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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces $20 Million Natural Climate Solutions Initiative

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09/11/2018

... that forests, grasslands, agriculture and coastal wetlands have the potential to contribute 37 percent of the carbon ... “We cannot achieve this target without changing how we conserve and use land. We see...

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Getting Beyond Philanthropic Colonialism

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11/05/2013

... girls and women. The responses to his New York Times op-ed have been numerous. The Chronicle of Philanthropy ran a piece ... a hallmark of philanthropic practice. I have been amazed how often...

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OSF Featured in Enterprise for Utilizing Storytelling in the Grantmaking Process

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04/13/2015

... Storytelling in the Grantmaking Process Storytelling can be an especially effective tactic for philanthropic ... he says. “Narativ helped us realize that people have many stories. It can help...

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Facebook Will Match Harvey Relief Donations Up To $1 Million, Sending to Center for Disaster Philanthropy

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08/31/2017

... continues to inundate the Texas Gulf Coast, Facebook users have one more reason to donate to relief efforts. Facebook ... to Harvey recovery efforts on the platform, Facebook users can follow the message on...

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Borealis Philanthropy Welcomes Amoretta Morris as President

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01/13/2021

... from the communities we advocate for, Borealis is lucky to have Amoretta’s wisdom, creativity, and lived experiences ... For those who don’t already know Amoretta, we can ’t wait for you to get to know and...

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13 Jan 2016

Local to Global: Efforts to Address the Increasing Prevalence of Teen Girl Suicide

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 -

9:15am to 11:15am

... to cultural taboos. Only 28 of 194 WHO member nations have an national suicide prevention strategy, and it is ... Research on Women - @suzp Designed for All interested funders . Registration 9:00 - 9:15 AM...

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Family Foundations Prepare for the Next Generation

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02/08/2013

... and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy that looks at how younger generations feel about philanthropy. As parents, we worry about our children. And if we have more than one, we worry about how...

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Alfred P. Sloan Study Finds Possible Solutions to Sleep Disorders and Depression

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06/09/2017

... P. Sloan study identified a group of neurons that may have implications for treating sleep and neuropsychiatric ... disorders. Researchers wanted to know: How do we overcome tiredness in the face of a looming...

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26 Feb 2013

BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 -

7:00am to 11:00am

... Charity Effectiveness Symposium VII: Resilient New York: How Nonprofit Leaders Are Managing the Unexpected." A ... York Charities Bureau Panels Lessons from Sandy: What Funders and Grantees Are Learning...

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The Wallace Foundation and SMU DataArts Release Report - "The Alchemy of High-Performing Arts Organizations"

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08/13/2020

... 10 over the past five to seven years and offers a model of how they achieved organizational health by linking strategy ... leaders, takes humility and an intensive investment of resources and time. According...

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The Century Foundation Rallies Against "Turnkey Tyranny" With Presidential Transition

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11/18/2016

... the end of bulk collection of metadata under that law. I have argued that the Snowden reforms forced the NSA to become ... effective.” Still, we delude ourselves if we think they have made the NSA tyrant-proof...

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Philanthropy Delaware Welcomes New Chief Executive Officer, Tynetta Brown

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10/26/2020

... members and other organizational partners to increase the impact of grantmaking, and ensure members have access to national best practices and philanthropic resources . She will be responsible...

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Robertson Foundation Names Richard Barth President

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08/19/2021

... of Tiger Management L.L.C., and his family seek to have a positive social impact and create a legacy that reflects the family’s ... transformative grants that leverage the Foundation’s resources...

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A Weak Foundation

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03/09/2011

by Ilene Mack I have spent more than three decades in the world of ... and we dispense the largesse. Perhaps most importantly, we can say no. The playing field can only be leveled to a ... youth...

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Century Foundation Fellow Co-Authors Report on Admission Preferences of Low-Income Students

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01/11/2016

... of our brightest students, simply because their families have less money than most other families. That's a waste of ... into top colleges and universities have proven that they can...

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04 Nov 2015

Sectoral Employment Strategies for Young Adults: Lessons for the New Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Programs

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

The long-term changes in the labor market have disproportionately impacted low-income young adults who ... of the second chance system has been questioned by many funders based on evaluations of these programs...

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First Phase of Love My Air Denver Program Measures Air Quality to Tackle Asthma Rates and Track Pollution with Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies

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10/17/2019

... nine Denver schools . Parents and the general public can also check the air quality online . The screens break ... — about 3 percent of the width of a human hair — can penetrate deep into the lungs and...

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Serious Policy Between Our Two Ferns

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04/23/2014

... Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis." We don't actually have ferns for the Philanthropy New York "CEO Interview ... on Philanthropy New York programming each year, we list how many of them had a...

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