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Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announce Finalists in $10M Economic Opportunity Challenge

Release Date:

09/17/2018

... to the Texas Organizing Project in Houston, which works to dismantle barriers that have held back communities ...

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Surdna Foundation Announces Refined Program Strategies

Release Date:

09/26/2018

The Surdna Foundation announced today refined strategies for its grantmaking programs, intended to reflect the Foundation’s belief that racial justice must underpin social justice.

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Funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Launches Chicago Music Pathway Initiative to Diversify the Next Generation of Musicians

Release Date:

10/25/2018

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced a $3.5 million grant to seven Chicago area music organizations to establish the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative (CMPI). CMPI will support promising young musicians from underrepresented backgrounds and...

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Mellon Foundation

Arcus to Unveil Social Justice Request for Concepts on Dec. 3

Release Date:

11/05/2018

On December 3, Arcus will unveil a Request for Concepts, a streamlined application for international and U.S.-based organizations to submit a concept to support LGBTQ social justice work.

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Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Jocelyn Frye as New Board Chair

Release Date:

11/07/2018

Obama administration alum and Senior Fellow at American Progress to head Foundation’s Board.

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Warhol Foundation Board Lifts 8-Year Funding Ban on the Smithsonian

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01/15/2019

The Board of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has voted to lift its eight-year funding ban on the Smithsonian Institution.

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$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards

Release Date:

01/15/2019

A board-member matching service to identify and train candidates of color — and assess groups’ readiness to engage people of different backgrounds — will be key to change.

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Arts

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Mellon Foundation

Sloan Foundation Awards Fellowships to Four Georgia Tech, Emory Faculty

Release Date:

03/12/2019

Four faculty members, including two from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering operated jointly by Georgia Tech and Emory University, have been awarded research fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships,...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $80 Million

Release Date:

04/19/2019

... in 2018 in Athens with the exclusive support of SNF that works to promote transparency, independence, and excellence ...

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Michael Bloomberg Announces Midwestern Collegiate Climate Summit

Release Date:

05/16/2019

Today, Michael R. Bloomberg announced the largest expected convening of Midwest universities focused on mitigating the effects of climate change and moving to a 100% clean-energy economy.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Pershing Square Sohn Prize Awards $4.2M to Seven “Next Generation” Innovators in Cancer Research

Release Date:

05/21/2019

The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance has invested over $22 million in the new york life science ecosystem by funding nyc’s most innovative cancer researchers

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Obama Foundation Announces Wally Adeyemo as President

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08/14/2019

The Obama Foundation announced that former Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo will join the organization as its first-ever President.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation and Alloy Development Collaborate on Better Brooklyn Fund

Release Date:

10/22/2019

Alloy Development’s new building in Dumbo will ask condo owners to make a donation to the Brooklyn Community Foundation and help make decisions about where in the community the money should go.

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Community Development

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Brooklyn Org

Carnegie Corporation of New York Launches New Voting Rights Report, Philanthropy’s Role in Protecting and Strengthening American Democracy

Release Date:

11/01/2019

As Americans face troubling new barriers to vote, is philanthropy ready to help?

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

ASPCA Takes on The Right Horse Initiative to Increase Equine Adoption Efforts Nationwide

Release Date:

11/18/2019

The ASPCA recently announced that it is expanding its equine welfare efforts by welcoming The Right Horse Initiative as an official program of the organization.

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Animal Welfare

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ASPCA

14 May 2020

POSTPONED In-laws in Family Philanthropy- A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, May 14, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

Hear from foundation leaders who have joined their family’s philanthropy as in-laws and how they have grown their own role and enjoyed working with their family, as well as navigated intergenerational dynamics and family legacy.

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Professional Development

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Family Foundation

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Elizabeth Cahill Joins the Surdna Foundation as Director of Communications and Engagement

Release Date:

02/21/2020

The Surdna Foundation has appointed Elizabeth Cahill as Director of Communications and Engagement.

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21 Apr 2020

Responding to COVID-19: Youth and Education Funders Bi-Monthly Webinar

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 -

10:00am to 11:00am

The NYC Youth and Education Funders Working Group will host a bi-monthly webinar to share philanthropic responses and organizing efforts around COVID-19.