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Doris Duke and Simons Foundations Back Breakthrough Sickle Cell Research

Release Date:

09/18/2015

... sickle mutation. Other studies indicate that sickle cell patients with elevated levels of fetal hemoglobin have a ... P01HL032262), the National Institute of Mental Health (grant number DP1MH100706), the...

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06 Mar 2025

POSTPONED Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change

Thursday, March 6, 2025 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... opportunities, including practical tools, strategies, and resources to complement the work of partners on the ground ... grantmaking, including: What is shareholder engagement and how can foundations leverage...

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Lata Reddy Elevated to Chair of The Prudential Foundation

Release Date:

06/14/2017

... historic downtown corridor; the creation of a free ultra- high speed Wi-Fi network in Newark’s downtown district; the ...

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In Partnership with the Ford Foundation, Coalition of 18 Financial Institutions Commits to Measurable Plan to Improve Economic and Racial Equity

Release Date:

05/18/2021

... professionals with the skills needed to launch a high -growth career in financial services. Support career ...

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PNY 42nd Annual Meeting - Recordings

... American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights ) shared how the nation's racist policies and practices have shaped ... Executive Director, Butler Family Fund Phil Talk: How To Use Your Personal Power for...

New York Life Backs Save the Children's Relief Efforts in Nepal

Release Date:

05/04/2015

... believes our obligation to be there for people when they need us most extends beyond our day-to-day business. We ... the delivery of supplies to families in the areas that need it most. Save the Children has...

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AOL Charitable Foundation Joins Others in Event on the STEM Workforce

Release Date:

11/03/2015

... expertise by 2018, with similar trends playing out in countries around the world. And yet students, particularly ...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for Climate Change

Release Date:

12/09/2015

... Paris, President Barack Obama and the leaders of 19 other countries made energy technology innovation the central ... Gore’s oft-repeated dictum that “we have everything we need now to respond to the challenge...

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Chef Massimo Bottura's First U.S. Project Will Be a Rockefeller-supported Bronx Soup Kitchen

Release Date:

05/30/2017

... host Greg Morabito why this country is in particular need of his efforts to eliminate food waste. With his ... potential food waste and turn it into meals for people who need them, sometimes with help from big...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Weinberg Foundation Announces $1.2 Million in Emergency Grants in Response to Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting

Release Date:

11/01/2018

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation today announced $1.2 million in emergency grant funding as an immediate response to the shootings that claimed 11 lives and wounded six individuals this past Saturday at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh...

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Newman's Own Foundation Supports Nutrition Initiatives

Release Date:

10/01/2019

... impact at a local level. "Nutrition is a fundamental need that is often taken for granted, but severely neglected .....

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The Restaurant Industry Is Structured on Racism. The Restaurant Workers Community Foundation Wants to Rebuild It.

Release Date:

04/14/2021

... its steering committee is still in the process of deciding how it will take shape, and where money will be directed. ... It goes back to the RWCF’s founding mission, and the need to advance structural changes...

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Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation

22 Jun 2016

Social Impact Exchange: 2016 Conference on Scaling Impact

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 8:30am to Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 5:00pm

... interested in learning about innovative methods to support high -impact nonprofits in education, youth development, poverty alleviation, health and impact investing. Registration Space is limited. ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches New $160 Million Program to End the Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic

Release Date:

09/10/2019

... the United States—including a 78 percent increase among high school students in just one year—Bloomberg ... community groups concerned about the nation’s kids and health . More than 3.6 million middle and...

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Ford Foundation’s Build Initiative is Hitting Its Stride

Release Date:

08/14/2018

... billions of dollars a year in the nonprofit sector, and we need to be investing it in the right ways that are going to ... In fact, while Reich acknowledges there will always be a need for project grants, in...

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University of Montana Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Expand Native American Humanities

Release Date:

07/13/2023

... more complete and accurate narratives of the human experience by incorporating perspectives of Native Elders and ... American Studies and professor of community and public health sciences, and Dr. Heather...

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TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building

Release Date:

02/03/2015

... on the processes and logistics of capacity building (the how ) without identifying clearly what capacities need to be built and who needs to build them.... TCC Group ...

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Century Foundation Researcher Says It's Up to Schools to Ensure Teachers Are Aware of Their Own Biases

Release Date:

06/07/2016

... schools, and school integration. Potter said teachers need more support from schools, such as occasional visits ... there needs to be a dialogue about racial biases and how to recognize them in the classroom...

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Century Foundation's Richard Kahlenberg Writes About School Integration in The Atlantic

Release Date:

04/06/2017

... if any was needed, that proponents of school diversity need to look beyond the federal government for support during ...

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Conrad Hilton Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Noted Among Philanthropic Heroes of Refugee Crisis

Release Date:

05/24/2017

... now in its seventh year. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the conflict has ... displaced, and 13.5 million people in Syria in desperate need of help. But as we've...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

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