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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Expands Partnership with Special Olympics to Foster Inclusion Worldwide

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11/18/2021

... of a global coalition of national governments, UN agencies , and nonprofits to collaborate on affirming the ... Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos. “We’re very lucky to have committed and energized young people...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Foundations Team Up to Fund Invisible Transgender Communities

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07/12/2016

... – which is largely free of the constraints that have afflicted our gridlocked public sector over these last ... of grantmaking and the availability of other philanthropic resources to not only improve, but...

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Arcus Foundation

Philanthropy and the Interfaith Imperative

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05/24/2018

... in which religious bigotry has been on the rise. Some have questioned the worthiness of Muslims as American ... of our highly ambitious goals and relatively modest resources , t he results have...

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The Teagle Foundation

New Developments in Kidney Stem Cell Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust

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08/26/2016

... The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, have discovered the holy grail of endless youthfulness–at ... cells often failed, as the cells died or gradually lost their developmental...

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Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving

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06/15/2017

... back 1 million of the manufacturing jobs that had been lost after the recession, and supported bold new investments ... policy, or as pundits from across the political spectrum have complained, is it just a...

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Workforce Development

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Building and Strengthening Partnerships Across New Jersey: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces More Than $5 Million in Grants

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08/25/2022

... opportunity for each organization to strengthen and build their capacity and encourage new voices and funding partners ... long-standing partner organizations and the impact they have had and will continue to...

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Rediscovering the Enterprise Investment Approach

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09/17/2014

... asset class framework we and other institutional investors have used for so long is not as useful as it once was. ... The danger for us in thinking about Heron’s financial resources as “assets” is that we stay...

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Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investing

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02/06/2017

... - is illustrating a desire by more institutions to align their assets with their values," said Shuaib Siddiqui, ... the regions in which they operate. A four-year, $700,000 loan to the...

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MasterCard Foundation to Help Address Water Sanitation in East Africa with Micro-Credit Program

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10/27/2014

... White revealed that 180,000 people in Kenya and Uganda have benefited from a five-year program to disburse loans ...

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SeaChange Capital Partners Announces New Fund to Make Program-Related Investments in New York City

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11/24/2014

... Foundation, and one other private family foundation – have announced a new collective effort – the New York ... will seek opportunities to help organizations increase their impact while offering the potential...

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03 Apr 2019

Respected and Reflected: Dismantling Racial Bias in Schools through Culturally Responsive Education

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10:00am to 12:00pm

... where most students are students of color, few reforms have focused on racial bias and discrimination in our ...

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Hilton, Ford Foundations Help Support Research for New Report: The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth

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05/16/2019

... adolescents from experiences that could endanger their future well-being.” Adolescents make up nearly ... their families, schools, and neighborhoods lack the resources they need to overcome...

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Data Capacity as a Step Toward Nonprofit Sustainability

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02/14/2018

... business model for the current era of scarce public resources . Initially, we hoped that our grantees – among ... for many reasons, most notably, because they do not have adequate internal capacity to measure...

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The New York Community Trust

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The Scherman Foundation

Let's Get Explicit About Power

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09/24/2020

... Power is uncomfortable to discuss and the dynamics of who have power feel hard to change. However, shifting power is ... of transformational, systems-level change that funders and their partners are seeking...

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What Drives Education Officials

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06/07/2012

... there were no divas in this group, though Mr. Walcott may have unintentionally upstaged his colleagues at several ... recounted a visit to an automotive class where he met a student who was building a Cobra,...

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New Report Funded by the Long Island Community Foundation Reveals the Economic Impact of Long Island's Opiod Crisis

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09/04/2019

... While the devastating personal costs of addiction have always been clear, the report shows just how significant ... the effect has been on Long Island’s economy through lost productivity, and other costs to...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Partners to Supply Three Paterson, New Jersey Schools With Musical Instruments

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10/15/2019

... continuing support of the Save the Music Foundation and their partners for our elementary school music programs,” ... education in high priority, and it is extremely helpful to have these resources...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies: Partnership for Healthy Cities Launches Online Platform to Support City Leaders Responding to COVID-19

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04/15/2020

... Response Center includes the latest tools and technical resources geared toward urban challenges, ranging from ... is posing urgent new challenges to mayors and city health agencies across the world. Through...

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Foundations as First Responders?

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04/18/2013

... foundation could also play a vital role by connecting resources to people and communities most affected by this ... scholarships for children in Brooklyn and Queens who had lost parents and mental health...

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