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Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO of Edwin Gould Foundation, Announced in New Class of Leaders for Pahara-Aspen Fellowship

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01/22/2020

... facilitates their dynamic growth, and strengthens their collective efforts to dramatically improve public schools, ... their demanding daily work to reflect with peers on their collective and individual...

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Private Citizen Bloomberg on Philanthropy

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04/25/2014

... Bloomberg Philanthropies, says he seeks causes others may have overlooked and ways to test new ideas. Michael R. ... said. “It’s trillions of dollars. Private philanthropy can ’t do that.” Mr. Bloomberg, 72,...

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For Diverse Communities, Giving Circles Strengthen Involvement In Philanthropy

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07/03/2014

... lab, also reports that participation in a giving circle can both strengthen communal identity and expand ... reach. Other findings: 1 in 8 American donors have participated in giving circles and nearly half of...

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Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

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Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal on Patient Difficulties Accessing Medical Records

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09/09/2016

... And even as a growing number of medical professionals have made the transition to digital records, most of our ... billing codes and illegible handwriting. Few patients can understand the records, and neither...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Partners With The Nature Conservancy To Explore Nature’s Ability To Mitigate Climate Change

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10/20/2017

... Ability To Mitigate Climate Change The last two years have seen significant global advancement on climate action, ... In fact, new research shows that stewardship of the land can play a significant role in...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Doris Duke Foundation

Edwin Gould Foundation Supporter Online Tool Quill Connect Helps Students Become Better Writers

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11/29/2017

... “It is so time-intensive. It was always a challenge to have time to give feedback.” But online tools weren’t ... the best answer, since combining thoughts and sentences can yield thousands of correct results...

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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Education

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Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser

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02/21/2018

... an outlet. But engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time developed a method to safely charge a ... , a narrow, invisible beam from a laser emitter can deliver charge to a smartphone...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Technology

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United Hospital Fund Releases Report With Observations from New York City’s Partnerships for Early Childhood Development Initiative

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07/12/2018

... City over the past year for socioeconomic factors that can affect a child’s health, and found that more than a ... percentage of families at several practices were found to have one or more social needs, among...

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Children, Youth and Families

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United Hospital Fund

Inside Philanthropy Looks at The Helmsley Charitable Trust Work to Improve Stroke Outcomes in Rural America

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09/11/2018

... from a hospital. Larger, more sparsely populated states can have a tough time maintaining advanced care centers ... sufficiently close to everyone, and philanthropic dollars can be hard to...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announce Finalists in $10M Economic Opportunity Challenge

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09/17/2018

... Project in Houston, which works to dismantle barriers that have held back communities of color and working families in Texas. Details on the finalists and semi-finalists can be found here . “We believe in an...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Support From JPMorgan Chase and Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Aids Launch of Hudson County Workforce Leadership Academy

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04/19/2019

... efforts, public agencies, and community colleges, who have the authority to implement changes, to apply. ... for submissions is May 24, 2019. Interested applicants can learn more about the Academy on an...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University Unveils Plans for New Project in Baltimore

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09/20/2019

... and openness—and to ensure that the community can see into the building, and that the researchers and others working inside can look out to the broader world. “A building that houses ... the intersection of...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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12 Mar 2020

The Power of a Name: Considering Privacy, Publicity, and Transparency - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, March 12, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... staff and trustees only.* Using your name publicly can be a positive and productive tool in your philanthropy. Your name can also carry a lot of weight: the responsibility, ... public identity. In this webinar...

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Family Foundation

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

14 Sep 2023

Operationalizing Equity Practices - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, September 14, 2023 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... and family foundation staff and trustees only.* For funders seeking to incorporate an equity lens throughout ... more equitable future. What will you learn? Strategies for how to operationalize an equity lens...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Announcing Equitable: A New Day for a 160-Year-Old Financial Services Company

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01/14/2020

... CEO Mark Pearson. “Throughout our 160-year history, we have helped millions of Americans reach their goals and ... to help clients secure financial well-being so they can pursue long and fulfilling lives.” As...

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Equitable Foundation

Millions Pledged To Harvey Relief As Rebuilding Starts

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09/06/2017

... established a Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund through the Greater Houston Community Foundation that has raised more ... $22.7 million has been raised through the United Way of Greater Houston’s Harvey Relief Fund...

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