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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Data for Health Initiative is Closing Gaps in Health Data in 19 Countries

Release Date:

04/12/2017

... priorities including how and where to direct public health resources . Knowing how many people are born and die each year ... the greatest number of people. The organization focuses on five key areas for...

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Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Create New Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund To Increase Investment in Developing Countries

Release Date:

10/12/2022

... solution to helping these institutions take concrete steps to dramatically increase their funding and impact.” ... operating models, and uses of banks’ financial resources to enable evolution of these...

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Open Society Foundations

01 May 2013

CEO Interview Series: Christopher Stone, Open Society Foundations, with Phil Henderson

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... a charge to use his international expertise — in both criminal justice reform and in the leadership and governance of ... where he was Guggenheim Professor of the Practice of Criminal...

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Produce Buyers & Sellers Support Food Safety Research Campaign (Target Corp.)

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02/04/2016

... Safety is seeking to raise $20 million over the next five years to fund critically needed, actionable produce ... "At Target, food safety is a top priority for the success of our business and the well-...

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Food Systems

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Target Corporation

24 Jan 2017

Defending ACA and Making Progress at the Same Time. Is Philanthropy Ready?

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

What happens if Obamacare – the Affordable Care Act – is repealed? Will reforms stop in their tracks? Can we go backward and forward at the same time?

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces New Chief Investment Officer, Leena Bhutta

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07/29/2021

... together to ensure a smooth transition for the continued success of the endowment. Supporting the inspiring mission of ... are guided by Doris Duke’s will and operated through five related philanthropies: the...

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The Long Haul: Lessons from Charitable Responses to Previous Disasters

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09/05/2017

... In addition, the foundation has chosen to pool its resources with others by seeding the Rebuild Texas Fund under ... has lost their homes. Fifth, rebuilding also encompasses steps to address underlying factors...

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Philanthropy’s Best

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Disaster Relief

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The New York Community Trust

Learning Forward Launches Free, Online Learning Guide to Enrich Principal Preparation Programs

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05/06/2014

... funded by The Wallace Foundation. The Learning Guide’s five online units, including more than 25 activities, are ...

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Education

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Google to Invest more than $1 Billion in Digital Literacy, Workforce Development

Release Date:

10/13/2017

... Americans get jobs or grow their businesses. Over the next five years the company will award $1 billion in grants to ...

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The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot

Release Date:

06/03/2016

... for selecting the winner will involve committees of five (unseen to you) experts who will screen the projects sending finalists to the board who will make a ...

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RFPs Etc

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Ford Foundation Announces New President

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08/22/2013

... in two of Harlem's largest privately financed commercial projects in 30 years, and led the development of the first ... energy. I know that under his leadership the core social justice values this...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

New York City Contract Delays: The Facts

Release Date:

09/06/2018

... for New York City – face increased demands on their resources from the movement toward managed care. In this ...

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SeaChange Capital Partners

20 Feb 2019

Activating Philanthropy’s Power for Change: The Role of Self-Assessment and Honest Feedback

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... essential philanthropy assessment guide for equity and justice (link to guide here ) . Grounded in 40 years of research on strategic social justice philanthropy and the innovative foundation assessment ... who...

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04 Nov 2019

The Divest/Invest Framework: What Does It Mean for Funders Working in Housing and Homelessness? - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Monday, November 4, 2019 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... renters experiencing housing instability. Public resources that are currently invested in policies and laws ... grantmaking and to talk about the intersection of the criminal justice and...

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Housing and Homelessness

Ford Funds Analysis, Toolkit for Improving Legal Aid Websites

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08/08/2017

... about civil legal matters with important tools and resources . They provide basic information about common legal ...

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Justice Reform

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution

Release Date:

09/28/2017

Nearly every weekday trucks pick up 4 tons of oyster shells from 70 restaurants across the city for the Billion Oyster Project. Peter Malinowski and a team of students and employees use them—an estimated one-tenth of the total amassed in the city...

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Environment and Climate Change

Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

Release Date:

11/26/2017

... of data or for original data collection. We welcome projects that propose novel uses of existing data, as well as projects that propose to analyze newly available or ...

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Health

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Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act

Release Date:

11/26/2017

... of data or for original data collection. We welcome projects that propose novel uses of existing data, as well as projects that propose to analyze newly available or ...

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Boys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds

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11/29/2017

... Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds Remember doing art projects with construction paper and Elmer’s Glue? We’ve ... October, “Raising the Barre and Stretching the Canvas: Implementing High-Quality Arts...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Wallace Foundation

28 Feb 2019

On Nonprofit Leadership Transitions - A Roundtable Discussion

Thursday, February 28, 2019 -

9:00am to 10:30am

... level transitions are taking place in nonprofit social justice groups. We see this as both a challenge and an ... for small and midsize groups that may not have the resources for extensive support. During our...