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Ford Foundation, Borealis Philanthropy, Center for Cultural Power, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Launch "Reclaiming the Border Narrative"

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03/18/2021

... Arts and Cultures Launch "Reclaiming the Border Narrative" NEW YORK (March 18, 2021) - Today, the Ford Foundation ... live or work along the border and who lift up the region’ s...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Shares National COVID-19 Testing Action Plan

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04/28/2020

... initiative to rapidly expand and optimize the use of U. S ., university, and local lab capacity. The plan also ... commons and digital platform to track Covid-19 statuses, resources , and effective treatment...

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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

... own set of challenges, we hope this report will inspire new thinking about possible ways forward, while providing ... leaders, takes humility and an intensive investment of resources and time. According to the...

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2013 Soros Justice Fellows

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05/15/2013

... eliminate harsh punishment and ensure justice system accountability in the United States. The Open Society ... and Puerto Rico, the 14 fellows will take on a range of U. S . reform issues that relate to broader...

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Mellon Grant Aims to Leverage Linked Data for Enhanced Information Access

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04/28/2016

... that was first developed in the 1960s. Although the system revolutionized the industry, eliminating the ... web has created challenges to continued use of that system ... Mellon Grant Aims to Leverage Linked...

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Simons Foundation Contributes to Research Outlining Cellular Communication Processes

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08/30/2016

The findings are an important basic advance in how cell sensory systems function.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Research on Planetary Evolution

Release Date:

03/16/2017

... was discovered in 2014 by a team of scientists from the U. S ., the Netherlands and Italy. It is 11 times the mass of ... more than 13 million years old, compared with our solar system ' s...

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Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa

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09/05/2017

... Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) System Organization, analyses the impact of this staggering ...

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Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow?

Release Date:

10/04/2017

... that schools will try to manipulate that data. But it’ s unclear how effectively states have prepared for that ... to accurately monitor absenteeism data at all. “It’ s human nature, when the stakes rise, to...

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Rockefeller Foundation Releases YieldWise: Cutting Food Loss in Half for World Food Day

Release Date:

10/17/2017

Our food system produces more than enough to feed our entire global ... food insecure. The world can’t sustain a nourishing food system if the world doesn’t eat more of what it has. In ...

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12 Jul 2017

ComNetworkNY: Coffee Klatch With Your Philanthropic Peers

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8:30am to 10:00am

... informal Coffee Klatch, hosted by Carnegie Corporation of New York , Philanthropy New York and ComNetworkNY, the local ... networking. In the spirit of Andrew Carnegie’...

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Fear, Hope, and Hunger: Inside the Crisis at the Southern Border

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10/03/2019

... are the needs? What can we do to help? The Court and The System We spent the first leg of the trip in Honduras, but ... and basic human decency. We arrived on the same day the U. S . Supreme Court chose to side...

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06 Apr 2022

Showing Up to Share Power: A Conversation with Building Movement Project - Hosted by the Leadership Transitions Funders Group

Wednesday, April 6, 2022 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... to our understanding of leadership transitions. Their new report Trading Glass Ceilings for Glass Cliffs: A Race to ... Ascending to an executive position does not end a leader’ s struggles with racism, and...

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Recording: 2025 Financial Series: Reframing Financial Due Diligence

The Program A participatory discussion on revising language, ... supports organizations may need as they navigate these new challenges. Incorporating considerations for equity, we ... also explore building an...

The Century Foundation Announces President Janice Nittoli’s Resignation

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04/17/2014

... in the process), settling the organization into its new offices, and upgrading its web presence, corporate ... said Bradley Abelow , Chair of The Century Foundation’ s board of trustees. “We thank Janice for...

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Four Reasons to Champion Leadership Development

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06/11/2014

... findings from a recent evaluation of an American Express program to develop leadership skills in the nonprofit ... adds that American Express is planning to "launch a new Leadership Academy portal to...

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NEO Philanthropy Promotes Melinda Fine to Vice President

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01/14/2015

... Fine to Vice President Melinda Fine, NEO Philanthropy' s former Director of Education and Director of the ... leadership, CPER launched a national capacity building program for organizing and advocacy...

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How Big Foundations Saved the Detroit Institute of Art

Release Date:

04/24/2015

... Kresge Foundation head Rip Rapson; the Knight Foundation' s Alberto Ibargüen; and the Kellogg Foundation' s La June ... Foundation, where he had led the post-Katrina recovery program...

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BofA Charitable Foundation Supports Women's Giving Network Conference; Women Pool Dollars for Innovative Community Transformation

Release Date:

10/19/2015

BofA Charitable Foundation Supports Women' s Giving Network Conference; Women Pool Dollars for ... Community Transformation Philanthropy is trending in a new direction and women are leading the way. The...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Tiffany & Co. Foundation Join Pew in the Protection of Vast Swaths of Ocean

Release Date:

10/30/2015

... We've been writing a lot over the past year about the new money and energy pouring into marine conservation. The ... like Packard and Moore. One marine funder that' s on a particularly strong winning...