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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $72 Million to Teams Led by Humanities Scholars to Ensure “Just Futures” and Expand National Cultural Narratives

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01/13/2021

... teams producing solutions-based work that contributes to public understanding of the nation’s racist past and can ... inequality. A select group of 38 universities, including public universities, Historically...

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

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Social Justice

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Mellon Foundation

How Rapid Assessments Can Help the Shift from Response to Recovery

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05/13/2021

... working to understand how to most effectively deploy our resources beyond crisis response. Emerging market countries ... Getting input from girls who live in resource-poor settings is challenging even in the...

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Jonas Center for Nursing & Veterans Healthcare Celebrates 10 Years & 1,000 Scholars

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02/05/2016

... at 140 universities in all 50 states, focusing on such critical health priorities as: veterans’ healthcare; cancer; cardiac disease; diabetes; environmental toxins and public health...

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Jonas Center / Barbara & Donald Jonas Family Fund

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Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit

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06/17/2014

... reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state’s tenure laws and possibly many other teacher protections . Education reform groups like StudentsFirstNY ...

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Education

Connecticut Council for Philanthropy Announces New President

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02/17/2017

... May 1. Fortunato comes to CCP after 13 years at the Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN), a national ... communications, and campaigns, and as a consultant for The Public Policy Institute, also in...

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Connecticut Council for Philanthropy

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22 Apr 2020

One Size Does Not Fit All: Managing Remote Teams During COVID-19 – A Webinar

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 -

9:30am to 11:00am

As we continue to navigate the human and organizational changes created by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are learning how quickly our organizations must adapt. We are charting new courses in managing remote work, building a sense of community from afar...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Disaster Relief

Putting Capital to Work for Democracy

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07/10/2018

... action on these and so many other issues – including health care, the corrupt practices of the current ... moving our country forward. NMV’s early funding was critical to building innovative tools for...

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Propel Capital

15 Leaders of Color Selected for Pinkerton Leadership Network

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03/03/2021

... affirming its commitment to investing in one of the most critical and undervalued resources in the social sector—BIPOC (BIack, Indigenous, ... & Mediation • Angela Diaz, Mount Sinai Adolescent ...

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A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, Study Funded by Ford Foundation Finds

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07/22/2019

... new role for reactive oxygen species in the photosynthetic health of this diatom. The next challenge is to determine ... positive and negative roles of superoxide could be a critical factor in how marine...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Science

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Ford Foundation

When Integrating A School, Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race? (Century Foundation)

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02/29/2016

... gotten much policy attention in decades: diversity in public schools. If the request is approved, $120 million will ...

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The Century Foundation

The Mertz Gilmore Foundation Funds Contemporary Dance

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08/11/2017

... a passion. Impermanent Landscape is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural ...

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Artists Behind ‘Tribute in Light’ 9/11 Memorial Continue to Inspire: ‘People Could Start Looking Up Again’

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09/11/2017

... display has become one of the most recognized and unique public art installations in the world since its unveiling on ...

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16 May 2017

Women and LGBTQ Leaders in the Immigration Debate: Louder, Prouder and More Effective Than Ever

Tuesday, May 16, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... executive orders that have been the object of massive public protests and precedent-setting litigation. Despite ... and coalitions across communities of color Mental health needs for communities directly...

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11 Oct 2018

Advocacy Guidance for Nonprofits and Foundations - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, October 11, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

... legally use your funding and your voice to shine light on critical issues. Learn valuable methods for boosting ...

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Family Foundation

With Support from the Leon Levy Foundation, New York Philharmonic Opens the Toscanini Archives, Providing Digital Access for Maestro’s 150th Birthday

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04/04/2017

Open-source pioneer Alfresco Software announced today that the New York Philharmonic, in conjunction with Alfresco partner Technology Services Group (TSG), has now digitized materials from former Music Director Arturo Toscanini’s era, and made them...

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Leon Levy Foundation

Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Awards More Than $1.7 Million to Fight Bias Against Muslims

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03/30/2017

... and ambition of these organizations to advance this critical undertaking to heal our communities,” said Zeyba ... in San Francisco, Calif. , will receive $92,500 to expand public engagement with 20 short...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice Welcomes Joy Chia as New Executive Director

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07/20/2021

... Joy joins Astraea at a time when we are experiencing critical growth, investing in and upgrading our ... and other aspects of our complex lives? How can we channel resources in ways that are context-...

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Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

Economic Recovery Through Racial Equity: Thoughts from Maya Wiley

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01/07/2010

... creating various competitive innovation funds for public infrastructure projects from education to broadband, ... the first place and recognition that it isn’t a single issue or an isolated problem. Race...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 Soros Justice Fellows

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03/31/2022

... the leadership of Black women impacted by the criminal legal system. Carlos Alejandro Bracamontes Norzagaray will ... will create a network of women impacted by the criminal legal system to help challenge the...

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