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Simons and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations Fund Study That Reveals How the Brain Overcomes Its Own Limitations

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10/24/2018

... beliefs and bias yourself toward what you know how to do well, in order to compensate for that variability,” says ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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The Simons Foundation

16 May 2019

Relationship Between the Board Chair and CEO - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, May 16, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... and family foundation staff and trustees only.* How do board chairs and CEOs develop and maintain their partnerships? How do family foundation board chairs and CEOs build a ... please log in and click the...

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12 Feb 2020

Prose for Program Officers: A Workshop in Writing for Philanthropic Audiences

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... board reports and grant summaries hitting the mark, or do you find yourself overusing metaphors and mired in ... "stakeholders," "intersectional," and/or "synergy?" Do you find it...

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12 Jun 2020

Grantmaking Strategies for Family Funders: Supporting Resiliency and Recovery - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Friday, June 12, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... risk to populations whose needs will not be supported. How do you identify those needs and what strategies will work best? How do you decide what portion of your grants budget to dedicate ... please log in and...

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25 Jun 2020

Using an Equity Lens in COVID-19 Response and Recovery - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, June 25, 2020 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

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14 Oct 2025

Trends in Family Philanthropy: Learnings for Effectiveness and Impact - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... and family foundation staff and trustees only.* What do the latest trends in family philanthropy tell us about ... staff and trustees only. What to expect: presentation. How do you sign up? Members: To...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Honored for Urban Development Work

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10/16/2014

... most creative entrepreneurs in land use during the first half of the 1900s. This year marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Nichols Prize, which was first awarded in 2000 to Charleston, S.C. Mayor Joseph...

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TCC Group Unveils a New Foundation Core-Capacity Assessment Tool

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03/14/2016

... the Ford Foundation, TCC is able to offer this tool at no charge for a limited period of time, and to provide each ... Since registrants for this tool will be accepted on a first come, first...

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Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT)

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Carnegie Sponsors 9/11 Commemoration "Tribute in Light"

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... on the roof of the Battery Parking Garage for the first time and then every year since from dusk to dawn on the ... Lower Manhattan on a clear night. 2017 marks the first year in which the Tribute in Light...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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The New York Women’s Foundation Appeared On NBC’s Show, “Give“

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10/30/2017

... for Family Life in Sunset Park. In addition to witnessing first -hand how our wonderful grantee partners are creating ... to work with NBC on this very special episode – their first ever highlighting the needs...

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The New York Women's Foundation

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The Andy Warhol Foundation Partners With Calvin Klein

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11/29/2017

... 2018 Calvin Klein 205W39NYC runway show was the first iteration of the partnership, as the collection ... late artist’s connection to fashion dated back to his first years working as an artist, when his shoe...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Arts

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22 Feb 2018

LGBTQ Funders Social Network

Thursday, February 22, 2018 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

... take up issues that members consider important. The first gathering is an entirely social affair. Come gather ... budget (Funders for LGBTQ Issues will provide “ first drink” tickets to all who RSVP), please...

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Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

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02/06/2018

... by moving muscles in a two-step, kneejerk response that first widens the animal's center of gravity, and then ... get to the root of balance in the brain, the researchers first trained mice to walk across...

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Arcus Foundation's Andrea Marra Announces Challenge to State Senator Jose Peralta

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02/08/2018

... Peralta on Feb. 6. If Marra wins, she would become the first Asian-American elected to the state Senate and first transgender elected official to serve in the ...

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05 Apr 2018

The NRA's Power to Thwart Gun Control & How Organizations are Responding - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Thursday, April 5, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

... to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.** In the wake of the Parkland shooting, ...

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Zegar Family Foundation Funded Research Shows Urgent Need To Prepare Next Generation of Farmers for Climate Change

Release Date:

09/10/2018

... Synthesis (NCEAS) at UC Santa Barbara have published the first comprehensive analysis of how climate change could ... future of global food security. It provides an essential first step toward helping ocean...

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Research Funded by Zegar Family Foundation Finds New Genetic Interdependence Between Mothers and Their Offspring

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10/03/2018

... adaptation to ecological conditions." The study, the first genetic analysis of a transition from indirect to ... scientist. Many animals develop indirectly, growing first into a larva that must feed...

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Research Funded by Leon Levy Foundation Finds Climate Change Is Leading to Unpredictable Ecosystem Disruption for Migratory Birds

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03/06/2019

... Cornell Lab researcher Frank La Sorte. “There will be no historic precedent for these new climates, and migratory ... such as the Black-and-white Warbler, are likely to first experience novel climates on their...

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