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Duke Foundation Supports Program for Vets & Active Military in Theatre Experience, Study & Creation

Release Date:

03/11/2016

... personnel to experience, study, and create theatre. By developing unique curricula for four communities through ...

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Arts

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $20 Million to Revitalize Neighborhoods in Five U.S. Cities

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10/21/2016

JPMorgan Chase starts collaborative partnerships in Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, and New York to develop solutions for distressed neighborhoods.

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Community Development

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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

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01/06/2017

... different place when it came to tobacco. Fewer than twenty developing countries in the world had even one strong tobacco ... activities to grow their market share in vulnerable developing countries. And...

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Mellon Foundation Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program

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04/11/2017

The New England Foundation for the Arts has announced a three-year, $3.77 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue the work of the National Theater Project.

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Arts

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing

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06/07/2017

Financial giants, in addition to supporting urban youth and employment, are also steady funders in an area even closer to home: community development and housing.

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Housing and Homelessness

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Rockefeller Foundation-Backed Executive Survey Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top

Release Date:

06/08/2017

... women CEOs. Fifty-one percent of executive respondents say developing women leaders is important because "greater gender .....

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Rockefeller: How to Halve Death and Disability from Pollution

Release Date:

07/20/2017

Senior representatives from 19 international agencies gathered this spring in Italy, hosted by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center. They came together to brainstorm how to halve death and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Bedford-Union Armory Redevelopment Should Not Have Condos, Says Borough President

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09/05/2017

After hearing from “thousands of community voices” on the redevelopment of the Bedford-Union Armory in Crown Heights, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams released his recommendations for the embattled project.

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Housing and Homelessness

High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... looking for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant applications. ...

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LDN Fund Officially Launched

Release Date:

09/22/2017

The Land Degradation Neutrality Fund (LDN Fund) was launched on 12 September 2017 at the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Ordos, China.

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Environment and Climate Change

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7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week

Release Date:

09/25/2017

No single story can encapsulate one of the most frenetic and wide-ranging weeks on the global development calendar.

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A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids

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09/26/2017

Officials tried to relocate auto mechanics from Queens to the Bronx to make way for a splashy new Willets Point real-estate project. What went wrong?

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Community Development

Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers

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02/02/2018

Research supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies finds that patients with an inherited form of colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that collaborate to encourage development of the disease, and the same species have been found in people who...

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Rockefeller Foundation, FAO Supporting Africa to Halve Food Loss

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06/21/2018

Food that ‘disappears' from the food chain after harvest owing to spoilage could feed an estimated 48 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. A project by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the African Union and The Rockefeller Foundation...

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Food Systems

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07 May 2020

Intro to Adaptive Leadership: Leading in Times of Great Change - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, May 7, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

This program is the first of a two-part series that will include content sharing, small group time with peers, large group reflections and Q&A. Attendance is not mandatory for both sessions, but together, they certainly build a more coherent set...

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Family Foundation

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Leadership Development

14 Nov 2016

International Grantmakers Network: Brown Bag Lunch

Monday, November 14, 2016 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 1500 Broadway, 7th Floor, NYC

The International Grantmakers Network invites all funders with interest in international grantmaking to an informal brown-bag lunch (bring your own lunch!) for networking and conversation.

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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International/Foreign Affairs

Responding to Crisis/Opportunity: The F.B. Heron Foundation’s Opportunity Fund

Release Date:

03/22/2010

... families through the economic downturn and to inform developing government policies. In response, Heron created an ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Community Development

Economic Security

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Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grantmaking

Publication date:

09/2005

Whether it's introducing new ideas into your foundation or offering constructive feedback to a grantee, grantmakers can develop personal strategies to meet the "soft" challenges of grantmaking. Effective personal strategy helps practitioners use their understanding of self and role - as learner, analyst, bridge builder - to manage the tensions that come with the job. In this guide, contributors discuss the elements of personal strategy and how it helps grantmakers to leverage their strengths in service to their objectives. The guide also explores why some grantmakers are able to think and...

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Grants Managers

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Russia's Real Friends in the West

Release Date:

01/27/2013

An op-ed by Deana Arsenian, Vice President for International Program and Program Director for Russia and Eurasia at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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