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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... at serving the organizations on the frontlines of social change." Pennington joined the Ford Foundation in 2013 ... in the long-term capacity and sustainability of up to 300 social justice organizations...

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Weinberg Foundation Announces Darius Graham as New Program Director

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06/20/2018

... innovation initiatives, including FastForward U and the Social Innovation Lab, which helped transform new ... to have him join our team.” Graham previously founded DC Social Innovation Project, a nonprofit...

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Macquarie Group Launches $A50 Million Philanthropic Award to Mark Its 50th Anniversary in 2019

Release Date:

10/10/2018

... commitment, to initiate or build on bold ideas to address social need. It is expected to be awarded to five non--profit ... the world and contributed over $A330 million to drive social change at the local...

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Adam Gamoran, President of the William T. Grant Foundation, Spoke at GW University About How Universities Can Conduct Better Research

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10/15/2018

... T. Grant Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that funds social science research – spoke at the Marvin Center ... reorient the research taking place in our universities to social impact,” he said. Gamoran said...

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New Paper From Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Perella Weinberg Partners Finds Investors Can Pursue Impact Without Sacrificing Returns

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02/20/2019

... finds that investors can pursue both financial returns and social or environmental impact simultaneously. Since 2014, ... choosing fund managers that integrate environmental, social , and governance (ESG)...

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Mellon Foundation Grant Helps Capture History, 280 Characters at a Time

Release Date:

03/31/2019

... duo of archivists were inspired to explore how to preserve social media posts as a means to document history for the ages—and to empower social activists to take control of their own narratives. ... clear to...

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New York Life Foundation Invests in Expanding Access to Summer and Afterschool Learning

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04/23/2019

... program partners, which aim to strengthen the academic and social -emotional skills of middle school students. BellXcel ... been proven to yield measurable gains in academics and social -emotional learning. Last...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund Announce Twenty Puerto Rican Writers Receive the Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship

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11/16/2021

... Puerto Rican writers on the island and across the United States diaspora. The fellowship provides crucial support ... and underfunded both in Puerto Rico and in the United States — illustrate the diversity of...

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... products, including the organization's website, news , resources , commentaries, publications, and other internal .....

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... benefit of a defined geographic area no larger than three states . Community foundations have a governing body broadly ... : A tax-exempt organization that uses the bulk of its resources to provide charitable...

As National Momentum Grows, Advocates’ Voices Ring Out On Capitol Hill

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12/19/2012

... Last Wednesday afternoon I was at the United States Senate, listening to Edward Ward, an honor roll ... The hearing was a step towards schools with the tools, resources and training to create positive supports...

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Proactive Support Pays Off: The American Art Renewal Fund

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04/11/2012

... museums’ strategic retrenchment and acclimation to fewer resources . When the AARF initiative concluded , 85 of the ... AARF grants were located across the country, in thirty states and the District of Columbia...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Launches Action Plan for Increasing Global Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts

Release Date:

06/01/2021

... to flourish with a high potential to rebound on the United States and other advanced economies, creating a never-ending ...

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Ford Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies Join Governments and Private Funders to Announce Historic Pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Release Date:

11/01/2021

UK, Norway, Germany, US, and the Netherlands, and 17 funders pledged to support Indigenous Peoples, local communities at COP26, citing their proven role in preventing deforestation that fuels climate change

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Virtual Employee Engagement through Virtual Conversational Leadership

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01/20/2023

... Dr. Patricia Shaw , a fellow at Schumacher College, states “leadership is convening conversations that ... discourse? As spoken and written language are the primary resources in the virtual world, with limited...