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Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners

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03/17/2017

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), an initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation, USAID, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), has announced the twelve winners of the Water Window Challenge.

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Environment and Climate Change

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A New MIT-Led Simons Foundation Collaboration Aims to Understand Basic Principles and Laws of Microbial Ecosystems

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05/30/2017

Model microorganisms grown in pure cultures have been the basis of biological research for many decades — open a cell biology textbook and almost everything you will find has been discovered in yeast or E. coli lab cultures. While this speaks to the...

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Science

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

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09/05/2017

... Says Borough President After hearing from “thousands of community voices” on the redevelopment of the Bedford-Union ... project. Unsurprisingly, Adams’s recommendations echo community concerns about the...

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Housing and Homelessness

Third Wave is Blazing New Trails for Gender Justice

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09/08/2017

... in the nonprofit arena, and bolster the community -driven leadership of the organization. People of ...

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Gender Justice

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Eight Programs Receive Grants for Equitable Bike Share and Related Research Funded by the JPB Foundation

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03/12/2018

... Foundation. "Cities, bike share operators, and community -based partners are eager for best practices and .....

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Community Development

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The Aetna Foundation Launches Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge to Empower Local Group Efforts

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04/06/2018

... and make meaningful improvements to the health of their community . The Aetna Foundation is investing in this ... is, and what care you have ready access to. To improve community health, the Challenge will help...

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Weinberg Foundation Announces $1.2 Million in Emergency Grants in Response to Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting

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11/01/2018

... at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill community . May the memory of those who lost their lives ... those organizations meeting the urgent needs of the community ." After consulting...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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The New York Women’s Foundation Receives $2.25 Million Grant from CBS to support the Fund for the Me Too Movement and Allies

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12/14/2018

... violence and is announcing a partnership with women’s community foundations to expand its national reach. Led by ... violence and harassment while supporting individual and community healing. Its creation...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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Gender Justice

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Salesforce And United Way Worldwide Introduce New Salesforce.Org Philanthropy Cloud Volunteering Capability

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06/16/2019

With new volunteering capability, companies can organize, administer and report on employee-led philanthropic initiatives on one unified platform.

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Technology

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Newman's Own Foundation Supports Nutrition Initiatives

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10/01/2019

Newman's Own Foundation, founded by the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, today announced $2 million in grants have been awarded to nonprofit organizations that are focused on fresh food access and nutrition education.

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Food Systems

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20 Oct 2011

"Fixing vs. Preparing"...The Role of Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice

Thursday, October 20, 2011 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

"Positive Youth Development" is a process all young people go through as they move from less mature ways of thinking, feeling and acting as they transition to adulthood. This process often happens unevenly and with great difficulty for youth such as...

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The F.B. Heron Foundation Welcomes New Team Members

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04/15/2014

... joining Heron, she has also played a pivotal role in evaluating the mission impact of many of Heron’s ...

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15 Jan 2015

Getting Better at Getting Better: Using Data to Improve Student Social-Emotional Learning

Thursday, January 15, 2015 -

8:00am to 11:00am

The session will focus on the use of data and measurement tools to help young people set goals for themselves and build social-emotional competencies (SEL) essential for academic and life success.

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Leadership Development

Children, Youth and Families

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United States

Elizabeth M. Hewitt to Join Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as Chief Investment Officer, Senior VP

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10/08/2015

Hewitt will replace long time Chief Investment Officer William Petersen, who retired earlier this year after more than 16 years of service to the foundation.

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Education

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Ford Foundation Appoints Bess Rothenberg as Director of New Office of Strategy & Learning

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01/08/2016

Bess Rothenberg had been named as director of Strategy and Learning at the Ford Foundation. The new division reflects the foundation’s commitment to continuous learning as it refines its approach to challenging inequality in all its forms.

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16 Feb 2016

NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia: The State of the Schools

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 -

11:00am to 12:30pm

Commissioner Elia took on this role in July 2015 after a career as a classroom teacher, Principal and superintendent, in New York and Florida.

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PhilTV: "Giving Grants is Not Enough; The Question is 'Did You Make Things Better?'"

Release Date:

09/30/2016

... workforce design, and how patients hold the key for evaluating the effectiveness of their care. Read more on ...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

Workforce Development

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09 Jan 2017

David vs. Goliath: How Arizona Advocates Won Victories in the Fight Against Extremism - Webinar

Monday, January 9, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Despite a 2016 election season which saw the rise of xenophobic rhetoric, advocates in Arizona have surprised many by successfully pushing back against anti-immigrant bills in the state legislature, defeating leading anti-immigration figure Sheriff...

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Mike Bloomberg Publishes Annual Letter on Philanthropy

Release Date:

05/23/2018

In a letter on philanthropy released today as part of Bloomberg Philanthropies' annual report, Mike Bloomberg says Washington's "direct assault on facts and data is making it harder for America to address major challenges here and around the world...

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