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Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Support to Thirteen New Cities through the What Works Cities Initiative

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12/10/2015

... and Waco will establish and improve performance management programs to set, track, and share progress toward priority ... the Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University , the Government...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Backs Global Type 1 Diabetes Prevention Initiative

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04/28/2015

... to support new and existing prevention research across five organizations: Helmholtz Zentrum München, the University of Cambridge, the University of South Florida, JDRF Australia and Keck...

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Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

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09/28/2016

... at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum announces the ... This new curatorial position is supported by a $500,000 five -and-a-half year grant from the...

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04 Feb 2010

Summer Learning Loss: How Can It Be Reduced?

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7:30am to 11:00am

... youth development. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Effective summer programs can reduce summer learning loss among children – a ... and recent research on key features in summer learning programs proven to be effective...

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Appoints Margaret Waldock to Executive Director of Duke Farms

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08/19/2020

... aimed at protecting and stewarding critical watersheds, improving environmental public policy, and supporting ... its wildlife, and the scope and quality of its educational programs , demonstrations, and...

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The Heckscher Foundation for Children Issues $3 Million Heckscher Foundation Challenge to New York Colleges, Community-Based Organizations, and Employer Partners to Meet Education and Workforce Needs

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01/18/2023

... careers, whether through traditional college-based programs or alternative pathways. The Challenge is ... to see long-lasting, scalable outcomes for youth. These programs will address generational poverty by...

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Insights from 2025 Financial Series: Reframing Financial Due Diligence - Part 2

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06/26/2025

... resilience. In Part 1 of this series, Hilda Polanco, Principal for BDO’s Nonprofit and Grantmaker Advisory, ... out the root cause of why they can’t access sufficient resources — what do they need?” — Jennifer...

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13 Nov 2025

Violence Against Women and Girls in Disasters: How Funders Can Fill Funding Gaps - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

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1:00pm to 2:00pm

... exist. Join CDP for a webinar to hear experts in the field discuss how philanthropy can step up to address gaps in ... per organization for select professional development programs . Please email register@...

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Leadership Transitions Funders Group

... today to participate in joint learning and access resources for equitable leadership transitions. For ...

14 Apr 2015

Philanthropy in Nations with Weak Civic Infrastructures: Exploring the Challenges

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8:45am to 11:00am

... consider how to factor context into grantmaking, so your resources are invested in ways that help rather than hinder ...

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Design and Health: Back Together Again?

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06/21/2017

... more than 10 years, I’m pleased to see the discussion of improving health outcomes moving beyond blaming the ... to build healthier neighborhoods from the ground up. Programs like Shape up Somerville can...

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With Support from Several PNY Members, EngageNY Archive of Common-Core Materials Grows in Popularity

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05/18/2016

... people’s expectations for the free resource created just five years ago. But with the website’s federal funding ...

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02 Oct 2012

Grantmaking as a Career? One Grantmaker's Personal Experience, with Alexa Aviles, The Scherman Foundation

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Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

Learn about the field of philanthropy from one grantmaker's personal ... A realistic picture of the number of jobs available in the field at a given time How grantmaking is rarely a first ... individual...

Camilo Mendez Announced as Chief Financial Officer of The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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01/28/2020

... and sustainability of the Foundation’s financial resources to ensure future impact. Mendez previously was ... a Master’s in international relations from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Samsher (Sam) Singh Gill Named President of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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01/11/2021

... million in annual grant making across the foundation’s programs in journalism, the arts and communities. He also ... mother is a native of the Midwest. Sam graduated from the University of Chicago with honors...

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Good Charity, Bad Charity

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08/10/2013

This op-ed by Princeton University professor Peter Singer on how to choose between ... charitable options. But the prevailing assumption in their field is that we shouldn’t, or perhaps can’t, make ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Funded by Research to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050

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05/19/2016

... by 2050 A study published today by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) Roski Eye Institute ... The National Eye Institute (NEI)-funded study, led by principal investigator, Rohit Varma,...

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Weinberg Foundation Announces New Trustee, as well as Leadership Changes in Hawaii Office

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07/27/2018

... dedicated to learning the most effective ways of improving programs and policies that affect the poor. Before joining ... at the $6-billion, 33,000-person New York City Human Resources...

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The Sozosei Foundation Announces New Grants to Decriminalize Mental Illness

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04/18/2022

... for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness by improving access to mental healthcare in communities across ... Inc. The Path Forward The Stephen C. Rose Legacy Fund The University of Washington School of...

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