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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and Social Justice Impact Investing

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07/05/2018

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and Social Justice Impact Investing Impact investing is still a ... on this very site ) are questioning how deeply foundations should be diving into this approach. At the ... a lot...

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social Memory

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09/30/2016

... by JPB Foundation, Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social Memory Mice have brain cells that are dedicated to ... of the hippocampus known as the ventral CA1, store “ social memories” that help shape the...

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NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements

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03/17/2016

NoVo and Arcus Foundations Noted for Taking A Stand In Social Movements Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on ... in transformative social movements? . . . NoVo and Arcus Foundations...

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Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem

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02/16/2017

Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem Early in his career as a cardiologist, Garth ... for ways to improve residents’ well-being by looking at social issues that have a significant...

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Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive Growth

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01/22/2016

Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive ... new ways to help foster youth. . . Chronicle of Social Change Profiles Hilton Foundation and Its Massive ...

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Arcus Foundation Establishes Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership

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12/04/2015

Arcus Foundation Establishes Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (ACSJL) at Kalamazoo College has named four Southwest Michigan social...

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Jason McGill to Join Arcus Foundation As Vice President, Social Justice Program

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10/18/2013

... , a leading global foundation advancing pressing social justice and conservation issues, has announced that ... Jason McGill will join the Foundation as Vice President, Social Justice Program. Arcus'...

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Philanthropic & Social Enterprise Leader Betsy Fader Joins Surdna Foundation

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02/18/2016

Philanthropic & Social Enterprise Leader Betsy Fader Joins Surdna Foundation ... today that Betsy Fader, a leader in the philanthropic and social enterprise sectors, with experience in building and ... to be...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Ford Foundation Awards 25 Fellowships to US Artists Driving Social Change

Release Date:

10/02/2017

Ford Foundation Awards 25 Fellowships to US Artists Driving Social Change The Ford Foundation today announced 25 new Art ... Artists and cultural leaders have been at the forefront of social change throughout US...

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F.B. Heron Foundation Earmarks Entire Endowment for Social Impact Investments

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10/21/2014

F.B. Heron Foundation Earmarks Entire Endowment for Social Impact Investments When Clara Miller took over the ... million endowment into investments that provide both social and financial returns. By the end of...

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How One Foundation Is Making Waves With Art And Social Activism

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09/05/2013

... How One Foundation Is Making Waves With Art And Social Activism ...

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

24 Apr 2012

Foundation Assets as Social Change Agents: Sustainable Investing for the Public Benefit

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8:45am to 11:00am

... to design and implement investment policies that support social change initiatives and build innovative mission ... for All interested funders. Foundation Assets as Social Change Agents: Sustainable Investing...

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

... Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement Recent coverage of public library giving can be ... light a problematic and age-old obstacle to public library engagement : library fines...

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With Funding From The JPB Foundation, Cities Connecting Children to Nature, Engages Second Cohort of Cities in 2017-2020 Phase

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12/18/2017

The Lates phase initiative from 2017-2020 will engage a second cohort of cities in 2.75 years of technical assistance to develop and implement strategies that equitably connect children to nature, with support of $75,000 in planning and...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant supports civic engagement at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

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06/22/2023

Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant supports civic engagement at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago ... to create the truly public spaces for dialogue and civic engagement this era of polarization and...

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With Support From Ford, Media Foundation for West Africa Holds Meeting on Peaceful Elections

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10/11/2016

With Support From Ford, Media Foundation for West Africa Holds Meeting on Peaceful Elections The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has held a town hall ... various student youth groups... With Support From...

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Cuban-American Artist Garcia Ferraz Exhibits Latest Works Supported by Ford Foundation Grant in Media Arts

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04/14/2016

... Latest Works Supported by Ford Foundation Grant in Media Arts An exhibition at Vero’s newest gallery, Raw ... Endowment for the Arts, a Ford Foundation grant in media arts, a MacArthur Foundation media...

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Executive Director of the Staten Island Foundation to be Honored by City & State NY Media Company

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09/05/2017

... Staten Island Foundation to be Honored by City & State NY Media Company City & State will be honoring Betsy Dubovsky, ... Staten Island Foundation to be Honored by City & State NY Media Company ...

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NY Women's Foundation's Oliveira Discusses Women and Rikers in NYN Media Insights Podcast

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06/30/2017

... Foundation's Oliveira Discusses Women and Rikers in NYN Media Insights Podcast Rikers Island is known as a harsh ... Foundation's Oliveira Discusses Women and Rikers in NYN Media Insights Podcast .....