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Irene Diamond Fund to Close With Final Grants Totaling $40 Million

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12/31/2012

... $286 million for the performing arts and culture, AIDS research , public health, human rights and civil society, and ... the year, ending a long run of major contributions to AIDS research , public health, the...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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The Russell Sage Foundation Announces Visiting Scholars for 2014-2015

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09/02/2014

... During their time in residence, these scholars will pursue research and writing projects that reflect the foundation’s ... to strengthening the social sciences and applying research more effectively to...

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Creating Enduring Value at a Corporate Foundation: Bridging the Gap Between Brand and Cause

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09/24/2013

... is enormous when you can marshal the attention and resources of your organization, deploy them in a way that is ... a surprisingly overlooked group. Awareness, education and resources — particularly on the...

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Spend Out vs. Perpetuity: Raising the Question

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08/05/2009

... their intention to do so. A trend? Hard to say. Research by the Foundation Center shows a modest uptick in ... chooses to spend out, there are helpful individuals and resources at the ready. The Beldon Fund...

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Private Philanthropy Cannot Replace the NEH

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05/16/2017

... people across every state in the US. In fact, according to research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, large ... abolishing the NEH would make access to our cultural resources less equitable, rather than...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Makes $50 Million Philanthropic Investment to Help Address Immediate and Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19

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03/18/2020

... like AdvancingCities . “We are mobilizing the firm’s resources to support customers, employees and ... and nonprofit partners JPMorgan Chase Institute research shows that 50 percent of small businesses have...

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Disaster Relief

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Arcus Foundation Supporting Community Visions of Safety and Justice for LGBTQ People

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07/12/2021

... sector. This vulnerable community is also excluded from research and data collection, and faces discrimination in ... which disproportionately affects LGBTQ people, through research , advocacy, and evidence-...

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LGBTQ

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What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

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08/2015

... they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

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09/20/2017

In a collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center have developed and launched a resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.)...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Providing Access to Better Food in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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12/02/2014

The foundation supports Wholesome Wave's Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program

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Children, Youth and Families

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Food Systems

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Capital One Hosts Discussion at SXSW on How to Really Diversify Tech

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03/27/2017

Capital One took over Austin’s famous blues nightclub Antone’s, and turned it into the Capital One House at SXSW. The company held a series of events including interactive sessions and meet-ups.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Technology

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Leveraging the Power of Foundations: An Analysis of Program-Related Investments

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05/2013

This Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University analysis of key trends in foundation engagement in program-related investments between 2000 and 2010 finds that there is significant interest in PRIs, and that many foundations that use PRIs report successful results, but their use is still limited to a relatively small number of foundations.

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Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

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08/08/2013

The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation’s Jenny Rempel shares the details of Community Food Funders’ second annual gathering, where the evening’s keynote speaker, New York University professor Marion Nestle, encouraged attendees to work together to build...

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New Discoveries on Dark Matter from Sloan-Sponsored Scientists

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07/15/2016

A team of hundreds of physicists and astronomers have announced results from the largest-ever, three-dimensional map of distant galaxies. The team constructed this map to make one of the most precise measurements yet of the dark energy currently...

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Four Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution

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05/12/2017

The Simons Foundation has named four scientists as 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Science

Trinity Wall Street Appoints Rev. Canon Benjamin Musoke-Lubega As Director Of Faith In Action

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06/03/2013

... Canon James Callaway, General Secretary of Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC). Callaway is ...

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Religion

Bruce Trachtenberg Stepping Down from Communications Network

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10/16/2013

Bruce S. Trachtenberg, Executive Director of the Communications Network, has announced that he will be stepping down from his position as of December 31, 2013.

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UJA-Federation Board of Directors Elects New CEO

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02/12/2014

The Board of Directors of UJA-Federation of New York announced that Eric S. Goldstein has been elected CEO of UJA-Federation of New York.

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Education

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Fake News as a Real Opportunity

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01/23/2017

Celeste Ford, manager of media relations for Carnegie Corporation of New York, says philanthropic organizations are in a strong position to offer a wide range of credible and newsworthy information to audiences that are increasingly open to new...

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