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William T. Grant Foundation

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Education

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Gender and Transformative Giving

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05/23/2013

... with a sizable grant who wanted help identifying major U.S. funders with a strong gender focus in their ... and were unable to identify more than a handful of major funders working in at-risk communities that...

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Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change

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07/06/2017

... civil servants to explore big questions on how to drive major change in the way government works. The conversations ... performance. So it implemented a computer-based logging system and a sophisticated...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Target Hands Decision on $5-Million Schools Gift to Online Voters

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08/15/2013

For the first time, Target is letting its shoppers decide, via Facebook, how it will distribute $5 million in donations to public schools through its “Give With Target” campaign. (Target President of Community Relations Laysha Ward is also quoted in...

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Education

Supported by Doris Duke, Conservation Group Maps Land Protection Strategy in Three States

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03/13/2017

A conservation group has created maps identifying key landscapes in the Pacific Northwest most likely to sustain native species amid climate change, and is distributing money to protect private lands through use-limiting easements or outright...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

Jo Christine Miles

... working on pro bono matters, including representing low- income women in family court proceedings, drafting white ... private, and public sectors to connect people to resources , promote collective action, and...

Bloomberg's Latest Move to Fight Big Tobacco Around the World

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03/14/2018

... Anti-Tobacco Trade Litigation Fund to help low- and middle- income countries fend off international trade suits brought ... No donor has come close to matching the energy or resources that the former New York...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes Lavastian Glenn, Director, Racial and Economic Justice

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10/04/2018

... will further refine our work to build wealth, increase income , and end mass incarceration, using all of our resources for impact.” Most recently, Glenn served as ...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Community-Based Organizations Across The U.S. Receive $10 Million Through The Citi Foundation And LISC

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02/20/2019

... courses (to strengthen math and reading skills), and resources to help job seekers secure child care and housing ...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Community Development

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Citi Foundation

What Does It Mean to Do Policy Work in a Foundation?

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03/27/2014

... consider, from provoking unwanted controversy to losing tax -exempt status: This added up to four implications ...

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The Wallace Foundation

23 Mar 2017

Financial Series - Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

Thursday, March 23, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... to end Recognize why the financial statements and tax filings for public charities aren’t the same Identify ...

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19 Feb 2019

True or False Solutions to Climate Change

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3:00pm to 5:00pm

... for by the IPCC report? Some have argued for a carbon tax that could draw bipartisan support. Many pure ...

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

10 Oct 2019

Uniting US: Challenging Fear and Standing Up for Humanity

Thursday, October 10, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

It is physically and emotionally taxing to keep up with the Administration’s near daily and inhumane actions targeting asylum seekers at our southern border. These political stunts whether on social media or through executive action have dire...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ford Foundation appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as regional director for West Africa

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10/07/2021

... strategies on reducing inequalities through initiatives on tax and gender justice, including the VOICE program that ...

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Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, Named President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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05/17/2018

... Medical Educators and MERITS Fellowship , and led a major curriculum reform effort with a focus on scholarship ... health care professionals in an evolving health care system .” Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD, Dean...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Between Resistance and Rebuilding

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04/05/2021

... Administration using a solidarity lens? Recommit to Our Individual and Organizational Roles: In times of crisis, many ... communities. Or, we can be weavers if we have access to resources in order to target...

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Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

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12/23/2013

... efforts to develop housing for low- and moderate- income families in Harlem. Recently, Michael Seltzer spoke ... and in putting forward new solutions designed to help low- income individuals and communities...

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The New York Community Trust

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Get It Right, Right Now

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10/18/2017

... accurate count). The census also determines the geographic distribution of a huge amount of federal funds – from human ... multi-year project to ensure adequate public and private resources necessary for a...

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PNY News

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The Affordable Care Act: Keeping Our Eyes on the Ball

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10/24/2013

... is to improve the performance of the health care delivery system with respect to both efficiency and quality. Since the ... year, as people with inadequate health benefits in both individual and employer-based...

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Animal Groups Unite to Improve Post-Disaster Philanthropy

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04/17/2015

... funding. This desire is perhaps at its strongest during major disasters, when desperation is high, and swift, ... streamline funding for animal welfare organizations during major disasters. These groups will...

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