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The Annie E. Casey Foundation Shares New Policy Brief on Supporting Youth and Young Adults Transition From Foster Care

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09/23/2021

... to expire on Sept. 30 — leading to thousands of young people facing eviction from the foster care system and ... federal policymakers to urgently reform and expand the resources , tools and guidance young...

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Building Bridges with AI: Philanthropy’s Urgent Call to Lead

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02/28/2025

... detect trends in funding—but without transparency, they risk embedding biases into philanthropy’s core processes. ... smaller nonprofits may be left behind, deepening existing power imbalances. Data Governance...

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Bloomberg's Latest Move to Fight Big Tobacco Around the World

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03/14/2018

... year—and is on track to kill an estimated eight million people annually by the 2030s, mostly in developing ... have stepped up to limit its influence. But make no mistake: Mike Bloomberg is the field marshal...

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JPMorgan Chase Announces new business and philanthropic commitments to help close the housing affordability gap in Washington D.C. and beyond

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06/28/2023

... to accommodate burgeoning demand. The result is too many people chasing after too few homes. Additionally, according ... members, decisionmakers and lenders to make public resources more accessible and aligned...

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How Social Innovation Labs Contribute to Transformative Change

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11/07/2014

... solutions are grounded in the "real world" and decrease risk during implementation. For example, to address a .....

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The Long Island Sound Funders Collaborative has granted $377,250 in 2020 to nine nonprofits through its Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund at the Long Island Community Foundation

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12/29/2020

... working to restore and protect the health and living resources of Long Island Sound. The Long Island Sound Funders ... scientists and others monitoring the waters and natural resources of the Long Island Sound...

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HSBC Gives $1.5M to Scale Up Horizons Learning Programs

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05/16/2017

... and persistent. The achievement gap between children from high - and low-income families is roughly 30 to 40 percent ... children in need. “Our purpose as a bank is to help people realize their ambitions, and...

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Open Society Foundation Creates $10 Million Fund for Rohingya

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04/03/2018

... a $10 million emergency assistance fund to help Rohingya people displaced from Myanmar and their host communities in Bangladesh. From April to October, there is a high risk of flash floods,...

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How Open Road Alliance is Helping Cure a Blind Spot for Philanthropists

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10/02/2018

... The philanthropy world has a blind spot when it comes to risk . Projects can be waylaid or abandoned when unexpected ... challenges arise. Laurie Michaels started looking for a solution while attending the 2011...

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President's Message: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces More Than $5.4 Million in Grants

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04/13/2022

... equity-focused policy change and the lived experiences of people experiencing economic insecurity in New Jersey. This ... communities as they strive for better working and living conditions . They use community...

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Hispanics in Philanthropy COVID-19 Rapid Response Migration Fund- Funder Note

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03/18/2020

... help bring front-line migrant serving organizations the resources they need to develop and launch emergency ... contain COVID 19. This trend is particularly dangerous as high volumes of deportations back to...

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Overstepping When Should Foundations Weigh in on Grantee Governance - Presentation

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06/2018

View materials of the program " Overstepping When Should Foundations Weigh in on Grantee Governance "

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Finding—and Using—the Right Tool for the Job: A Landscape Scan of Assessment Tools

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08/02/2018

... There are many different organizational assessment tools. No one tool rises to the top as best, but the most highly ... of a tool, it is critical to make sure to have the right people participate in the...

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Nourishing Strong Communities: Thoughts on Food Policy from Karen Karp

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05/03/2010

... one of the presenters, Karen Karp , President of Karp Resources , share her thoughts with Smart Assets. As a ... After all, it’s business that gave us trans fat and high fructose corn syrup, right? Partially...

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Pershing Square, New York Community Trust Awards Funding to Seven NYC-Based Cancer Research Scientists

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05/05/2016

... years to enable them to continue to pursue explorative and high - risk / high -reward research. Due to the number of high -caliber ...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Now Accepting Applications for the 2017 Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research

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10/03/2016

... enabling them to continue to pursue explorative and high - risk / high -reward research at a stage when traditional funding is ...

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Take It From the Nonprofits: Even in a Crisis, Funders Are Falling Short on Equity

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07/29/2021

... or Native American communities, most reported that no foundations provided new funding in 2020. Moreover, ... up the individual voices of their organization – or the people and communities they serve – to...

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Six NYC Scientists Win Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research

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05/08/2017

... years, for a total of $600,000, to support explorative, high - risk / high -reward cancer research. The awards will be ... (MDS) that can progress to acute myeloid leukemia. With no...

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United Hospital Fund Works to Tackle Antibiotic Misuse in Outpatient Care

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02/22/2016

... participation and will bring additional institutional resources to bear on the challenge of developing and ... over-prescription and misuse of antibiotics for those conditions ). UHF will create the structure...

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