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The Scherman Foundation Welcomes Three New Board Members

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05/01/2023

... accessible and accountable democracy will take all of us —practitioners, leaders, and funders—committed to the ... mission of promoting equity and sustainability in our communities . Together, I am confident...

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Foundations and Peer Review: Time to Reconsider the Process?

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05/02/2017

Foundations and Peer Review: Time to Reconsider the Process? ... participants agreed that peer review has served the community well. One person observed that peer review is like ... Medicine 88 (2013): 1740 http...

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Doris Duke Foundation

The New York Women’s Foundation and Ms. Foundation Announce Year Two Results of $100M Collective Fund

Release Date:

03/26/2018

... a nonpartisan partnership of 32 public U.S. women’s foundations located in 26 states and Washington, D.C., to ... the economic security of low-income women and their communities . We stand in solidarity with...

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Eleven-Country Survey, Conducted by The Commonwealth Fund, Finds Doctors in U.S. and Abroad Have Problems Coordinating Care with Social Service Providers

Release Date:

12/10/2019

... according to results from the 2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, published today by the ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Organizations Building an Inclusive Conservation Movement

Release Date:

04/13/2021

... roles they play in developing culturally driven and community -centered conservation work that builds more ... Charitable Foundation. “Each grantee is lifting up their communities and addressing important...

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Foundation Financial Managers Group

... officers and senior financial managers of private and community foundations in the tri-state (New York, New Jersey and ... New York member foundations and is limited to private and ...

Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

Release Date:

10/27/2017

... Library Engagement Recent coverage of public library giving can be summarized in a single word: access. Funders ... Foundation envision U.S. public libraries as open community spaces fostering inclusivity and...

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Aetna Foundation Launches $4.5 Million Healthier World Innovation Challenge

Release Date:

01/07/2015

... disease rates at an all-time high among underserved communities , the Aetna Foundation is looking for new ways to accelerate innovation and reach people directly where they live, work and play. That's .....

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Up to $15 Million to Fill the Budget Gap Left by Trump’s Revoking U.S. Support For U.N. Climate Treaty

Release Date:

06/02/2017

... the Paris agreement and proposed steep budget cuts for international programs, including on climate. “Americans ... that we will submit to the U.N. – and together, we will reach the emission reduction goals...

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Do Corporate Grantmakers Care More About the Poor Than Other Foundations?

Release Date:

06/30/2015

... Walmart Foundation and others – have ratcheted up their giving to underserved communities in the last decade, some by as much as 40 ... funders now outspend their independent, family and community...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

13 Nov 2020

Philanthropy 101: Foundation Governance and Legal Issues

Friday, November 13, 2020 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... So You're Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community November 13 - Foundation Governance and Legal ... the legal dos and don'ts? What role do trustees play? Join us as we take a dive...

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New Staff

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A Call to Men and NY Women’s Foundation Host Training Institute to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls

Release Date:

10/21/2015

... making a positive contribution to their families, their communities and humanity at large,” said Ted Bunch, ... politics of accountability, trafficking and demand, and community organizing. Attendance is...

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Gender Justice

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Springboard for the Arts Receives $750,000 From Surdna Foundation

Release Date:

07/08/2014

... $750,000 grant from the Surdna foundation to support its community development programs. The group, based in St. ... of programs that further its mission to cultivate vibrant communities by connecting artists...

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Arts

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Surdna Foundation

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

Release Date:

08/19/2020

... improving environmental public policy, and supporting community -driven sustainability. Previously she was Executive ... and national partnerships to elevate the effectiveness and reach of the organization...

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UCLA to Establish Archive on Policing and Mass Incarceration in Los Angeles with Support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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01/28/2021

... studies centers and their established connections to local advocacy groups. The project builds off of the work ... UCLA-based Million Dollar Hoods research project, a community -driven initiative that began in...

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Mellon Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Launches Global Think Tank Dedicated to Delivering Data-Rich Analyses and Expert Insights for the Public Good

Release Date:

05/21/2015

JPMorgan Chase Launches Global Think Tank Dedicated to Delivering Data-Rich Analyses ... Chase & Co. today launched the JPMorgan Chase Institute, a global think tank that will deliver better data, analyses and...

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces More Than $19 Million in Grants

Release Date:

10/18/2018

... ministry and leadership roles, and the beginning of a " Global Sisterhood." The vision for the next phase is for Catholic sisters to become recognized as global leaders in the provision of...

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Human Services

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Supported by Stavros Niarchos, Global Nonprofit Will Bring Literacy Tools to Refugee Children and Families

Release Date:

02/14/2017

Supported by Stavros Niarchos, Global Nonprofit Will Bring Literacy Tools to Refugee ... birth through age twelve... Supported by Stavros Niarchos, Global Nonprofit Will Bring Literacy Tools to Refugee ...

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Immigration

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Commentary: “Visibility” and Corporate Foundations

Release Date:

10/22/2009

... Aid'” , I thought to myself that while private foundations need to do a better job of communicating their ... foundations there is a lot of misguided energy and wasted resources on “...

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Asian American Leaders In A Moment Of Pride And Peril - Featuring Don Chen, Surdna Foundation and Taryn Higashi, Unbound Philanthropy

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... exposure to Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and cultures beyond cartoons that featured ... in deplorable anti-Asian bigotry and xenophobia, those of us who know the pains of...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Surdna Foundation

Unbound Philanthropy

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