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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Spencer Foundation, and William T. Grant Foundation Award Grants to Three Partnerships Addressing Social Issues

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04/12/2022

... strategies to reduce inequalities in youth outcomes, take steps to enhance an institutional infrastructure for ... nine previously funded partnerships are demonstrating success in all three areas. In one...

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William T. Grant Foundation

Education

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Doris Duke Foundation

HBO Acquires TV and Streaming Rights to Casey Family Programs and Hilton Foundation Funded Documentary Feature Foster

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08/23/2018

... from social workers, advocates and others working in the justice system. In addition, Participant Media is developing ... coordinated effort to create more visibility, support, and resources for children and...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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27 Oct 2021

New Leaders, New Opportunities: What Does This Moment Demand From Foundations?

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... the moment, they are going to need ingenuity, compassion, resources , intelligence, friends, and allies. Smart, savvy, ... leadership can make possible for the movement for justice and equity in NYC...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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New STARS Community, Funded by Josiah Macy Foundation, Will Focus Wise Choices And Value in Health Care

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09/21/2017

... year of the program, Canadian medical students led several projects to advance Choosing Wisely, a campaign launched in ... participate in a community where they can share stories of success and challenges...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Health & Human Services

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“Grads of Life” Builds Capacity for Demand-Driven Solutions to the U.S. Youth Employment Challenge

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10/02/2014

... and commitment to hiring youth but face difficulties implementing new policies and practices to capture the value ... to provide employers with the information, tools and resources they need to take action on...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Workforce Development

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Ford Shifts Grant Making to Focus Entirely on Inequality

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06/12/2015

... budget, projected to be in excess of $1 billion over five years, will enable Ford to create what its president, Darren Walker, calls a "social- justice infrastructure" reminiscent of the support it...

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Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor

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01/08/2018

... Of course, this makes it less likely they can pay the fines. Further, studies have unequivocally concluded ... that establishing fees or fines based on ability to pay , rather than flat rates, increases...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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Justice Reform

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14 Dec 2016

Unconnected Prisoner Re-Entry Services? There’s a Collaborative Solution For That

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This program is a part of our ongoing series of Justice Reform programs, following our 2016 Annual Meeting “Rethinking American Justice .” Approximately 636,000 incarcerated individuals ... were rearrested (Durose...

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New Joint NEH & Mellon Foundation Fellowship Encourages Digital Research in the Humanities

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03/01/2016

... requires digital formats and digital publication. Eligible projects must be conceived as digital because the nature of ... in traditional print formats. Over the past five decades NEH and the Mellon Foundation...

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

Examine Organizational Blind Spots With This New Gender Lens Tool

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03/31/2017

... York Why would a funder focused on education, health, or criminal justice reform consider gender equity when crafting their ... strategies to address them. One of my most satisfying projects...

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Women & Girls

Insights from “Responding to the Moment: Participatory Approaches in Philanthropy”

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09/19/2024

... into the process. Funders first need to decide which steps in the grantmaking process are suitable for community ... participants as essential to a community’s own goals. Pay participants Kolibri compensates a...

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Simons Foundation Backs Autism BrainNet and NIH NeuroBioBank Partnership to Advance Autism Research

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12/09/2015

... Autism BrainNet is a key step in developing the necessary resources to understand and treat autism spectrum ...

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Health & Human Services

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The Simons Foundation

Heckscher Foundation for Children Announces Request for Proposals from New York Charter Schools to Use EarlyBird to Detect Dyslexia Early

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09/06/2023

... impairments, fostering academic and social-emotional success in children. The support from the Heckscher ... training and support, and a resource bank of concrete next steps for instructors to support students...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Education

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards $4.7 Million to Fund Three Studies on Dietary Interventions for Crohn's Disease

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11/16/2020

Three grants will fund separate studies to inform evidence-based recommendations on ways that dietary interventions might prevent or treat Crohn’s disease

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health & Human Services

Science

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellow Bridgit Antoinette Evans to Lead Pop Culture Collaborative

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03/15/2017

... power of entertainment to move hearts and minds towards justice . This work resonates strongly with NCF values and ... Service Foundation, have come together to launch the five -year, $25 million fund. During...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Foundations as the "Brain Trust" for City Officials

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04/15/2014

... the funder community just as a checkbook, though financial resources are obviously important. I really see you all as my ... out foundations' financial support for new and innovative projects . But getting...

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Doris Duke Foundation

More Technology Investment Needed To Boost Outcomes of Social Change Groups

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07/25/2014

... Colón and Michele Lord, co-directors of Public Interest Projects ; and Cynthia Gibson, an independent consultant -- ... the risk of not providing nonprofits the money and other resources they need to go digital...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Social Justice

Technology & Innovation

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The Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund Awards over $200k in Social Change Grants

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04/25/2023

... the voices of our neighbors who are often furthest from justice and opportunity.” Descriptions of the grants are ... listed below: BEND THE ARC – A JEWISH PARTNERSHIP FOR JUSTICE $25,000 to organize allies to...

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