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Are You a ‘Fatigued Fighter’? D5 Coalition Identifies Five Philanthropic Professional Types

Release Date:

08/08/2014

... and Inclusion in Philanthropy.” The program focused on how to communicate effectively throughout the philanthropic ... . The day kicked off with a peek into D5’ s recently launched State of the Work 2014 , a...

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Insights

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Ford Foundation to Fund Projects That Help Fight Violent Extremism

Release Date:

08/03/2015

... projects that address inequality in access to natural resources and social injustice which have been linked to violent extremism. Mr Martin Abregu, the foundation' s vice president who...

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Member News

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Community Development

Environment and Climate Change

International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

Carnegie Corporation Commits $15 Million for Rethinking School Design

Release Date:

03/25/2013

... Models for Student Success, that calls for a focus on how schools use teaching, time, technology, money, and other resources to bring all students to the much higher levels of ...

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Education

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

19 Jul 2012

Fracking in New York: A Donor Briefing

Thursday, July 19, 2012 -

8:45am to 10:45am

... Cuomo to open up New York to fracking. Governor Cuomo’ s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued draft ... and thousands of individuals across the state have been working to stop fracking and a...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Welcomes Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez As New Program Officer

Release Date:

04/17/2019

... and implement the final, culminating phase of Hazen’ s grantmaking. The Hazen Foundation is dedicated to ... racism and, over the next five years, will commit the full resources of the Foundation to the goal...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation (Closed)

Arcus Foundation Supports Efforts to Protect Forest Habitats Through Local and International Strategies

Release Date:

01/20/2021

... around the world consume more and more products relying on resources that come out of their tropical forest homes, bonobos, chimpanzees, ... economic development with conservation. For apes who have...

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Animal Welfare

Environment and Climate Change

International/Foreign Affairs

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Arcus Foundation

Ford Foundation Expands Flagship BUILD Program to Provide $1 Billion to Hundreds of Organizations

Release Date:

04/07/2021

... another $1 billion in grant dollars spanning all of Ford’ s programmatic areas and regions. The next round of five-year ... to work in lockstep with our partners by giving them the resources and the...

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Social Justice

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Ford Foundation

Noyes Foundation's Zigbi Selected as Loeb Fellow

Release Date:

07/17/2014

Noyes Foundation' s Zigbi Selected as Loeb Fellow Kolu Zigbi, program ... Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems and the Eat for Health initiative at the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, has ... engaged,...

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Member News

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Food Systems

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Commonwealth Study Inspires App to Connect People to Doctors Faster

Release Date:

06/01/2016

... to be a change in the healthcare system. "It came out of our own frustration," Walper said. "There' s a lot of good research on why this is so important to do in ... doctor." The...

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Member News

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds

Release Date:

05/04/2017

... a new report reveals. The report, conducted by Mexico’ s Research in Health and Demography, INSAD, states that 83 percent of ... a man. And only 15 percent of Mexican girls who dropped out of...

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Member News

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Gender Justice

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Ford Foundation

New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change

Release Date:

09/12/2017

... the worst impacts of climate change, keeping excess carbon out of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the health of our planet. One of the best ways to do that is ...

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Environment and Climate Change

05 Jun 2024

A Practical Framework for Responsible AI Adoption in Philanthropy

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... your grantmaking operations? Are you seeking guidance on how best to adopt AI responsibly and ethically? Join the ... of the framework A deeper understanding of the framework' s design principles ...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Information Technology

Mike Bloomberg Sends Statement to the United Nations Following Unprecedented Outpouring of Support for Paris Agreement

Release Date:

06/06/2017

... Mike Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’ s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, submitted an ... the broad array of leaders and organizations that have signed today’ s...

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Member News

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Philanthropy New York Seeks Nominations for our Board of Directors

Release Date:

12/05/2023

... of Directors Dear Members: At Philanthropy New York’ s Annual Meeting each spring, the membership votes on the ... of our member institutions and diverse lived experiences have enabled PNY to navigate changes...

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PNY News

A Weak Foundation

Release Date:

03/09/2011

by Ilene Mack I have spent more than three decades in the world of ... Just because I worked for an institution that gave out money did not make me superior to my grantees. Now that I ... whose lives may ...

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25 Jan 2012

International Grantmakers Network: Providing Capacity-Building Support for International Grantees (Part I)

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York’ s International Grantmakers Network is hosting a two-part series on capacity building. Part I will focus on how we define and approach “capacity building” in an ... Part I: Framing the...

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Issue-Based

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship

Release Date:

11/16/2021

... Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’ s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the ... W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’ s Arts Fund today announced the...

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Member News

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

24 Apr 2012

Post Penn State: Strategies for Ending Child Sexual Abuse

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... substance abuse, eating disorders, HIV infection, mental health , homelessness, and incarceration. In the face of all ... and arts activism—and their impact on communities. How child sexual abuse is linked to...

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Issue-Based

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Dr. Francine Berman to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

01/22/2015

... the election of Dr. Francine Berman to the Foundation’ s Board of Trustees. Dr. Berman is the Edward P. Hamilton ... and university initiatives to foster innovation in how we use technology,” says Sandra O...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

25 Jul 2019

Hashtag Strategy: Social Media As An Effective Advocacy Tool

Thursday, July 25, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Social media has become much more than photo sharing and status updates. It is now a platform for current ... collaboration and social justice. Social media platforms have become places of work, of stump speeches...