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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Immigration

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes first Chief Impact Officer and Director of Racial Justice, Kristi Cunningham Whitfield

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09/20/2023

... is pleased to announce that Kristi Cunningham Whitfield will join the Foundation as our first Chief Impact Officer ... her work with curiosity, passion, and integrity. When it comes to carrying forward our...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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Simons Foundation Supports Brain Scans That Identify If Baby Sibling Also Has Autism

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02/16/2017

By using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains of infants who have older siblings with autism, scientists were able to correctly identify 80 percent of the babies who would be subsequently diagnosed with autism at 2 years of age.

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Health

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Billion to Advance Racial Equity

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10/08/2020

... long-term commitments to advance racial equity. The firm will harness its expertise in business, policy and ... inequality, especially for Black and Latinx people. It ’s long past time that society addresses...

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Community Development

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Dana Foundation Appoints Two New Board Members

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07/18/2023

... important experiences and background to the Foundation as it develops its timely new focus on neuroscience and ... M.D., FRCPC , is co-chair of the UK Government Mental Health Mission and a professor at Oxford...

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United Nations Foundation Board of Directors Names Kathy Calvin Next President and CEO

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12/03/2012

... Dr. Gro Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway, will be Vice Chairman of the Board and will continue her role ... said, “Since I founded the UN Foundation 15 years ago, it has become the...

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Diahann Billings-Burford Named Executive Director, Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner Inc.

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03/12/2014

... company-wide college internship program, the programs and resources they provide to stimulate and support employee ... greatest needs, and promote service as a core part of what it means to be a citizen of New...

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TCC Group Welcomes Two New Members to its Nonprofit Strategy Team

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02/23/2016

... efforts. She has worked with B Lab to create tools and resources for assessment of social impact driven businesses ... issues related to education, immigration, community health , and collective impact. Prior...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Strengthens Support of Media That Matters

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05/31/2016

... The Atlantic Philanthropies, a limited-life foundation. It is the largest-ever grant awarded to the nonprofit since ... Philanthropies prepare to sunset, Media Impact Funders will work to keep a bright...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Communications/Media

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Will Cordery Joins Wellspring's Racial Justice Program

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05/04/2017

Will Cordery Joins Wellspring's Racial Justice Program ... that effective Monday, June 12th, 2017, William Cordery will join our organization as a Program Officer with the ... racial justice, voter engagement...

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Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

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Social Justice

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FEGS: Canary in the Coal Mine?

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04/10/2015

... from government contracts that don’t cover the full cost of services, especially administrative costs. But was ... couple key contracts lost), some over time (too many high cost leases for off-site services,...

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Human Services Council of NYC

Workforce Development

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The New York Community Trust

14 Jun 2022

A Moment for International Grantmaking: Applying Ethics to Practice

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 -

3:30pm to 5:00pm

... leaders. With that privilege comes the responsibility to use values of the highest levels and employ explicit ethical ... partnerships, and practices of ethical grantmaking. What will you learn? How...

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Strengthening Community in the Face of Antisemitism and Injustice: A Message from CEO, Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

Release Date:

08/01/2025

... disconnects within spaces dedicated to equity and justice. It felt important to recognize the ways that the rise in ... is a collective reckoning…an honest confrontation with how antisemitism and anti-...

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New Data Shows Retirees Are on the Move, But Young Folks Are a Different Story

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09/20/2017

... Are on the Move, But Young Folks Are a Different Story Americans aren’t moving. Or, rather, millennials aren’t. The share of Americans who moved to a different residence last year fell ...

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Sector News

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Housing and Homelessness

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Latinx Artist Fellowship

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07/22/2021

... longstanding lack of support, the Latinx Artist Fellowship will award $50,000 each to a multigenerational cohort of 15 ...

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation Announces Imagining Freedom, An Arts & Humanities Initiative Supporting Creatives and Thinkers Reenvisioning the Criminal Legal System

Release Date:

02/15/2023

... prosecuted, or convicted of a crime; nearly half of all Americans have a relative who has been incarcerated; and ... and its effects, catalyzing us to address the damage it causes, and envisioning and enacting...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Arts

Community Development

Social Justice

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Great Power, Great Responsibility: Grantmakers’ Role as Conveners

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01/2013

Funders are finding ways to use the power of convening to benefit their grantees and ...

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Report

Coaching and Philanthropy, An Action Guide for Grantmakers

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02/2010

... learning about the nonprofit sector’s support for and use of coaching, and consolidates that knowledge here into ...

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Report

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Finance & Asset Management

Smarter Grantmaking in Challenging Economic Times

Publication date:

05/2009

As grantmakers look ahead to make tough decisions for 2010 and beyond, this Grantmakers for Effective Organizations publication offers recommendations and examples that we hope provide some useful insights for foundation leaders.

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Report

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Executive Leadership

Grants Managers

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New York-Based Groups Benefit From $23 Million Grants By the Conrad Hilton Foundation

Release Date:

06/27/2016

... $22.9 million in grants during the second quarter of 2016. It included $1.15 million for New Yorkers for Children to ... from Home initiative to improve the capacity of foster care agencies in New York City to...

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