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Three Prominent Foundation Leaders Join Foundation Center Board of Trustees

Release Date:

04/20/2015

... its grantmaking efforts on the optimal development of children . In her role, Dr. Christopher serves on the ... to the Ford Foundation's Just Cities and Metropolitan Opportunities initiatives, which...

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Community Development

Education

Health

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Ford Foundation

Mellon Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

North Star Fund Welcomes New Executive Director Jennifer Ching

Release Date:

02/01/2017

... time of great uncertainty, our call to action is to fight harder and smarter to protect marginalized and vulnerable ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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North Star Fund

Mike Bloomberg Publishes Annual Letter on Philanthropy

Release Date:

05/23/2018

... assault on facts and data is making it harder for America to address major challenges here and ...

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Bloomberg LP

Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Arts Fellows

Release Date:

07/15/2020

... of socially engaged artists and cultural producers through opportunities for personalized professional development and ...

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Arts

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Open Society Foundations

We Cannot Let COVID-19 Be a Death Sentence For Refugees

Release Date:

08/12/2020

... most crucial time. The key ingredients to alleviating the impact of this unprecedented crisis are a coordinated and ... to curtail humanitarian protections and immigration. For proposed regulations,...

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Disaster Relief

Immigration

The Perpetuity Debate

Release Date:

04/29/2014

... higher priority than helping society (a sum of people and impact ). ‘Doing good’ is a measure of impact . Impact is measured over time. If society continues to ...

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Governance

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies [Closed]

The Rockefeller Foundation

25 May 2023

Elevating and Mobilizing Voices from Across New York to Advocate for an Equitable 2023 Farm Bill - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Thursday, May 25, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... history, process and timeline of the legislation and its impact on New York State Background and overview of a ...

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Panel

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Food Systems

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Wil Priester joins Arabella Advisors as CFO; Shelley Whelpton to Lead Arabella Advisors' Mid-Atlantic Practice

Release Date:

10/15/2013

... political leadership training for girls and young women . In addition, she sits on the advisory board at ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Arabella Advisors

Hudson Valley Mourns Longtime Dyson Foundation President Diana Gurieva

Release Date:

02/08/2017

... searching for the best way to apply the Foundation's resources to accomplish the greatest good. She worked ... Ms. Gurieva worked for 20 years in reproductive rights and women 's health, having served...

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The Dyson Foundation

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

Release Date:

04/12/2017

... individuals from 16 countries – more than 40% of them women – have been trained in innovative methods to improve ... priorities including how and where to direct public health resources . Knowing how many...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

28 Feb 2019

The Underpinning Stories: Climate & Capacity - A Webinar Hosted by CLIMA Fund

Thursday, February 28, 2019 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... between Thousand Currents, Urgent Action Fund for Women 's Rights, Grassroots International, and Global .....

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Environment and Climate Change

Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens

Release Date:

06/01/2014

... the pilot program aims to help more than three thousand children and their families build strong literacy skills by ... literacy organizations will collaborate on efforts to help children read at grade level...

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Education

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids

Release Date:

08/21/2015

... to 10,000 NYC Kids One in every five American children and adolescents -- or 17.1 million of the 74.5 million children under the age of 18, according to the U.S. census -- ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Simons Foundation Continues Quest to Understand and Treat Autism on Both Ends of the Spectrum

Release Date:

07/19/2016

... vital to improve care for Kellen and other autistic children . That’s why she and her family were the first in ... unforeseen scale and, hopefully, find answers for autistic children with hard-to-treat symptoms...

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Health

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The Simons Foundation

Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year

Release Date:

11/02/2016

... Year Increases in overweight and obesity rates among young children occur during summer vacations, not during the school ... prevalence in a nationally representative sample of 18,170 children from the start...

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Health

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Russell Sage Foundation

Reed: Dreamer Bill Could Be Part Of Broader Border Security Legislation

Release Date:

09/13/2017

... to help undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children , also known as Dreamers. Last week, President Donald ... to be resolved in a way that is compassionate to those children ,” Reed said during...

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Immigration

Improving the Health of Older Adults Using Integrated Networks for Medical Care and Social Services

Release Date:

07/10/2015

... services that will be needed with the current levels of resources . Because the current model of funding social ... access to community supports, while focusing attention and resources on the unique needs of...

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Insights

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Aging

Health

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces Open Call for Applications to 2019 Innovation Prize

Release Date:

02/06/2019

... funding offers flexibility, letting awardees deploy resources where they are most needed, whether investing in ... for two convenings each year. Each meeting offers opportunities for peer learning and...

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Member News

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund

Mellon Foundation Appoints Sheree Carter-Galvan as Chief Legal Officer

Release Date:

01/11/2023

... Museum’s General Counsel’s office, oversaw its Human Resources and Revenue Security departments, and served on the ... broad effort among universities to bring their scholarly resources online and expand...