic focus areas is gender equality, which coincides with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 to “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.”

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Ford Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies Join Governments and Private Funders to Announce Historic Pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Release Date:

11/01/2021

... who live in them,” said Lord Goldsmith, Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment. “The evidence is ... today, the funders promised “to further recognise and advance the forest and nature stewardship...

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Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science

Release Date:

10/16/2015

... Foundation. The results found that within just one school year, children who did Bedtime Math improved their ... parents who chose to do Bedtime Math had gains of half a school year, narrowing the “math...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Zegar Family Foundation Among Leading Philanthropic Organizations to Partner and Commit Over $223M to Reducing Methane Emissions

Release Date:

10/11/2021

... emissions globally and significantly boosts philanthropic resources allocated specifically to methane reduction. ... first-ever coordinated and unified approach to funding, developing , and implementing...

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Zegar Family Foundation

Our Demographic Destiny is Not Our Democratic Destiny

Release Date:

05/16/2017

... change is a long game that is being played at the state and local level. If all we learn from this election, is ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Release Scaling Solutions toward Shifting Systems: Seeing, Facilitating, and Assessing Systems Change Report

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07/22/2020

... Accelerating impact through non-monetary support; Learning more about systems change; and Empowering ... the publication Approaches for Impact, Approaches for Learning , sought to identify How and why funders...

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29 Sep 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 1 of 2)

Thursday, September 29, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... legally permissible) tools to enact change at the local, state and federal levels. By bringing key constituencies to ...

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29 Jul 2020

Is COVID-19 Changing Business as Usual? The Corporate Response

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... of any potential changes to funding and sponsorship Considerations in supporting long-term recovery and ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Corporate Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow

Release Date:

10/07/2021

... wellness of families, from reinventing systems of care and learning and unlocking capital that opens doors for economic ... Social Sciences, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine (IL) Jesús...

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13 Dec 2012

Awarding Prizes: A Unique Tool for Philanthropic Impact

Thursday, December 13, 2012 -

8:00am to 11:00am

... their philanthropic goals. Prizes have the potential to advance a foundation’s mission in ways that can ... will discuss how their foundations have used prizes to advance their missions, how they decided to do...

19 Sep 2022

The Climate Crisis: Understanding the Promise and Pitfalls of Removing Carbon from the Skies and the Seas

Monday, September 19, 2022 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... the climate justice and environmental justice concerns and considerations that are key to working out what role, if any, ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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New York City

Mississippi Architects Take on Citywide Hunger Problem With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies

Release Date:

05/06/2019

... of city residents are considered food insecure. The state of Mississippi does not fare much better—for the last ... eight years, it was reported as the most food insecure state in the country, even though...

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Forum’s New President on Reducing Duplication and Increasing Collaboration in Philanthropy’s Infrastructure

Release Date:

02/01/2016

... allow regional associations to share data, information and resources . And we help regional associations pool their resources and expertise to better serve their members. The ... engage others with similar...

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